Show victory of citizens the citizens won a fine victory fic tory in spite of the combined efforts of the partisans on some osbee by which we the head bead and two others oo on the general ticket wre defamed defea def emed tec the tha citizens won four out ool of seven eevea of the gentral general officers and wen out of ten on an tle tie co council anait dek tie kesao etao we feel there is ia general fineral cause lor for rejoicing it tor for reform in municipal government to eo far as trie ne spoils system alstein is concerned it also Is ie a bad defeat for the ealdon element on the offie of in marshal arshal the meat ecat vital office on the citizens ticket tic feet we roads made tta tra assertion desertion befogs the campaign clofed that it 11 seemed the partisans preferred mote more the election of their partisan opponents than the success of the nonpartisan non partisan candid candidates met this was especially manifested in the may contest the totals of 0 our returns wilt wih show how bow democrats evi dently voted to for mr jonea lor for mr barney ran behind all on his ticket except jamb jacob evans candidate for at torney it wea sot rot in our oar opinion the love hey had for mr jones bonc 3 but bat rather the hate bate they had ot non parti qan success it was generally understood on the streeta that a large number of demo crabb many of them leading member 4 ot at that party refrained from voting up to a late hour for me purposes that if there thare should be any of 0 f mr farrer w winning in ning their votes would be cast fox for mr jones instead of to mr mf barney the democratic candidates di this program rain was waa evidently carried or out t there was considerable uncertainty tanty up to within an hour or two of the of the polls dolls as to which was in the lead f and there was some r on the part of vie the politicians that mr frer fairer was waa acta actually ally in the lead anyway it amounts almost to absolute certainty witt with many people that of democrats at the last moment voted for mr bocea jor ei because he wa the most moat formidable opponent of the citizens candidate undoubtedly mi was sacrificed by his own political friends the motive is ia ezaila explained when it is remembered that both political parties were in on ono ona point at least tho the defeat of the noh noe partisan or citizens reform movement citizens Ci tzeng organization though regretting the defeat of its candi candidate clato for mayor has baa much cause for rejoicing oyer over its success in the triumph of mostly all its other candidates cardi dates city although it will have bave a pait patt iaan ioan mayor will have an almost solid council of 01 men nominated by the Citi citizens zenal conventions in the birst ward the nonpartisan non partisan candidates candid atea were bo h elected in the second ward one partisan ws as elected and one nonpartisan non partisan in the third ward the same result as in the second was accomplished in the fourth both candidates on oa the citizens Citi zenal ticket were elected and in the tha fifth one partisan and one fn an L parelean candidate were elected the council will therefore be composed of seven even F citizens Citi zenal organization ins men P and one democrat a majority certainly large clarize enough of min who accepted nomination from and the of the citizens organization to keep in check executive tendencies tene enclee toward rewarding wardine re partisan services every one ona of those eight jaen inen was wac nominated at citizens conventions conven tiona on a platform of nonpar non par and reform and moreover accepted their nominations on that platform lt it was waa not until arter after these men were tuna thus nominated by the citizens or aniza tion that they were accepted by the me re political parties ihen it cannot bo be claimed that any one ot of thage successful candidates was waa elected by either parag ganv democrats in the citius movement voted lor for candidates of republican publican Ite affiliation and vice yerba the enquirer honora for their and patriotic work la in the cause of local pal reform as it il likewise benote bonote the republicans of the citizens organization for the was thine As aa proof that anch bach noti noa voting was done we point to the lection loc tion of mr brij brig lobaton Jo hiMon a in the first ward mr J B D another re ke in the fifth ward both of warda huarde are known to bi strongly democratic and the election of mr marvn martin a democrat in the republican publican aa fourth ward dardr it is 18 IL a source scarce rf cf couRrat ul aaion to the citizens organization that mr goddard was elected as canue alman from the second ward I 1 being nominated by the citizens he was discarded dia carded by his big own p airty wha in o conven lioa jut up op thear strongest selection against hini him Hs he did n nt t have 2 as other candidates candidate 3 on oa the cazana had the endorsement and of hia own party but bat instead its bitter and unrelenting opposition the compan campal ign be been anc solely as aa a citizens candidate P if now all the tha citizen councilmen will do their duty to 0 tte arzani organization bation which made anew possible ile election and the general off officers leers will appreciate the fact as they inuit that I iad had ad it not been for the citizens Cit izena movement and support a donld faaee t L in Demo democrate crati officers eera from trop top to lotom then the tha hext two yera will ees one on of the best municipal admi rf rations rit r ions provo ever eed ed let left the viea aca 0 of the be obeyed and t r stamped out oat |