Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1873 — Charter Election. [ARTICLE]

Charter Election.

Several Indiana ch jes m+id towns ■ held their charter elections on Tuesday. Indianapolis, for the first time in ipany years elected a Democratic mayor, James L. Mitchell beating' Capt.. Wiles two or three bumlred.— ’ The Republicans chose all the -other-; officers, by small.majorities, and have eleven out of seventeen equneilmen. Al Lafayette there were three tick- ’ ets in the field—Republican, Demo-[ cfatic and Temperance. The results was as might have, been expected— ' the Bvimwrats-swept the platter. New Albany cleets T. G. Kunkle, I I-rrdrpendent Denrotrrat, —over J. R, I W’iiidstamlley, regular nominee—but Hie rest qf the ...straight Democratic [ ’ ticket ''was successful. I At Richinpnd.it was a draw battle. [ i The Democrats have the mayor and ' ■ assessor, tlie Republieh-ns, the treas- [ urer, clerk and marshal, and the j council is a tie. The election at Terre Haute was a triaugular contest, there being a j strong workingman’s ' ticket in tlie [ field, in addition to tlie tickets of the two old parties. It is believed that [ the Republicans haye'ali tlie city offices. They carry two councilmen, the l Workingmen getting two, ami the : Democrats one. The live Councihnen ! holding over are all Republicans. At Brazil the “anti-temperaiTCC” candidates weremtlTriiosen, jiarty "divisions being entirely ignored. The liquor question in some form or other, entered into nearly all thccon-tests--in every case tr> the disadvantage of our p_ariy. The mayor elect of Indianapolis, though reticent and non-committal, was, really the liquor dealer's man—and owes his success to their influence. —Laporte Herald.