The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-14
YESTERDAYS VICTORY
TO DO MADISON JUSTICE A RE-
CALL ELECTION SHOULD
BE CALLED.

Yesterday the proverbial 'unex-
pected" did not happen, rather it was
the well f~orecasted and safely banked
and betted on expected that did, and
it sent a chill through the lspines of
the insuI gents who would have will
ingfy handed u city over to the
Northern States Power company with
out any show of conscience and held
it while that company, through Lor-
ing, with the assistance of Schmidt,
Henkin and Mease, tied the moose
with which to strange it.
AS the results of yesterdays bond
election were being read on the
streets and in the homes, a thrill of
scouts" who helped in the long fight
to save Madison to herself to smile
with deep satisfaction. There was
general handshaking and the collec-
tion of bets, and the ladies whit
voted right, God bless EN-" they
were "dee-lighted" too. Even school
boys tossed up their hats in high
glee.
Before daybreak yesterday the
porches and dooryards of all resi-
dences were literally bombarded with
heavy shells from the parading sub
sidized light artillery located over
there in the direction of sunrise. But
they failed to explode, since their
contents was buncombe and not full
inmate. They were fired well an0 it
must be admitted that they served al
least one useful purpose. The kind
ling in the dining room did take on
ton.
An analysis of the results of yes
terday's election reveals several in
teresting facts. The total vote, $50
is a fair representation of all the
voters of the city. The bonds to be
issued will therefore sell readily
The $50 votes in favor of bonding
the city for light and power purposes
gave such a majority over the oppo-
sition as to sweep away all doubt
regarding the expressed wishes of the
people in this matter. Down there
in the third ward, and also in the
fourth, where there is a heavy labor
vote, the Northern States got a with.
ering rebuke. Out of 116 cast in
the third only 8 people favored the
outside company's proposition. Thirty
women cast their first ballot in that
ward. The fourth was a near dupli-
cate of the third.
Madison should be proud of her
women voters, and furthermore,
should show every consideration to
the workingmen who came forward
so readily and tided us over the
crisis. Their vote went a long way
towards retaining our municipal in
dependence and self-respect.
The Daily Leader has long been
accused of "un~fairness" because il
refused to loan its columns for boost
ing for Northern States designs. This
paper has firmly stood, from the be.
ginning of the fight to its victorious
close, for what it believed to be the
best interests of Madison and not fol-
one moment would it recede from 1T:
position. Neither Mr.. Schmidt's in
~sistence, Mr.. Loring's wishes or Mr.
Henkin's annoying volubility could
bulge it from the position taken
What we did hope for was a fail
chance for this city to conduct iii
own municipal business.
At the election yesterday the citi
zens utterly and summarily repudi
ated both A. G.. Schmidt and JOSEPH
Henkin for their unbecoming actiy'
ity in attempting to foist upon thi:
city the undesired Northern States
service. They had not the discretion
to lay low and let the people do thu
discussing and the deciding as Il
what they wanted. Their unavailini
missionary work in behalf of thu
Northern States put them in a bat