Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1885 — SPRING VOTING. [ARTICLE]

SPRING VOTING.

Michigan State Election -Municipal Contests Throughout the West Michigan State Election. Michigan held an election on Monday, the 6th of April, fora Justice of the Supreme Court and Regents of the University. Returns indicate that the ticket nominated and supported by the Democrats and G eenbackers is elected by a majority variously estimated, at this writing, at from 30,000 to 40,000. In the city of Detroit, Judge Morse, the Democrat-Greenback candidate for Justice, received a majority of nearly 6,000 votes over Judge Cooley, who had received the nomination of both the Republicans and Prohibitionists. Whitman and Field, fusion nominees for Regents, are elected by probably 30,000 majority. Michigan Municipal Electinns. Simultaneously with the votirg for State officials, the cities and towns of Michigan chose local officers. The Democrats, aided in most cases by the Greenbackers, elected their candidates in the following municipalities: Jackson, Marquette, Escanaba, Grand Rapids. Bay City, Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Laper, Niles, Grand Haven, Holland, Battle Creek, Charlotte, Port Huron, and Adrian. The Republicans carried the city elections at Coldwater, Hudson, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Big Rapids, Mason, East Tawas. Other Municipal Elections. ILLINOIS. The city election in Chicago was most hotly contested, and resulted in the success of the Democratic ticket, headed by Carter H. Harrison, who is elected Mayor for the fourth term, though by a great!}’ reduced majority. Hempstead Washburne, the Republican candidate for City Attorney, is chosen over his Democratic opponent. ExCongressman John F., Finerty, a recent convert from the Democracy, who was nominated by the Republicans for City Treasmer, runs far behind his ticket, and is the worst beaten man in the field. The Democrats were also successful in the charter elections at Joliet, Freeport, Quincy, and Carlinville, while the Republicans carried the day at Springfield, Jacksonville, Elgin, Rock Island, and Shelbyville. What are known as “Citizens’ ” tickets were chosen at Galesburg and Moline. At Mount Carroll, Canton, and Wheaton the issue in the local election was license or anti-license, and the cold-water advocates carried the day at each place. OHIO. In regard to the municipal elections in Ohio, a, correspondent of the Chicago Times telegraphs that journal from Columbus as follows: With the exception of Dayton, where only Councilmen were elected, all Ohio cities made Republican gains over the unusual vote of last fall. In Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and other cities these Republican gains are attributed to the unsavory re-ord of the present Democratic Legislature. Tire Republicans elect the Mayor ot Cincinnati by 4,000, of Cleveland, by 3,000, and Columbus by 1,000, to succeed Democrats. The unexpected success of the Republicans in all other cities of the State is attributed to the slowness of Cleveland in making appointments for Ohio. In nearly all these places there are factional fights for Postmaster, Revenue Collectorthips, and other appointments. Mansfield, the home of Sherman and Geddes, elects a Republican Mayor and city officers for the first time since 1879. Lancaster and Newark elect their Republican city tickets for the first time in their history. Mayor Constantine, of Springfield, who wanted to be First Assistant Postmaster General, and came home mad, let his city go Republican by 2,<K)O. He refused to run for re-election. In Zanesville, Delaware, London. Logan, Coshocton, Steubenville, and all the c ties ot prominence, excepting Dayton, Democratic officials are succeeded by Republicans. The old fight between the kid ana the mossback Democrats entered into the contest, and has embittered the leaders so as to make it probably worse at the next State election. WISCONSIN. In the municipal contest at Milwaukee the Democrats swept the platter, the newly elected Council being composed largely of men of that political persuasion. The Democratic city tickets were also chosen in Watertown, Madison, Mineral Point, Beloit, Beaver Dam, Janesville, Appleton, Plymouth, Racine, and Oshkosh. lOWA. The Republicans carried the city elections at Keokuk and Knoxville. At Dubuque the Democrats made a clean sweep. ELSEWHERE. David R. Francis, Democrat, is elected Mayor of St Louis, Mo., by about 1,000 majority over Ewing, Republican, the present incumbent. The Democrats elect their candidates for Mayor at Kansas City, Mo., and Lawrence, Kan. At Evansville, Ind., Bismark, Dak., and Helena, Montana., the Democrats were successful in the municipal contests.