Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-01
ELECTION RESULTS
THROUGHOUT IOWA
Election In Fairfield.


Fairfield, March 3d.. f. Spratt
was elected mayor of this city in the
election held yesterday. The race for
mayor was close and hotly contested,
there being four men out for the place.
The whole citizens ticket was elected.
Following Is the result on the vote for
mayor:
D. F. Spratt, $40 votes.
r.. H. Monroe, 299 votes.
J. w. Price, 282 votes.
G. Y. Ross, 119 votes.
Others elected were:
Sanford Zeigler and William F..
Cook, councilmen at large.
Frank L. McLain, councilman in first
ward.
John Demarsh, councilman in second
ward.
w. R. Baker, councilman in third
ward.
DR.. w. H. Conner, councilman in
fourth ward
The peoples municipal ticket, advo-
eating municipal lighting and power
plant, which was their whole Issue,
was defeated, not one of their candi-
dates being elected.
There was another big issue voted
upon also, the question being, Shall
licenses be granted to operate billiard
halls in the city Of Fairfield, Iowa"
The result was tie, 496 votes being
cast for and against the issue. The
matter is now up to the city council.
The contests in every case were
close and an exceptionally large vote
was cast.
Light Vote in Mt. Pleasant.
Mt. Pleasant, March 3d.. H. Mills
succeeds himself as mayor of Mt
Pleasant with $50 margin. The
vote was very light.
Election at Warrington.
Washington, March 30,-About five
hundred votes were cast at the cleo.
ton yesterday. There was but one
ticket in the field, the citizens i'm
provement ticket, and but one contest.
This was for city assessor. Following
is the result of the election:
Mayor. D. GlascOn.
Treasurer-Geo. j. Breitendach.
Assessor. c. Kurns (re-elected
over Nate Kendall by 14D.
Park ommissioners-H. H. Nc
Creery and T. J. Berde.
Councilman first ward-Oren Hell
wick.
Councilman second ward-o. X.
Mauck.
Councilman third ward-Edwin
knapp
Councilman fourth ward-John Nc
A. P. Brown is Reelected.
FIT. Madison, March 30.-A. P.
Brown, republican, was reelected
mayor of this city yesterday over M.
J. Collins, democrat, by plurality OF
43O. Meyers, an independent candi-
date, received but fifty-three votes.
crat, was unopposed. F.. A.. Smith,
running on the republican ticket, was
elected over L. F. Albert for city as
SCISSOR. Smith Is the present assessor
and was candidate for the democrat
: "c',~,ii,''o+i"r at the primaries. He
was defeated at the primaries and &C.
.e.,s4 ;ne republican nomination.
Councilmen at large-D. H. Kern
(dem and Earnest Corsepius (rep.)
Councilman first ward-R. Korsch.
gen (dem.)
Councilman second ward-F. A.
Woodmansee (rep.).
Councilman third ward-W. D. Mas
tiers (rep).
Councilman fourth ward-Henry
Fipp (dem)..
Councilman fifth ward-Milo PEG.
pies. ai
Doughty Heads Ticket.
Bonaparte, March 3O.-At the city
election held Monday the following
officers were elected:
Mayor. A. Doughty.
Councilmen Roger N. Cresap,
Clark Deer, George Seigle, E. Stadler,
Ed Voigtlander.
Treasurer-W. l. Boyle.
Assessor-W. H. Roberts.
Berry Abba Mayor.
Abba, March 30.-At the city cleo
ton on the citizens ticket Frank Will
kinson was elected councilman by rs
majority and T. j. Lewis by ] ma
jority.
The vote for mayor is as follows:
H. S. Berry, independent, 537; w. H.
Sheppard, republican, 301; A. G. Pabst,
citizens, 40.
The>~councilmen at large-S. J..
Gray and Frank Wheeler.