The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-04-28
ELECTIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
License Carries in Most Of the Larger
Cities and Towns-Vermillon for
Municipal Ownership.

and towns in South Dakota last week.
The Democrats made gains at Aber-
deem on the municipal ownership issue.
and also carried Chamberlain. License
was defeated at Canton, Arlington and
Clark. Results are given below:
Webster-I.. s. Woodwork (Rep.)
Was elected mayor over l.. G. Levoy
mon partisan) by 100 majirit yout of
4N0 votes cast. The entire Republican
ticket except member of the school
hoard was elected. License carried by
Is majority. School bonds also car
ried by good majority.
Milbank- Mayor. Thomas L. Broucl-
alderman First ward, w. w. Reeves
Second, ]. S. Farley; third, Edward
Phalen treasurer, f. Croal. License
carried by sc majority. Some 433 votes
were polled, the largest number ever
cast in the city. The election was
hotly contested. and is victory for
the element which has installed sew
erage and Mpterworks. The school d.
rectors elected We're: James Lockhart,
Frank Meehan, c. Erlandson, j. d.
Bulkhart and e. H. Benedict.
rlington-Fifty-nin ballots were
cast for licensing saloons and 1870
against. The following officers We're
elected: r. w. Reed, alderman First
ward; A. F. Blodgett, Second; j. w.
Blanch, Third: John Nassau Third, to
6l vacancy; T. w. Allen, police just
ice
Clarl--No license was carried by a
majority of As. The total vote polled
was 25S. A strong fight was made for
license, and in view of the fact If the
recent bonding of the town for water
works and gas, and the example of
many other towns in the state voting
for license, it was freely predicted that
Clark would go wet. 1t is thought that
the method employed by the saloon
element in keeping "foaters" in town
to secure their votes helped to defeat
the object sought. Aldermen elected
We're: First ward, ]. d. Smith; Sec
ond. B. A. Tibbetts; Third, A. ID. War
ncr; school board members elected,
Judge Bohrl, G. Arpin, e. j. Tupper,
Thomas Simpson, William McGaan.
Groton-There was but one iicket
except in the First ward for school in
spector. License carried by a major
ity of SO in a total vote of 1893. A year
ago license carried by GO.
Redfield-Assessor, l.. E. Gregory
justice. II. G. Warnock; treasurer, M.
j. O'Neill; police justice, G. w. Fisch-
err school treasury, c. d. Sterling:
aldermen, First ward, H. c. Burch and
j. ID. Fargo; Second. S. q. Morris and
ID. E. Walker; Third. F. A. Legler and
+. b. King; Fourth, Peter Norbeck and
A. w. Hopkins; members of school
board, First ward, G. II. Garner and
j. w. SwitZer; Second, G. Engstrom
and f. Fl. Blumc: Third, a. Chase and
T. w. Wilson; Fourth. John L. Boub
and H. H. Nollmer. License carried
by a large majority.
Piere-License carried by a major
itt of 80. Aldermen elected were:
Frank Lillibridge, L. H. Glow. G. w
Bolster and G. B. Billinghurst: mem
bers of school board A. C. Brink. F
j.. Fuller. C. e. Deland. John /. Newell
j. r. Mallory and James Stevens
Sioux Falls-Interest centered in
the fight for the city assessorship
which resulted in the election of Peter
Haas (Rep.) over his Independent com
petitor. The Republicans elected a
large number of their competitors for
the city council, and will retain con
troll of that body by an almost unani
nous vote. License carried.
Chamberlain-IIvery ward gave the
Democratic candidates for aldermen
substantial majorities. License car
ried by almost three to one.
Stursis-H. B. Burger. A. M. Amber
son and S. A. Oliver were the Repub
lican aldermen elected. License car
ried by big majority. William Grams
tRep) and Charles Runkel and n. H
1toup (Dem.) were elected members OF
the school board. Belle Travis (Rep
is school treasurer.
Aberdeen-The Democrats elected
three out of four aldermen and one
member ef the school board. License
carried. w. l.. Hutchins, w. G. Wells
w. F. Hoberton (Dems) were elected
Aid f. M. Hall (Rep.l was elected in
the Fourth ward by IL majority ovel
l.. w. Kelly (Dem.). Municipal own
ership was made successful issue by
the Democrats.
Miller-license carried by SO ma
Jority. The entire Republican ticket
except three aldermen, was elected
Charles Thompson, for mayor. had 5:
majority
Mitchell-Five tickets were in the
field. License carried by a majority
of 206. The 100000 sewer bonds car
ried by sol; the street sprinkling con
tract, whereby the city pays for the
work, carried by 21O T. A. Duncan
William r. Koch, A. ]. Kings. Thoma.
Wallace and j. e. Wells were elected
aldermen. l.. e. Stair, l.. w, Flotner
George e. Foster and w. E. Tipto1
We're elected to the board of education
eadwood-License for saloons car
ried by small majority, and the $40
OOO bond question for a new cour
house also carried. This appropria
ton will be used with county funds /,
make $4,000. The new aldermen
elected are Olaf Seim, T. w. Motif
and j. w. Fargo. Neil McDonougl
was elected police Judge.