The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-21

porting the democratic city ticket, |
does It? Again, If The News had sup
ported the democratic administration,
does It stand to reason that the mayor
would have been a party to cancelling
an agreement that had been in force
in this city for years on the matter
of city printing, cutting out one of the
portions that had been coming to The
News so that its republican-democratic
contemporary might have more?
Let us analyze the vote of the last
city election little and see If the
matter of the street closing had per-
ceptible influence on the result. There
is no means of determining the nor
NAL party vote of the various wards
of the city last spring. Perhaps the
nearest approach to party strength
was shown in the vote on city treas
urer, an Office upon which the street
proposition could not possibly have
been made an issue In the First
| ward, Friday received 80 votes, Pase
Isl, while on treasurer, Haase, demo
crat, received 81 votes, four more
| than Friday, and Schorregge received
| 81 votes, six less than Pasewalk. In
| the Second ward, Schorregge received
| 1877 Pasewalk 1873, one more than his
ticket In the Third ward, Schorregge
received 80, Pasewalk 101, running
| twelve ahead of his normal strength.
In the Fourth ward Schorregge re-
ceived so, Pasewalk Sc, again being
ahead six votes. Pasewalk's total
vote was 362, while that of Schorreg-
ge was 1877.
To analyze the vote in another man.
ner: In the First ward, Cow, repub-
lican, for councilman, known to be
in favor of street closing received
| "a votes, while Pasewalk, known to
be against the proposition, received
81. In the Second ward, Craven, re-
publican, for councilman, ran away
ahead of his ticket, but it was not on
the issue of street closing, for the
reason that Craven and his opponent
were both figured in favor of the
measure. In the Third ward, Halver-
STEIN republican nominee for the
council, known to be in favor of the
depot proposition, received 81 votes,
while Pasewalk received 101 votes.
In the Fourth ward no comparisons
can be made with the vote on coun-
Gilman, for the reason that the repub-
licans had no candidate for that of
flee. Thus it will be seen that Pase-
walk received in each of the wards
more votes than either of his repub-
lican colleagues, except in the Second
ahead of him. The votes in this ward
might at first blush be considered as
bearing out the theory that the street
closing proposition cut some figure,
but when it is remembered that both
candidates for councilmen were in
favor of closing the street, some other
, cause for the result in this ward must
) be sought.
The shameful insinuation that the
religious people of Norfolk are hypo
crits and not sincere in the religion
e which they profess" and the unjust
1 attempt to create an impression that
religious people of the city are
! morally responsible for the duel OF
t Monday night, is as malicious false
t hood as is the statement that Pase
/ walk was sacrificed by republican:
! because of the depot question. The
l. election last spring did not hinge OF
y religion, but upon party politics ant
Il no one has the temerity to claim tina
. all church members are republicans
f though 1t is admitted they ought t.
J. be.
J. The facts about the election las
= spring are that it was democratic
time in Norfolk, and the republican
It were simply out numbered The ad
l. ministration of Mayor Friday ha
. been good from a business and civil
r standpoint, it was at the end of hi
Y. first term, and there was no reaso
e on the surface why democrats shout
70 not support their candidate. The mora
a phase of the question did not ente
Is largely into the campaign, becaus
d Friday was not so well known the
lie as now, neither did the depot questio
n cut any figure, as is shown by the col
=, facts produced by the returns.