The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-19
H0WsE! IS ELECTED
WIN COOPER. SECOND, |
MEEks POOR !. THEIIRD
LARGEST VOTE IN HISTORY or
NASHVILLE Is CAST
THURSDAY.
H0NsE SHORT FORMER VOTE
The Election Was An Exceptionally
Quiet one-onIy One Run on viii
Be Necessary That for Street Com
missioner.

missioner.
J. NASHVILLE, Sept. 12.-Complet
, unofficial returns in Thursdays no,
;, partisan primary, the first of tn
) KIND ever held in Nashville, Civ
Howse for mayor and Andrews fo
: commissioner of finance, big major
!, ties over their combined opponents
! Elliott, for commissioner of streets
lost to the field by. the narrow margi1
! OF 253 votes, and will be in the run
: off with Stainback, his closest com
petitor.
For mayor-Howse, 1882; Cooper
5,2S1; Meeks 1882; Eakin, 9S.
Howse's majority over all oppon
ents, 900.
For commissioner of finance-An
drews, 1924; Worke, 1929; Cohn, Q.
$3.50; Wiles, 149.
For commissioner of streets-El.
lott, 6,763; Stainback, 4,117; Gaffney,
l'soO; Gilbert. 529; Price, 3S7; Gum,
mings, SO.
Inc vote cast broke all previous
records, totaling 14,727. The largest
vote previously cast in municipal
election was two years ago, when ~.
692 persons exercised the right Of
suffrage In the Howse-Gillespie con.
test.
In the mayors race, which was
most stubbornly fought, Howse fell
behind his vote of two years ago by
l76 votes, while Cooper exceeded the
Gillespie vote fg 1T. Mayor Howse
received the largest vote cast for any
candidate, although Andrews was a
close second.
During the day the workers for the
various candidates rendered huron.
lean services for their favorites. al
though the Howse organization was
early demonstrated to be by far the
most effective. No better machine
mas ever handled an election than
that which fought under the Hofse
colors. At every polling precinct in
the city the Howse workers were as
busy as bees from the ,tipe the polls
opened until they closed. Elliott ;
were also exceptionally busy
IND did much to bring out the big Ell
lott strength. Cooper workers were
numerous in some wards, as were
llso the supporters of .Meeks.
Downtown a funeral quiet prevail.
"a, and in the shopping centers the
ay was as quiet as Sabbath morn
mere We're but few ladies on the
treets, and an even smaller number
men. The stores did but little bus.
ness The saloons were closed all
ay long, and in consequence jags
ere conspicuously absent. The best ?
order prevailed everywhere.
At every polling place detail Of v
oiice was stationed, the entire night ~
lift OF 40 men having been assign. NJ
to this duty. While the police ~
spt strict order, they did not take OF
active part in favor of any of the al
according to reports. 81
Inc most serious trouble of the re
y occurred in the Thirteenth ward ny
mere Tom Ramsey, proprietor of the
mite Elephant saolon, engaged in oo
lx-up with Arthur Wallace, a for. ST.
er fireman. Wallace was knockad pl'
'm an automobile when he refused ut
alight and vote, and it was at first lde
ought that he was seriously iniur. Elk
he was carried to the city hos tio
al, where his injuries were found sig
be comparatively trivial. tai
At Cooper headquarters considera. Ing
indignation was expressed at the It's
Ion OF the election officers of the OF
urth ward, who, it was alleged. had
ked themselves up and proceeded mas
III the count.
'y John Adamson, supervisor of O.
ctions, and the election commits
ners of the two boards who exer.
ed an active supervision over the
ction, it was pronounced one of ,
most fairly and orderly conducted W..
ctions ever held i'm Nashville. Com. "a
'sioner John H. Dewitt visited CIV. -.
voting place in the city and later -,
led that in none of the wards did | n;a,
witness any disorder or any EVIL. =,
ce of irregularity in the conduct :.
he election. Mr. Adamson visited 49,
eteen of the voting places and =. -
lie similar statement. J. H. Tur.
OF the old board, and Pat WEIGH.
he new board, each also exercised hi
'onal supervision over the cleo
Joseph H. Thompson, of the
board processes to consider him. 81
enjoined from discharging the pist,