The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-11-09
THE ELECTION.

The November election was in the
nature of walkover for the DEM
Ocratic candidates in Bourbon and in
the city, for city and county offices,
they having no opposition. The
election was very quiet. nothing
whatever happening to disturb the
even tenor of the day.
Returns from all the precincts in
Dictated majority of about 200 for
the constitutional amendment per-
hitting the purchase of one tele-
phone company by another. The bond
issue for extension of the city sewer
system carried by vote of 315 to
142. The vote on the proposition of
a twenty-year contract with the
Paris Water Company resulted in a
majority of 289 being cast against
the proposition. The vote stood 95
for and 384 against. Not more than
one-third of the regular vote Of the
county was cast, on account of there
being no contest for any of the offices
and but little interest was shown in
the vote or the general result.
The nominees who were elected
Tuesday, and who will be sworn In
office on January 1, 1918, are as fol-
lows:
State Senator = George Hon, Of
Clark county.
Representative C. NJ. Thomas,
Bourbon county.
Sheriff-Will G.. McClintock.
County Clerk-Pearce Patton.
County Judge-George Batterton.
County Attorney-David d. Cline.
County Superintendent of Schools
j. B. Caywood.
Jailer-Thomas Taul
AssesSor-Walter Clark.
Coroner-Rudolph Davis.
Magistrates-L.J J. Fretwell, Paris
precinct; E. P. Thomson, Millers-
burg; John S. Talbot, North Mid
dIetown; John S. Virgins, Hutchi-
son; John N. Shropshire. Centerville;
Lee Stephenson, Clintonville; s. b.
Burris, Little Rock; r. o. Turner,
Riddles Mills
MayOr-E. B. January.
Police Judge-Ernest Martin.
Chief of Police-W. Fred Link.
Counci1men-First Ward, John
Merringer, John Christman and
Thomas Kiser; Second Ward, s. X.
Nichols. ]. J. Veatch and John Arkle; !
Third Ward, George Doyle
Members of the School Board
Peale Collier, N. H. Rion and Roy
CIendenin.
Returns received from practically
every legislative district in the State
indicate that while the Democrats
will have safe majorities in both
branches of the next Legislature, the
party lead will be cut down in both
houses, due largely to the big Demo-
81, ~, r
son county, where on the face of re-
turns the Democrats elect only one
State Senator and one representa-
tive. s-.---.--
The Democrats have lost three
seats and probably four in the State
Senate and have gained none. In the
House they have lost ten and gained
two, making a net loss of eight, in
Dictated by the returns in the MEM
bership of the lower branch.
On the face of the returns the po-
litical lineup of the next General As
scmbIy will be as follows: Senate,
Democrats. "a; Republicans, IA.
House, Democrats, SIS; Repubn-
cans. As
The result in Fayette county was
somewhat of a surprise Judge
Frank Bullock was reelected County
Judge; A. l.. Hamilton Representa-
tive from the county, while Billy
Klair easily defeated his opponent,
Thomson. in the race for Represen-
tative from the city of Lexington.
Police Judge John E. Riley was re-
elected by majority that was a sur
prise even to his closest friends.
T. c. Bradley, w. H. McCorkle,
ond uorru
Shoemaker elected City Commits
sioners. The defeat of George Land
was a surprise. Constitutional
amendment carried. but only small
vote was polIed on the question. The
defeat of Land was hard blow to
the city administration and takes the
political control of the city out Of
the hands of Mayor Rogers.