The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-12-10

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they had nothing on the, average
voter Notwithstanding the fact thai
the vote polled was the largest in the
history of the city, comments were a:
scarce as hens teeth, the voter feel
ling that he or she knew what was
was wanted and that was about suf.
ficient and that everyone else knew
the same. The campaign gossip and
the anonymous letter writer were In
evidence however and poison had
been distributed in this manner.
Some of the campaign gossip was
simply ridiculous. It went the rounds
however and in the telling lost none
of its flavor. One candidate would
open up. the saloons as soon as he
was elected. Another would close
all places Of amusement, including
churches, etc. One was going to
clean up the 'shighbrows" while an>
other had it in for the bolsheviki.
Another was a plutocrat and one was
a proletariat. One was to put all
the outs in and another all the ms
out. To listen to the gossip, all of
those running were unfit to hold Of
fice-the one, telling the story being
the only simon-pure blown-in-the-bot-
tie human being at large. The can
didates said nothing and sawed wood.
A very large factor in the, election
was the vote of the women. The
ladies' had ideas of their own and
proceeded to work out these ideas
with the ballot. No preconcerted
movement. in. favor of any candidate
was had but, by careful analysis of the
vote it was very evident that the
minds of the women voters ran along
in about the same channel and for
the same candidates. The ladies feel
that ayehange in certain conditions
is necessary and voted for the candid
ates in their opinion most capable
Of bringing, these changes about.
Every man. on the ticket was a
neighbor of yours and you know as
much about him. as we, do perhaps.
One man asked us last week to sail
in and roast certain party and
faction. We told. him politely but
firmly that if he wanted someone
roasted to- do so himself. He said
ne. hads.no newspaper for that pur-
pose and we agreed with him, neither
had we. We further told him the
Miner talked to over a thousand in
Ely every week and that if he wanted
to say something in our columns he
could do so-over his own name, or
if that would not do, for him to hire
a hall and tell what he knew; that our
plant cost US probably as much as the
public halls of the city and that every
time we said a word in the paper we
put all our invested capital in opera
ton to do so and that he surely could
invest in an evenings hall rent to
save the city-from being damned by
the. election of certain candidate or
candidates. All our good advice
went for nought. We have made
another enemy. Right away he told
us what he thought of us. If we
were to tell what we actually thought
of him in these columns, our paper
would be denied the mail. by friend
Burleson and another copy would be
furnished Stree to the. county attor-
ney for the purpose of prosecution
We are still doing business at the old
stand the price remains the same, SO
per year.
The men, elected to office have it
in their power to make efficient Of
ficials. /. All are. men known to the
people as business men capable of
conducting their own affairs and con-
sequently capable of being entrusted
with the city's affairs. The council
will be composed of Mayor Henry
Chinn and Aldermen Strachan, Erick-
son, Champa, Jones, Maxi and Kovall.
Mr.. Chinn has served the city on sew
eral occasions as alderman and is not
new at the business. Aldermen Erick-
son, Strachan and Champa are the
hold-over members of the council
while Maxi, Jones and Kovall were
elected this year, Jones and Kovall
for the first time and Maxi reelected.
Ed. c. Jones and Steve Kovall are
business men capable of performing
the duties of the Office and there is
no doubt but what they will make
good. Gust Maxi, evidently was sat
to the majority of people
and the handsome vote he received
for reelection speaks volumns for his
popularity. Aldermen Erickson.
Champa, Strachan and Maxi have
served acceptably for the past year
and with the assistance of Messrs.
Jones and Kovall, should make an
ideal council.
The vote in the three precincts of
the city was as follows: 1905 votes
were cast in the city. This is fifty
two more than were cast at the gen.
eral and presidential election last
month. 1908 names were on the
registers and the vote Tuesday was
a thousand short of the registration ::
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