New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-06
NUHIuVVS Oh NUu-FaTGISdu 1dTIy UIV0u UIUW
Most Exciting City Election Helo
VETERAN CLERK IS DEP0SED
Edward J. Bobleter Defeats Louis Schilling
by Plurality of 175.
Independent Candidate Was Slaughtered in
First and Second Wards.

ally, we're communicated with by cir
cular letters and were sounded by
proxy, but it is a question whether the
very tirelessness of their methods did
not initiate against them. Certain
it is that some Of their ammunition
would have brought better results had
It not been used and various things
that were converted into capital merit
ed rebuke.
But the browning error Of the Schil-
ling forces was when they listened to
the Eckstein-Liesch counsels.> Power
less to prevent the spread of the SEN
timent in favor of the election OF
Chas. Silverson to the mayoralty,
these gentry remained passive as long
as possible but the chance of oppos-
ing Bobleter offered them a vent for
their feelings and they leaped into the
the breach. 1t was the colossal and
eliminating mistake, for when they
announced their allediance it spelled
defeat for the man they were support
ing.
AS soon as the fact that the COM
bine had been formed was exposed a
revulsion of feeling was noticeable.
Men who felt no concern in the matter
one way or the other, giving neither
Of the candidates preference, and in
many instances those who were in
clined to favor the denomination of
Schilllng, experienced a sudden
change of heart and lost no time in
throwing their support to Bobleter.
The benefit to the latter from this one
circumstance was incalculable and it
assisted him nightly. With the aid
thus secured his election was at no
time greatly in doubt and this morn
ing Louis Schilling, after spending
eighteen years in the Office of city
clerk, is deposed.
AS far as the weather was concerned
election day was perfect. In the morn
ing the sky was slightly overcast and
the atmosphere murky but later the
sun shone brightly and the voters were
not subjected to physical discomforts
whhn exercising the sovereign right OF
suffrage. The clerkship fight brought
the vote out surprisingly; early in the
day it became apparent that an enorm-
Gus total would be polled. At O'Clock
226 ballots had been deposited in the
first ward, PIP in the second and 27l in
the third, and at $3.50 o'clock these
figures were increased to 297 in the
first, 269 in the second and 36l in the
third.
Even to those who have followed
the municipal situation closely the to-
tai vote was surprise. When the
polls closed at 6 o'clock there were
342 residents of the first ward, 80 OF
the second and 410 of the third who
had voted, bringing the total up to
LOOP for the city. What this means
becomes clear when it is compared to
elections of other years. In the city
election of 1902 the vote by wards was
first, 239; second, 200: third, 225; to-
tai of 664. Last year only 313 votes
were polled in the city during the al
dermanic election and the present fig
ures overshadow those of the ''off
year" state and county election OF
1902. Then the first gave 315, the Sec
ond 2S2 and the third 347, but the to.
tai of 944 is 118 votes short of the
showing made yesterday.
That showing serves to give an idea
of the exertions put forth by the op-
posing candidates. They sought out
the apathetic voter wherever he was tc
be found and in consequence interest
in the struggle never abated. Through
out the day little knots Of mer
gathered on the street corners and II
other public places to discuss the
chances Of the contestants. Very gen
orally the opinion was expressed thai
the Schilling men we're waging for
lorn fight and the outcome proved
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