Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
STARTERS ARE SENT
AWAY IN SPIRITED
CITY OFFICE RACE
WITH LAST OF PETITIONS IN, AP-
PROACHlNG MUNICIPAL CON-
TESTS SHOW TWENTY-ONE AS
PIRE FOR coMMIssloNERsHIPS
AND FOUR FOR MAYOR.

They're off
Today City Clerk w. w. Curtis sent
neck in the race for city commission
ers. At the same time he gave che
word that dispatched four candidates
| in the dash for the mayoralty Thir-
teen thousand people are on the side
! lines, having paid admission into the
greatest sporting event ever prom
| ised Ottawa political dOpesters.
| The extension given until yester.
! day afternoon in which TO file brought
/ only two more aspirants into the field
/ One Of them seeks the place as c.ty's
| chief executive and the other com
missioner John Edgcomb's eleventh
| hour entry into Che mayoraty contiic
! places an entirely new complexion on
| that race. Central Ottawa. the proud
! pCssessOr of mayor for eight years, il
| the only section of the city that nov
| finds itself without a candidate. East
|
! candidates in the primaries and which
of them will win is a matter solely
left to conjecture, While West anG
East Ottawa have been saying but
little in the prelims to the approa ch
ing bouts, politicians, figuring thai
stil waters run deep, are watching
those two important divisions of the
municipality with eyes Of skeptics
Drawing lines about sides" prom.
ises to precipitate a lot of spirited
rivalry that otherwise wouldn't have
entered the primary and election Il
is almost cinch that each candidate
will be given the solid vote" Of hi
neighbors while each OF the quarte
will sue for favor from the loop. The
central district, assured of being thC
uncommitted and the balance
power, is not going to give itself owe
to any candidate without first giyins
him the up and down and once over
thoroughly d-impartially.
The division of the candidates witt
reference to their residences show.
the following results;
i South Ottawa, four candidates
Bradley, De zouche, Palmer, Power.
West Ottawa, six candidates
Kneussl, Mccall Metzger, Mottaz
Nitschelm, Meagher
Central Ottawa, seven candidates
Barnard, Fowler, Gay, Hayne. Helf
frich, Null, Sticklin.
East Ottawa, one candidate-Camp
bell.
North Ottawa, three candidates
Bach Dougherty, Sharp.
Total twenty-one.
The Completed List
; The following is the final hst of Ell
tries, in which are the names and ad
dresses of the men who will get away
Z in the primary March II, Eight o
' their number will be nominated fol
' commissioner and two selected fol
r mayoralty nominees. Those who fin
. ish the qualifying match will finish il
the general election of April Is The
" names:
FOR MAYOR.
Robert Carr, 622 Chapel
GEORGE A. Crowden, 424 Second av
enue.
+ John S. Edgcomb, 618 Webster.
George V. g. Weeks, 3O6 Norris.
. FOR COMMISSIONER
S NJ. w. Bach, 32O De Soto.
William H. Barnard, 1919 Post.
William Bradley, Highland Place.
- Charles w. Campbell, 8f7 Pearl
q George r. De zouche, SOB Caths
Il rine.
L Ed. J. Dougherty, 1926 De Leon.
Il Chase Fowler, 1920 Post.
- Simeon G. Gay, Gayety apartment
% Edward G. Rayne, 600 Court.
e August M. Helffrch, 1113 La saii'
Max kneussl, 6tO Illinois avenue.
:, Patrick j. Measher, s09 Mulberry.
" Joseph A. Metzger, 721 Canal.
q Edward Mccall, 1904 w. Madison
20 John J. Mottaz, sol Chestnut.
,al {. E. Null, 208 East Superior.
h. A. S. Ntschelm, 1918 ILLINOIS av
nue..
Dana M. Palmer, 424 State.