The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-05
VOTERS ENDORSE
THE BONDING
PROPOSALS

After working tireieSSly
throughout the night the election
board finally concluded the count
ing of the ballots cast in yester-
days election, at eight this MORN
ing. Long before that hour, how
ever, the public were generally
aware of what the final results
would be as, i'll almost every i'll
stance the winners were clearly
indicated by preponderance OF
votes in their favor. Indeed, SO
large were the leads OF the success
full ones that the results were lit
tie in doubt after eleven o'clock
last evening and the majority of
Nomeites retired to their towny
couches with small apprehension
that the standing Of the candi-
dates would be greatly altered be-
fore the last vote was checked.
And that their surmises were true
isindicated by the fact that with
one exception the order of the
leaders was not changed through
out the counting period. In fact |
the first report delivered by the
election board pointed out the
leaders by unmistakable MAORI
ties in every instance but one.
This one exception was in the
school division, Stipek starting
out with a substantial lead to be
later headed by Morris. AS the
counting proceeded the starting
order was maintained in every in |
stance and it was soon apparent |
that as far as the leaders were /
concerned it was simply a case I
of how large their majority would +
be. The same index of final re-
suits was also apparent in the case
of the several issues presented for I
public ratification. The question |
of the final ratification of the pro-
visions of the new election law
relative to the election of city of /
hcials was never in doubt from the |
start and the same will also ap- |
ply to the matter of bonding the
city for municipal improvements |
and the projected coal yard. The
coal yard question was very clear
ly indicated as one of the issues
upon which Nome had decidedly |
set its heart.
In a great degree the results may
be termed landslide in favor Of
progress and Improvement. There
was also strong tendency on the
part of the voters to stay with |
those who had been tried and not
found wanting Five of those
previously holding Office were re-
turned and but one present office
holder was defeated for re-elec-
ton. a total of o43 votes were
cast, out of which ten were re-
jected by the election board as
spoiled, thus leaving the actual
vote o33. Among the councilman
ic candidates chosen to preside for
the ensuing year, A D. Poteet
proved to be the peoples favorite
leading the list by the substantial
majority of 81 votes. J. w. Rose
was second with lead of ID votes
over Ross who was third choice.
The others were all close togeth-
er down to McAllister the tail end
er. A peculiar feature of the vote
for councilman is that the first and
last man are separated by the
small difference of I72 votes.
In the race for mayor Blake dis
tanced his opponent, Moller, by
two to one and Grimm also had
walkover in the contest over the
clcrkship, leading VIM. Eddy, his
nearest opponent by 278.
The contest for city treasurer
was somewhat closer although the
winner, Murphy, carried off first
place by substantial majority.
For the office of city attorney,
Hugh O'Neill won easily from
Judge Hobbies, the present incum-
bent. For president of the school
board Morris distanced all compe-
titors and won by a majority of
III from his nearest competitor, |
VIM. Stipek. The two lady cam
didates were both defeated by
large majorities. Mrs. Buckmaster
was overwhelmed in the race for
THE clerkship and Mrs. Sauvain
was rather bad third in the
school election. The total results
will be found in the next column
with the winners ranged in the or
4 r IL