Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-28

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THE MAJoRITiEs.
For mayor, Picker (Dem.) owe
Spilman (Rep.) SIG.
For police judge, Moon (Dem.) ovel
Moore (Rep.) 562.
For city solicitor, Jacques Dem.) ov
er Burnstedt (Rep) GIT.
For treasurer, Curran Dem.) ovel
Trotter (Rep.) 800
For auditor, Lewis (Dem.) ovel
Rheem (Rep.) 665.
For assessor, Smith (Rep.) owe,
Hess Dem.) so.
For engineer, Brady Dem.) over Al
len (Rep.) 1888.
For alderman at large, Hoglund
CDem) over Williams (Rep.) 32s.
For alderman at large, Gibbons
! (Dem.) over Boggs (Rep) 344.
Alderman first ward, Keefe dem. }
over Toland (Rep.) 262.
Alderman second ward, Mathers
(Dem.) over Baker (Rep.) $50.
Alderman third ward, Myers (Dem. J
over Asbury (Rep) Is.
Alderman fourth ward, Hyatt (Rep.)
over Rodgers Dem) 50.
Alderman fifth ward, Deeds (Dem. J
over Peck (Rep.) lis.
Alderman sixth ward, Barnes Dem. J
over Cook (Rep) 33.
Alderman seventh ward, Rankin
(Dem.) over Berry (Rep) 33.
Veni, vidi-!--!-
Republicans are unable to complete
the quotation and say that they con.
quered, for the republican party has al.
ways had respect for the truth which
will not admit such a mis-statement.
However, there are two republicans in
the city who are able to say "vici.''
John T. Smith and DR.. B. F. Hyatt, by
carrying the day, saved the republican
party from entire defeat, and were
elected respectively to the Offices of as
SCISSOR and fourth ward alderman.
PickIer's Majority.
DR.. s. A. Spilman. whose chances
We're by nearly every one considered
even with those of his opponent, T. H.
Picker, was defeated by the astonish-
ing majority of Sig. This isn't all we
have to tell, however. The slaughter
didn't stop with the head of the ticket
but went right on down the line, and
the question of majorities was about
Tue only LnlnS CONSIDERED.
Interest Ran Riqh.
All evening the Courier Office was
besieged with telephone inquiries rel
alive to the outcome of the election,
beginning shortly after the polls closed
and continuing far into the night. The
excitement, or rather, the interest in
the outcome of the voting was great
but the interest decreased while the
excitement increased, for, as time went
on and the reports of the straight tick
cts came to the public, republicans be-
gan to admit to themselves that the
ticket, or at least the larger part of it,
was defeated.
Result Grand Surprise.
However, no genuine republican adj
mitted, even within his heart of hearts.
that the result would be so overwhelm-
singly democratic as it finally was
Wound to be. A democratic majority of
BIG is rather large for Ottumwa, and
added to this was the fact that the
election of Dr. Spilman had been look
ed upon as a very good proposition.
This was not all, either, for the larger
of republican voters, as can
vassed, had been voted at the time the
polls closed, and there was every rea-
son to believe that the democratic
ticket would have hard game. The
only way to explain the matter was
discovered late last night by a repub-
lican, who said, There are really more
voters here than any place
in the United States. You can't tell a
thing about them from one day to the
next.
The Surprise Mutual.
The surprise was not all on one
SIDE, however, for even the best in.
formed democrats were rather back
ward about guessing on the majorities
their candidates would have and they
even refused to state positively that
some of the names on the ticket
would be the names of the next Off
cials. In a few words, every one was
surprised, and the surprise increased
as the result of the counting of
scratched tickets began to be report
ed. There was an unusual number of
this class of ballots cast, and the COM
plexion of majority of them was
just the opposite of what would have
been expected.
4 A Real Landslide.
"A landslide" certainly expresses
better than almost any other phrase
the result of yesterdays election. The
only wonder is that two republicans
succeeded in escaping the fate which
was visited upon their brethren. The
heavy democratic majority sent up
from the first ward succeeded in car