Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-04-10
LANGDON CITY ELECTION.
City Polled 227 Vote Official Count
in the Three Wards.
IT is NOW MAYOR MCLEAN.

The Election Of Aldermen Was Hotly Con-
tested in the First and Second Wards
-Four New Councilman Will Have Seats
in the City Hall With Mayor Mclean.
Langdon's municipal election OF Mon
day developed itself into a ward contest
among the aldermen. The mayoralty,
city treasurershlp and justices playing
but minor parts in the excitement that
prevailed throughout the day. The vote
polled in all three wards crowded close to
The limit OF registration and the final
count, 227 votes showed THAT there was
enough interest in the city election of
this spring 20 get out more voters than
cast ballots at the election of IL year ago
last fall. The time is easily recalled when
the Second ward was looked upon to poll
the heavy vote of the city, but the redis-
tricting OF the ward boundaries has in
creased the limits Of tho Third and also
finds the First the heavy voting ward of
Langdon today. The polling places did
land Office business in the morning, and
at noon full half of tho vote of the city
had been cast. Up to that hour candi-
dates IN the First and Second felt that it
was still anybody's game and kept round
ing up the stragglers until five o'clock.
In the Third two vacanoiasfor alder
manic honors were being filed. Tue long
and short term both having two candi-
dates in the running with Chas. Haugh
as an independent candidate making a
three cornered contest for the one year
term.
In the Flrst ward contest for seat in
the council the supporters of Vierhus, the
retiring alderman, and F. j. Hodgins, bis
opponents, were both pretty we'll satisfied
that they had the day won, but develop
ments when the count was made showed
that in municipal campaign Hodgins
was surprise. He succeeds, IN Alder
man Vierhus, man who has been loyal
TO Langdon and the city's interests and
the new alderman, who everybody knows
and quite few voted for, will evidently
fill the bill with equal satisfaction, judg-
ing from the vote he got.
In the Second ward the campaign was
a warm number" therRce that Malcolm
Morrison, the new candidate, gave AL
dermsn Gardner showing great Work.
Everybody knows and esteems the work
of Gardner during bis tenure of three
terms, but by lack four votes he was
left behind to console Alderman Vierhus,
his colleague in the First. The connt
in this ward was "neck and neck" with
finish that tended to an attack Of heart
disease. The resulti is one in which both
men may congratulate themselves, and
Morrison may be looked for to. put up q
knowledge of public matters indicating
practical idea of the city needs in
general and particularly the Second
wa-d.
The Third, six years ago with barely
dozen votes rolled up 81 big ballots Mon
day amp out of field OF five candidates,
Dan Mcdonald got 25 and Ches. Haugh
81. Their majority and plurality figures
over the rest OF them are somewhat de-
moralizlng. but nobody feels sore over the
outcome, the defeated (?).candidates not
giving,the election consideration enough
to more than eaet their own ballots.
Haugh know everybody and if such a
thing were possible, Haugh is better
known now than ever. The campaign in
the Third though not close one was
watched by everybody. The representa-
ton OF the Third in the council gives new
and capable timber to the city admins
tration.
The vote ae cast is tabulated below: