Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-04-19
CITY ELECTION.


turbances from the hour OF opening
the polls. Voting throughout the
city commenced promptly with the
opening, continued lively through
the day, with the result that almost
the entire vote of the city was
registered. Not content with the
results of the caucuses held under
the new caucus law, the boxers
put up candidates for aldermen in
each ward by petition. In the past,
the cry of this element has been that
snap caucuses were held, but this
year with the caucuses open for
hours, their grievance still continues
in a new form. 1t would have made
no difference whom the republican
party named, the opposition would
have carried out their program OF
hatred and revenge. OF course,
under their banner gathered the
democrats, populists, socialists and
those with personal grievances, yet
the republican party defeated the
combined lot and elected alderman
and school directors in the First
and Third wards and city justice,
losing the Second ward.
The great surprise Of the day was
the defeat of license and as result
the city is condemned to 60 dry for
one year commencing July LIST. 1t
is rumored that recount OF the
votes on this proposition will be
demanded and on this slender
thread hangs the hopes of the license
advocates.
The sewer proposition went down
TO defeat, mainly through, it is
claimed by it's friends, misunder-
standing Of it's merits.
In the First ward, spirited, but
peaceful canvass resulted in the
election of Chas. III. Long, the
republican candidate for alderman,
by a majority of IL. For the school
board Jos. j. Cowan had no oppo.
sition.
In the Second ward, the storm
centre, some of the scenes would
rival those Of the levee districts OF
Chicago. Bribery, bull-dozing, bal
lot box stuffing, illegal voting by
oath, shameless electioneering by
bcxer candidates within the poll
room were incidents in the days
work. The judges frequently pro-
tested against these high handed
proceedings but to very little avail.
1t is alleged that some ten or fifteen
more votes were cast for school
director than there were names on
the list, caused by the gang doubl-
ing ballots before handing them to
the judges. With the multiplicity
Of ballots this could easily occur
and the bunch running things evil
IDENTITY was not slow to catch on.
The distribution OF 90 kegs of beer
on Saturday and Sunday by a boxer
lieutenant helped in the general
decentralization. The only bright
spot in this ward was the voting Of
the ladies, both sides actively urg-
ing the fair sex to use their right of
suffrage and royalty they did SO.
The bloody third is a thing Of the
past and the Bloody Second"
reigns. Herman Olson won over r.
j. Wagner by IL votes and Il. A.
Merger defeated j. S. Hardness for
school board by o. License was
defeated in this ward by two.
In the Third ward, Paul Gruby
defeated G. G. Rieger by three
votes. G. W.. Siglinger had no
opposition for school director.
License carried by 10 majority and
as Il was defeated by II in the First
ward, the two majority secured by
no-license in the Second settled the
question. The fine run made by
Mr.. Rieger was surprise TO him
self, friends and opponents and was
due 70 the fact that be made an
energetic house 10 house canvass,
while the republicans expended
neither time or energy in the ward
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