The Republican journal., 1903-03-05
THE CITY ELECTIONS.
Twelve Maine Cities Held Elections Mon
day. The Republicans Made ii Clean Sweel
in Eight. No Elections in Auburn.

Twelve Maine Cities Held Elections Mon
day. The Republicans Made ii Clean Sweep
in Eight. No Elections in Auburn.
RoCKLAND. The Republicans elected
their mayor and the complete boards of
aldermen and counclmen, giving Capt.
Israel Snow majority of about 225 for
mayor. The socialists vote was increased
Ward /, where Z. L. Brown, Dem, lacked
three votes Of the necessary majority to re-
turn him to the board of aldermen. The
officers elected were: Aldermen, F. F. Hard
ing, A. Johnson, A. r. Smith, 0. f. Davies,
f. W. Berry, a, l. Orne, .; F. Rhodes :;
r. A Rhodes, b. ID. Winslow, g. S. Bever-
age, II. T. SUI eforth, II. NJ. Brown, A. L..
Richardson, G. W. Smith, W. A. Glover,
W. j. Dickson, }. I. Berry, }. |. Snow,
G. L. st. Clair, {. w. Gale, c. S. Nash, A.
p Blaisdell, Daniel McLoud, G. W. Ames,
NJ l: Hills, NJ: II. sui sullivan aa;o,;+ of C,.rns
w. Davis, the Democratic candidate for
mayor, is 1888 out of a total vote of 1866,
which is the largest in the history of the
city. MIR. Blaisdell, the Republican candi-
date, received S39 and Mr.. Davis 1927 In
addition to electng the mayor the Demo
Gratis carried Ward !, ., and Z, the Re
publicans getting only the ''invincbles,'
Wards 3, and 5.
Ellsworth. The Republicans made a
clean sweep, electing their candidates for
mayo and the entire board of five aldermen.
For four consecutive years the Democrats
kept Hon. A. w. Greedy in the mayoralty
office, an honor never before accorded one
man in that city, and they have had ma
! ority in the aldermanic board. In the larg-
est vote cast for years this condition was
reversed, March 2nd. DR.. Alexander G..
are Orrin W. Trip, Howard B. Moore,
John w. Mccarthy, Howard ii. Hooper and
Arthur w. Austin.
SACo. The most bitter contest in the
history of Saco's municipal elections occur
ed March End, when Mayor VIM. O. Flee
man was defeated by Luther X. Moore, the
standard bearer of the Democrats and Citi
zens His majority was rs. year ago
Mayor Freeman was elected by one ma
jority. The vote, Monday, was SO8 for Moore
and 1872 for Freeman. The Citizen-Demo-
crat combination also elected five OF the
seven aldermen and OF the IA councIlmen.
EAsTPoRT. VIM. S. Mildon, the Citizen
nominee, was elected by about % majority
over John H. McFaul, the Republican can
didate. The Republicans elected six OF the
eight aldermen.
BATH. The straight Republican ticket
was elected, including Mayor EDWARD wal W.
HYDE, whose majority was SO. The vote
was: Mayor Hyde, Rep, 1901; Arthur ).
Dunton, Pro, 142 Harry II. Mayors, Social
list, $40. -,
WEsTBRooK Mayor Joseph A Warren
was reelected by only GA majority by the
Republicans who carried four OF the five
wards and the three aldermen at large.
Alderman Luther Frank was the Democrat
lie nominee for mayor.
LEWISTON. W. b. Shelton, Republican,
was elected mayor by a majority OF nine
votes, and the Republicans carried four OF
the seven wards with no choice OF alderman
in Ward4
SOUTH PORTLAND. George I. Spear, Rep,
defeated Frank p Seaman, DEM, for may
went Republican.
GARDNER. E. L. Russell was unani-
mously chosen mayor. The city council is
HALIOWELL. j. W. Fuller was elected
mayor, there was no opposition.
ArBiJRN. A big vote was polled but by the
returns there was no choice for mayor.