Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-03-09

In the primary election Monday
Roy Sargent was nominated for mayor
by a majority of 270, getting 1873
votes to 1,10S cast for r. A. Wiley;
r. H. Hill, incumbent, defeated ". W.
MaXey fir the treasurership by the
close majority of 49 and Glen Snider
was nominated for police judge with
134S votes, to Ira Gardner's LII.
Grant, Empey and Egerer, incumb-
ents. were renominated for the cOun-
Gil in the third, fourth and fifth wards
respectively. In the sixth ward, Nc
Whitney lost to Ben Moore, former
secretary of the Aberdeen Eagles
lodge. R. l.. Cunningham received
the Republican nomination in the sec
ond ward
Wiley carried four out Of the six
wards but Sargent carried the fourth
and sixth wards by smore than two
to one, which easily overcame the
small leads in the wards in Wiley's
column.
The Hill-Maxey contest developed
into a close race and Maxey's friends
were jubilant for time when it
looked as though he might win. With
the votes counted in all precincts
but the third the figures stood at a
tie, but that precinct gave Hill 141 to
92 for Maxey and dashed the hopes
of the latter's supporters.
Hill carried all the wards but the
fourth and fifth which gave Maxey
big majorities.
Glen Snider was nominated for his
fourth term as police judge, defeating
IRA Gardner handily. Snider carried
every precinct in the city with the
exception of two of the second and
the second of the first, where he held
his own with Gardner.
Voting was light, only a total of
1850 being cast for all candidates,
including H. T. Ash, socialist candi-
date for mayor.
The surprise to politicians was fur.
nished by the nomination of Ben
Moore as councilman of the sixth
ward. Moore received 1856 votes to
McWhinney's 154. McWhinneys fail
ure to oppose the ordinance provid-
ing for the construction of drainage
bitches throuehort the West end is
said to have caused his defeat.
The voters opposed to McWhinney
united on Moore as their candidate
in preference to A. E. Anderson.
II the second ward Cunningham
won from Springer by only eight
votes Ira HornibrOok ran third, Gun
ningham got S6 to Sprngers Is and
Hornibrook's 63.
A. j. Grant, incumbent won from
F. H. Robinson for councilman Of the
third ward. This was the only other
contest. Grant got 2S3 and Robin
son 100 votes.
Socialist nominees were T. II. Ash,
for mayor; Anton Pista. John StrOm-
mer, Mark McGregor and V. T. Evans
for councilmen, of the first, second,
third and sixth wards. respectively.
Psta and Evans are expected to
make strong runs but Moore. it is
predicted, will defeat the latter. The
race between Strommer and Cunning
ham in the second ward is expected
to be close.
Following is the vote by wards for
councimen:
First Ward.
B. E. Loomis. Rep.-First precinct.
so; second precinct, So. Total, 1865.
Anton Pista, Soc.-First precinct.
Z second precinct, 0. Total, I.
Second Ward.
r. l.. Cunningham, Rep.-First pre-
cinct, IS; second precinct. 58. Total,
Sc.
E. V. Springer, Rep,-First pre-
cinct, 81; second precinct, Al. Total,
IS.
Ira Hornibrook. Rep.-First pre-
cinct, "a; second precinct, 80. Total,
63
w L. Markley, Rep.-First pre-
cinct, IS; second precinct. o. Total,
49,
Harry Pruden, Rep.-First precinct,