Show miss MIBS PEART IS RESIGNED surprised at her big biff vote and grateful to her friends now how Is the great creat defeated naked asked a tribune man of miss peart last evening the lady smiled composedly and said under the circumstances very well of course one could not expect to go through what I 1 have for or the last two tivo weeks and especially the last few days without some feeling of uneasiness and anxiety but I 1 am vain enough to believe that I 1 have I 1 been much less concerned over the result than have my friends in fact I 1 never believed that I 1 could win and had it not been tor for my friends would have withdrawn long lone ago As it Is 1 however I 1 am AID klad glad I 1 remained and while it would be footfall foolish for mr me to say that I 1 ani am tills fled with coming in second yet I 1 can say in all candor and fairness that the magnitude mai of my vote was waa a complete surprise to me and a most gratifying sur prise you may well imagine I 1 know it was only by hard work on tile tho part 0 my friends arid and it Is pleasing Is 1 it not t to think they have taken so much interest and accomplished so much one hundred and eleven thousand why if every nian man woman and child in ili tho the city had cast two coupons tor for me it could scarcely have reached that figure but my votes did not all come from the city nearly every mall mail for the tha last baat two weeks hoa bas brought nio me some and from almost every county in the state too but im glad it Is all over and the candidate heaved a sigh ot of relief my interest s in n the success ot tho e carnival Is gustaa great as it ever was I 1 have been told by the managers that they expect me to take part in 9 somo way and whatever I 1 can call consistently consistently do I 1 shall take great pleasure in there Is one thing however that I 1 can do only by the old aid ot of the press I 1 owe a debt of 0 gratitude gratl tuda to all who alio have been so 80 faithful to me during what I 1 8 up poso pose may inny safely be called a camp 0 4 and to all who aided in any way to achieve the success I 1 want to return n my I 1 y sincere thanks |