South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-09
GAYLOR LOSES
MAY0RALTY BY
ELEVEN VOTES
Present Incumbent Is De-
feated After Hard Fight
for Reelection.
RECOUNT MAY RESULT
Dodge Slips Under Wire by
Narrow Margin Raab Wins
Mishawaka Bench.
BY Harvey G. Howard.

william Wallace Dodge. demo-
cratic candidate for mayor OF Mish-
awake. smashed through the in
trenched lines OF the almost perfect
republican machine yesterday and
defeated Mayor Ralph w GaylOr
by a hair-breadth margin OF IL
votes.
Gaylor's sensational defeat mark
81 the closing chapter OF one OF the
most spectacular and exciting pOlit-
zeal campaigns in northern Indiana
and furnished more thrills and SEN
sations than ever known before in
Misha waka. The fight was a bitter
one.
Blow TO City Hall.
Gaylor's defeat came as a distinct
blow to the city hall forces. on the
eve OF election day betting was two
and three 10 one on GayiOr. Esti-
mates OF a Gaylor majority OF from
500 to 600 were freely made as late
as yesterday noon. But when the
first grape vine results came filter
ing in there was a rapid and pro-
nOunced drop in the betting mer-
curry.
A crowd Of more than 500 men
and women damned the street in
front OF the News-Times Office at
Mishawaka, following with cheers
che sensational neck and neck race.
The harp hail storm which descend
ed without warning at o'clock
could not dampen the enthusiasm Of
the crowds and until 1890 in the
evening the big crowd stood patient
" Drawing the heavy snow fan which
followed in the wake OF the hail.
Mt Screen Gets En-.
Word spread through the city that
the contest was a thriller and many
more came from their homes to au-
gument the crowds watching the re-
turns which were flashed on the
News-Times screen. Some 200 men
and women broke through the police
lines and took posse sion of the
News-Times office. At 10 o'clock.
with ali but one precinct heard from,
Billy Dodge still ed with Sc votes
Then came the final report from
Gaylor stronshold. and this too was
so close that for a few minutes il
looked as though the election would
result in a tie vote Then the an
nouncement was made that Billy
Dodge won the election by II votes
Cheers rent the air. Men flung
heir hats away. Women. too yelled
and cheered The Dodge Manufac-
turing Company band and the Mish-
awake Band both of whom were
waiting at the Mishawaka Hotel TO
serenade the successful candidate,
marched through the crowds TO the
News-Times office. The crowd OF
men and women and the scores Of
automobiles parked on Lincoln Way
West was SO great that all street
car trafic had to be suspended.
"BlIIy" Il Idonized.
Borne on the shoulders of his adj
mirers Billy Dodge was carried
through a narrow lane in the human
mass and made a brief speech in
which ne thanked the electorate for
IS choice. and declared his victory,
even with so slight a margin. was a
victory for the democratic party and
sounded the death knell OF republ.-
can.sm i'm Mishawaka
Neither Mayor GaylOr nor any OF
the Republican leaders would COM
max themselves at late hour Tues
day night and rumors are already
afloat that a recount viii be de
manded.
Bingham Makes Statement.
Democratic Central Committee
Chairman. Charles w Bingham.
who directed the Dodge campaign IS
sued the following statement.
we have made a fight against