The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-06
BOYLAN ELECTED MAYOR BY A
MAJORITY OF 50; COMFORT FOR
ALLfACTlONS in FINAL RESULT
Three Candidates for MayOralty
Run Close at the !
Finish -.
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Verville Chosen City Treasurer
In Field of Nine BY 38l
Majority. /
Murray, Lein, NOLAN, Walsh
Matheson and Harvey
Elected to Council

Michael Boylan was elected mayor
Of the city of Virginia at Tuesdays
election over R. j. McGhee by ma
iority of 80 votes and over Edward
c.. A. Johnson by majority OF II
votes following an election campaign
that for intense interest has never
been paralelled in this city.
Fred J. Verville was elected city
treasurer in field of nine candidates
by a majority Of 381. He received the
largest vote of any candidate before
the people at Tuesdays election. His
nearest opponent was F. w. Terrell.
who received $50 votes.
VIM. Murray was elected alderman
in the First ward by a majority of
II over D. C. Reed. H. H. Lem de-
feated Edward Ala for alderman in
the Second ward by IL and Fred Moi
Ian was reelected to the council in
the Third by majority of q over
w. E. Davis.
C. M. Doorway was defeated for
alderman in the Fourth ward by
Elmer Matheson by majority OF
ten. J. Arthur Walsh defeated E. c..
Strauss in the Fifth by eight votes
and Alderman Harvey was returned
from the Sixth by a majority Of 35
over Nels Anderson.
Every one Of the charter amand-
ments was carried by a large MAORI
ty. That amendment reducing thd
police and fire commission to three
members was carried by the smallest
majority 80 votes more than the
three fths necessary to carry it.
There is comfort for all factions to
the recent bitter election campaign In
the election returns and the feeling
engendered before the final day of
the campaign is already passing.
Michael Boylan, mayor-elect was
an independent candidate running on
a progressive platform. His election
was forecasted more than a week be-
fore election in surface sentiment
about the business section Of the city,
but the final vote on all the candidates
was closer than most Of the people of
the city had believed it would be.
The great run made by F. J. Verville
for CITY treasurer was one of the big
surprises of the final returns. Mr.
Verville was formerly an enthusiastic
member of the Progressive league.
The league failed to endorse his can
didacy for city treasurer and Mr..
Verville became an independent can
didate and received the largest vote
cast for any candidate and the largest
majority of any of the winners.
VIM. Murray elected to the board
of aldermen from the First ward
succeeds Mayor-elect Michael Boylan
as council representative. H. H. Lem
succeeds Alderman Conrad Mattson.
His election was one of the biggest
surprises of the day. Frederick Moi
Ian is reelected, Elmer Matheson
succeeds Alex Keller in the Fourth
while j. A. Walsh is elected to sue
coed Alderman Heritage in the Fifth
and George Harvey is reelected in
the Sixth. Alderman Mattson, Keller
and Heritage we're not candidates for
reelection.
The new council will go into office
the first Of March. 1t is as
follows: Mayor Michael Boy
Ian; Aldermen Charles Lundstrom,
Daniel Coffey, R. J. McGhee, Fred
erick NOLAN, H. H. Lem, Elmer Mat
heson, George Harvey and j. A.
Walsh. The Progressive League still
has voting majority on the council.
The council will elect the city engi-
neer, city clerk and city attorney. The
new police and fire commission will
be appointed by Mayor Murphy be-
fore his retirement from Office. II
will consist of three members and will
probably be made up Of three Of the
present members of the board.
Closing Days of Campaign
The closing days Of the prediction
campaign were attended with the most
intense interest. The Progressive
League held its only meeting Of the
campaign at the Fay opera house
Friday evening. President Franz
Hughes Of the Progressive league
presided and the speakers were May
or Murphy and Alderman McGhee
They drew one of the biggest meet
ings of the campaign and the speech
Of the mayor, very able effort wa:
especially we'll received. Saturda!
night a Boylan meeting was held a
the same place with Charles Lin
presiding and Judge Montague ant
Mr.. Boylan as the speakers. They to-
drew record crowd. The meetin,
was preceded by a parade and a stree
demonstration and aroused much en-
thusiasm for Mr.. Boylan. Judge Mon
tague's speech was an especially abb