The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-06
SALEM
REFORM
DEFEATED.
BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
CITIZENS OF THAT PLACE TURN
ALLEGED REFoRMERs DOWN.
PARTISAN POLITICS is REBUgED
AT sHINNSToN BY AN OVER
wHELMING DEFEAT.
Southern Gets the Adanston Mayoralty
BY Small Margin Over Bartlett
f. Other Towns Also Elect officers, But
Without Amy Great Fight.

The municipal elections in tae country
towns all passed of quietly Thursday.
There We're some surprises as there al
ways is.
Al Adamston thc campaign was very
quiet until within day or SO Of the
Election, when the Citizens. ticket ana
boosters began to make loud claims Of
victory. This idea clung to them un-
til the votes were counted, when il vas
found tnat the Republican ticket in the
main mad been elected by small mar
gin G. C. Southern was elected mayor
over NJ. +. Bartlett by majority,
Southern receiving 50 votes and Bart
lett 81. D. II. Outright beat Charles
Elliott for recorder by vote of ss to
S4 Councilmen elected were Henry M.
Smith. l55 votes; G. n. Criss, OF votes;
J. E. Kidd, 1913 votes; William Wolfe,
l02 votes, and D. G, Morris, lo2 votes.
Others voted for were j. T.. Boyles So
votes; II. c. Biddle, 81 votes, and Wade
$. Highland. 81 votes. Tnc result plsas-
ed a great many Of Adamston's citizens
anl Mr.. sonthern was the recipient of
Iaearty congratulations. In the neiga-
borhood Of seventy citizsns called on
sim during the evening and paid their
respects
The battle was aard fought at Salem,
but the Citizens Progressive tieset,
headed by W. y. Way for mayor won by
majority OF s. votes and none receiv-
a fewer taat 20 majority.
The vote was mucn larger than n year
ago, aggregating 3ll. ana thus showing
Salem rapidly growing in population,
Tho vote was as follows.
Citizens Progressive Ticket.
For mayor-W n. Way, 1906.
For recorder George L. Zinn, ls7.
For council Samuel Gain. l7s; G. w.
+. Randolph. 1872; w. A. Carpenter. 100;
4. J. Watson. 1884; and Earl Pepper, ls2
Scaool commissioner r. w. Young,
Ils5.
Citizens Reform Ticket.
For mayor-Israel Bailey, Ill.
Rscordcr-C. A. Sclutte, ll6
councilman-R. r. Gordon, Ila; A.
NJ. Ritter. l2l; }. G McGregor, lis; D.
G. Powell ll9, and S. i. White, l2f.
School commissioner W. Young,
ns.
A timenonored custom at Shinnston
is the elimination of partisan politics
in municipal affairs. but tae Republi
cans persisted in naming straight out
ticket. As the result they were snowei
under II. T. Shinn on the Citizens
ticket, was reelected mayor by vote
If 10l. TO C. f. Randall's "a. c. L.
Taught was on both tickets for recorder
and received l42 votes. Thomas Jarrett
was on both and got 1913 votes. I;ugn
VI. Martin on tine Citizens ticket. re-
ceived ls7 votes, and was elected. as
'vere also S. j. Lowe. D. f. Book ami
L. J. Rowand, receiving ITO, l04 ami III
votes respectively. for councilmen. W.
D. Bryan received II votes for council.
Charles Knox 4s, and Andy Moore "a.
Bridgeport elected this ticket: w. T.
Swiger. mayor; 4. D. Fitzhugh, recorder;
F. B. Kester, Joan Lancaster. Howard
Haley, H. L. Dean and C. B. Late. coun
cilmeu.
At West Milford William Lee bsing
on both tickets was unanimously elect
"a mayor. The vote for recorder was a
lie between r. G. Helmick and W o.
Kennedy and the council win settle II.
George W, Sturm J. B. Clark. J. W.
Gaston. J. W Fox and A. J. Kempsr
were elected eouueilmen
Tac Citizens ticket was successful at
Lumbsrport. its vote ranging from 30
TO ss. and The other from % 10 2s. n.
Nv Martin was elected mayor; N. q.
Arcner, recorder; C. L. Hess. D. r.
Mason. Y. L. Hornor, Lee Boggess and
Boyd Horncr couneilmen.
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