The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-10-11
NAMED
Are Nominees
of Party
At the City and
township
PRIMARY
Held by Republicans
Saturday.
City School Board Fight Only
Contest in Which Interest
Was Manifested.

But little interest was manifest at
the Republican corporation and town
ship primary Saturday save In the
Bellefontains School Board contest.
In this fight there were nine candi
dates, six to be nominated, the three
receiving the highest number of votes
to be declared nominees for four-year
terms and the three receiving the next
largest number of votes to be declared
nominees for two-year terms. The
votes cast for the candidates show that
Messrs. NJ. c. Boals and A Butler,
present members of the Board, and R.
B. Keller were nominated for four.
year terms and DR.. Frank Griffin,
Luther B. Slough and E. z. Chamber
lin for two-year terms. The votes re-
ceived by each candidate were as fol-
lows: A. Butler, 39s; R. B. Keller,
3S7; NJ. c. Boals. 305: Luther B.
Stougn, 302; DR.. Frank Griffin. 2sS /;
E P. Chamberlain. 2sO; Joseph Col
ton, 237; John E. West, 100, and
Frank E. Milligan. 16s.
In the race for councilman-at-larg
John c. Rienhart, at present serving
the city IN this capacity, was nominal
ed over ex-Msyor DR.. A. L. Wright
| by vote OF 226 to 172.
In the first ward John Foos, present
city alderman, was nominated for
council over o. c. johnson Mr.
Foos received 50 and Mr.. johnson 20
votes
Hosac Downs, present city council
man. was nominated for this Office in
ward three. He had no opposition
and received 90 votes
| The vote for assessor in the four
wards shows the following totals
FirsEW. R. Euan=. 20: Daniel Nc
Peck. 90. Svcond-PauL o. Batch,
100. Third-E- Barnett, 9s. Fourth
Frank Fox, 3d.
For township trustee Joseph V.
Stevenson received 439 votes and for
township clerk Edward Mclaughlin
49, Neither had opposition
d. J. Huben and Robt. Dow, pres
ent justices of the peace of Lake town
ship, were renominated. Mr.. Huben
received 1893 and Mr.. Dow AL votes.
For the office of Constable c. W.
Humphreys. who had no opposition.
received 442 votes
In Lake township, north precinct, G..
A. Horn was nominated for assessor,
polling 16 votes, and Harry Jami-
son and Jonah Meredith for road su-
pervisors. There were five candidate:
for this Office in north precinct, and
they received votes as follows: W. S.
Kemper, 1 Geo. A. Horn, .; Harry
Jamison, 8; Warren Williams, 1 and
Jonah Meredith, IA.
In Lake township, south precinct,
John NJ. Miller was nominated for as
SCISSOR and A. H. Black for road super
vIsor. Each received votes.
In the Lake township School Board
race these. voted for from the north
precinct were J. A. Ross, Mrs. ,Msrths
Kemper, A. III. Adriance, l.. NJ. Shu.
mate, d. M. Stevenson and B. F. L.
Meredith; and those from the south,
E. L. Butler and Marion Carter. The
votes received by each is shown by the
following: J. A. Ross, 10; A. 81. Ad
rance, II; l.. NJ. Snumate, O.; Marion
Carter, 3; E. L. Butler, 2;D. NJ.
stevenson, and Mrs. Martha Kemper,
4. Those nominated are, J. A. Ross
A. h Adriance and d. M. Stevenson
for year terms and L. NJ. Shumat,
and Marion Carter for year terms
a number of ladies voted for mem
bers of School Board in each of tn,
city wards and it Will be noticed tina
in the voting for School Board nomi
nees of Lake township one vote wa
cast in the north precinct for a lady
Mrs Martha Kemper.