The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-17
OHIO TOWN HAS a rRaMs@..
. Joke on Election Day ru.
seriously for A. Nhed 0pa

Indianapolis News: tn s,ile.
Amesvtlle, o.. learned ~, politicians /,
pay to indulge in practsna, 1t does W
election OF mayor. Thsn Jokes In ~ ~
a result the town has ~ tried II, and !.
who was known as . mayor q nv.
serve time in the CInc,nn.np' who bJs
rood ip,aa lans thought It v %"vIsAaas
ma vor ~ 20 nominate the TUG ran bel
rood Ane people thought thu ham, ny ~
e,sct.a NE followed the p,ecsa0ks %
800 men they All turned " I'd
no pesttioned him to ~ me sm.
TN 9 me ground that It wa ss!as u
- ~ md the best repres s Illegal
- ,.a ~ vent to Columbus 1saNtadra
"a .ne'r pst.tion befnre .hs last ra
~ Lei nearing them Cows se,nol
ference. 1or his Int,
Amesytie IL IN Athens co,.
.oa = eoont LOO inhabttan,,,, aud 1
mayor, Onward CLARK, uas La
NpuIar In Anesvtlle, and !, not e.
.son AIM the strong cansm da his sa
~. oppose him was imposalh,s lsnsd
crowd hit upon q plan to nse So hi
o.nce oy nominating somahea MIN b
3one Who should afterwarS0 as
eiisiole and be removed, allow, prove h.
cu!noent 10 retain office for ano.s s lhets
as he convention there wac 'aef yea;
ranged deadlock and as a comn., d ptsat
name OF n Alonzo R. Waaa olhise TIL
SArnP' Just out of the Cinc,nnoa Oval
house was offered, and he r"N 9afs,
UNANIMOUSLY chosen, and his ras Almost
on the ticket. Weed, who l. IAN" ,e wet
among the tourist AnoSn Al
vas TO receive a gallon lug ~ u%ae1its.
ese rye whisky If he would se chd.
a drink until after electiossi ee not 70
ms case should be decided Nv ana uata
Nash. Pending the DECISION eoVetna
sbe kept in luxury in a hoo, ne Tas 10
ana was to be given clean l,ren houa
The compact was kenr ana
elected as q huge Joke" Of weed Es
people generally didn't knnU. seu.se, ID.
TO Keep the old mayor in ofsoo me deal
We're stampeded by what thav out they
a nuge Joke, and simply votsd .easlae'a
with b idea that the onnostt. LOT Wed
date would easily get enourh ro Ul can't.
elected. usA votes 10 b
But the dwarf tramp was 0,,
then q long LIST of "fearful r,ec.ea and
He'd with Governor No., cas!ss
were signed by Acting Ma Wash Ihta
Councilmen Henry and Ps,s, Ca'ks
Clerk McCune. and related tbs. and
naerts were quite unfit for such , "esas
ned position as mayor of ar,a acn a digas
ne was a person Of intemnera.0 Ial
ana that his only claim to resiS, naaai
ONO was the fact that he had ei i"u. N
fourteen months in the Just spent
Cincinnati. "orhnouse at
me mayors counsel admittoa
specification in the comn,aint eVe7
ED that they all related 10 ,o Dt b
mttted prior to the election ana acts COM
nicipal code recognized chars anu Inc Hr
mayor only s.ch as WERE asasast =
while In office, and in this cum tOlanVsa
ernor Nash fully CONQUERED. T T,a', ~ uoF.
OF lntemperance would NOT ba,s slafesi
both sides admitted that wbile wa Dssaoss
been bribed with a jug Of wb;s Tsea mao
main sober for a specified Length =, re
ne mad not touched liquor in INV t aasa
ana this one act set aside all c,s Ivy taal
ms inability soberly to admins ~ az y
fairs of the town. Governor Nj the a.
the stand shat as this was the first ~
under the municipal law, he wo",s ,e =
compelled to establish a preccdsnt ~ =
decided that Weed should he reiest, Nv ~
mayor. "s'aeaa