Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22
THE BOROUGH ELECTION
DEMOCRATS SWEEP THE TOWN BY
LARGE EhJoRlTiES.

| Notes oNer IL fl pdncnt-MallOy wins
by SO ana K'one by 66-Poor Ticket
Also Carries Freeland-A Heavy Vote.
the history of politics in Freeland.
When the six polls OF the borough
closed that day there ended the hottest.
most exciting and most interesting local
campaign that the voters of this town
were ever called upon to participate in.
Both parties exerted themselves to their
utmost, and as result / ,042 votes were
cast, the highest number ever polled
| here.
The official vote is published in an ad-
joining column. 1t gives John f. Boyle
majority of II for burgess, Hugh
Malloy majority of Sc for tax collector
and Henry Krone &C for auditor. For
poor director Henry Beneman carried
the town by II and for poor auditor d.
b. Briehof leads by 76.
The voting was brisk all day long at
the several polls, the Democrats having
large numbers of active and earnest
workers in each ward. They went
about their duties with con iident air,
fully believing that the returns would
justify their labors, and in some of the
districts every qualified Democrat had
deposited his ballot long before p m
When the days work was done both
sides rested for brief spell, while the
election boards were counting. The
First ward was, as usual the first to
report. In this hitherto Republican
district the honors were about even,
Drasher and Malloy each carrying it by
4. The Fourth, the Second and the
Third then reported in the order named
and the result for the two principal
offices at that moment was: Drasher,
3S6; Boyle, 222; Kline, 35s; Malloy, $50.
Boyle was lG4 behind and Malloy was
los behind. The famous South, how
ever, was known to be good for fully
200 Democratic majority, and it more
than fulfilled expectations. The com
bined vote of the two districts of the
ward was: Boyle, 33l; Drasher, 96;
Boyle's majority, 235; Malloy, 3O7; Kline,
113; Malloys majority, 1874.
The news spread rapidly through the
town and the usual manifestations of
Joy followed. At the Grand opera
house the announcement of the returns
from the stage by Manager McMenamin
ELECTED prolonged applause from the
audience. In Difference to the wishes
of the candidates, no public or formal
demonstration of the victory was made,
nevertheless it was late that night be-
fore those who helped to bring about
the result were satisfied to turn home
ward.
In the wards both parties did what
unbiased observers expected. In the
Third a Republican school director was
chosen by the party vote. In the
Fourth Dr. Rutter and A. Goeppert
made a vigorous contest, but the odds
were against them and George Sweet
was elected councilman by 81 and
George L. Brown, ESQ.,, school director
by TO-
The South ward Democratic ticket
won by an overwhelming majority, the
Democratic vote of either district being
sufficient to over ONE the total Re-
publican vote in the ward. For council
Chas. Moerschbacher was elected by
240 votes and Peter Tmony was re-
turned to the school board by 233 ma
jority.
All day yesterday the triennial wall
of the defeated could be heard, but
among all the reasons advanced for the
result the Republican lamenters failed
to hit upon the real cause.-the disgust
OF tho people OF Freeland at the reck-
less. unbuSiness-like and wifull squand-
ering of public money by the present
Republican council This, added to
the contemplate methods used by GER
tain candidates and their borough-paid
heeers to bull-doze the voters, made
Democratic success certain long before
a vote was cast.
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