The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-05
Voters Strike BLOW
For Efficient Rule
in City Government
ZIMMERMANISM ROUTED BY FRIENDS OF
HONESTY IN HOT MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN

Progressive vote was only 1e5 shy Of
what was cast for Roosevelt at the
1912 elections The Socialist vote for
their mayoralty candidate yesterday.
6SS. was only ten less than the vote
cast for Debs last fall.
The Socialist vote furnished one of
the surprises OF the city election YES
terday for il was believed Sehi would
poll between 700 and 500 votes. How
ever. the Socialist leaders expressed
themselves last night as very well sat
isfied with the showing they made.
The great interest taken in the cleo
tion yesterday was not only manifest
ed by the exceptionally large vote
cast. at least 400 more than had been
anticipated by any of the party lead
ers. and by the large crowds which
thronged the streets TO read the bulle-
tins on the returns. and il was. for the
most party. a happy. satisfied crowd
when it realized that the Progressive
ticket had won another landslide vic
tory in Richmond. They were pleased
that the popular protest against in
competent, inefficient administration
of municipal affairs had been SO Wig
orous.
Zimmerman In Gloom.
And what a gloom pervaded the po-
lice court room. where DIR. thinner
man and his staff of faithful Iieuten-
ants received the sorrowful tidings
from the front: IL was a gloom which
could be cut with two-inch plank, and
OF most lugubrious variety. for the
tidings told that the fifth term can
didate. who in the good old days"
! boasted that in the lists for the may
orally he was too much for any one
candidate, and who could have left
three opponents so far behind In his
wake as to make the contest . farce.
] had met his Waterloo. The fidings
| told him that he was not only beaten
! by 925 votes but that he had finished
third in the race. -..t."e#
But there was the ghost OF the old
Zimmerman bravado still left TO stalk
about this place of gloom. I'll come
back again in four years." remarked
the retiring chief executive with that
old toss of the head, and Ill not ad-
NIT I'm licked until the last report is
/ in" -..-. .-....e-
| The come back" threat, however.
was received in arctic silence. One
could almost hear the spirit of the
| bruised and battered Grand Old Party
reply. mot IL can help IT,"
| But the Doctor is really fond OF be-
: ing mayor and one can never tell what
| this perennial candidate will do one
minute or four years hence
! The Result BY Wards-
Here is a detailed record of the DO
ings of yesterdays battle OF ballots:
Farwig carried the first ward with
a vote OF $50, Robbins next with 31s
and Zimmerman third with i5s-
In the second ward Robbins finished
first with 157. Zimmerman next with
I52 and Farwig third with la.
Robbins carried the third ward with
a vote of 1s4. Zimmerman next with
leo and Farwig third with 154.
In the fourth ward Robbins again
took first honors with a vote Of 342.
Farwig second with 2s2 and thinner
man third with 243.
Robbins ran away with the big
fifth ward. polling 52s votes. thinner
man was second with 302 and Farwig
third with 262.
In the sixth Robbins polled 312
votes. Zimmerman came next with 172
votes and Farwig third with IA
votes
In the Seventh Robbins won In o
walk with AL votes Farwig was sec
ond with I54 votes and Zimmerman
third with 10S votes
with lit votes. Robbins finishing
second with los votes and thinner
man third with 20 votes.
/ Summing it all up. Robbins carried
six OF the eight wards and Fsrvig the
other two. -..-..-.+-
4 interesting Figures
One of the interesting things shown
by the election returns of yesterday
is the big Democratic loss Farwig
polling goo less votes than cast for
Wilson last fall. This cannot be cred
tied to the fact that a maximum vote
is always poIIed at presidential elee-
tion, because the total number of all
votes cast yesterday were only 100
less than the total of the 1912 election.
As a matter OF fact the results Of
! yesterdays election clearly indicate
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