The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-27
TICKET
GETS HARD BUMP
Political Weakness Shown at
Annual laurium Caucus
Nomination Ticket.
presldent-Joseph wills.

For preSldent-JoSeph Wits.
For trustees for three year term
Harry T.. King, William Waas, William
Duncan.
For trustee for one year tcrm-John
Il. Rastello.
For clerk-Martin Prisk, Jr.
For treasurer-John Gillics.
For assessor-Leo Kaltcnbach.
The annual caucus i'm the Laurium
town ball last evening and the almost
unanimous denomination Of candidates
for reelection from the present adj
ministration, was more than an en-
dorscment of the course followed by
the last administration. Fought out
so long AS there was anything to fight
for, on strictly partisan lines, it was
an expression Of the determination OF
the members to the Citizens Alliance,
the law-abiding citiz"ns of the COM
munity, to prevent the affairs of the
village from falling into the control of
the Federation- Socialist combination.
Warned by The News and by public
spirited citizens who were aware Of
the situation. the voters turned out en-
masse. 1t probably was the largest
caucus attendance I'm the history Of
the village. Immediately prior 10 tho
balloting, difficulty was experienced in
entering the hall. so closely jammed
we're the voters.
Incidents of the caucus showed
Ipainly that 1t is well the citizens We're
ON their guard. Two residents OF
| Florida were challenged while on their
way to cast their ballots and although
they first declared they did not know
they were not entitled TO votes, they
afterwards admitted they had been
told TO come 70 the caucus and sup
port the Federation Socialist ticket by
one active i'm the Federation ranks.
| The sUpposition is that the two were
sent to vote really as an experiment,
| the advance guard Of a body of Fed
Grafton members from outside the viii
! lage limits, with whom it was hoped
TO pack the caucus. The prompt man
ner i'm which the imposters were de-
| tected caused the others to lose heart
/
and there were no further efforts NJ II
| legal voting.
The Fcderation-S Socialist combina-
ticn was showed under politically.
| When the first test cane, it was found
the Citizens Alliance members, who
almost to man supported the pres
ent administration. outnumbered those
who opposed it ny more than seven ~
| one. And after that FIRST test, the
combination opposed 20 the admins
tration seemed to have enough. TIL"
second vote showed n falling off of
fully seventy-five per cent of those
who supported the FeGeraton-Social-
| list ticket on the first ballot and there
were no objections offered to the can
didates for the two additional vacan-
cies on the board of trustees being
nominated by reclamation.
Joseph Wills called the caucus to
order and James 7. Fisher was nam
cd chairman. J. Wesley Downing, sec
rotary; Robert Macdonald assistant
secretary: J. Bruce Patton, Ed Bast,
John T. Leary and John PAUL, tellers.
Joseph Wills was nominated to sue
coed himself by reclamation.
There were five nominations for
trustees, Harry T.. King, William
Was, William Duncan, John H. Ras-
tcllo and Herman Ervast. II was de-
cidcd Ia vote FOR the -four nominations
individually
out Of 713 votes on the first ballot.