Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — THE LOCAL ELECTIONS [ARTICLE]

THE LOCAL ELECTIONS

TOWNS AND CITIES IN SEVERAL STATES ELECT OFFICERS. . r Line* Drawn on Local laswes —Republicans Carry Milwaukee by Reduced Majority—License Men Whj in Maiiy Wisconsin Towns. Battle of Little Ballot*. Municipal elections were held Tuesday tnitltnots, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. In the city of Chicago about 50 per cent of the total vote was polled. In the aldermanio elections party lines were generally disregarded. A bitter fight-was waged tot, prevent the re-election of*boodle aldermen, and regardless of party the Civio Federation and the Municipal Voters’ League indorsed thirty-three men, candidates in twenty-seven wards. Of these, twenty-two were elected. There now remain in the Council, of men who are known to be thieves and boodlera, only twenty-seven, of whom all but five ara hold-overs. The entire Council number* ; sixty-eight, so for the first time in many years Chicago has a Board of Aldermen the majority of whom are believed to be honest Springfield Republicans elected six out of aldermen, and in the township elections throughout Sangamon County the Republicans retained thei? majority in County Boards of Supervisors. Ih Milwaukee all of the candidate* on the Republican city ticket were elected, but the Democrats made large gains. The most noticeable feature of the election, which passed off quietly, was the heavy Populist vote which .was cast Eightyseven precincts show 6,010 votes for Henry Smith, the Populist candidate tot Maypr. This is double the total vote cast by the party two years ago. In the Stat* at large R. D. Marshal is re-elected associate justice of the Supreme Court. Contests in Minnesota towns in most cases were purely local, with little politics In them. However, there were in som* cases pther interests. Fairbault elected P. F. Ruge, Democrat, Mayor, and, nearly the entire Democratic ticket, being the first time they have done so for many years. At’Anoka, 0. T. Woodbury, without his own knowledge or consent, was put up to run independently against the regular Republican nominee and Woodbury was elected. * i In the Long Island town elections there was great interest in the liquor question, as all of the towns voted on the optional dause in the Raines law. The party result was even up. Queens County was carried by the Democrats; Suffolk County by Republicans? There are no longer town elections in Kings, all being merged In Brooklyn. License carried the day everywhere. The new Board of Supervisors in Queens County will be five Democrats to two Republicans. The Democratic ticket was successful at Newtown, tho rote completely reversing the order of things of the election last year. Returns from the elections in cities of the first and second class in Kansas show little of general political interest. Republican tickets were put up generally aud carried with little opposition, but citizens’ tickets, based solely on municipal questions, were ably supported and won in & dozen eases. —- In most of the cities and towns of Colorado, aside from Denver and Pueblo, elections were held. The contests were entirely on local issues. In many of the smaller towns the liquor question was the one at Issue, and almost invariably the temperance element- won. The women were well represented at the polls everywhere. Throughout Missouri party lines wers not closely drawn, but in a majority of cities where such was the case the Democrats elected tfhe whole or the greater part of their ticket's. The Democrats carried Cuba, Bismarck, Marshfield, Higglnsvllle, Monroe City and Nevada. The result was mixed at Wellsviile, Golden City and Clinton. Non-partisan tickets were in tthe field at Slater and Holden. In Fayette the citizens’ ticket was victorious. Carthage was carried by the Republicans. The Democrats were successful In all townships in Arkansas save Newport and Jonesboro, where the Republicans elected their tickets.