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'''WET TICKET

WINS SPRINGFIELD

CITY ELECTION'''

At the Springfield city election yesterday the "taxpayers" or "wet" ticket won over the "citiens" ticket by a good majority. Both sides voted for [[Perkins, George W|George Perkins]] for councilman and [[Washburne, Byron A.|B.A. Washburne]] for treasurer, but on the other candidates there was the usual opposition, [[Kestley, John|John Kestley]] was put up by the "wets" for councilman to run against Perkins, but he withdrew his name before the election.  [[Peery, M.M.|M. M. Peery]], the druggist, is the new mayor, succeeding [[Jayne, R.A.|R.A. Jayne]].  The old council consisted of the followinig: [[Stewart, Henry|H.W. Stewart]], [[Kepner, E.E.|E.E. Kepner]], [[Martin, Eugene C|E.C. Martin]] and [[Sinner, Henry|Henry Sinner]].  The election is an endorsement of the old council, as the new mayor and council were elected on the same platform upon which they stood.  The vote was as follows.


'''Taxpayers' Ticket'''

[[Springfield Mayor|Mayor]] M.M. Peery... 137

Councilman, [[Stewart, Henry|Harry Stewart]]... 129

Councilman, George Perkins... 188

Councilman, [[Hill, Nate|Nate Hill]]... 131

Recorder, [[Beebe, E.M.|L.M. Beebe]]... 124

Treasurer, B.A. Washburne... 203

'''Citizens' Ticket.'''

Mayor, [[Bassett, G.O.|G.O. Bassett]]... 81

Councilman, [[Browning, J.J.|J.J. Browning]]... 83 

Councilman, George Perkins... 188

Councilman, [[Cogill, Henry C|Henry Cogill]]... 87

Recorder, [[McCauley, George|George McCauley]]... 93

Treasurer, B.A. Washburne... 202

The total number of votes cast was 219.