The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-11-05
TUESDAYS ELECTION
AN EXCITING one

AIN EAClIING UNI
Compared in interest with the Aug
ust primaries the election Tuesday was
remarkable. The former election was
a pitifully tame affair, no one seem
ing to care particularly about the per-
sonnel Of the tickets, SO long as the
latter were filed out, albeit both tick
cts fortunately were made up Of good
men.
But even in Tuesdays election inter-
est was chiefly centered in the contest
for marshal, until shortly after noon,
when there was suddenly started a
spirited uprising over who should be
elected new members Of the school
board. Then there was mounting in
hot haste" It was discovered that
the women were getting in deadly
work in precinct B in an effort to de-
feat E. B. Spitzer and Jay Sargent
for reelection. The booth in precinct
G, which up to that time had been
calm and peaceful, now began to give
out forebodings of impending strife.
At first small groups of women
voters appeared and, after selecting a
spokesman, entered the booth and
timidly asked for school board ballots.
Soon autos drove up laden with other
female electors who were hurriedly
dumped into the booth. From about
four o'clock to five one would have
thought a joint meeting of all the
thimble clubs in town had let out, each
group more eager than the one Just
preceding. s
Clerks and judges vainly tried to
duck under the tables as first one and
then another's wife appeared and de-
manded ballot and about 5:15 the
booth was at normal; but only for a
moment. A half dozen or more men,
headed by Will Rogers, entered and
asked for ballots. They were re-
fused on the alleged ground that the
men were not bona fide residents of
Medina. The refusal precipitated a
heated discussion, but the men, ex-
cepting two whose families are living
here temporarily, were not permitted
TO vote and they left the booth in any
but pleasant state of mind. The
result of the women's votes is best
noted by reference to figures given be-
low.
Mayor
Precinct A B e Total
y. i, Randall Or a42 I9n IT'S FFl5
Scott Bennett (D1 73 67 1O4 244
Clerk
O.vanDeusen (R) ia 1853 219 491
G. M. Cannon (D) III q
Treasurer
G. Simmerman (R) 1O5 III 161 S77
Q. Reinhardt (D) IS s67 SO 211
Marshal
H. Blakeslee (R) 109 IN 143 s69i
John Gates (Ind.) 67 76 116 259
Floyd Pelton ID 16 9 10 al
Council "a
F. 7. Burnham (R) 90 95 144 331|
F. w. LaCroix (R) 119 1S1 17S 328
H. Root (R) 104 124 172 400
Q. |. Shaw (R) 113 122 159 394
Dallas Warner (R) 11O 1T ITO 397
Geo. Reinhardt (D) 85 78 12O 283
G. Gruninger (D) 54 Az 65 166
Geo. Denton (D) So as 80 1874
2. B. Underwood (D) go 81 "a 2o4
S. T. Chaffee (D) Al 27 Sc 124
VIM. Kane (D) 54 46 81 181
Board of Public Affairs
A. G. Marsh (R) 1O5 9G 139 $40
3. r. Root (R) 102 Ill 1863 376
w. c. Smith (R)R 119 Ill lat 377
Geo. Shane (D) Sc 40 SO 1913
A. D. Sumers (D) 4S S3 SO 179
G.. R. Warner (D) so Az II 165
Assessor
J. r. Moore (R) 124 1923 1T 324
L. A. Miner (D) 80 27 Sc 122
Members of School Board
E. B. Splitter (R) 142 100 1888 484
Jay Sargent (D) 161 10 224 ass
Harry Aylard (D) So 149 S8 800
AID. Aylard (R) IA IS 1O1 26O
Following are the totals of the votes
for successful township officers in the
three precincts:
Trustees--P. 0. Clark S12, Clate
Nettleton 311, S. B. Stoddard 296.
Clerk IF. E. Clark $3.50.
Treasurer-E. N. Nettleton 800.
Constables-John Gates 224, "A. E.
Garfield 241. VIVA
Ditch Supervisor Willis Roshon 81. |
\ Justice of Peace-O. O. Van Deusen
398, G. M. Cannon 172.
There were several scattering votes
poled for nearly all Of the above
offices.
The vote by precincts on the vari-
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