The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-20
FIRST PRIMARY OF
 COMMISSION PLAN
WILL BE HELD TODAY TO SELECT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS
 FOR CITY GOVERNMENT.
lt Is the First Time the City Has Held a Non-Partisan Election and the Result Win Be Watched With Much Interest.

Today the voters of Hot Springs, re-
 gardless of political alignment. will enter into the first primary of an cleo. ltion for the purpose of selecting a mayor and four commissioners of the city of Hot Springs m the inaugura. ton of new municipal government under the commission and "city man. ager" plan
 The fact that this is the first time the people at large, reserdless of pc litical alignment, have ever set about to elect officials here. makes the eloc- tioa of today doubly interesting. l Under the plan there are two cleo tions held one being an elimination primary and the other a final election. The elimination primary takes place l today, and ten days later the final election will be held
 There are three candidates for mayor in the election of today. these being George R. Callahan, one of the founders of the present form of gov ernment; Mayor Dr J. w. McClendon, the present mayor under the pre- ant plan. and George R. Bedding. who formerly held the office of mayor
 Under the non-partisan form of to- 0av none of these arc nominees" hrt they are voted on individually land there will be one eliminated In the second election the names of the two h'8aest candidates will be sub- mi'ted The low man in the count of today is dropped, and the final race will 3e between the other two.
 1qUe are four commissioners to be c,ected, and there are eight 10 be nominated There are sixteen candi- dates The candidates whose names a.e bound in the announcement col- lumn of the SentnelRecord are Gus Strauss. l. N Roth Dr Leonard l@ Ellis, Hamp Williams, Robert A. { Jones, A X. Eisele w. R. Poe, Leo l P. Mclaughlin, Frank A Stearns, Dr. 1 Da Costa Walker Ed Burrou-hs, J. B. Riesbee, W. A. Kirk and C. J. Led widqe
 The eight men who have the high est vote will have their names sun- mitted in he later election and from that eight the four receiving the hish
 ct vote will be the four first com missioners of the city under the com
 mission term of government.
 There has roen notable lack of
 politics in the campaien. as the law
 plainly prohibit that. and the race has been conducted along far different lines than formerly obtained The
 voters are not to be solicited by the candidates. and nothing is to he prom
 ised or given for political support and the candidate who makes any promises CT gives anything for sup port disQOalities himself 10 hold ot- ffice.
 The voting places in tho various wards will be the places usually desi9-
 mated. and the judges and clerks have been selected by the election commi siont.s The count will be made
 forthwith after the polls have ,losah
 and the result should be obtaiuable by ' II o'clock toni ht, even 'houeh there
 is a long roster ot commissioners V
 be voted on
 Following arc the mdaes and i clerks selected by the election com mis toner's
 | First Ward -Jldses. Joe Russey. 1 Abe Sanenberger. l. II Avery: clerks. Jim Floyd George schneck.
 i second Ward Jadges, Jack May 1 Mat Hetlerman, W II. Moore clerks Bob Peters. Silas Simms
 Third Nard-Iudges, A. J. Glh'to'I 4 Dr. N l.. HarreH Robert NtE2berts. 1 clerks F. s. Blaisdell Dan Siroek. Fourth Ward Judges, George P. ! Shepard. z w. ! akenan, A. ]. Guerin;
 clerks, C. C. Disheroon, E. w. Eleman' 1 Fifth Ward Judges j D. smith N' T G Vernaux. p. J. De laney; clerks I John Dugan. D. Burgauer | Sixth Ward w il. Watson. C. h. l Marsh. R. B. Harris clerks Charles | uotchSiss. R. Q Carpenter