Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1887 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Municipal elections; Th- most interesting, uncertain, and surprising election held in Cincinnati for years was that of Monday, the 4th inst., says a dispatch from that city. The weather was fair and a large vote was polled. Many manufactories vVere closed to allow the men to vote. Democrats were generally apathetic. The uncertainty all arose from the unexpectedly large vote forthe Labor party and from its distribution. Tho first foo’ing of the returns made by the Board rtf }• 1 etions showed the election of Stevenson, t-o Labor candidate for Mayor,, by a slulrt plurality. The figures given were; Stevenson, 17,114; Smith (Itep.), 17,101; Matson (D tn.i, 11,547. An error was then discovered, which showed the election of Amor Smith, the Republican Mayor, by from 200 to 400 plurality. The lenders of the Fnion Labor party had figured upon polling about 17,000 votes “and electiug a portion of their ticket. The immense vote polled by the Labor party is exciting the utmost wonder. It was at first thought that the Labor party would draw its strength more from the Democrats than from the Republicans, but the returns show heavy drafts in Republican districts, especially in the Gormau .quarter. The election in Cleveland, Ohio, for municipal officers was a surprise to the Republicans. The entire Democratic ticket, headed by B. D. Babcock, candidate for Mayor, xvas elected bv about 3,000 majority. The Board of .Aldermen is Democratic also. The election in Toledo, Ohio, was a political revolution. The Republicans electeddhe city ticket, strongly Democratic.last year, by majoiities langing from 5(lli to 1,040. The Democrats made astonishing gaius iu the City Council, which last year was Republican. .The Board of Education, now Democratic, and the Police Board, now Republican, will undergo a change in political complexion. Oliver S. Kelly, Republican, was elected Mayor of Springfield, Ohio, by 303 majority. The Democrats elected their entire ticket in Columbus, Ohio. The Republicans carried Sandusky, Ohio, by 400. Keokuk, lowa, elected the Republican municipal ticket. A. W. Edwards, lit publican, was chosen Mayor of Fargo, Dak. The Republicans of, Hartford, Ct., elected their entire ticket. The President’s public reception on Monday, says a Washington special, was of universal interest, owing to the presence of the Hon. John L, Sullivan, the pride of Boston. Mr. Sullivan was accompanied by the Hon. Patrick Sheedy, and they stood in the shade behind a lace curtain in the east room untib most of the visitors had passed by. Then approachiug the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Sheedy intioduced his pet, remarking that they had heard he was out of condition,- an 3 had come to recommend the Sullivaa style of administration. The President W-rked a little puzzled while he sotrght for the point of tne joke, and replied pleasantly that he thought one or two doses of the champion’s medicine would answer. The Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh commenced business under the interstate commerce law by ref using to sell through tickets over any one of twentynine roads enumerated in the official circular. The absence of the St. Paul Road from the list is significant.... .Gen. John McNulta, of Bloomington, is appointed to succeed Judge Cooley as receiver of the YVabash Railway. Several thousand carpenters in Chicago went on a strike on the 4th inst. for an increase of pay, and building operations were almost totally suspended in consequence. The Czar will not permit the Russians to take part in the Paris exposition in 1889. ... .Forty persons were killed or injured at Linguagloss, Sicily, by the collapse of a church r00f... .The Colonial Conference opened at the British Foreign Office on the 4th inst. Lord Salisbury welcomed the delegates, who, he said, were engaged in the work of originating a great movement toward imperial federation. The British Premier said he was opposed to the ambitious Scheme of making a constitution for the whole empire, although he did hot wish to bejnnderstooi as casting any_Slur upon the aspimlions for imperial fed .ration. „ -