Show S 0 C I 1 g L 16 TS AN n I 1 I 1 g ll 11 IS I 1 IN CITY ELECTION major church elected mayor but the citizens party hag has four out of the five city councilmen t the h e election was close and exciting al though the vote was small while a very sm small it aday yote ot ote was pall polla ed in eureka on T tuesday ups the el e tion was never nevertheless theles a close airl an 1 in te resting one rel resulting I 1 inthe afie dec lee tion of 0 a So socialist ciali thy mar ant an 1 one onal councilman of the satoe same p bitica faith three coun elmen and 1 a I recorder from the candidates noelu it ed by the citizens party while the citizens and socialists candidates for treasurer each received the same number of votes and the winner will hae to be decided by lot major church is the new mayor of eureka he received jee reee ived a plural ty of 11 votes verp ver avera P J fennell who was as the detest west opponent tor for tho the of fice mr mf fennell was the citizen citizens baty ta candidate john J Sulli sullivan trall we ee democratic candidate was thir I 1 in ln the race W W freckleton was the other socialist elected on tues day he ile will serve in the city coun ell during the next two years this council will contain four men who were elected to office on citizens party tickets fred richen richert the hold over member john bunnell C V firth and dan fields continued on page 8 socialists AND CITIZENS PARTIES DIVIDE HONORS IN CITY ELECTION 0 continued from page 1 following is the vote by precinct for the various candidates the total vote tor for each and the pluralities of those who were elected to office for mayor no 1 no 2 no 3 total plurality fennell pennell C 70 98 sullivan D 68 61 51 church S 77 96 95 11 for recorder stack C 93 gear D 95 64 46 russell S 48 90 66 for treasurer mrs whitehead C 82 miss laird D 99 67 31 mrs viertel S 83 99 4 year councilman bunnell C 92 82 26 mcchrystal D 70 61 51 bacon S 63 87 2 year councilmen fields C 83 94 v dittmer C 86 74 92 firth C 94 73 bradley D ill 69 63 young D J 68 51 shea D 67 44 boyns S 66 65 95 freckleton S 69 94 devereaux S 66 86 ELECTION NOTES A total of votes were cast in the three precincts the total vote by precinct precincts being as follows no 1 no 1 and no 3 this Is much smaller than the city election of two years ago the citizens party ticket led in the straight votes in no 3 the dem were ahead in no 1 and the socialists in no 2 the straight vote by precincts was as follows no 1 citizens 64 socialists 37 democrats 74 no 2 citizens 53 democrats 37 socialists 81 no 3 citizens 65 socialists 68 58 demo brats 24 the weather was favorable al though the elegant tall fall suns sunshine ne which we have been enjoying for some weeks was not in evidence the absence of automobiles which have in the past elections been used in hauling voters to the polls made the day seem much more quiet than usual but party workers were out in large numbers the new corrupt practice law Is undoubtedly a good measure it prevents the hiring of people to work on election day and reduces the cam laign expenses of all parties inter I 1 ested people who have not su autti afi dent interest in an election to walk to the polls should be deprived of their franchise quite a number of voters who had failed to get transfers following the change in boundary lines of the var lous ious precincts of the city were un able to vote there appears to be some question as to the published figures regarding the vote tor for city treasurer the fig ures as secured by the reporter make it a tie while the socialists claim that their candidate won the election by five votes owing to the fact that the official tally sheets aie ale sealed and will not be opened until next monday night when the council meets to canvas the returns we are unable to settle the controversy jas D stack citizens party can didace for recorder received the highest vote of anyone on the three tickets mr stack Is a former ma or of eureka dan fields elected to the coonc council ii Is at present serving out a two years term he was elected to the ottic two years ago on the citizens ticket W W freckleton served on th council under a former socialist ad ministration resigning his office when he was called on a mission tor for the L D S church I 1 |