Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-14 | Page 8 | Two Men Did Much to Prevent Election Riots

MEN DID MUCH TO RIOTS july 13 the recent election in panama brought a new the of the isthmus a n alcalde don francisco ila ossa to a position scarcely less than governor ma was a worker coworker co with AI checking the election riots al calde s conduct is described by a panama paper thus eniy the ceaseless efforts of the alcalde prevented serious rioting with great courage and presence of mind he rode in among the surging struggling pack clearing a patch by aid of his crop and when everything else failed to separate them he would be them apart by the simple b utmost effective device of riding be them perhaps a compliment from his riding whip to pach combatant it was noticed wherever ake and brickbats brick bats were thickest tie was present and his timely intervention nipped many a serious fight all day governor magoon moved among the crowds according to the newspaper accounts and was greeted everywhere by cries of viva from the liberals lato in tho afternoon after the voting was ended charges were made upon voting booths by mobs which tracil to the ballot bobea and invalidate the elections bub were baffled and according to reports of the riots adopted the motto if you see a head hit it clubs and k alvos figured in tho y riots which the policemen were unable lo 10 quell until after G in the evening A policeman overcome by his joy at tho success of tle constitutional party finally cleared central avenue rush in g ai full speed shouting Vl voEl and firing a rei volver in support of his cheering