The City Election

The city election on Saturday last, passed off with little excitement, no fights except a slight skirmish in the first ward.  The bloody sixth entirely redeemed its character, as the election progressed peaceably to the very close.  The Democratic ticket has generally prevailed, not however, owing to the majority of that party, but to the division among the Republicans.  That portion of the Republican party in our city known as Unionists siding in a body with the Democrats.  In the second ward we have the satisfaction of beating badly Bleik Peters, the ringleader of the Union Party.  That a great many Democratic votes were imported, is evident from the number of votes polled.  Notwithstanding the hard times has slightly decreased our population, and the enlistments in the army very largely reduced it, yet there were 160 more votes cast at this election than were given last spring, and 162 more than the year before; so it will be seen our city is constantly increasing its population, or else there was an amazing sight of colonization or double voting among the Democrats.  We have the satisfaction of knowing that we have elected our Mayor, but this has been done ever since the organization of the Republican party.  The vote on the mayoralty shows the strength of the parties of this city, as the Democrats were not disposed to make a strike at them through the instrumentality of their Union friends.

	Wards
	1	2	3	4	5	6	Maj.
Mayor,
French*	212	159	160	201	150	105	207
Bates	126	62	87	155	240	110
Marshal,
Baker*	130	93	100	169	153	108
Leonard	199	125	130	191	240	112	258
Clerk,
Mittelbusher*	202	124	110	167	180	102
Dermody	185	92	137	186	265	112	92
Treasurer,
Morton*	200	152	156	201	158	108	166
Heinz	138	69	90	155	235	112

ALDERMEN.

FIRST WARD – Muelheofer,* 159, Mitchell, 178.

Mitchell’s maj. 19.

SECOND WARD – Ochs,* 139, Peters 82.

Ochs maj. 57.

THIRD WARD – Kauffman, * 99, Lambach, 147.

Lambach’s maj. 48.

FOURTH WARD – McCarn,* 199, Glime, 149.

McCarn’s maj. 50.

FIFTH WARD – Tomson,* 188, Huot, 250.

Huot’s maj. 112.

SIXTH WARD – Whitaker,* 92, Cunningham, 123.

Cunningham’s maj. 31.

*Republicans

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, April 7, 1862, p. 1