The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-06
Mule Leaves Elephant at Post In
Local Election; conman Wins
for Mayer over Ashton
by bic Votes
PHILLIPS WINNER IN
POLICE CHIEFS RACE.
Spencer Deieated;> pu Bose. Hawn
Wren, Duncan WalIop oppo.
nents for Places on civ
Council; Returns
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!. THE WINNERS 4


+ For mayor-O. Coffman. 4
T. For street commissioner 4
8 Dan W. Beeis. Omopposcdl. :.
. For city clcrk-w. H. Clark I
= (unopposed).
T. For city clcrk-J, Il. Well. I
!. born (unopposed). 1
= For chief OF police Ben Phil 4
= lips. 4
= For councilman. ward one !
= Hy Du Bose.
:: For councilman, ward two
= J. 4. IIawn. I
4 For councilman, ward three !
. l.. h. Wren. 4
= For councilman. word four 4
4 J. II. Duncan 4
= For treasurer school board I
: L. II. Hawn. .
= For member school board, .
= ward two-Geo. II. Evans. I
= For member school board, :
I: chickasha township-Neal Eos I
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The democratic party made a clean
sweep in the city general election
he'd here yesterday. All democratic
,andidatcs were winners.
Carrying five of the seven pre-.
cincts, o. Coffman won over Oria
Ashton for mayor by majority o
80 votes. The ex-mayor won in all
but ward one, precinct one and ward
four precinct one. Coffmans total
was 1918 compared WITH 999. ASH
toms tally
Ben Phillips for ohief Of police
eon the tilt by majority larger
lnan the one given the democratic
lomluoa for mayor. Phillips coun
ma 1854. compared with sos cas-
in favor Of II. B. Spencer, republican
candidate for head of the city law
enforcing department According t
these figures, the big democrat wo
by majority of Si6.
Du Bc9e Was Pushed.
Tie closest Of the races IN council
was the one wherein Hy Du Bose,
democrat defeated H.. IT, Duncan
republican, by majority Of 46. Early
reports from the ward one voting
polls were that Duncan was leading
and democratic headquarters for a
time feared the outcome of the race
When the final votes were counted.
however, it was found that 392 votes
had been cast for the present incum.
bent compared with BAG favoring the
republican entrant.
j. A. Hawn, Of ward two; won by
the largest majority in the council
races. He received 49S votes and hi
opponent. O. l.. Bingham, poned 19'
giving the democrat a majority O.
900.
With 234 votes, e. E. Wren de
feated J. W. Speake by majority
Of 175 for councilman from Ward
three.
Geo. R. Beeler, republican, was
defeated by majority of 159 votes
in Ward four. The victor in this
race was John H. Duncan, in whose
favor 4O4 votes were cast. Beelei
received 245 counts.
r. H. Hawn Defeats Dwysr
In the race for treasurer Of the
school board, X. l.. Hawn, present in
cumbent, was an easy winner will
1850 votes, Hawn defeated T. H
Dwyer by a majority Of 700. The re
publican's count in the race was SAL
Geo. H. Evans majority over w
S. Corbin, republican candidate foi
member of the school board from
ward two, was 4OS. Five hundred
and fifty-four votes were cast for th'
democrat, while Mr.. Corbin received
LAG.
AS was expected, light vote wa!
cast in Chickasha township. Fifteei
votes we're cast. Of this amount
Neal oFster, democrat, won Is ant
his opponent, w. c.. Steinmetz, wa
awarded three, giving the former
majority of u for member of tn
school board.
Iii the republican primary, Nj
Z Steiamets wop the nomination by