Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-28

IN the first election under the COM
n11ssion form OF government Monday.
IN which MarshaLtown cast the heav-
ltest vote in her history, W. H. Jones
was elected mayor over Joseph Mohr,
union labor candidate. by a majority Of
1872. and George Herman and L. Derby
were named as counci.men. the latter
by Q margin Of three votes over Dorr
Lamb. union labor candidate.
A. Z result OF the close vote between
Derby and Lamb a contest is considered
not unlikely, altho UP to early this at
ternoou no notice Of contest had been
lhled. Mr.. Derby's vote was 1.5oa
against Mr.. Lambs 1,4ss.
H. Usual Surprises Shown.
~ A. in nearly every city election, and
especially where there Is intense in
1erest centered, there were the usual
number OF surprises Noticeably in
this election was the defeat OF Will
uanns. Derby's running mate. In view
Ct the vote given Derby and the cleo
ton Of the head OF the ticket George
Herman, present member OF the coun-
Gil from the Fourth ward. who ran in
dependently at the primary and was
proved the strongest candidate in the
geld and was high man with total OF
1888. exceeding Derbys vote by eighty
three.
! comhin alton Of circumstances.
Il In the election Of Mr.. Herman and
the vote polled for Mr.. Lamb, which all
but EQUALS the high vote Tor councilman
on the so-called cit.zens' ticket. com
sb,nation Of circumstances contributed.
The union labor ticket was In the
fortunate position OF finding the liberal
element with no other alternative but
TO support the labor ticket, and heavy
liberal vote was turned to the labor
ticket
AS to t1eir position In the wet" and
"dry' column which phase entered In
70 the election insofar rs both sides
were working to get out their vote. Mr..
Herman Is a liberal, Mr.. Lamb a
strong dry" and Mr. Mohr classed as
neutral
Total Vote Heaviest in History.
The total vote cast al Mondays cleo
ton was 310e, which was the heaviesc
in the history of the city. Two years
ago. in the election that ended the Bit
ter 1ogledue- Stanton campaign, the
vote broke all records. totaling $3.50.
Mondays vote exceeded the vote of two
years ago by 21s.
Jones Gets Three Wards.
W. II. Jones. candidate fer mayor on
the citizens ticket, received total
vote Of 1914, against 1,4e2 cast for his
opponent, Joseph Mohr. Mr.. Jones car
RED the First, Second and Third wards.
and uoh- the Fourth and Fifth. Jones
was especially strong in the Second
ward, where he received a majority Of
$50 votes over Molr. and resulted in
his coming to the Fifth ward. conceded
strongly to Mohr. with a lead OF 32s
In the FIFTH. however. this lead was cut
down By Mohr's majority Of 15s. which
placed Jones majority at 1s2. The
strong vote cast in the Second ward
WIS responsible for the election Of
Jones. as the vote In the First Third
and Fourth was close In the Second
the ward voted within eightv-th-ee of
its total registration. and within that
total there must be an allowance made
for discrepancies and removals that are
not shown by the books as they stood
Monday.
Herman HiaF, For Councilman.
George Herman was high man for
councilman IN four Of the five wards.
ell but the Second. Here. however. he
was given vote OF 2o4, which Is fifty
seven IN excess Of the vote he received
at the primaries two weeks ago.
f.. L. Derby was high man IN the Sec
ond. running within twenty two votes
OF the head Of the ticket. Mr. Derby
was second high in the Third Dorr
Lamb was second high in the First,
tFourth, and Fifth wards, and Lester
liwill2au1s was second high in the Sec
ond.
50 The Vote by Wards.
The-:rote by wards for mayor was as
follows:
s,>-,s.:. Jones' Mo1r