People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1896 — TUESDAY’S ELECTIONS [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY’S ELECTIONS

western voters express THEIR PREFERENCES. Towns in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri Make Choice of Municipal Officers Party Lines Obliterated in Many Contests. Chicago, April 8. —Republicans swept the local political chess board Tuesday, electing their entire town ticket in the towns of Chicago, Evanston, Lake View, Jefferson, Cicero, Lake and Hyde Park, and twenty-four of the thir-ty-six aidermen voted for in the city wards. Town elections were held throughout Illinois Monday. As a general thing, republican victories are reported. At Monmouth, a surprise was caused by the election of William Ellenburnger, a college student, over his republican opponent. Republican gains are reported in Danville, Charleston, Sigel, Mattoon. Champaign, Urbana. Lacon, Vanfl ilia and Princeton. In Salem the entire democratic ticket was elected, where the republicans were successful a year ago. At Mount Sterling a free-silver ticket was in the field. No license carried at Yates City. A municipal election was held in Quincy. The democrats elected five aldermen and the republicans three. LARGE lOPI LIST V OTE. Surprise for the Republicans at Milwaukee Other Wisconsin Towns. Milwaukee, Wis., April B.—-A large stay-at-home element, coupled with a remarkably large populi * v.rtn, came very near defeating the republican ticket in this city. At 11 o'clock last. 1 night sixty-five out of 124 precinctsgive Rauschenbefger (rep.), 8,933; Max--on (dem.), 7.345, and Smith (pop), 4,061.* Two strongly democratic wards have not been heard from, but the returns are pretty well scattered. They indicate the election of Rauscenberger by a plurality ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 votes. This carries with it the other nominees on the city ticket. The democrats have gained several members of the common council, but the republicans will still control that body by a safe majority. On the board of supervisors the democrats have also made gains, and may have a majority.. The election was notable for the number of split ballots cast. The populist vote is a great surprise, being much larger than was anticipated. The municipal reform and good government agitation appears to have helped the populists more than the other two parties, although the good-govern-ment leaders were all democrats or republicans. Madison, Wis., April 8. —Dr. A. A. Dye (rep.) was elected mayor by a plurality of fifty over J. D. Alford (dem.). The common council will stand seven democrats and five republicans, a gain of one for republicans. Kenosha, Wis., April 8. —As near as now can be determined, Dr. Farr’s majority for mayor is about 127. Beloit, Wis., April B.—C. A. Smith (rep.) was re-elected mayor, and the entire ticket was elected without opposition. The license question was submitted, and there was a majority of over 200 for license. Janesville, Wis., April 8. —James Fathers (rep.) was re-elected city treasurer by 659 majority. Republicans elected three aidermen out of five, four supervisors out of five and three constables out of five. Eau Claire, Wis., April B.—Dr. D. W. Day (dem.), is elected mayor by a majority estimated at 100. B. S. Phillips (dem.) is elected treasurer. Democrats elect nine aidermen, republicans three, democrats gaining four.

IN MI-SOURL Kansas City Elections Pass Off Quietly— Results Throughout the State. Kansas City, Mo., April 8. —After a campaign filled with unusually severe recriminations and strife and in which parties were split from center to circumference, the city election Tuesday passed off as peacefully as a May party. Twenty out of 83 precincts give the Republican ticket, headed by Jones, a majority of 500 over Kumpf (Ind. Dem.). Sedalia, Mo., April 8. —The most exciting election in the history of Sedalia occurred Tuesday, resulting in the election of the entire Republican ticket, except two aidermen. Linneus, Mo., April B.—At the city election Tuesday H. C. Prewitt was elected mayor on the Democratic ticket. , The Republicans got one aiderman. St. Joseph, Mo., April 8. —The election of L, A. Vories (Dem.) over W. M. Shepherd, the present incumbent, for i mayor, is conceded by a majority of about 500. The indications point to the ’ election of mayor, collector, police judge and six out of the eight alder- ’ men by the Democrats. St. Louis, Mo., April B.—Elections | were held Tuesday in many municipalitles throughout Missouri, but returns had not been received from all at 11 p. m. Party lines were not closely drawn, but in a majority of cities where such was the case the Democrats elected the whole or the greater part of their tickets. Local issues were at stake in still other cities and party lines were obiterated. According to incomplete returns received the Democrats carried Cuba, Bismarck, Marshfield, Higglnsvi.-ie, Monroe City and Nevada. The result was mixed at Wellesville, Golden City and Clinton. .. Results in Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., April B.—ln the Minnesota municipal elections Tuesday there was a sort of drawn battle. AT Faribault P. F. Ruge (Dem.) defeated F. W. Winter (Rep.) by 216 votes. The

Democrats also secured a majority in the common council for the first time in many years. At East Grand Forks Thomas McAdam was elected mayor by a majority of 37. At Ada J. M. Hentze (Pop.) was elected mayor by 20 votes. The town went to license by seven majority. John R. McKinnon, citizens’ candidate, was defeated by 250 by M. R. Brown (Rep.) at Crookston; the last named is the Republican presidential elector for the Seventh district. Otto Kauph (Rep.) was elected mayor of Blue Earth City, and license carried by 112 majority. The prohibition mayor at Tracy was knocked cut by W. F. Parker (Rep.) and license carried by 90 votes. UTAH STATE REPUBLICANS. National Delegates Elected and a FreeSilver Platform Adopted. Salt Lake, Utah, April 8. —The republican state convention elected Frank J. Cannon, Arthur Brown, C. E. Allen, Biaac Trumbo, W. R. McCormick and Thomas Kearnes as delegaets to the St. Louis convention. The platform is confined almost entirely to protection and bimetallism, and the sense of the convention is expressed in the following language: “We believe in a protective tariff; we believe in reciprocity; we believe in bill ctallism, which is the full recognition alike of gold and silver, and their free coinage in the mints of the nation at tl ' rath: of 16 to 1. The situation makes | c? . that bimetallism and protection! be accepted as constituting one I vital, indivisible principle that not only ! i' •? progress but the safety of the Indus- | tries of our country and the toilers who 1 carry on those industries make the ac-1 e< ptance of this principle imperative—l protection by a tariff to equalize the ; wages of our country and those paid •abroad, and bimetallism to take from gold its present application, and to equalize the money of this country and that of silver-standard nations.” IN INDIANA. Lively Contest at Crawfordsville Decided in Favor of Landis. Crawfordsville, Ind., April B.—The Republican congressional convention of the Ninth district was held in Crawfordsville Tuesday and was of a most exciting character. C. B. Landis, editor of the Delphi Journal, was the leading candidate, and received 119 votes on the first ballot, needing only 111 to secure the nomination. The excitement was intense as the balloting proceeded, but the convention was harmonious and the nomination was made unanimous on motion of the defeated candidates. Fort Wayne, Ind., April B—The Democrats of the Twelfth congressional district unanimously nominated James M. Robinson for congress. Mr. Robinson is a free-silver man, although he has not publicly pledged himself.

South Carolina State Convention Columbia, S. C„ April B.—The state convention of the Webster wing cf the republican party was held in Columbia Tuesday. The platform comes out strongly for protection. On the financial question.it says: “We stand with our party in the reiteration of its d.emand for both gold and silver as standard money. We believe that legislation should secure and maintain the parity of values of the two metals to the end that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the American dollar, silver, gold and paper, shall be the same any and everywhere. We believe that bimetallism alone can secure this result.” Silver Sentiment In Missouri. Lebanon, Mo., April B.—Forty-six counties have elected delegates to the democratic state convention to be held at Sedalia April 15, for the election of delegates to the national convention. Every county so far has elected solid silver delegations and declared in positive and emphatic terms for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. More than two-thirds of the counties that have elected delegates have instructed for a solid delegation of uncompromising silver men to the Chicago convention, and instructed for Bland, Stone, Vest and Cockrell for delegates-at-large. McKinley and Evans Indorsed. Nashville, Tenn., April B.—Republican conventions to select delegates to state and congressional district conventions was held in Carroll, Coffee, Gibson, Sumner, Henderson, Weakley, Gibson. Sumner, Hendersori, Weakly, Campbell, Sullivan, Blount, Sevier, Coke, Monroe, Anderson, Carter, Greene and Washington counties. All indorsed McKinley and selected McKinley delegates to stae and district conventions. H. C. Evans was indorsed by some for governor and by nearly all the conventions for delegate from the state at large . McKinley Victory In Maryland. Baltimore, Md., April B.—The Somerset county republican convention instructed its delegates for McKinley. The Anne Arundel county convention at Annapolis also adopted resolutions favorable to McKinley. The Allegheny county republican convention adopted resolutions praising in the highest terms McKinley and declaring that while the republicans of Allegheny recognized the eminent fitness of the great Ohio statesman for the presidency, they would support the nominee, whoever might be named. q Temperance Win* in Kansas. Topeka, Kan., April 8. —Returns from cities of the second class, where there was any opposition to the republican ticket, show republican victories in some places over fusion tickets. In many places the issue was the “joint" question, and so far the temperance sentiment is victorious, irrespective ol party.