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Show THE RICHMOND ELECTION. The Results Cause Both of thn Logan t Qq Into SpuNiiiH of Delight. There was an election In Richmond Monday Mon-day with riulU its follows: Thomas (Irillin, desiovrtt, was elected mayor, reteiTing 7o votes, to (Vs for ('. K Merrill, repulilirun. K. A. Hair, repiihlican, wu i eleeteil marshal, re. ccivlng "'i votes, to en for .1. I'. Griffin, democrat, dem-ocrat, II. Halgrocn, dt moerat, Was elected recsrder, receiving 78 vutes, to IK) for 11. Ballen, jr., republican. i. M. Thompsoa, demoerat, was elected assessor and collector, anil l . Traveler, df niocrnt, was elected treas. urer. The council is solidly democratic, and is composed of Messrs. E. Tripp, Jos. Mon- on, i. Robinson, W. C, Bnrnham, Ell Webh, Christian Johnson and 8. A. Hen. dricKs. This is the spasm that the Logan Nation takes over Hie result: "The last election at llichmon'd stood 60 democratic to 35 republicans. republi-cans. Behold the change! Ye democrats, behold and tremble 1 You who sat securely reveling in your feast, read the hieroglyphics hieroglyph-ics on the wall. Head ! naze upon the wall and read. Your principles are tried ami found wanting. Look you, how tho beam tips! City marshal republican by six majority. major-ity. Mayoralty lost by only two Votes. Democrats 71), republicans (W. One more charge on Richmond and democracy lies forever for-ever stricken in the dust." The LogM Journal however sees It In a niffcrent ilgbtand "fit ye second" from its columns is as follows: "Hid you hear the new- ' Our Richmond was in tin- Held and withstood the. double assault. Qallattt old (iritlin led tin- charge anil drove the ambitious ambiti-ous Charley and his mugwump followers Into the ditch. The citizen's ticket was well danned but it didn't carry. The men who had conspired It will now sit down to cat crow, for verily (he time is at hand for repentance re-pentance In sack cloth and ashes. The detn-o' detn-o' rats (ought nobly. They won the golden spur and have some chickens to crow over. The oarmrf turns out,its tramlest bird to crow a jubilasioti over their deliverance from the snares that were set to entrap thorn. |