The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-26
E~LECTIONSIN DAKOTA
LICENSE CARRIES IN THREE.
FOuRTHS OF TOWNS.
In Most Places Aldermen m Mem
bers of Boards of Education Were
Elected with Little Opposition, Al
though Mitchell Had Five Tickets

EIpGIlOllS were ItIu III a "iaJD'i'
the cities and towns of South Dakota
Tuesday for aldermen and members OF
the boards of education, and in some
places for mayor, assessor and justices
of the peace. 07
Party lines were not closely drawn,
but the question of license or no license
was the issue in most instances. License
carried in more than two-thirds OF the
cities and towns, generally by decisive
majorities.
Mitchell: Considerable interest was
displayed in the city election Tuesday
on the five tickets in the field. License
carried by a majority of BOG. The $780,
900 sewer bonds carried by 301, and the
street sprinkling contract, whereby the
city pays for the work, carried by 2l2.
Il. A. Duncan, William Koch, A. j.
Kings. Thomas Wallace and j. Wells
were elected aldermen; l.. Il. Stair, l..
w. Plotner. Geo. II. Foster and w. K.
Upton were elected to the board of edu-
cation.
Parker: Parker gave 10 majority for
prohibition, against Is last year. All
three Of the new aldermen elected are
prohibition-John Appleby over Lee
Kingley in the First ward, Bert Morgan
without opposition III the Second, and w.
Wood over Herbert Jones in the Third
ward by / majority. The mayor and
four Of the six aldermen are no license.
Candidates for the other offices were
without opposition. The church bells
were rung.
Deadwood: The city elections Tues
day were very quiet in all Black Hills
cities. In DeadwOod license for saloons
carried by a small majority and the $40
600 bond question for a new court house
also carried. This appropriation will be
used with county funds to the total
amount Of $4,000. The three new al
dermen elected are Olaf Seim, Il. w.
Mofitt and j. w. Fargo. Neil Melon
ough was elected police judge.
Sioux Falls: Interest in the city cleo
ton here Tuesday was centered in the
fight for city assessor, which resulted in
the election of Peter Haas. the Repub-
lican nominee. over his Independent COM
petitor. The Republicans elected a ma
iority of their nominees for the city coun-
ell and will retain control of that body
by an almost unanimous vote. Mayor
was not voted on. License carried.
Aberdeen: AT the city election Tues,
day Walter Hutchins, in the First ward;
w. G.. wells, in the Second, and w. +.
Hoberton, in the Third. all Democrats,
We're elected. In the Fourth ward Il. NJ.
Hall, Republican, was elected by II ma
jority. License carried by n majority
of 212. The total vote was 1.207. The
street lighting franchise figured largely in
the result.
Geddes: The citizens ticket won Tues.
day over the peoples ticket by the cleo
ton of Frank I'll. johnson for mayor by
n majority of 13 and all the rest of their
candidates except assessor and one JUS
tice Of the peace. The peoples ticket,
headed by Dan Lamb, led n strenuous
fight to down the opposition. The citi-
zens' party also elected four out of the
six aldermen.
Sturgis: In the city election Tuesday
by a small vote III. ID. Berger, A. M.
Anderson and s. A. Oliver, Republicans,
were elected aldermen. License carried
by a big majority. William Grams, he
publican. and Charles Runkel and n. III.
Loup, Democrats. were elected members
of the school board, and Belle Travis,
Republican, school treasurer.
Redfield: The city election here Tues
day was very quiet. License carried by
a heavy vote. Eight aldermen were elect
ed, the city council having been compelI-
ed by mandamus proceedings to call the
election for an additional ward. The
new officers are NJ. j. O'Neill, treasurer:
G. w. Fisher, police justice. and III. G.
Warner, city justice.
Pierre: License carried in this city
Tuesday by a majority of 80. There
were no other contests and the vote was
light. Aldermen elected are Frank Lilli-
bridge, l.. III. Glow, G.. w. Bolster and
G.. b. Billinghurst; members of school
board, A. G. Brink, #. l.. Fuller, G e.
Deland, John l. Neyell, J. e. Mallery
and James Stevens.
Canton: Those who are opposed to
the open saloon won a sweeping victory
Tuesday. Three out Of four wards gave
vote of 534 no license carried by "a.
Members of the school board and alder.
men were elected without opposition.
Arlington: Arlington went ''dry"
Tuesday by a vote of 100 to SO, the larg-
est majority for no license ever cast in
this city. There has been no saloon in
this city for twenty-three years. Ii
cense was the only issue, the aldermanic
ticket going through without opposition.
Vermillion: The vote of Vermillion
Tuesday declared for municipal owner
ship of the electric light plant by a good
majority. The election was tame, only
half a vote being polled. License was
not voted on, and ths city will remain
dry for another year.
Salem: License carried here Tuesday
by a vote of 101 to 72. The proposition
to maintain a library by a tax to be
levied by the city failed to pass by 90 to
rs votes. The entire caucus nominees
for both city and school offices were
elected by big majorities.
Armour: At the election held in Ar
mour w. NJ. Zeigler, John Hand and