The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1906, Page 1

a : - . iL Edi “ F: NX “M a The Only Paper in Seattle oat ne ell ast ition | te Ca eC cl That Dares to Print the News . SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1906 VOL, 8 NO.9 25 CENTS PER MONT i Ree nee AREA ce NUR E Te es a . J f n = 3 Elected By a Plurality of Fifteen Votes Over the Ee inet i i CHAIRMAN BRIER Republican Candidate, John Riplinger---Moore fascia it..o St eggana ter eR caboete ltt sees AT . a oy 7 vei } YHIND WRA council to determine finally the result,” said Dr. BE C. Gill, Kulles. First precinct 5 147 recount will change the result. In fact, I am not familiar iain ; 1 precinct ..... 121 84 with the figures, having been asleep since 5 o'clock this William Hickman Moore, Democrat, running on the In. ania d precinet 68 6! morning, at which time we were all confident that Rip- t Municipal Ownership ticket, has been elected prectnet a3 61|] linger had been elected.” q mayor of Seattle by a plurality of 15 votes. Fifth precinet ; 78 4 MAYOR | 1 | Moore carried the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Bighth, Ninth, | Revante sates t HF Be ran saliaeeaahinealiin Penth and Eleventh wards. Riplinger carried the First, Sec- Renubtican. 6.6 : | —_—--- —— - = ; Yontinued on Page 7.) * eed, Fourth and Seventh | FIRST WARD (Continue ® Moore's own ward, the Fourth, went against him, and | 1 ia esos Cee eee eee eee ee eo THE FELLOW WHO STAID AT HOM i 's ward, the Seventh, went against him. The big et prectnet ° ai 94 "4 by a , ‘ t "t rf ® The Star this « scored | ~ urality given by any ward in the city was that given | » . * " or «| a Riplinger in the First ward, Third 4 14 ot * l* WILL BE NO CONTEST. ath pre , 9s : " i ‘The election, despite the fact that it was one of the clos. |* id * et ever known in a city of this size, will not be contested Tota 1 vi : y) : Republican organization was in complete command of |Piurelity for I * * // rd Tie election machinery throughout the city; and the returns | ECOND WARD. * * gfe practically Republican returns, from which that party and a * ° [/ candidate w make mo appeal. The city council will } * * [ next Friday and that work will be done rr aa | | ate care, but, as the tabulation this morn- |} | ® for the e* | wasmade by Republican tally clerks in the city comp- ® Moore's election, havi, nd i ; office, there is little likelihood that the official canvas» ’ tts totuetene thatcee @ ee WE Soe ‘gill show any change in these figures : i peg * SAY ar- Hone ; Nu ; ‘ % Hence the quick work of The & REPUBLICAN COUNCIL IS REPUBLICAN. & iD cok eiagtin te the eames | é Plurality for Rt | was a notable matter and at- ® ‘The city council is unanimously Republican, though two | Bag eet Base gy cong 4 the regular Republican candidates, Jaffe in the Second gt obese “ and Hill in the Eleventh ward, were defeated by Re 1 \* *| peblican candidates running on the Municipal Ownership % i Aededededededededede dade teie de ‘ticket. ‘s nomination proved to be a burden to the Re- ’ WILLIAM ; ; 4 tan ticket, and without doubt cost the head of the ticket nie Sie het Sc votes. It is probably well within the truth to say that owes his defeat to Jaffe and to the campaign made d ward to elect the councilmanic candidate A. G. Keene, Municipal Ownership candidate, who was to the council over Jaffe, and Kelso, Municipal Own- candidate, who defeated Hill, Republican, in the are both Republicans in politics, AFTER you Favil) TU TAKEA 5 mun ay you #/) \ Riplinger. Moore. . | First Ward als ode 933 613 (VER STRIKE. Second Ward oaabe + 627 732 | Third Ward Ep ae $7 1,066 | % | Fourth Ward bdadses 700 586 > 1087 sos | Fifth Ward ° sGdectesss 982 Bo7 | aan aed LOOKED LIKE RIPLINGER. erg +) Sixth Ward : Teed. 542 553 YORK, Mas h 7.—A subd-| . Seventh Ward : soakesecetes 2,000 ’ ery ‘The result was so close that for many hours after the FOURTH WARD Eighth Ward ape a. AND THE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP VOTER it looked as though Riplinger had been elected pa es| Ninth Ward ; Se $93 697 ONLY LAUGHS. fone time late last night, he was ahead in the vote reported HT 7%} Tenth Ward 289 430 = ee More than aso votes, but later returns cut this down from % 75) Eleventh Ware ip im “ eae to time, until by the time 85 of the 96 precincts had been t 137 Pa cca hig aay 44 53 MOORE EXPECTED IT. i tially reported, Moore led by a plurality of one vote. ona 1 Totals 8.478 Judge Moore, the successful mayoralty candidate, 1 : im qerrveye» Bay 8.493 he night at the Municipal Ownership head Ateturn from a large precinct giving Riplinger a plurality Moore's Plurality 15 | Spemt the night at the Municipal ership headquarters tag again changed the complexion Pe the result. but sub- ae }: 4 f tly reject in the Washington building, remaining there until the feturns gradually ate that lead away until Moore i measpeperenmnmes ro : muition of count had progressed to the point where his election was Fifth ¢ rr) CORPORATION COUNSEL je union and the demand for the assured, He then went home and went to bed. Before ‘ 65 Cathe ay, | inwtitution of the “check off” system hy again ahead. xth g . alhoun Brady. ie the anillacin verton, tak wal going home, he said: CUT IT DOWN TO FIFTEEN. Right : 909 b4 likely grant the demand for an tc “I have been convinced all along that there could be nth g 1,222 Tr renee . Bony fag ge a 7 one ses I — af that there were not more Fourth r 3 29 | Crease with « r price for co t " t ‘ acts, Moore's plurality stood at 27, and an ufofficial return | Pitt! preci it 169! piu o¢ Moore 140 Bixt® ward 602 pad from the other previnct, the Seventh of the Seventh ward, gave | pte = mo, | Seventh ward 2.021 1 LABOR TROUBLES — a plurality in that precinct of 1a, reducing Moore’s | Tot 722 sot}, hb tcl toers aot were "4 iz to rs. j taney fer Henge les! 2) Tenth ward or ?*) a8 | Site retuma show that the First ward Clancy strength sintit wane. 8 Bove ward ae} LN SPAIN MISSIONARIES ESCAPED Given to Riplinger practically without a break, making | . —-4 years. Returns from the precincts in which there | S309" prenins ‘e 72\ hi 8) MADRID, March 7.—Four bun FROM NANCHANG large union labor vote show that the union men voted | pourin precinct prs a“ == COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. | 4Fe4_ unemployed laborers bestened Moore . Fitth precinct 1a 41 at . ' List. | the municipal building at Fraga this almost unanimously. B ; “ 121) award {Min Hurd) Dow! man | MOTMIng and the police fired, killing COUNCILMEN-AT-LARGE Totals 642 6h First os 922 AOS 520 | er and wounding several othera on ao Plurality for Moore ‘ii a Berond 824; 708) 604) ‘s First prectnet ua 161 Thee 1184} 1083 | 767 | Tm the fight for councilmen-at-large Mullen and Hurd SEVENTH WARD. lcucend previbes - ro Fort has | 771 | S04 i FIRE ON STEAMER ea out over Dow and Listman, Dow giving Mullen a very go | Third prectnet a3 Long . +4 . | First precinet 180 | f +4 bra | 660/ B82! & hard fight for victory. Ipecond precinct : oe pa mel ee | 1907 | tes | one] tu tees then @:dbtiete a omall fire} For corporation counsel, Calhoun easily defeated Brady, | Third precinct 28 939! $82 721/ 1m the galley of the sound steamer the M. O. candidate. | Fourth precinct 604) 701! 610/ Multnomah war extinguished by th Fifth precinet ; N65 | $86 | 31g | crew. Practically no damage wa: Republican, ran away ahead of Rust, M. O., for [on De 414 Po y stl Weesurer, and Carroll administered a severe defeat to Wilson, | Seventh precine ves rd BB ted i eiomccnamanisitis the M. 0, candidate tet comptroller. i's th ore “ 5 CITY TREASURER | Totals P 9490 | A207 | 6146 bd RRR Re ‘ AM of the charter amendments were carried een — ; . bs Russell, Rust over Dow... 153) % “LEARINGS * At 2 o'clock this afternoon a complete recheck of the vote | prnth prevln * 300 t ward 983 6 f Wo. 228 lw Maret P $1,411,492.74 | i Mayor was concluded, and in two instances the figures ' 111 oa aos . a iz March S4,551.17 & were changed by one vote, leaving Moore's plurality still at Thirteenth precinct Pr eid j cou NCIL |* 5 stephan a 45, each of the candidates having been deprived of one tally. | Pineseeh ehocines e- z ward lw dat 556,977.57 | —— were arse ng ae “0 Totals ‘ 1621 : FIRST WARD. ° (RRR ee! rst ard—Conway, Rep., 939; Navin, 9 $70. 1 ae - Second Ward—Keene, M. O., 824; Jaffe, Rep., 713 EIGHTH WARD. Ree, i ns re Third Ward—Gill, Rep., 1,093; Kulies, M. O., 886. Slaieet prociact ....... 8 eal ‘ourth Ward—Sawyer, Rep., 76a; Byers, M. O., 494. - - Becont 96 oo Fifth Ward—Morrison, Rep., 853; Orchard, M. O., 629 10,048 6,828 Third p mg sin an agreement Sixth Ward—Zbinden, Rep. 575; McGee, M. O., 490. 5.840 Fon v4 bed further concessions will be th Ward—Revelle, Rep., 1,986; Wilken, M. O., 1,084 : *TROLLER Sixth ¢ Inet 2 Eighth Ward—Crichton, Rep., 999; Hemer, M. O., 736. Senet. we | Seventh precinct . 2 g — Ward—Murphy, Rep., 820; Soderquist, M. O., 517. $68 n. | Bighth precinct . 5S ev br. Charles oad Wife ‘enth Ward—Reynolds, Rep.. 377; Wolff, M. O., 320. 904 Cihats pom Eleventh Ward—Kelso, M. O., 492; Hill, Rep., 451. ae Plurality for Conway .. 48 ed 6ECOND WARD. Rev. Dr. Milto xe. They were warne® Se on ., 008 4 | his cit». The | Wife and infan with other Americans DECLINES TO TALK { 1 Republican, M. O " f for what » wh picture at on the Yang ‘Tse riv- John Riplinger appeared at the comptroller’s office | | miaets ware wr etnias . Keon, |pose tho int is wanted Boothe y ng many dangers and hard- it 9:30 this morning, looking worn and haggard from | NINTH WARD Tenth ward 268 Second precinct ..... 4s war , ro & point of safely wae the hard work of the campaign and from the loss of last \ First prectact 63 721 enth ward 460 437 | Third precinct 90 | island tr Inga at k Right's sleep, When asked for a statement of his views || Seco 49 69 | . ———- |Wourth precinct ated apparently | ture a on the result, he replied that he had ‘nothing to say f}! Third precinct + — aay : ten otamerpnad p aie it ag a ss a ESE cece ee ! h pre ss Ch plurality 5 » " {Obio, and have been in the ¢ gees finally found protection, =