Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1903 — LITTLE CHANGE IN OHIO. [ARTICLE]

LITTLE CHANGE IN OHIO.

Aggregate Pluralities Show Very Small Republican Gain. While the aggregate of pluralities in Ohio city elections showed Republican gains, the parties break almost even on the changes of local administrations. The most noted changes from the Democrats to the Republicans were at Columbus, Mansfield, Zanesfield, Defiance, Delphos, Van Wert and Shelby, the Republicans carrying Shelby for the first time. Among the cities that changed from Republican to Democratic Mayors were Youngstown,' Springfield, Akron, Troy, and probably Findlay. Although there were many fushion tickets in the field, notably in Cincinnati, the only successful ones were at Wellington, Marietta and Norwood. At East Liverpool W. A. Weaver and the rest of the Prohibition ticket were elected.

There are seventy-one cities aud 615 TiUages in Ohio. Of the sixty largest cities heard from officially it is noted that the Republicans and the Democrats each carried thirty. In the notable exception of Toledo, Jones, the independent Mayor, will have little authority, as the Republicans control all the city government except the office of Mayor. Cleveland gives Johnson (Dem.) for Mayor a plurality of 5,985. Lapp (Dem.) for President of the Council has a plurality of 10,436 over Sontheimer, the Republican candidate. The Republicans elected Schreiner for Police Clerk and two of the four members of the School Council. Otherwise the Democrat made a clean sweep. In the new City CouueS the Democrats wil have seventeen and the Republicans nine members. In Wisconsin Judge Robert G. Siebecker, of Madison, is elected Supreme Court Justice by about four-fifths of the vote cast, which was light. O. T. Wilson was elected Circuit Jndge In the Second District, Judge O’Neil iu the Seventeenth, Judge Silverthorn in the Tenth and Judge Goodland in the Sixteenth. Municipal elections show Democratis gains. The constitutional amendment increasing membership of the Supreme Court was carried. Mayoral elections resulted as follows: Janesville A. 0. Wilson, Rep. Madison J. Groves, Itep. Racine P. B. Nelson, Rep. Oshkosh ...John Mnlva, Dem. La Crosse; ......John Torrance, Dem. Prairie du Chlen.. Leonard Cornelius, Dem. In Kenosha, Waukesha, West Superior, Eau Claire and Ripon the Republicans gained control, and .in Madison, Oshkosh, Appleton, Neenah and Sheboygan Democrats won.