Miller's Great Victory

MILLER'S GREAT VICTORY

Had 202 Majority for Alderman in Third Ward

A UNANIMOUS ELECTION

Of Alderman in the Sixth Ward-A Good Vote in Third Ward

Au election for aldermen in the third and sixth wards was held Wednesday. It proved to be a very one sided affair. There was no opposition to Emmett Coon in the sixth ward and very little to Charles L. Miller in the third ward. There was, however, a big vote for a special election in the third ward and a big effort expended to get the vote out. As a result there were 375 votes cast, the result being:

Chas. L. Miller... 287- 202

W. H. L. Rohde... 85

No. choice... 3

A very large number of causes combined to give Mr. Miller his large majority, among them being his own personal popularity, the feeling that he had been really elected before, the strong sentiment in favor of grade separation and the work of the teamsters. Mr. Rohde put up a brave fight in the face of tremendous odds and can congratulate himself on the fact that most of those who voted against him did not do it on account of any ill feeling towards him.

In the sixth ward, where the democrats had endorsed Mr. Coon in caucus, as they practically did Mr. Miller at the polls in the third, there were only 26 votes cast. Mr. Coon got them all. Mr. Coon's return to the council by a unanimous vote is a unique distinction. Usually when one of the larger parties indorses the candidate of the other, one of the little parties has a candidate who gets a few votes, but Mr. Coon got every vote cast. He has also the distinction of being the aldermen elected by the fewest votes ever cast for a successful aldermanic candidate, the reason being that everyone knew that he was sure of election. There will be no more elections until next spring.