The Princeton union., 1902-11-06

Estate and general election news on back page)5
Mile Laos county has contributed
her chapter to the election story, and
it is one that no one need be ashamed
of. The county gives the State ticket
a good Endorsement, Van SAINT s plural
ity in the county being 337, against a
plurality of 1873 two years ago. The
voters did well by the State ticket,
and when it came to the congressional
ticket they just took J. Adam Bede
and put him in a flying machine. He
received majority over Fay in Mile
Laos county of 726 votes and will carry
the district by 5000. On the. county
ticket the storm center was central
over the sheriff's Office, and Claggett
and Southland furnished the strong
air currents, but during the progress
of the storm funnell-shaped cloud
developed that swept the: Independent
candidate off the highway. Claggett
wins over Southland by a majority of
317 votes. In Princeton town and viii
lage Southard won out, and those were
the onlv two precincts that he carried,
though in Greenbush he came within
three votes Of tieing Claggett. In
Milaca village Claggett got a good
vote, carrying that village by ma
iority of 20. A hard fight was made
against Claggett in his home town,
and he realized that his chances were
slim here. The vote did not surprise
him any as he made very close guess
on his own and his opponents vote in
both Princeton village and town. The
outside towns all remained loyal to the
sheriff, and he is indebted to them for
his election.
The only candidate on the county
ticket who met defeat was W. S. Fos-
ter, candidate for county attorney. Mr..
Foster realized from the start that he
had hard fight on his hands, and
realized that his opponent, Mr.. Ross,
was very hard man to beat, because
of his long residence here and the fact
that so many of his old friends ever
remain true to him in a political bat
tie. On the other Land Mr.. Foster is
unknown to a great many voters in
Princeton and vicinity and this un-
doubtedly handicapped him some. The
hot fight for sheriff had tendency to
disturb the equilibrium somewhat,
and may have been weakening factor
in this battle. The veteran county
attorney wins by 231 majority.
In the county commissioner contest
Shaw wins out in the Second district
by a majority of 81 over Jesmer, the
vote being los for Shaw and "A for Jes-
mer. In the Fourth district County
Commissioner Deans defeats Davis by
majority of "A: and the Foreston man
will occupy his chair at the commits
sioners' table another two years.
Election Notes.
Blue Hill gave Van SAINT 40 and Ros-
isng II.
Rosing carried Borgholm and Milaca
township.
The sheriff buzz saw took off lot
of fingers. .~.-
The weather was good for Novem-
ber election, ~ =
It's all in for the other fellow who
fell by the wayside.
In 1890 the county gave Van SAINT 816
votes and Lind 678. @s = ~.
The count in village and town OF
Princeton was finished. little after
midnight. j { z. .>--.- -s,#
Very few women went to the polls to
vote. In the town of Milaca one lone
woman went out and voted.
The first election news received was
from the village of Foreston and it
came in right after supper.
Sheriff Claggett had great battle
on his hands, but he came out victor
tiOus winning a great frht 3+---.=s :,