Arizona republican., 1910-05-04


 Cisney's majority, 8.
 The foregoing arc'thc figures of yes terdays elections The results were what observing persons expected. They could not well have been otherwise
 The fight ragged mainly in the sec ond ward where the uncertainty of the Davidson vote had lent interest to the struggle Mir. DaVidson's adher- ents had expressed the utmost conf dence that he would win, their conf deucc being based upon the supposi- ton that tine municipal oS,nership and the prohibition sentiment would over whelm both the other candidates.
 The republican leaders had a knowl- edge that McDermott would win for they knew that the republican voters of that ward would not forsake their candidate for imaginary issues.
 . Ii yfas plain. early in the day tha. a heavy vote would be east for by one o'clock, considerably more than half of the total registered vote. 565 was in. IL continued to pour throughout the afternoon until the close of the polls when 455 votes had been cast. Nine af them were rejected in the count as defective. McDermott lacked six votes of having as many as both of his competitors. He came within twenty votes of having as many as the republican poll of the ward had indi- cated that be would get. Davidson fell short by more than loo of the pre- election claims of his managers. while the vote for Doster was fifty below the campaign estimates.
 The election in this ward began with some ill feeling which was given eX- precision by the appointment by Coun- cilman Campbell of Charles H. Akers, as inspector instead of H. H. McNeil whom the democratic committee If the night before had designated for that job after Mir Campbell had an nounced that he would not take it himself
 Mir Campbell was piqued because Councilman Hackett the night before had refused to support his motion for the discharge of Officer Trouunan without investigation for alleged cDH.- plicity with 'stuffing the ward. He would accordingly not appoint either q republican or democrat fr- in- spector but designated Charles II. Ak CTS for that position giving the i"'lc- pcndents a majority of the election board.
 But the position must have l'een crucifiXion. long drawn out. io the il spector. Alr. Campbell could not have played him mote cruel trick. As the handler or the thin ballots he could not avoid the consciousness all day that the fight was losing one: that republicanism in that v,ard was ris- ing to an unprecedented height: that the democratic majority of seventcen two years ago was being overturneG; that the wave of reform was ebbng. that the people of the second ward were declining most stubbornly. to ie stampeded.
 Even those who did not have access going and by the middle of the aftc- noon nine men ont of ten knew that McDermott was already elected.
 Comparatively little interest was taken in the fourth ward election for there was not the slightest democratic hope that Cisncy could be defeated. For the cheering of the faithful. word v,ls sent out in the middle of the aft ernoon that of the known vote. Law ence had lead of nine But if was added that there were sixty three votes about which nobody prctended to know
 l. was given out last night after the count that the investigation of the al- legged part of Officer Troutman in the affairs of the Second ward would be given g thorough investigation. as the council had already ordered and in this connection it may be stated that though there aye three Troutman brothers in the city. two only have ever voted and that though they are qualified voters. neither, of them yes ter.isy cast q vote. Yet Dan McDer- mott was elected
 Following the usual election night custom. the friends of the successful candidates planted joy fires" along the principal streets and organized l'arade headed by q brass band. The procession visited the homes of Coun- ciisnan cisney and Councilman elect