The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-05
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The elective officers of the next mu-
nicipal administration of Richmond
will be:
Will j. Robbins, Progressive. Mayor.
Baltz A. Bescher. Progressive. Clerk.
Prof. Elbert Russell. Otto Williams.
John T. Burdsall and Alphonse Weis-
haupt, Progressive, Councilmen-At-
Large.
J. NJ Waterman. Democrat. Coun-
Gilman. First Ward.
J. E. White. Republican. Council
man. Second Ward.
George w. Carter. Progressive,
Councilman. Third Ward.
II. Steinbrinh, Democrat, Council
man, Fourth Ward.
Frank Howells. Progressive, Coun-
Gilman, Fifth Ward.
W. P. O'Neal. Progressive, Council
man, Sixth Ward.
Frank Waidele. Progressive, Coun-
Gilman Seventh Ward.
w E Wilkins. Democrat, Council
man, Eighth Ward.
A triumphant victory was won at the
polls yesterday not only for the Pro-
gressive party but for the cause of
good government. A total of 1856
votes were cast for the four MAJORITY
candidates. showing the keen interest
the people of Richmond took in the
main issue, government efficiency OF
one of the most hotly contested cam
oaigns in the city's history. This vote
was only 100 less than the total vote
cast at the general elections in Rich
mond last fall.
Robbins carried six OF the eight
III a.
Farwig was GIG. His plurality over
DR.. Zimmerman and Charles Sehi was,
respectively, 925 and 1866. His vic.
tory over his Republican opponent was
SO clean cut and decisive that Zim-
mermanization of city affairs, which
is synonymous with inefficiency in the
conduct of municipal administration,
will be, henceforth, question the vot-
ers of Richmond will not have to deal
with.
Was Much Scratching"
The voting began briskIy when the
polls opened yesterday morning and
the rapidity with which the vote was
cast in most sections led to the belief
in the afternoon that the majority of
the citizens were voting their tickets
straight" This theory was not borne
out. however. by the results OF the
election. AS an example, Robbins re
ceived a plurality of SIC over Farwfg
but Bescher, the Progressive candi
date for clerk. received only 225 plu
rality over Burns, his Democratic op
ponent. All the Progressive candi
dates for councilmen-at-large ran be
hind the vote polled by Robbins. Par
tisanship figured but little In the Sc
lection of ward councilmen, and this
fact alone resulted in considerable
scratching of ballots.
The result of the mayoralty race
told by precincts is interesting. In one
precinct, the thirty-fifth of the Eighth
ward, Farwig and Robbins tied witt
SO each OF the other twenty-nine
Robbins carried 16, Farwig 9, thinner
man and Sehi was victorious by q
plurality of one over Robbins in tbs
seventeenth precinct of the Third
ward, where 3S votes were cast fol
him.
Perhaps the severest rebuke admin
istered by any section of the city Il
Zimmermanism was by the voters o
West Richmond. Of the 1i04 votes
cast In the FIVE precincts west of th'
river only 17S were for Zimmerman
Farwig polled 271. Robbins $50 anC
Sehi los
/ The fact that Dr. Zimmerman finish
| ed third in the race was no surpris'
| TO any one familiar with the politica
situation in Richmond except him
self, not even the Republican cam
| paign leaders. who began desertin,
/ his political ship of state three day
| ago. but to no avail, for the little con
| cealed effort on the part of some O
| the G. o. P chieftains 10 start STAN
pede OF Republican voters toward Far
wig. in a desperate effort to defea
| the Bull Moose, resulted only in a gail
| in the Republican vote Of three hun
dred over the vote cast for Taft las
year.
Democrats Lose.
! This increase in the G. o. p. vot
was for the most part at the expens
of the Democrats. who fell off "a
/ votes from the total number Of bal
! lots cast for Wilson last fall Tn