Arizona republican., 1904-05-04
PHOENIX IS SWEPT
Republicans Garry Both
 Wards Yesterday
Greene in the Second Has an Easy Victory Iauver Wins by najor- ity of 47 in the Fourth.

John T. Dunlap will be a very lonely democrat in the next city council. He will be entirely without colleagues. The republicans yesterday elected members of the council in >.both the Second and the Fourth wards and they did it with the utmost ease. The ma jority of R. H. Greene in the Second was fCrty-two inspite of a colonization estimate at from fifty to 100. The ma jority of Clinton Lauver in the Fourth was forty-seven. The most sanguine republicans had not dared to hope for so much.
 The vote in both of the wards was the heaviest ever cast. Nearly the en- tire registration was brought out. Some of the applicants were success fully challenged but still a great many votes got in that ought not to have been cast.
 The democrats were doubtful of the Fourth from the beginning and by the middle of the afternoon they had given it up and transferred their energies and their workers to the Second where until the last the issue was believed to be very much in doubt. As nearly as the republican managers could esti- mate at noon Greene was sixty votes in the lead. But after that a great many Norton votes came in and when the polls closed even those who had spent the day there were in doubt as to the result of the count. All agreed that it was very close.
 There was no disturbance or mani festation of i'll feeling at either of the polling places. The workers were too busy to quarrel. The republicans of the Second ward were surprised that so many cowboys were living in their midst. Most of them swore that they had lived there long enough to vote and most of them sWore that they re- garded their residence as permanent. But eight refused to make that kind of an oath as to their intentions and losS their ballots.
 An aggravated case of repeating was discovered in this ward. Among the names on the register was that of NJ. l.. Gehon supposed to be living some where on North First avenue. There is such a man as NJ. E. Gehon but the first man brought in by a democratic worker as GehOn could not be recOg- nized by those who knew Gehon. He was. however. permitted to vote. In the course of a couple of hours another man was brought in by a democrat. He said his name was M. E. Gehon and he offered to swear to it. By some error he was allowed to vote. Ten minutes later a third voter who said his name was Gehon, M. E.. residing on North First avenue was brought in. He was excluded. All the GehCns who appear ed claimed to be residing on North First avenue and all of them were M. E.. but not one could 'ten the number of his residence. The only and the or iginal Gehon did not appear at all for
 the reason that he is not in the city
 and it is said that he has not been in town since before the beginning of the registration.
 There was a great deal of illegal vot- ing in the Fourth ward in spite of the
 vigilance of the election officers. Two arrests were made there. One of the voters gave the name of John Carr and the other that of k. Cattron. Cattron voted early in the morning under the name of Jackson and returned later in the day with another name and num- Der. He was challenged by J. J. Whit temore who called the attention of Col. M'Clintock and Walter Kibbey to him. and on the complaint of w. c. I mittee he was arrested for he had
 sworn his last vote in. Carr who had voted twice was challenged by MT. Whittemore who said that he knew his name was not Carr. Both men were
 taken to the county jail and later were
 released by Justice Robertson on their
 own recogpizanCes to appear before him today.
 There were 431 votes cast in the Sec ond ward of which Greene received 1 236 and Norton 194. There was one l blank.
 l In the Fourth ward S27 votes were ! cast; there were 1S6 for Lauver. 139 foI | Lawrence and two blanks.
 ! There was a general disposition. or | the part of the republicans to rejoice 1 last night not only on account of the
 sweeping victory but also on account ! of the character of the men who were elected. For a long time there has been an effort more or less successful to get | business men into the council, but : there has generally been a preponder- : ance of members who were not busi- | ness men.
 l In MT. Greene the council will have
 one of the most thorough business men
 of the city and a member of extensive property interests. Though he has never been a politician he has always | taken a keen interest in the affairs ot
 the city and those who know him know
 that the city will profit by the active ! interest which it is possible for him tC manifest now. MT. Greene's candidacy
 was put forth by the republicans oi | the Second ward who are working for
 a better government for Phoenix and | it was only for the sake of a better | government that he consented to be- ' come a candidate. i MT. Lauver is also an active business man. He has been a resident of Phoc-
 niXs for many years. His neighbnrs have long regarded him as a man witt
 good timber in for councilman and they
 have put him forward for the office but 1 until now he has had either an over
 whelming majority to overcome or else | he was handicapped by perfect work l ing democratic machine.
 ! The election was followed last nigh
 by the usual shouting which takes place after such events All the bands in the