Milford chronicle., 1924-01-18
SAUTELLE ELECTED HARRTNCTONS
NEW CLEAN SWEEP" MAYOR


SIdSS5 WHICH has Drought ABOUT NOR
or less petty crime; but, has resuIte
in very great disrespect for all law.
This situation resulted in a crystals
cation of public opinion and a deter
minatiOn that Harrington shall b
cleaned up generally and the laws @
State and town shall be enforced. Tn
logical thing was to start at the foun
dation and put men in Town Council
in sympathy with public opinion, VIII,
would see that the law is applied
when and wherever needed, to on,
and all alike.
In one of the liveliest town cleo
tons held last week in Harrington fol
several years, D. e. SaWtelle wa.
elected mayor by a substantial ma,
jority over Wesley J. Satterfield, the
incumbent, who sought reelection
and o. C. PassmOre. The ticket was
nominated at a citizens meeting Fri
day night, preceding the election, but
at it Sawtelle's name was not includ-
ed among the candidates. He got into
the fight on Monday when he placard-
ed Harrington with posters setting
forth his platform and this immediate
ly won for him the support of the ma
jOrity of the voters.
Sawtelle was swept into Office on a
platform similar to that of General
Butler in Philadelphia, promising to
give Harrington a clean business like
administration and to clean up the
town. He asserted there has been
gambling here, that houses of ques-
tiOnable repute have been open, that
ho nj
violated and that vice has been ram
pant. He declared he will clamp down
the lid tight and has reiterated his
campaign promises and declared they
will be made good.
In the fight for Town Council A. w.
Spurry the incumbent from the Sec
Ond ward, was reelected, defeating
Salisbury Milbourne; Councilman S.
o. Bailey was reelected from the
fourth ward, defeating Bryon Nc
Knatt; Councilman Wilbur E. Jacobs
from the Fifth ward, was defeated for |
reelection by Frank Graham. State /
Senator Murphy is said to have been /
active in the defeat Of Jacobs, throw
ing his support to Graham.
William H. Cahan was elected as
SCISSOR, being unOppOsed; treasurer,
W. Floyd Turner, unopposed; NJ. P.
Adams, collector, unoppOsed.
The Councilmen met and organized
by electing Warren T. Moore, a hold
over member, president, and L. G.
another hold over member,
secretary. B. W. Emory was elected
night police officer and J. W. LOngfel-
low was elected chief and day officer.
A feature of the election was the in
serest displayed by the women voters
and the large number who cast their
ballots. A total of AIS ballots was cast,
The largest at a town election here
or several years.
Mr.. SaWtelle's Platform !
The posters and the message which .
hey conveyed upon the strength of r
which Mr.. Sawtelle was elected read !
IS follows: r
Are you satisfied with the way our L
avs are enforced?
Are you perfectly satisfied with the b
moral condition of our town?
Are you pleased with it's sanitary t
ondition? Z
If you are, there is no use for you
D read any more of this. n
But if on the other hand you are d
ot satisfied and would like to have "
resent conditions changed, it can be Nv
one in only one way-go to the polls tt
nd vote for men who will do as you a
7ish, and who are in sympathy with j
God government and the towns well c
areas long as the better element S
town hang back and will not go C
nd vote just so long will the rough D
cement rule the town land elect their al
Worries" 81
We have laws and ordinances ga ST.
re, but how many of them are en- m
reed? M
This town with the right men at the OIL
elm could be made a town held I'D ga
an example for other towns to pat TT
IN after. M
We have laws governing the sale of it'll
gar and cigarettes to minors; are an
ey enforced? No. de
We have laws governing the sale Of mi
niger and narcotics to adults; are is
ey enforced? No. in
Laws governing all sorts of lawless- sci
IS from shooting craps to bootleg tn,
lg; are they enforced? No. str
Why? Because the men whom you
in office haven't the nerve and NJ
ok bone to go after these things and inf
Olish them. las
There is no use complaining and fer
ding fault with present conditions me
1 can rectify them in only one way, enc
and vote for new men, will you do
Darwin E. Sawtelle the new mayor rec
about 60 years Of age and lives in me-
comfortable home on Nimrod street, 9o,
It door to State Senator Murphy. Chi
politics he is a Democrat but the her
ction last Tuesday was not waged and
ne political lines. He served one stvl
n as mayor Of Harrington about her
or five years ago. He is married nm
has four children: DR.. Solomon nor
ytelle, of Chesapeake City; Darwin afto
Ttelle, Jr., of Detroit, Michigan; VAR
ton Sawtelle, civil engineer, Of RTr
? York City; Mrs. R. K. Jones, Ion,
! of the Kent County Republican Dr.,
irman and member of the Indus fair
Accident Board. She lives in now
rington. Tbo
yor Sawtelle was formerly engag- stra
n the manufacture of soft drinks spaC
for the past five years he has been orat
lected with the American Railway men
ress Company and at present is Mar,
assistant agent for that company chic
harrington. and