Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-04-10
DICKINSON TOWNS HAVE ELECTIONS
ELECTION RESULTS SHOW LIVE
LY RACE FOR VOTES.
Hsrington, Hope, Solomon, Chapman
and Enterprise Elected New Officers
on Monday Some Wet Some Dry
Some Don't Care.

HOPE, hpill o'-Ano ey
here was clear victory for the Ke-
pubIicaps. The Democratic ticket
was defeated by two to one after a
lively campaign.
The winning Republican ticket
with the vote for each candidate was;
Mayor, J. T. Harrison 1926; council
men, ] A. Farrest 129, A. C. Bertsch'
niger 1920, 7. H. Palmer 1928, }. NJ.
Ketchersid 1873, A. N. Farnham 1885,
police Judge, J. S. Hay lSl'
The Democratic candidates received
votes thus: Mayor, Z. r. Westrup
6S; councilmen, J. B. Sellers 81, j.
Jessop GA, c. Weiderman 62' W.
Lockhard 50; police Judge, VIM.
Burns 55.
ENTERPRISES POLICE JUDGE.
ENTERPRISE, April S.-This city
held its election In the city hall yes
terday and 2S5 votes were cast, near
ly one half OF which we're cast BY the
ladies'. Election resulted as follows:
Mayor, b. A. Flack 225; councilmen,
c. Hoffman 225, W. G. 'Froelich 2l5,
EFF. Grosser 2ll, l.. E. Steigleman
PIP, John Abramson 1876. H. Angst ..
The race for police Judge between
K. c. Dederick and Cyrus Corning
was the only contest. Corning's
friends ran carriages but Dederick
made little effort and was defeated by
50 votes, the score standing, Corning
165, Dederick llS.
HERINGTON CAST 600 VOTES.
HERlNGToN, April S.-Ths city
election yesterday ss q contest be-
tween two independent tickets. The
following ticket received about 400
votes and was elected:
For mayor, M. D. Herington; for
councilmen, J. W. Money, J. Wood,
c. J. Dunn, B. Slaymaker, W. c.
Beam; for police Judge, F. Lapham.
The following ticke: received about
200 votes:
For mayor, E. M. Blacbley; for
councilmen, j. F. Haskell, F. D. Car.
man, F. f. Munsell, W. N. Hawley,
H. W. Peart; for police Judge, A. NJ.
Crary.
SOLOMON HAS "REPEALED.
SOLOMON, April S.-The election
yesterday was contest between wet
and dry. One ticket was very wet as
it stood on the following platform:
"Resolved, that the prohibitory
law Of the state both in practice and
in theory is failure in preventing
the use Of intoxicating drinks; and
Whereas to remove all hypocrisy
and to give the officers to be nomi.
mated and II elected for mayor and
councilmen Of the city Of Solomon as
a city Of the third class authority to
enforce its justice powers to SO regu-
late the sale Of liquors, beer ETC.,
under such conditions as they may
see proper with the understanding
that such permit or fine does not give
them, the vendors, any immunity
from arrest or prosecution by any
one who may try and enforce the
prohibitory law,
THAT the election Of the nominees
on the above platform we deem a re.
peal o. the prohibitory law as far as
Solomon is concerned"
On this ticket we're running: For
mayor, W. T. Harris; for councilmen,
T. J. Sellards, j. Neil, H. Whitley,
J. B. Anderson; for police Judge, H.
B. Aldrich.
This ticket was elected by l5 ma
iority after the town had had lively
campaign. Many women voted,
their votes being equally divided be-
tween the wet and dry tickets.
WROTE IN NAMES IN CHAPMAN.
CHAPMAN, April S.-The election
here was not very exciting Owing