East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-02

SAoy HAossONA-
Councilmen. First ward-Jehn Dy-
er. d. d. Phelps.
Councilmen, Second ward--John e.
Montgomery, E. J. Murphy.
Councilmen, Third ward--Joc Ell,
John Siebert.
Councilmen. Fourth ward--Charlss
Cc,e. John Vaughan.
Treasurer-Lee MoorhOuse
Members of water c)mroission-
Will Moore. G. 1. La Dow, j. +.
Brown, Marion Jack. j \. Best.
sIote-Those in blackface type
elected yesterday.
By a majority Of 18S votes. the
people of Pendleton yesterday for the
second time refused to abandon the
aldermanic form OF government for
the commission form, the total being
$50 for and I'll against the proposed
charter amendment.
At the same election, the voters re-
turned DR.. James A. Best to the wa
ter commission by a decisive major
ity over Charles F. Colesworthy, the
vote being SS1 to 4S5.
In the only other contest, John
Vaughan defeated 8. p. Hutchinson
for councilman from the fourth ward
by the vote Of s45 to 1855. majority
of 1870.
The candidates far the other city
offices were without opposition on
the ballot but in one case opposition
was caused by the writing in Of the
name of W. I. Gadwa for councilman
from the second ward. He received a
total of 81 votes from the north side
residents against 1s1 cast for E. ].
Murphy. the duly nominated candi-
date.
W. F. Matlock was reelected may
or without opposition though COM
plimentary votes were cast for q
number of other men. W. B. Blakely
receiving considerable number of
such votes in two or three wards.
Lee Moorhouse was reelected treas
urer and Joe Ell was returned to the
council from the third ward without
opposition. ]. T. Brown and Marion
Jack were reelected to the water
commission, the former for the full
term of ten years and the latter to
fill an unexpired term of two years.
DR.. Best. who defeated Mr. Coles
worthy. was elected to fill an unex-
pired term of four years
One Ward Goes for Charter.
Only one of the four wards went in
favor of the comm ssion charter.
East Pendleton giving it a majority of
one. The second precinct of the
fourth ward returned a majority of
16 for the charter but the first pre-
cinct gave majority of 50 against.
The Pendleton ward returned the
largest majority against the COM
mission government. there being 90
more negative than affirmative ball
lots in that ward.
The full vote on the proposed char
fer by wards is as follows: First
ward. yes los, no 1o7: second ward,
yes 10s, no 142; third ward. yes 1o4,
no 1874: first precinct of fourth ward.
yes 122. no 204; second precinct Of
fourth ward. yes 40, no 1924: total,
yes $50, no I'll.
Best Easy Winner.
DR. Best was an easy winner in the
race for the contested seat on the wa
ter commission. Only in the north
side ward did he lose out, the voters
there giving Mr. Colesworthy ma
jority of % votes. At all OF the other
voting places, ne was given a big
majority and won the race with 3e5
votes to spare
The following is the Best-Coleswor-
thy vote by wards: First ward. Best
l25. Colesworthy 81: second ward,
Best 1I2. Colesworthy 1874: third
ward. Best 1877, Colesworthy 80: first
precinct of fourth ward. Best 243,
Colesworthy Sc. second precinct Of
fourth ward. Best 204. Colesworthy
75; total. Best SS1. Colesworthy ASS.
In west Pendleton. the race between
Hutchinson and Vaughan for a place
on the council did not develop into
very exciting one. Vaughan secur-
ing big lead in both precincts. In
the first precinct ne secured 20s
votes to Hutch nsons 10 and in the
second precinct 1876 to s5. giving him
a total of 345 to l6s.
Results Early Apparent.
The results of the contests at the
election We're early apparent Returns
gathered at the East Oregonian office
from the first so ballots counted in
dicated that commission government
was lost and that DIR. Best and John
Vaughan were victorious. Only In
one balloting place did the final re-
suit fail to tally with the first In
dications. In the second precinct OF
the fourth ward. the first rs votes
counted gave the negative vote on the
charter a substantial majority but
from then on the affirmative vote
gained and ended winner by ls votes.
Many people we're on the streets