The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-05
"SkidOO," "Twenty-three'
i'm the Third Ward.
MAYOR TAYLOR CRACKS JOKE
His Brother Voted Unluckey Number
Many Persons Are After the
Jobs: News Notes.
From Wednesdays Daily.

from wednesday y ltalV.
The balloting yesterday resulted in
the triumphant election of DR.. j. w. An
drews to be mayor of Mankato, by the
splendid majority of 233. He carried
every ward in the city except the sec
ond and third, and in those wards cut
down the usual democratic ma jorities
to mere skeletons. Few of his warm
est supporters were so sanguine as to
predict that he would receive more than
$50 or 200 majority, and the majority
of his supporters would not have been
surprised if it had fallen under 100. 1T
was the great silent vote that counted,
which politicians on both sides could
not count on.
Judge COmstock for municipal judge
swept the city, carrying all except the
fifth and sixth wards, and receiving a
majority of 4O3 votes.
The present city recorder, J. B..
HOdapp, was endorsed by reelection
by ten majority.
Charles Bennett exceeded all eXpecta-
tions as a vote getter, by landing the
office of the city treasurer for his niece,
Miss Gertrude Durkee. by 553 majority.
Republican Council.
The republicans made a gain of one
alderman, having four in the incoming
council. w. H. Gary was elected in the
first ward, by a majority of four, in
strongly democratic section. G.. X.
Bradley, in spite of the handicap of be-
ing railway employe, was elected by
AZ majority. George Atkinson, in the
fifth ward, had no opposition. In the
sixth ward former alderman G. w.
Eichstaedt was elected by a majority OF
10. The two democratic aldermen,
Frank Mahowald and Glenn Schroeder,
were reelected by reduced majorities.
w. r. Geddes was chosen special
Judge, through stickers placed on the
ballots, as neither party had a nominee
Republican City Attorney.
The election of a republican council
undoubtedly means the election of re-
publican city attorney, and there are
two active candidates for this position,
j. w. Schmitt and Benjamin Taylor.
DIR. Andrews and the entire new adj
ministration will take their offices next
Tuesday morning. 1t has been ten years
since Mankato last had republican
mayor, when Edgar Weaver concluded
his second term.
Skidooed by 20.
One cause for Mayor Taylor's defeat
has been learned. 1t seems that his
brother, William, voted the 23rd ballot
in the third ward, and this carried the
"skidoo'' with it for the mayor. The
latter joked about the matter today.
The band that serenaded the can
didates last night was the Jolly Fellows
band. The music sounded as good as
Sousa's band can make, to the victori-
Gus side.
Fiji PldCeS SOOH-
Mayor-elect Andrews states that he
will take up the matter of filling the APP
pointive places that he will have in a
very short time. He will not consider
that he alone has the say in making
these appointments, but will take coun-
sci of some of his able ieutenants in
the successful battle that has just been
won.
Some half dozen applications for APP
pointment to the position of chief of
police have already been filed with the
mayor, and he expects to have innumer-
able applications Tor positions as patrol
men. The filling of these and the other
places that will become vacant in q
short time will take much thought and
the display of rare Judgment,
Will Be No Hitch.
The municipal work is not new to DR..
Andrews, he having served on the coun-
ell, and four of the aldermen have had
experience, and it is expected that city
legislation will move along like clock
work.
Many are trying to explain today
show it happened" Numerous theories
were advanced, and everybody as rule
was taking the matter good naturedly,
whether victor or yanquished. There
was general feeling of relief that the
fight is now over and that business can
settle down into its usual channels and
brotherly spirit once more manifest
itself.
New I'm.
The city elected one alderman in each
of the three wards yesterday. There
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