The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
VICTORY COMES
Continued from Pare One.

Prom Mead democrats, ran closely be-
hind Anthony and Busard. II was
conceded in some places last night
THAT Anthony had been defeated by a
small margin but the official count
greatly changed the complexion of the
|affair. Ell. At
George Nicely democrat, was de-
|feated by Dr.. j. G.. Setter, republic
lean. for member OF council from the
first ward j. ] Rudolph was the
|only ward councilman elected by the
democrats. In the second ward he
defeated Carpenter, who was seeking
reelection. Randall, the republican
candidate for council in the third
ward won from Carter the demo-
|cratic nominee, by the small margin
|of sixteen votes. William j. Gorton,
republican. was victorious over J. w.
Hurr. in the fourth ward.
On the township ticket the demo-
Gratis were successful in electing
both Charles ". Conley and Charles
E. Gompf. justices of the peace, over
the republican candidates, Harry
Thompson. for second term and
George ". Mckinley. Charles Con-
ley's excellent administration of the
office during his first term was en-
dorsed in no uncertain manner by the
voters. Mr. Conley received the
highest vote of any of the four can
|didates. Charles Gompf was second,
Harry Thompson third and George w
Mckinley, fourth Benjamin Bigford
republican. was reelected constable
over Joseph Long by a small majority.
In the school board voting. many
women participated at all of the
polls. The voters elected Fred I,
CUTLERY, J. w. Jacoby and NJ. B.
'Dickerson. which means that the
board will be non partisan this year
Jas had been the case for many years.
The candidates finished the race in
the order named, H. o. Dunn, an in
dependent candidate having given NJ
b. Dickerson close race until the
last few precincts were heard from.
There were eight candidates for the
school board.
In practically every precinct in the
city both Democrats and Republicans
scratched" tickets. with vim, most
voters taking their time in the booths
and making their tickets look like
a bunch of chicken tracks, Prac-
tically little of the result at any
precinct was known until long after
midnight. II was reported that the
Republicans were doing far more
scratching than the Democrats and
the full returns proved its veracity
For the most part the Democrats
kept closely 20 the. excellent ticket
nominated by the party's convention
and the result is self evident.
Judges and clerks in the voting
booths went on duty at six o'clock
Tuesday morning and worked hard
until the polls closed at FIVE thirty.
Then the real hard work commenced
and some of the precinct votes were
not counted until about 80 O'Clock
wednesday morning. The large
amount of scratching" of tickets
was responsible for the tartliness in
counting the vote and emphasized the
need OF voting machines In the city
Large crowds of men and women
were on the streets Tuesday night
and gathered at the various places.
where it was possible to secure the
returns. At the Mirror office a large
crowd gathered and bulletins an
nouneing the results by precincts In
both city and county were read Re-
turns were received by the election
board in the commissioners office
at the court house until about one
O'Clock when the board decided 20 adj
Journ until Wednesday to receive the
returns. At the offices of Charles
Conley and l.. b. McNeal, large num-
Ders OF voters gathered and heard
the returns, The Mouser-Quigley
headquarters in the Barnhart block
were well filled until Quialeys de-
feat was certain and then the crowd
dispersed
Large crowds remained on the
streets until long after midnight
when II was seen that It might he
morning before the actual result was
''''''' ~ nus pccn many years since
an election has so thoroughly stirred
up the city and has interested every
one to the extent that did the fight,
Tuesday.
Republican leaders have little to
say OF the rout OF their forces. There
are sore spots and plenty of them.
but they do not like to come out op-
|enly and make announcement OF
them. The defeat of, the republican
ticket ascribed by many of the
leaders the fact that II. w. Donithen
allowed himself to be coaxed into
declaring for local option. Repabli-
leans say that they realized the tick
iet was gone when Donitnen switched.
Lack of harmony was the only
answer given by the party leaders
when interviewed Wednesday morn
ling by the Mirror. There appears
TO be internal dissensions in the
party that will crop out In a full
fledsed fight ere long
The votes were cast as follows
BIG ISLAND.
Donithen, 81 Smith, "a: Lukens, 1: