Village Elections in the Town of Pelham in 1912

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The following article, transcribed from the Saturday, March 23, 1912 issue of the New Rochelle Pioneer, describes the results of the Village elections in the Town of Pelham that year.

"ELECTIONS HELD IN VILLAGES
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Ceder Has a Walk Over at North Pelham -- Pelham Heights and the Manor Are Quiet.

Peter Ceder was re-elected president of North Pelham village at the annual election Tuesday morning, defeating his Republican opponent C. W. Foster by a vote of 184 to 108, a majority of 76.  The rest of the Democratic ticket was elected with good sized majorities as follows:  For trustee, E. C. Logan, Dem. 182; C. T. Cottrell, Rep., 109.  Treasurer, A. P. Delcambre, Dem., 169; Vincent Barker, Rep., 121.  Tax collector, C. A. Dickenson, Dem., 211; Bert Penfield, Rep., 103.  The proposition to raise $30,000 by bond issue for paving and street improvement purposes was carried by a vote of 108 to 44.

There was not as much excitement in the present village election as there has been in previous years.  There were 153 straight Democratic and 69 straight Republican votes.

At Pelham Heights.

Little interest was manifested in the election at Pelham Heights on Tuesday, as only 40 votes were cast, and there was no opposition to the ticket in the field.  E. E. Huber was elected president to succeed A. C. Winch.  Mr. Huber had been village trustee.  The rest of the ticket was as follows:  Trustee, I.B. Ferguson; treasurer, A. L. Bukchout, and tax collector, E. H. Kingsland.  The two last named succeed themselves.  Mr. Ferguson is a new trustee.

At Pelham Manor.

The principal interest in the election in Pelham Manor was in the contest for tax collector.  H. E. Dey, the candidate on the Republican ticket was opposed by E. Kendall Gillett, the nominee on the Prohibition ticket.  Dey won by a vote of 71 to 31.  One hundred and two votes were cast there being no opposition to any of the other candidates and their names appeared on both the Republican and Prohibition tickets.  The officers follows [sic]:  President, Willard P. Brown:  trustee, Walter Scott: treasurer, A. L. Hammett:  tax collector, H. E. Dey.  The only change is that of H. E. Dey, who succeeds Langdon H. Roper.  The two propositions carried.  No. 1 which provides for a bond issue of $16,000 for the purpose of putting the Shore Road and the Boston Post Road in condition was carried by a vote of 32 to 18.  No. 2 which provides for the collection of the garbage, was carried by a vote of 42 to 9."

Source:  Elections Held in Villages, New Rochelle Pioneer, March 23, 1912, p. 7, col. 6.

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1909 Village Elections in Pelham

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What follows is a brief but interesting account of the 1909 Village elections in Pelham. The account appeared in the March 17, 1909 issue of The New York Times.

"ELECTIONS IN WESTCHESTER.

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Reilly, 'the Village Blacksmith,' Wins In North Pelham for the Fourth Time.

The annual charter elections yesterday in the Westchester villages of North Pelham, Pelham, Pelham Manor, and Tuckahoe were especially interesting because of fights against the re-election of many of the nominees.

In North Pelham James Reilly, 'The Village Blacksmith,' again ran for President, after having held the office for three terms. He was elected by a vote of 155 to 88. The first time Reilly ran it was as an Independent and he was elected. He was re-elected on the same ticket, but last year he was nominated by the Republicans and elected, and this year they re-nominated him.

His opponent was Peter Cedar of Cedar Kennels, who opposed him the first time he ran. Reilly carried in with him the entire Republican ticket.

In Pelham Manor President Charles E. Pond, Republican, was re-elected for the fourth term, over James F. Secor, who ran on an Independent ticket.

In Pelham the fight was bitter, and resulted in the defeat of the present President of the village, Thomas L. Jacques, who had held the office for three years. He was beaten by A. N. White, the independent Republican candidate. The vote was 69 to 52.

In Tuckahoe, William Rubly, Democrat, won over William F. Thompson by a vote of 208 to 132."

Source: Elections in Westchester, N.Y. Times, Mar. 17, 1909, p. 4.

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