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will iring r fu-nubUBl V/. UlCIJlUrM. W. Bren nun ..largeison.VILLFG4S ELECTLD MAYORETEOVER HALL BY 483 MAJORITYffice Em|f,n(1 INDEPENDENT CLUB TICKET RE- c°uties ShiHetragredeCEIVED BIG MAJORITIES.iker, I’l)it of *n Every Ward of the City the Ticket WouHeaded by L. Villegas Carriedgiv- by Overwhelming Majorities.pro- - | andnion The city election Is now a 80°1 ging thing of the past and the city of ead- Laredo greets a new mayor in the Sero keta person of Lcopoldo Villegas, a prom- T1 for merit business man of this city who 'est I for triumphed in the election yesterday nder over his opponent, Dr. Horace C. Hall, Wor rma- by a majority that forebodes any pos- *en6 ■vice sibility of a contest, for there was eettl the nothing of the close vote kind to the :'0e 374. contest- it was an avalanche of votes men ular in favor of the standard bearer of the V°1v iued Independent Club against the stand-jard-bearer of the recently-organized ^anl Larede Club. P°wlt;* + Notwithstanding the fact that the strU( + election was one of the most interest- '*ie + iug held in this city in years and a lnsta + total of 1174 votes were polled in the + four wards of the city, there was not i + a single disturbance—it was simply a viHroi I * battle of ballots instead a battle PeaP + characterized by riots, fights, etc. caPP Lcopoldo Villegas as the candidate* l’oi mayor received a heavy vote, in wee*lt;* fact the main contest hinged on the ❖ mayoralty, but the entire Independent f'Par i * Club ticket was swept in by similar + majorities to that given the mayoral-i H* ty candidate, in fact some of the city,+ officers having opposition received as1* heavy vote as Mr. Villegas did. Hall’s lt;-ne* best race was made in the fourtli* ward, where lie receivd 125 votes to 5* the 144 cast for Villegas, while in the* first and second wards Villegas re- ^ *$• (reived a large majority over Hall, and+ also carried the third ward by a good Krow majority. tonig•f The new city officers are now as l}y 11* follows: Mayor Leopoldo Villegas, l,e**+ City Secretary Apolonio H. Garcia, *n* City Treasurer J. A. Ortiz, (re-elect- ^me 4» ed); City Assessor Joe C. Martin, (re- * *** elected); City Tax Collector D. C. d- ioade* Lachica, (re-elected). City Marshal M. Brennan, (re-elected); City At *n+ torney John A. Pope, Aldermen J. It. fOIs* Moore and J. B. Du Cam a ra, of the ^acf!t + First ward; Aldermen Joe Henry and °*C. Farias, (re-elected), of the Second ,}y **I ward; Aldermen G. G. Salinas (re (:l'att-' elected) and Albert Martin, of the, Third ward; Aldermen August C. Richter and M. W. Brennan of the A* Fourth ward, BeddThe vote cast for the various can-dldates in each of the four wards of I*aPti the city in (he election yesterday is given at the head of this columns. * arn It was announced this forenoon churc that City Secretary A. V. Woodman 100 u would turn over the duties of his office the afternoon to Apolonio Ft. Garcia, who was elected to thut office ( alat the election yesterday. No. ETIMES WANT ADS. IttSS Monay Makers S t f I I(7:30vislti
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Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 11, 1920
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