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Despite the Efforts
of the Democrats and Their Left Wing, Mr. Tisdale Receives a Booming
Majority.
A LARGE VOTE POLLED.
The Entire
Republican County Ticket Elected.
Tuesday
was as beautiful and balmy as could have been wished for an election day. The polling
places in the different election districts in Cortland were thronged from early
morning until five o'clock by anxious and zealous workers for each of the three
parties. Notwithstanding it was very quiet on the streets; a comparatively
large vote was polled at each place.
Those
honest Prohibitionists who vote for their party platform as a principle, must
have been terribly shocked, and no doubt felt badly to think that there were people
engaged in working for the candidates of their party who had bottles of liquor
on their person. There is no doubt that the greater portion of the party vote as
they do because of the principle involved, but there are some who are leaders that
only care to smash the G. O. P. to smithereens.
It is
currently reported that one man who was over-zealous in peddling prohibition tickets
raised a row at two different times because he could not get a bottle filled at
the Messenger House. It is also reported that a person in Election District No.
1, who was working in the interests of the third party, had a bottle protruding
from his pocket and was seen to drink from it at different times. It may have
contained cold tea. We call the attention of honest temperance men to these
things not to cast discredit on Prohibition but in order that they may have their
eyes opened, and rid themselves of the leeches who are sapping the life out of
the grand principal of temperance.
The
first report of the result of balloting came from Election District No. 2, where
Tisdale had a plurality of 222 over Salisbury. On receipt of the news a cheer went
up from the throats of every Republican within hearing.
Election
District No. 1 was next heard from as having given Tisdale a plurality of 276
over Salisbury and 228 over Hitchcock or a majority over both of 81. On receipt
of this news bets were freely offered by the sporting men present that Tisdale
would go out of the town with a plurality of over 700, with no takers.
At
the Republican headquarters at the Arnold House all was enthusiasm, and the
receipt of news from each of the out-towns was a signal for hearty cheers. It
was evident as the returns came in that Hitchcock would make slight gains over
the vote of Hayes last year, but it was so slight that it could not be a cause for
much rejoicing. Hayes' vote last year was 860; Hitchcock this year received 1060,
a gain of 200. The balance of the prohibition ticket made slight gains over
those of last year.
Below
we give a tabulated statement of the vote cast in each election district in the
county, except for Justice of Sessions and Coroner. The Republican candidates for
these two offices were elected, the former by a plurality of 1174 and the latter
by 998.
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We
have heard from Cincinnatus. Price’s total vote was 3,216, a plurality over
Blodgett of 1,174.
Trafford,
for Coroner, received 3,126 votes, a plurality of 998 over Dwinelle.
There
were 3,555 votes cast for a constitutional convention and 133 against.
Tisdale's
plurality over Salisbury is 1,300 and his majority over Salisbury and Hitchcock,
240.
To
Hon. A. A. Carley, Chairman, and John Barry, Secretary of the County Committee,
the Republican party of Cortland county owe a vote of thanks for the able manner
in which the campaign just past was conducted. Mr. Carley has personally visited
every town in the county and worked early and late for the success of the
ticket. That he succeeded in his endeavors will be clearly shown by an
inspection of the table above.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
Alanson
Underwood, of Freetown, has passed his eighty first birthday. Three days this fall
he dug one hundred bushels of potatoes each day, or a total of three hundred
bushels.
Enough
money has been subscribed by [Cortland’s] men to warrant the hiring of [night] police,
the appropriation for which went down at the last Charter election. Patrick Dowd
has been hired for the position and commenced his labors Saturday evening last.
Messrs.
White & Ingalls, dentists, have just finished two pieces of "Richmond
Crown and Bridge work." The first was for
D. Frank Waters, and consisted of a bridge of the four front teeth fastened to the
canines by a gold band, which obviates the discomfort of wearing a plate. He went
into the dental rooms at half past one o'clock and had the four front teeth extracted
and at 4:45 the others were in permanently, and are so inserted in the gums
they cannot be told from natural teeth. The second piece of work was done for
Mr. Stockwell, who works in the wire mill. Mr. Stockwell has had gold crowns
put on all of his under teeth completely covering up the old teeth.
Tardy
justice has at last been done in the case of David L. Brainard, who was last
week appointed to a Lieutenancy in the U. S. Army. Lieut. Brainard, by
especially meritorious conduct in connection with the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay
expedition, has certainly been entitled to a recognition of those services from
the Government, and that such recognition had not been made before has not been
through lack of desire on the part of the President, but owing to the fact that
without special legislation he was powerless to promote him until a vacancy
occurred, which thing has just happened. Lieutenant Brainard will be
congratulated by all who know him upon his good fortune in having at last
received his reward for heroism and endurance. He anticipates rejoining his old
regiment, 2d U. S. Cavalry, now stationed at Fort Walla Walla, Washington
Territory.—Marathon Independent.
Editor’s Note: Brigadier General David L.
Brainard was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His parents were buried in
the Marathon, N. Y. cemetery. Click on this Google link for more information: David L. Brainard or click on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Legge_Brainard.
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