Show INTERESTING BAffLEs BA BAM BAffLE TILE OF BALLOTS L TUESDAY I 1 s x O 00 CLOSEST MUNICIPAL ELECTION EVER HELD IN CEDAR i CITY COMPLETION OF COUNT OF BALLOTS CREATE CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE THREE REPUBLICANS WIN BY SMALL MARGIN OF 1 VOTE IV J One of the closest elections elections s1 1 not the closest ever held In this city for municipal officials was held last Tuesday and the results of the voting vot vot- voting ing was surprising to all who were in any way xray interested OT On the east side of m main in street InDi in I Di District Dit triet No 1 I during daring the forenoon there vela ivete more Voters turned out outto outto outto to the polls than In in any previous election and we understand the same maintained m. d on the tIle west side in District District District Dis Dis- No 2 During the afternoon interest became became became be- be be be- came more intense and the Voters oters turned out in greater grear r numbers the women predominating ing in district No 1 The ladies cast east GO CO per cent of the votes tes and if the time taken in the booths booth l is is anything to go b by they did considerable scratching I Some Some few men occupied the booths quite a while preparing in their ballots but the majority simply went in turned around a couple of times and marched march march- ed back out to the ballot box We have ha been informed that the voters on the west side followed about the same program program of f When 7 p. p m. m m. m arrived ballots r had had been cast In in District No I 1 while a 5 tad had be been n cast cal t sC-t In In m Distrct t No 2 something unprecedented in a city election The week preceding the election one would hardly have thought that three was going to be an election held s o few seemed to even have given ita ita it ita a thought but the results were proof that some mighty strong quiet thinking thinking think think- ing had been going on The battle for supremacy by the voters oters was centered mainly on the head of the ticket 2 councilmen the recorder and the tr treasurer The results results re results re- re of the count of ballots showed that Pace ace won over Granger by one IV vote for mayoralty Fuller won over ove r Nelson for 2 year ear councilman by on one e vote ote and Gardner won over Perry n for treasurer by the small margin of one vote ote Kopp the long term councilman ran considerably ahead of his ticket t in both districts and it is conceded concede d that he had the support of a large mincer of the lad lady voters The closeness of the voting cause caused d considerable comment and wonder and some were so pronounced as t to o Intimate ballots had been counted wrongfully wrong and others thrown others thrown out and thought that a recount should b be e had The total votes otes each elch nominee received received re reo are as follows For Mayor J. J G. G Pace R t 0 Walter Granger D 29 For 4 Year Councilman J. J A. A Kopp R 39 J Warren Bulloch D 21 1 For 2 Year Councilmen I J. J P. P Fuller R 30 0 Bengt Nelson D x 29 J. J R. R Robinson R 33 1 Richard Williams D 27 0 IJ Raymond bunt R d tl t x 30 nIMr IT D rr For Recorder Charles R. R Hunter Bunter R x 38 Mayhew II Dalley Dailey D For Treasurer Arthur Gardner R a. a Bertha Perry D x M SOl SOI It will be noticed that there there is la a discrepancy between the number of ballots cast and the number counted in favor of opposing nominees This is b accounted for in the fact that several several sev sev- eral voters made errors in voting for two persons when they should have voted for but one for any anyone one office This error creeps in at practically ec every election held and it would seem to be an impossibility to prevent voters vot- vot ers some of them from marking their ballots wrongly It is also noticed in is scanning the ballots that some republicans had placed their cross below the Eagle and then made a cross opposite the name of Granger without having crossed out the name Pace The intent of the voter was plain plate that he wished Granger but the fact of failing failing falling fail fall ing to run a line through the name of Pace killed the vote for both nom nom- The sane same condition was found Un n sever several dem democratic cratic tickets the theoter I voter oter desiring Pace but failing falling to torun torun torun run a line through the name of Granger As a whole the election was a suc sue successful successful one quiet and determined with the Republicans winning the entire entire entire en en- tire ticket by a very close margin op 00 |