The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-08
HARIIH HHS
 OVlR CHATF ELD
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NOOAAAAluGQ HUH IGSL RdRe. from Arthur Petzsch by 2,677 votes.
 That the interest in the election was intense was shown by the fact that there were over two thousand more voters who came out and cast their ballots yesterday than at the repub- lican landslide of two years ago last spring. There was Q very heavy vest pocket vote which had the leaders of both parties guessing, and although the republicans stanchly maintained in the late afternoon that they would put Chattield in the office their esti- mate of his plurality fell considerably. Early in the evening the statement was made that the election had been carried by Catfeld by 400 plurality, but as soon as the returns began to come in it was evident that even that was probably exaggerated. As ward after ward reported unoff1cially in the early evening large and unexpected votes for tho democratic ticket senti- ment quickly changed and 1t was the opinion that Martin had a good chance to be elected even among those who had hitherto felt that he had no chance. The evening was not very old before the republicans prac- tically conceded the election to Martin but they chung somewhat longer to their hopes for the carrying of the rest of the ticket which had been in office. Even this was seen to be hope less and the watchers finally came to the interested and eager look out for the Brethauer- Whitaker vote as the one chance for republican to be elected The run made by Whitaker was really phenomenal as he lacked but few votes of 1,200 plurality in a democratic landslide.
 The surprise of the night probably was the Ninth ward. The republicans had calculated on carrying this ward by the usual large majority, and even something added for good measure. Studley took from that ward his big gest plurality two years ago, Yester- day Martin, who lives in that ward, by the way, came out 26 ahead. with the republican candidate for alderman easily elected by about three hundred, which is significant fact that will probably cause some pondering The Tenth rolled up tremendously large plurality for Chatfleld, which helped to let the republican leader down with less of defeat, but even then he was hopelessly out of the running.
 The big wards of the Third and Fourth were we'll in the Martin col umn, and he finally pulled the Second which the republicans had counted on by ten votes. The Seventh and Twelfth turned out big votes for Mar tin, which practically placed him out of reach,
 The board of aldermen, which was elected In its entirety yesterday, will lstand 12 to 9 in favor of the demo- crats, which will give them the ap. lpointment of the assistant city clerl next year. Of the six aldernan-at- large the four democratic candidates are all in, and the two highest men or the republican ticket, Julius Janser and Barnet Berman, will be the mi nority representation, Both are new men in the board, while the two de- Ifeated republican candidates McKer- ness and Davis, have both been in the board. The republicans get aldermen 1 from seven of the fifteen wards, while the democrats will get eight wards This means that the next president oi the board will be a democrat The entire city government will thus be sl thrown in the hands of the democratic 1 party by the result of yesterday
 In the race for selectmen Henry Hill man and Anthony Verdi were the sue. eessful candidates, the latter getting by with just ten votes more than Moses Rice, For Constables Roscoe Brown and Louis Coleman are the minority representation,
 The weather conditions were perfect for getting out full vote and the bal. lot shows that large percentage O. the registration went to tho polls. Tht amount of the reversal from two year, ago Is evidenced by the fact that whill Judge Studley came out 2,99S ahead Martin won by 1,567.
 After the result Of the election wa beyond a doubt a great democratic par ade was formed, which marched u with many of the democratic candidate and serenaded the victorious leader l, MT Martin. at his home on Lake place
 Afterwards they marched about tn
 center of the city celebrating the cleo
 tion of q democratic mayor for the frs !, time since 1899,