The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-01-15

SPRING ELECTION
FIXING TICKETS
Kage and Phillips Preparing
List of Men They Will
Run With.
HUTSON TO OPPOSE
ARMGARDT FOR CHIEF
Tom Gill To Oppose Fowler For
Councilman i'm the Fourth
Ward.

I With the city election seventy days
away, politicians are beginning to put
their ears to the ground, listening for
call to serve the people.
Present indications are that the
coming campaign will be one of the
most interesting held in this city in
many years. Mayor T. A. Kage is
gonig to make the race for reelection
and J. w. Phillips has announced that
he will oppose him.
Efforts of certain elements in the
city have been made to get third
mayoralty candidate in the field, but
no one has been drafted up to date.
in addition to choosing mayor, the
city will elect four Councilmen and a
chief of police. The fight for the
chiefship will be sultry, according to
every indication.
Jeff Hutson, dean of the police force
and considered one of the best officers
Cape Girardeau ever had, is expected
to make the race against Charles
Armgardt, who has served this city as
chief of police. Mr.. Armgardt made
good official and during his incum
bency fought. duel with a man he
was attempting to arrest. Armgardt
was wounded, but he also punctured
his antagonist and then placed him I'M
der arrest.
Hutson was the first candidate to
announce He notified his friends dur
ing the summer that he was going to
seek the chiefship, and solicited their
support. He has been stationed in that
section of the city lying between
Sprigg and Spanish and Morgan Oak
and William streets. He has made an
excellent record, and when he wanted
to make the race for chief against Mr..
Nichols two years ago, the merchants
located on Mr.. Hutson's beat, agreed
to contribute the amount necessary to
bring Mr.. Hutson's salary to the equal
of the chiefs if he would remain on
the beat. He accepted this offer and
declined to run.
He now contends that he will make
the race, because he believes he is en-
titled to a promotion.
1t was believed for time that Hut
son would run on both the Rage and
Phillips tickets, but he has decided to
have his name placed on Phillips
alone Mr.. Armgardt will appear on
the Kage ticket as the candidate for
chief.
There is much speculation as to the
candidates for Council who will run
with the two mayOralty candidates.
Walter D. Black and Tom Gill are GER
tain to make the race with Mayor
Kage, and it is generally understood
that Charles Kaess will also be on Mr..
Kage's ticket. A candidate to sue
ceed Mr.. Armgardt as Councilman has
not been decided upon, but several
names are under consideration.
Mr.. Phillips has not completed his
ticket yet, but it is certain that Coun-
Gilman Jay Fowler, who now repre-
sents the Fourth ward in the Council
will have a place on the ticket. Both
Fowler and Hutson have expressed a
desire to run with Mr.. Phillips, and
have been accepted by him.
The return of Tom Gill to the po-
litical arena marks the revival of a
politician who knows the ins and outs
of the game like race horse does the
course. He is going to dig up his old
time record, it is said, and run on it.
Councilman Fowler, whom Gill will
oppose, is preparing list of the pro-
fressive measures he has voted for
which will be part of his platform
He is in favor of the Missouri Public
Utilities Company keeping its contract
with the city.
Walter D. Black, who is not expect.
ed to have any opposition, is one OF
the Councilmen who have been active
in an effort to compel the Utilities
Company to keep faith with the peo,
pie. The attitude of candidates to.
word the Missouri Public Utilities