Arizona republican., 1909-05-05

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 The city election resulted in the fol- lowing government for the next two years:
 Mayor. Lloyd B. Christy, republican.
 Marshal. A. J. Moore, republican.
 Treasurer. H. A Diehl, republican.
 Recorder, Frank Thomas. republican.
 Assessor and Tax Collector, C. w. Barnett republican.
 Councilman First Ward, Charles A. Stauffer. republican.
 Councilman Third Ward, Eugene Hackett, democrat
 It was as warm a municipal election as Phoenix has had in several years and much of the result was involved in doubt until the count was nearly finished. It was conceded from the beginning that Lloyd B. Christy would defeat Robert Fridel for mayor. but the democrats would concede nothing more than that. On the other hand they claimed the election ofeGOldman in the first ward and of Hackett in the third. They assumed to believe that the election of Vernon Clark for treasurer was something already set tied.
 Notwithstanding the interest man ifested in the election the vote was got out with a great deal of difficulty and more than four hundred of the regis tered voters were not got at all.
 The challenging was brisk. usually based On one -efatwo grounds-either that the voter could not read the con stitution of the United States or that of TH where he was attempting to vote and was not a bona fide resident of the city.
 Challenges having been disallowed in the third ward in three cases the vOt- CTS were promptly arrested on John Doe warrants with which the demo- cratic rnanag gers were provided and two of the voters were locked up. It was asserted that though they claimed Mrs. Limbrock's lodging house as resi- dence. she had stated that they did not live there. The register of the house was sent for and if was found that they had been there as early as April 3. Application was made for writs of habeas corpus in their behalf but before they were issued the charges were withdrawn.
 In the third case it was claimed that the voter had not a legal residence in the city A prominent democrat came forward and said that he had known him and had done business with him in Phoenix for more than year.
 The democrats made several charges of illiteracy but the election boards were satisfied with the reading of the opening lines Of the constitution It was claimed by the democrats that they had been memorized. The only voter debarred for failure to read was a democrat
 There was very little disorder about the polls but a terrible earnestness. There was a hurrying of carriages and automobiles after dilatOry voters and at two o'clock it looked as if half the registered vote would not be cast. That fact was seized upon by the demo- crats as a basis for a claim of certain victory. There were then 200 votes in the second ward missing but later a large majority of them were recovered so that when the polls closed this ward had made the best showing.
 The democrats expressed great con- fidence in the election of Wayne Davis for marshal. A number of the friends of Marshal Moore were offering to bet that his majority would reach 400.
 In the beginning of the count it was shown that the republicans had long lead in straight ballots. John A. Mar shall. republican candidate for council man in the third ward, had a majority Of forty eight But when the counting of the scratched ballots began this lead began melting away until when the last vote was counted Hackett had a majority of seven. The bulk of the opposition to MT. Marshall is said to have been developed within the last twenty-four hours and was based on his action in the council in support of the ordinance to prevent drinking in the clubs
 It was also claimed by his friends that though the election board was republican it had a majority unfriendly to him and that at least seven votes for him which should have been counted where thrown out. one of these had a cross in the square over the demo- cratic column and another in the square in front Of the name cf M Marshall
 The greatest interest ,centered about the first ward count where the result was so close that it was in doubt un- til there were no more than twenty five ballots to be counted. When it was half finished MT. Stauffer led Mir. Goldman by only seven. Later the lead was increased to sixteen and then sank back to seven again. It was