The Political Machine Tightens Its Grip on Aberdeen

The Republican primaries have come and gone, the battle is over, and Aberdeen is strewn with the mangled bodies of the victims. Here as elsewhere, the ring element has come off victorious, although the battle was not easily won, and their slender majority is a warning for the future. The polls in the First ward did not open until noon on Saturday, but early in the morning the forces on both sides were marshalled and there was hurrying to and fro and earnest and excited consultations and arguments. The ring, like the wolf in the fable, put on sheep's clothing, and labeled their ticket 'Anti-Ring Ticket,' but everybody acquainted with the leaders and makers of that ticket saw through the old guise. The result of the primaries has left many sore spots, and it is doubtful if all of them will be healed by election time, although it is presumed that as usual most of them will be whipped back into the ranks. Some of the defeated parties are determined, however, not to let the matter drop, but will carry the fight into the convention, so that a lively time may be expected at Montesano next Saturday.