Show THE CITY ELECTION non partisan convention nominees defeated issues purely local since tho the non partisan convent convention iun there has boon been a groat great deal of dissatisfaction is in some quarters qu aiters over the course talon by tho the convention it seems beau 18 that ono one of tho the loading causes of dissatisfaction among tho the men inen of tho the city wits the fact that Homor honorable ablo harden bennion was rejected ly by tho the convention as a nominee for the city council the only cause for his rejection was a little bickering between members of the convention several members of the former city council have stall d to tho the writer riter that mr bennion was ivas one of tho most uble able and members of that body and they would not do without him the opposition to part of the ticket sprung tpring up spontaneously no one in m particular leathe led the but a lot of tho the citizens dimply decided to work and oto ioto for others than the convention nominees last tuesday during the fore part of tho the lay day all i tina as quiet but later in the day there wore nvere a number of people around tho the polling pollin places working lilo like beavers to show the fitness of the various candidates foi the offices for which they were running was waa neither democrat nor republican taken into consideration but tho the issues were entirely poin pois oual onal preferences and occasionally when two bould diac radically in their opinion aim woi caa were exchanged the names of thor gular connon corn cation nominees were for maor 3 or E W davis for coun councilmen council cilmon nion leslie As asleton liton W 11 coltharp peter hanson lla naon E R C camp aind goo for reco ider G U E adarna adams for treasurer J B for justice of the penco T A robinson Ko binson for in marshal arshal J it Tol cohner liNor 11 iho he men put up in ia opposition to thebo were honorably Hono rabla harden bennion R S collett and john K bulluck for or for re records cordei oseph joseph hardy for marshal john caldwell there w ero era a number of spattering scattering votes which we vie will not notice in tins this report of the election tho the friends of tho the nominees of the convention were confident ident that they would curry carry the day therefore ther eforo the result was a surprise an and a disappointment to some of thorn them the voto vote was as aa follows j for F or mayor LP W davis scattering 7 for the city connell leslie ashton i a r W P coltharp 81 george james 83 poter hanson lla naon harden bennion Bon nion ill it II scollett S collett 91 john johnk K bullock cl 61 it 11 G C camp calup 65 6 for Reco ider george adams 72 joseph herdy 86 for treasurer JI J B blankenship 1 for justice of the peace T TE F robinson for marshal Marf chal J at tollivor tolliver I 1 john caldwell Oal dwell 27 Coni council teil as elected ashton coltharp hanson Ifa bonmon and collett ono one peculiarity of tho the election tion was wan that thoro there was waa only ono one straight strai glit voted A number meant to vote tho inight ticket but did not do BO boci iuso they pat in their ballot without marking it and for that reason I 1 their voto oto was not counted |