Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-05-07
A DIVISION
OF H0NORS
In The Municipal Election Yes
taTday
The Republicans in the Electi' II of
Mr.. Messenger ii the Second Ward
Made Gain of One Councilman.
Incidents Of the Contest.

IO' " 'ii'-E tIi' Hiiil:S " II l''iii''
club began year ago ended yastrr-
day in Il split though in gain for the
republicans o. one member of the
council. NJ W. Messenger was elected
in the second ward over Vernon l.
Clark. by = ma jority of eleven. \. a
Sanders was reelected in the Fourth
ward. over J. NJ. Aitken. by majority
Of fifty-six. The interest centered in
this ward. though the result was
foregone conclusion. Ii w2s known
that very large majority OF the ;ax
payers. democratic and republican.
would support Air. Aitilen. but il vas
evident that if every taxpayer in the
ward should vote :or him the coloni-
Zation vote and the vote OF the street
Improvement gang could not be over
come.
! The machinery of the election. too.
was in the hands OF the Young Mems
/ Democratic club, and It was put in op-
Grafton early in the day. The challeng-
ers selected by the republicans. those
who understood the Mexican language
and were acquainted with many OF the
/ colonized voters. We're excluded on The
untenable ground tha5 they were not
residents of tAa ward. The ballots by
the Young Mems Democratic dub.
/ though of legal form. were on = tissue
! like paper 50 that every one presented
could be distinguished as well as e it
had been marked in direct violation Of
/ the Australian ballet law.
- 'i''-i 'ne poi'S Se,e oi'ehed there
-, % 7-'-''9' i-'e+l OH
'-,''.,l ii9 ana iiie-,apefS
iili.'i - 1iii'2.l' gang l-3cil
% & II ii''Si III ms MT ana ne
'o'si" app iDI''u lhe .'olis III coHs-t."-
,'e "lief' acre We're alhc1& tiiem
"'| WI" III" i.ot seem u De "--- y
Cd, Vi "Se' Dul tie!f majority
u--i oN u II 'iie A1oc 81
',''ii7 'li''' 'He! were OF age
nv 'NiA VI 'ht Votes o. the demo-
-. - 80 nv ~ u the 1ouiS
..,.i il'D " d ~, III
/ -. -? - - o'-'-~- - '-tV lof
,.. - ""'' ''i'' LII ~
-, Ivy az" uid iot return. me
Wa, even VioAe' al these cifcull-
'''.'i' >'Hld 4---\e Leeh expect
NJ 'iie NC'3S were haii counted
" ,ie iieci- ana neck ana
""9 4" 'i.e ie''i-
i'U' "i'''i ne ""'toIA "- the Da!lot p"X
.".t WIS '"hen out tEe sanders ma
'o--tA "'', i,ileN Up sanders vote vas
- .. ~ = ''i-9iiS ">'S Ia'' ms vas
i'o ie7S ';l''H tle Iesi*tered EPte.
~ 'ile sec"Ad ward "s' votes were
,ouAts.'' OF Whith MeiS:nser received
'T ana idi 1S',
II WIS PreulCt"d tA2t there Mould %
lrouoi% III the Fourth ward but the lay
IfiHt GuieH* Win tiie exception OF
''--7 ~ "'i'7 ---'i.le-'t' captain D.
49,. - & ''1i'-'0iat III lhe IN
,,.l,.I. - So - q i5iiL,-''' oiu ne:olc
-, i-f'' ne "t 'el7 II IN
-; '''- " 'iCH ne was ol-
80 li'1 tot'4S &c o.
~ e-looi- - ~ 1AspTy' captain Oh
ai-, eiiS iils iiou<e .'li,' toileCtcf OF me
go iuil'. u 'ae life department
loI '"e ouiis Men democratic clnp
WIN otheIs' invaded captain AleNln-
DER neadqoarterS ana was ordered
ou'' ne Went ana III going applied q
.lie epithet TO captain Alexander
VINO called ms &ttenulon TO the faci
il.at ASpeF was acting IL the capaclty
oi d pollce'hall' ana pointed out the i'm
pi'pi4ety Oh MIS- language IN that ci-
P%e.'y re latef procured ms arrest
ana ne VIII ne tired today in justice
oc"i l
Ate: lhc cC,'H0 III the FourJn ward
lhere was d Jollliicatlon, IN which some
beer was used Captain Aapey vas
seen gong down the street with beel
faucet 70 facilitate fle flow OF the IL
4uiu.
Al! afternoon the voters of the Young
wen democratic cIuD lay spraWled
Ul'oi tl!e G:eehs"ard OF the city nan
Il. IN 80
"cih Oh lhe streets at an expense oi
l'ooo week had come 1 oan end \
= t8Ap2Eef' iooAIhg over the reclining
: voters said THANK God. its all over
; l didn't care Tor the waste of s1.G10 d
l week so much as for the useless tear
ing up "I the streets ana the dust and
Heil they We're raising
; An Irish voter, Mr., Casey. looErd
lately This great democratic e2e''-