Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-05
LANCASTER STAYS DRY
Majority 137 Votes In Favor of
No License.
BAILIE WINS FOR MAYOR.
Spring Elections KeeneSt In Years
CaSSViIIe Remains Wet-Platte-
vile Goes Dry-Other Results.

Grant county rolled up a NAM
moth vote yesterday with perfect
weather conditions bringing out all
classes of voters. Lancaster was
hOtbed of seething politics all day al
though the election went without i'll
feeling, and the defeated contestants
accepted the result in a good-natured
manner.
The vote for license ran about as
expected with a majority in favor of
no-license, 1877 votes. The ward vote
on this question is as follows:
First ward, for "a; against 50.
Second ward, for So; against so.
Third ward, for As; against $50.
Fourth ward, for Sc; against 50.
Total for, 227; against 364.
The vote was counted first and the
church bells of the city rang immed-
lately announcing the result of the
election.
The contest on the mayoralty was
exciting, both candidates being such
good citizens that little choice was to
be made When the final results were
assembled they showed Mayor Bailie
reelected by a majority of 1877 votes,
the ward vote running as follows:
First ward, Battle 76; Taylor, "A.
Second ward, Bailie n; Taylor "a.
Third ward, Battle 10Y; Taylor 70.
Fourth ward, Battle 90; Taylor As.
Total vote, Battle $50; Taylor 219.
The supervisors in each ward were
elected without opposition. The alder
manic vote in the wards where there
was a contest ran as follows:
First ward, Edgar Croft IS; ]. H.
Fowler "a.
Second ward, L. G. Hickok 90.
Third ward, ]. G. Doolittle 103;
Louis Vesperman 20.
Fourth ward-C NJ Calvert 131.
Richard Willis was elected assessor
over his opponent, James Jordan, by
a majority of 253 votes. The wards
ran as follows:
First ward-Jordan Is; Willis 81.
Second ward-Jordan A; Willis 50.
Third ward-Jordan 81; Willis 125.
Fourth Ward-JOrdan 81; Willis 103.
F. B. Calls was elected treasurer
without opposition, his vote being 45S.
Liberty township.
Outlying the town vote was counted
early and comparative results soon
obtainable. Liberty town voted dry
by one vote, IS voters casting against
license, and 81 for.
The officers elected are as follows:
Chairman, VIM. Fischer.
Supervisors E. Kemper and
Henry Keller.
Clerk, Frank BOerner.
Treasurer, Frank Eisele.
Assessor, Harold Fritz.
Waterloo Township.
Chairman, Albert Sails.
Supervisors, John NickIes, w. Zenz.
Clerk-H. c. Chapman.
Treasurer. j. Martin.
Assessor Chas. Johnson.
Justice of Peace Chris Hartman.
North Lancaster.
Chairman. ]. Becker.
Chairman. ]. Becker A; ]. w.
Jerrett q. Frank Bidwell 2.
First SUPERVISORY. L. Rech, 60.
Second Supervisor Frank Beetham
~; H. Heberlein, q.
Peter Berndt, Al; Cor
ham Alexander, %.
CIerk-O. NJ. Smith, 63.
South Lancaster.
Chairman-Andrew Zenz, 60; S. w.
Kerr, 90.
CIerk-C. A. Case. 4S; J. c. vesper-
man. AZ.
Supervisors - Henry Macke and
VIM. Pink.
Assessor. c. Bailie.
Treasurer-A. r. Dewey.
BOScObei City and Town.
The city of BoscObeI went wet by 50
majority. The town of Boscobel went
dry by a majority of two votes. This
exactly reverSeS the condition in the
city and town on the Wisconsin river.
CaSSViIIe Village.
Cassville village decided to remain
vet by a large majority of rs votes.
The vote being 163 for and So against.
President. H. Okey, 126; Gus.
Engler, 80.
Trustees Frank Eckstein, Glen D.
Smith, r. c. Bishop.
CIerk-M. H. Haberman, 147; W. P
Ortscheid, %.
Treasurer. NJ. Burgess, al; c. H.
Bernhard, IL
SupervisOr-Julius Kleinpell.
ASSESSOR. j. DIETRICH, 1873; Carl
WilmOt, "A.
CaSSYille Township.
Chairman-John Rech.
SupervisOrs-W Bausch. Ben Bausch
CIerk-Emil Grattan
Treasurer-Peter Glassmacher.
AssessOr-JOhn Bernhard.
Glen Haven Township.
Glen Haven went dry by vote of 100
against license, and 9S for license.
Tote on town officials not Obtainable
POtOsi Township.
Chairman-GeOrg A. Bailie, 127;
.niZet Liebfried, SO.
Supervisors - John Peterson and
-enry Kreiser.