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Oliver P. Orear, rep...............67Smith’s maj........... 7For Trustee oth District:Frank M. Hiller, dem..............64Alonzo C. Gibson, rep............. 76Gibson’s maj ............... 12For Clerk:Evert P. Finch, dem...............85Harry D. Baringer, rep...........55Finch’s maj..................30For Treasurer:Allen T. Gardner, dem..........’.. 66James H. Steele, rep ........ 72Steele’s maj......... 6For Marshal:David Wyatt, dem................. 55G. L. McCormack, rep............. 52Albert G. Camplin, indp...........34Wyatt’s plurality............ 3We doubt very much that every candidate elected was according to the choice of any one voter, as it was a general “pick out” of the lot, and just one half of the candidates of each of the two leading parties were elected, making it first one chosen and then the other from the head to the tail of the ticket. This is the way it should go—select the man, not the ticket—and it is hoped that the best fitted for the office has been chosen Just 144 ballots were cast, three being cast out for improper marking. There were about 20 voters in town who didn’t come to the polls at all
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New Ross Mail
New Ross, Indiana, US
Fri, May 05, 1899
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