The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
PEACE AT POLLS,
GLEN ECHO PROUD
Troops Not Needed and No
Crooked Ballots.
'K1BosH ON w1TKowsKYIT1S''
Voters Rally at Call for New
Order of ThinE-TwO Council
Hands Out OmciaI PIums-The
Treasury Not Swollen.

With no exciting demonstrations, the
little town Of Glen Echo last night
elected two councilmen to fill the va
cancies caused by the resignation of H
H. MCGee and the election of Robert
Garrett as mayor. The victorious can
didates are Walter P. Shaw and William
Thomas Dennell The opposing Candi-
date was Oliver S Boswell.
Shaw received - votes, Dennell -. a.
Boswell 3. Thirty-two ballots were cast,
each bearing the names of two Candi-
dates. The polls were open from TO 9
o'clock in the evening Ernest D.
HOughton, clerk of the election. was be-
hind the long table in the town hall
promptly at o'clock, but no one was
there to exercise his suffrage. As the
evening passed, the residents of the viii
lage filed into the room one by one. and
deposited their ballots in the great oaken
box which rested on the table
No Stufing Found.
When, after a general comparison of
watches, il was decided that the hour
for closing the polls had arrived, the mas
sive box was unlocked and the little slips
of paper dumped onto the desk 1t took
only a few minutes to determine the
result. F. Lombard Woodward, John Z.
Lloyd. and Roscoe NJ. Roach, the judges
of the election, were present to see that
the ballots were counted properly, and
that the box was not stuffed"
Councilman-elect Shaw Strolled into the
hall just before the polls were closed. He
carried a suit case and an overcoat and
announced to the lounging populaCe that
10 would nf irt ot
12:30 o'clock for New York, where he
would spend a weeks vacation to re-
cuperate from his strenuous campaign.
As soon as the result of the election
had been announced, Mr.. Shaw unlocked
his suit case, and extracted a large box
of cigars, which his supporters enjoyed.
meanwhile extending congratulations and
best wishes.
Plum Tree shaken.
The town council was then called to
order by the mayor, Robert Garrett, and
the new councilmen were sworn into
Office and received their commissions.
The mayor next announced the commit
tees to serve for the remainder of the
year. The appointments were: Charles
Schaffer, town marshal; F. Lombard
Woodward, health officer; w. A Spates,
town attorney; John A. Garrett, town
clerk and treasurer; Arthur c. Hough-
ton, ]. J. Decker, and H. w. Hittaker,
committee to represent the town in the
Bethesda Federation of Improvement
Associations, and Walter c. Carroll, j.
F.. Hubbell William H. Roach, o. F.
James, and John Trammen, city advis-
ory committee.
To the amusement of those present, the
treasurer announced that there was 68
cents in the village treasury. Members
of the council said that the town was
gradually recovering from its attack of
Witkowskyitis. The councilmen shook
their heads when mention was made of
the former mayor.
VIII Work for Boom.
''Wftkowski has injured our town." said
one of the councilmen,> but we are de-
termined to boom it and return to our
former state of prosperity"
Town Health Officer Woodward an
nounced last night that he will collect
samples Of water from the town reservoir
this week and send them to the State
health board at Annapolis for ANALYSIS.
The present water supply at Glen Echo
Is Dlenfiful