ELECTION A QUIET AFFAIR
Bad Weather Keeps Many Farmers From the Polls
Necedah Republican, April 8, 1909
Election day in Necedah was quiet for two reasons, there being no rivalry for the various offices with the exception of chairman and the torrents of rain kept many farmers from the polls. The total number of votes cast for chairman were 269, of which Donaghue received 151; Bulger, 118. The town ticket as elected is as follows:
For Supervisors - J. H. Donaghue, Chairman; D. C. Martin, S. H. Rose
For Town Clerk - G. A. Harriman
For Town Treasurer - W. S. Roberts
For Assessor - Andrew Johnson
For Justices of the Peace - W. D. Niles, E. C. Jorandby
For Constables - Lute Williams, Guy Wheelihan
The vote for State Superintendent of Schools resulted in giving Chas. P. Cary 72, Walter C. Hewitt 14, J. T. Hooper 11, L. W. Wood 15. Mattie McMillan received 117 votes for County Superintendent, she having no opposition.
The Necedah town vote for County Judge gave M. L. Bunnell 90, J. T. Dithmar 51, John Morris 23, John Barnes and James O'Neill were unopposed for supreme justice and circuit judge respectively.