The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-20
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THE CITY ELECTION PASSED
OFF QUIETLY TUESDAY,
WITH A VERY LIGHT
VOTE.
THERE BEING NO PARTICULAR
ISSUE EXCEPT THE ELEC-.
TIoN OF GOOD MEN.

The recent city election was a
quiet one, there being no particular
interest taken except in the Fourth
ward, where there was the real old
fashioned political mill pulled Off
In this ward the fight was Feigel VS..
Fitzmpurice for the Office of alder
man. Feigel was candidate on the
Greater Rapid City ticket, while
Fitzmaurice represented the Liberal
ticket in that ward These two can
didates began to marshal their
hosts eraly in the day and it was
q hot fight all the day through,
down in the cast end of town Thera
Ws2 also another hot contest going
on down there. j. Il. Leary a:i; Mr..
Gay contested for nlem'bcr .}f the
school boar! AM lir, Gag winning
out by 2 margin of one vote. IN
his lattar contest the women Of the
levee district were at the polls ami
voted al" ost [ oa woman Indeed il
was a motaly crowd in and about
the polls of the Fourth ward, re-
minding one considerably of the
dizzy districts Of the tenderloin OF
Chicago. 1t was orderly, however,
to q degree, for the police force
was cantered here. and there was
nothing doing out of the ordinary
and business of the election board
was carried on in a strictly orderly
way ali the day long until the clos
ing of the polls. M. o F'itzmaurice
ran several lengths ahead of his
by Feigel for alderman. Out of this
election in the Fourth ward will
probably grow q case for the courts
provided that the council does not
settle the matter. !riittsziilill;iuiicc III vii!
file a case for contest on the
grounds that he thinks he can prove
that several Illegal votes we're cast.
Should he fail 'oi showing the
council he proposes TO carry the
matter UP to the circuit court.
As to the question of whether or
no the town shall be wet for an
other year the same was decided in
favor OF irrigation in all it's forms
by much larger majority than for
many years past. Those who have
to sell the red liquor or amber brew
are therefore, on Easy street for an
other year, aside from the little
boost in thier license which will take
effect July 1st.
The men selected to control the
affairs of the city are altogether a
representative class of citizens who
will take care of the city's interests
as we'll as they do their own inter
ests being all men who arc tax pay
ers and have the countries interest
at heart.
Following is the vote by wards:
First ward-Assessor, Garfield,
Al; Lynch 81. Alderman, Patrick,
AZ, G. P. Title. sr., 81. In favor of
liquor license, As; against 81.
Second Ward Garfield, 54;
Lynch, "a; Dodge, 81; Clark, 25.
In favor of license, 53, against, 35.
Fourth ward-Canfield, %.
Lynch, 20: Feigel, 2s; Fitzmaurice,
&c. For license, 43; against, II.
School Roord--
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Bridge, 63;.
Ma Jain, 30: Bangs. so: Critsanden,
tas- Sargent, 50; I4enhart, 81; Gay.
..as2.
Bridge. unanimous; Gay,
so; LeLhart, So; Barber, 54;
Garner. IS; Brown, So; Richards,
81.
Fourth ward--Bridge, 65; c. Hol-
ley. 22; Lenhart, 21; J. H. Leary,
-; Gay, 40.
In the Third ward license car
ried 35 to 15.