A Warm Election

At the Washtenaw Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Meeting Wednesday.

The Washtenaw Mutual Fire Insurance Co. met at the court house Wednesday and held their annual meeting with E. A. Nordman, of Lima, in the chair.
Quite a lively contest was held for the second director, the matter of location entering into it and a little bad feeling at one time bid fair to develop.

It was decided to increase the pay of the directors to $2 a day.
The secretary's salary was fixed at $500 as last year.
Walter H. Dancer, A. A. Wood and Wm. H. Lay were made a committee on order of business.
The tellers appointed were Arthur Lyons, George McDougal and C. H. Manly.
John F. Spafard was re-elected a director for two years on the first ballot by a vote of 60 to 16 for Charles Cobb, of York.

When a director came to be elected in the place of B. C. Reeves, York made a demand for a position and pressed Charles Cobb.
Four ballots were necessary and after the second ballot the three candidates were called out to make speeches.
The length of Cobb's speech destroyed his chances.
After the second ballot A. J. Sawyer of Webster, withdrew in favor of Reeves. A. A. Wood made an impassioned speech for Cobb and threatened a new organization in southeastern Washtenaw.
The ballots were as follows :

First ballot Reeves 35, Cobb 23, Sawyer 21, Wood 1.

Second ballot, Reeves 40, Cobb 20, Sawyer 24.

Third ballot Reeves 43, Cobb 42, Sawyer 5, Wood 1.

Fourth ballot Reeves 49, Cobb 44, Sawyer 1.

After the re-election of Mr. Reeves, Albert R. Graves, of Ypsilanti, was elected the third director by acclamation.