The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-05

FOURTH WARD, F. G. HEINzE.
FIFTH WARD, w. III. WILCOX.
SIXTH WARD, G. W. EICHSTAEDT.
The above is list of the successful
candidates in Tuesdays : election.
The Republicans get recorder, special
judge and Saldermens in the : Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth wards, but no, contest
was made on recorder and special
judge, the Republican candidates be
ing acceptable to the Democrats The
Democrats elect mayor, treasurer and
the aldermen in the First, Second and
Inlra. Waras ,.:-
Mic Petersen, the Democratic candi-
date for mayor, ran ahead of all esti
mates, receiving forty-four per cent of
all the votes cast. A. G. Meyer came
second with thirty-one per cent of the
votes, anu F. I'M Currier pooled
twenty five per cent. Thus it will be
seen that while Mr. Petersen was elect
ed by plurality of 239 over Mr..
Meyer, he fell considerably short.,rof
receiving a majority of the votes. and
is therefore the choice Of the minority
of the people of the city. This was
also true. Of Mr.. Currier 1.-TWO years
ago, he then receiving s43ssvotes to- .5s4
for A. W. Robinson and 397 for Orange
Little. 2 The total vote on mayor yes
terday was 1878, as against 1, 824
two years ago. Mr.. Petersen received
S64 votes, Mr.. Meyer 625 and Mr.. Cur
rier 4S9. Had the Meyer and Currier
votes been united they would have
easily won the day. They stood for
practically the same things, but di-
viding as they did it allowed the lib
eral element to slide in.
Mr.. Petersen carried the First, Sec
ond, Third and Sixth wards, and Mr..
Meyer carried the Fourth and Fifth.
The result in the First ward in partic-
ular was a disappointment to the
Meyer men.
Ole Throdahl. the Democratic can
didate for city treasurer, received
1, O79 votes to S54 for W. D. Tompkins
the Republican nominee. This result
was one of the surprises of the cleo
ton.
Aids Deebach, Leonard and Taylor
were returned to the council, the latter
by largely increased majority. Mr..
Taylor's majority was 1876 as against
II two years ago. Aid. Leonard had
no opposition, and Aid. Deebach re-
ceived twenty for majority over G. S.
Hallstrom, the Republican nominee.
In the Fourth ward the result was
very close. F. G. Heinze, Republi
can, and Nelson Weed, Democrat, each
received 175 perfect votes. One of the
ballots had a cross opposite the name
of every Republican candidate until
alderman was reached, and there the
cross was placed in the space just
above Mr.. Heinze's and opposite the
blank space left for writing in the
name of a candidate for special
Judge. All three of the election judges,
Id. G.. Robinson, A. R. Pau Jr. and
Fl. S. Eldred, were of the opinion that
it was the intent of the voter to vote
for Mr.. Heinze. Mr.. Pau, the Demo
cratic Judge, stated this publicly, but
also stated that Judge Cray had re-
iected similarly marked vote in the
Hughes Epson election contest. The
supreme court will pass upon it this
month. Messrs. Robinson and Eldred
declared the vote to be for Mr. Heinze,
Mr.. Pfau did not dissent, and all three
signed the report. The city council,
acting as a canvassing board, will
have to declare the result as returned
by the Judges. If Mr.. Weed were to
contest it would be in the courts, but
he declares that he is satisfied with
the result as declared by the judges
and will make no contest.
w. Fl. Wilcox won in the Fifth
ward and G. w. Eichstaedt in the
Sixth, each by handsome majority.
Mr.. Eichstaedt's majority is larger
than his friends had anticipated and
shows his popularity, for Mr.. Jordan
has really made an excellent alder
man and is good campaigner.
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