Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-07

political life of the city took
.. Monday when Leon o. Tebbetts
.... SWEPT into the mayoralty by a ma
~ Of 1909 over Chester w. Getch- |
The Republican candidate. Along |
r,r the mayor came the aldermen and |
...,4-.imon from five wards and ono |
amber Of the board OF education. |
.-.., total vote cast for mayor this |
..,r vas but - over the vote Of last |
lar. tie figures being 4145 this year
,.d inS IN 1921.
ward four. which is counted as q
ere Republican ward. gave Mr.. Teb-
.s,ts. who is a resident of that ward, 4
handsome majority. there being a
n, Il 2j7 votes from the Republican
,.t,t. This accounted for the in
,,.aso IN the majority Of Mr.. Tebbetts
.,cr that Of the Democratic candidate
L., year, Ernest l.. Finnimore. who
Won by a majority OF 772. which UP
% hat time was the largest ever
Known in the city.
one OF the contributing causes to
,s large Democratic majority was un-
admittedly the fact that three years
sgo when Mr.. Tobbetts was elected
MAYOR of Waterville by a majority of.
sae IL gracefully stepped aside and
conceded the election of the Repubii-
an candidate. l.. c. Wardwell. This
,..rfeev made many friends for Mr..
rstAf,ts AID II was natural that when
tsaglla came up for election he would
i. remembered for It.
VHLt the figures do not really show
F.. as another OF the contributing
.,gs,e the remark credited to Frank
30 AUSTIN Mt n meeting of the Repub-
..,, 'ad.cs ~ Coburn Classical Instt-
iu. IHet Friday night created more
w los excitement and was banded
.-grf tongue TO tongue on the streets
Cd Through the day yesterday. Mr..
t.rtn vas credited with saying thai
..,s, % the Frcnch-speaking people
ts.rr 90 the Democratic party and
10 could not understand why most all
f5-s.qn people belong to the Demo-
s-,f.. rarty He was quoted as say
.-e "a larger percentage of the
,-e-1ra- c,tizens are Republicans"
,tfIrg he came out in the press
tf.e.Is morning with an explanation,
..5 -......of was done and the watch
,a-I c,.i. where yesterday was I'm
c.rr.rror"
i,e ,ut q IA" seven wards--one,
'vo z o.. Sis and scven--wcnt Demo
m o. large majortIcs and IT,"
..- r..rrrmcut will be made up Of
Ia iHuv5ng Aldcrmon-Thoma'
h'.''.' "'''- t. '''''''.,,' 'Ie'
I'a'. - 90. .'"' ~ .t ~
20 80, - 80.
,,.,,,ta. NJ.
,...r.,. 80. - ,,ar,hnrn
,,',',a,,. coorco y rnoIor
....,.. r'..i.r v.o,,cr & Ars,., Ed
,'..,,r nm. ,r drew rrrce,
r..,.. r..,r IL. corcv ! Tho,a-
t... H..
.... ,..,,c, ,,,did5t,e a;.,,oor-
,r... .. ..lot Mr. " ". Eoescv
..s rr.n k,l,hcr. Republican
Id r,...r.i.r candidates. respective
Off,. .r'ool hoard from ward
SIR E''l'rr wen u" election
""''t n "f 60 voi'-.
'.'" i'r W'." or J." wards VS.
NV 80 -
'..' 80 w. 49, - 7"' '''
'."''t W. '"'"h'H d;J......'.i''N
..r ' '.l"'.'S hD'..'...'''. 90
'.i '''"l ......'.'-....'..'''ii'
Or. .u'r ny wards in detail:
Word o'" Nor mayor. Chester w.
C...1L T. 2IS: Leon o. Iehbctts.
d lul For alderman. Louis O.
Il..-l a.. -: Thomas kcrvin.
D. pG l-ur common councilman.
I.,,r O''ouaors. r.. 30: Charles
Il s..s.... nIo. David =. Nigtle,
nt l. g. Uir,;rord. D.. 397. For
,,rr. ,..tcr y I,,arr r.. 1G:;:
.,.... w., u 100 For wa,d
W.T.. ,,,.s,.., n.rochor y ~.
ILL.,. r...,o', - ro- For con
:, ,,,,,,"a.o, r o1S.
r' ", ,,' @v >, t'o co., 'O '''
'''i " =" '''' ''' "'-
Ward two For mayor ChcS'er
". t'''.h"IL L.. 10; Leon ~ iep
.o's r. -. For alderman u. I.
! -ra am. T.. 10: Thomas T.. De
A.., u -. For common coun-
c.uan. Alfred IL. Butler. r.. 2ll:
i,e.s Woman. r.. 30: William J.
'.--,, y ~. Arthur w. Bushey,
at.. ~ ,.,,,cr Irving l.. McFar-
..r i, "no. paymond Spear. d..
~ r-.,. ,.,r., cicrk n F. Houston.
49, ,....,,, II ozark $40. For
=, u,o,ops y o.:
,,.,. n no
i'V'''' :, ~ . chester