Cogglnai Ho. He left the Party on the war issue and I ran 



hoping to hold the Party together. I merely won 



enough votes from him so that the other man won* 

 Oilbt That's a little different. How many ToWr iJSi" you 



get? 

 Gogginss Between four and five hundred* 

 C^llbt Ofil Would that be considered a big voti among 



Socialists? 

 Oogginst Ho* Berkeley was smaller then^ ^^-^ i^ took about 



three thousand votes to v;in. 

 Oilb: Oh. So you took away a slight margin to make the 



difference. 

 Coggins: Yes. The entire vote in those days was only about 



six thousand, cotmting the whole town* 

 fl^ilbJ Did you ever run again? 

 Coggins: Yes. Next election. 

 Gilb: Ran againat Wilson? 

 Coggins t No. He didn't come in again. 

 (Jilb: Who was your opponent? 

 Coggins: The other one was Frank Stringham. It wasn't a 



very bitter cau^algn, 

 Ollbz How did you do In the next election? 

 Coggins: I had more votee than I did before. I don*t 



remember what it was. 



