The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-09
REPEA S0CI
DEFEAT OF LAST
YEAR 5 EFFORT
Many Join Move to Down Entire
Ticket Of Red Flag Bearers at City
Election Of Next Tuesday.
LYcAN's ELECTION NOW ASSURED
Voters Will Grasp Opportunity to
Place Prominent Business Man
at Head of Council.

With but one more week of the
city election campaign remaining, in
terest now centers on the effort to
repeat the socialist defeat of last
year when not a single follower of the
red flag party was successful at the
polls i. Z. ~ -
The socialists, for the first time
since the organization of the Bemidjt
local, are split, much Dissatisfaction
being aroused because of the refer
Eendum which resulted in a manner
not to the liking of many followers
of the party. Nevertheless every eff
fort will be made to elect as many
members of the party as possible and
to repeat the defeat of year ago
much work is necessary on the part
of the friends of their opponents.
- Two Three-Cornered Fights.
Until now there has been absolute
ly no interest in the spring election,
there being no impor ant
issue to attract the notice of the cit
liens and the fights for the various
offices calling forth little attention.
In only two instances are there three
cornered races, these being for mayor
and alderman in the fourth ward. In
the mayoralty race William McCuaig,
the present incumbent, is opposed by
Judge Hiram A. Simons and Morris
Kaplan, the latter being the socialist
favOrite. : ~ - -,
While it is admitted that the race
will be close there is every indica-
ton that McCuaig will be renamed.
In the fourth ward Thomas Erwin,
who is opposed by Carl Hebron and
Abe Grossman, is picked as the win
ner and is regarded as being we'll
qualified for position on the council.
Lycan Victory Certain. E. f..
For alderman-at-large, Frank 81
ILycan is almost certain to secure q
victory Citizens of the city are.
anxious to place business man 1T
the head of the council and the mere
fact that Mr.. Lycan has consented to
accept the position is cause for con-
graduation. A successful business
man, public spirited in every sense
of the word and having great inter-
est in the welfare of Bemidji's future
and it's standing as a progressive and
enterprising city, he would make an
ideal president of the council. Voters
of the city should make Mr.. Lycan's
majority large.
Others Certain of Return.
In the other six Offices present in
cumbents are candidates for return
and that they will all be successful
| is the indication.
For city clerk and city treasurer
the voters will reward George Stein
and George Rhea for faithful and eff
ficient service by casting large ma
jority of ballots in their favor, while
for assessor Thomas Lloyd will be
renamed During the last assessing
period Lloyd won much praise for
his excellent handling of the tax law
changes.
| The Aldermen. - -:
Three aldermen are candidates for
recollection and each one is entitled
to another term. They have devoted
much time to committee work, have
attended meetings regularly and
have at all times taken keen interest
in problems connected with the city's
government, always acting in way
believed to be for the best interests
of Beinidji. The aldermen asking
reelection are John Moberg, in the
first ward, sherm Bailey, in the Sec
ond ward, and J. M. Phillippi, in the
fourth ward.