Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — REPUBLICANS WIN. [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICANS WIN.

Entire City Ticket at Indianapolis Probably Elected. After Democratic administrations extending through a period of six years the Republicans at Indianapolis Tuesday elected their entire ticket, and it is altogether probable that the city council is also Republican. The offices inolude mayor, clerk and polioe judge, and the majorities will range from 1,000 to 1,500, and the latter figure may be even exoeeded when all the returns are in. From the beginning of the campaign the Democrats have been handicapped by the fact that they were compelled to defend the administrations of Mayor Taggart and at the same time did not have a candidate who appealed to the people as the mayor has done. The result was the loss of a large percentage of the colored vote, whloh has been oast for the Democrats for six years, and also the loss of Democratic votes on the South Side, where the party has a decided majority. Another thing which militated in favor of the Republicans and against the Democrats was the fact that the lai ter had been in office for six years in a city which is normally Republican. When the campaign opened Republicans were brought into line for the nominees by reason of the importance of the city in the next state oampaign, and the result of Tuesday’s election 1b not a surprise. Even among Democrats there is a feeling that mayor-elect Bookwalter will give the city a businesslike administration, and that he will keep his ante election pledges.