The Sentinel=record., 1913-04-02
PEOPLES CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR DEFEATS DEMOCRATIC NOM.
 NEE IN QUIET ELECTION.
WILLIAMSON DEFEATED MOORE
MccIendon's Candidacy Was Based on Full and Complete Protection to the Visitors to This
 National Resort.

Dr. J. W. McClendon, Peoples candidate for mayor, defeated w. w. Waters, the democratic nominee, yes terday in quiet election in mhich the majority of the winner was 46 votes.
 Sam Williamson. IT,, the only other democratic nominee on the municipal ticket who had opposition, defeated Wayne Moore by a substantial ma lority.
 The election was a qniet one but was waged with much enthusiasm on the part of the friends of McClendon, who worked steadily throughout the morning and held their own in the various precincts, and then encour- aged by the result of their work, kept up the fight until the polls closed.
 Friends and supporters of the dem ocratic nominee did not regard the situation with optimism after the noon hour. The assurance they felt that Waters would poll a much larger vote than ais opponent began to wane then, and they too went to work with enthusiasm, but could not over come the lead McClendon- had gained in the early afternoon.
 It is taken generally that the de feat of Waters for second term as mayor, after he had won the nomi- nation, was due to the platform on which McClendon made his race, and the fact that Waters had adopted a stand pat" policy with reference to sUcai funlitious wlGicil the people sought opportunity to repudiate at the earliest chance.
 Dr. McClendon based his campaign on two issues. both of which centered in a full and complete protection for the visitors to this national resort. He took an emphatic stand for law enforcement and just as emphatic a stand against doctor drumming.
 T regard my election as the voice of the people in demanding better conditions in Hot Springs said Dr. McClendon last night. Il believe the people have settled some of the evils that have existed here for years, and they can be relied on to settle all questions right where the interests of the community are in yolved."
 Dr. McClendon stated that he would do everything in his power to have a police department that would be aggressive ir the matter of enforcing the laws, and one that also would take up the additional duty of pro tecting the visitor in every manner. He said that the fact that Hot Springs depends on it's visiting patronage for it's existence, and looks to the gov ernment for cooperation, demands that the city itself do something to help the situation.
 Mayor Waters had little comment to make on the situation. At the council meeting tine returns were not complete, but it began to look like he had lost, and he referred to the small vote, stating that the indifference of the people in the matter of voting oc- casioned his defeat.
 Tae election of Dr. McClendon came as a surprise to many, but not to those who realized that Dr. Me- Clendon had waged a vigorous cam paign in a quiet manner, and that he had received pledges from all parts of the city He found that his plat form was popular with the people. met their approval, and he stated last night that he would have felt disap- pointed with any other result. He had believed that he would be elected by larger majority, even over a democratic nominee, and with all the opposition encountered.
 Dr. McClendon will take over the office within a short time He stat ed last night that he had not given