Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1898 — ELECTIONS IN OHIO. [ARTICLE]

ELECTIONS IN OHIO.

Startling Democratic Victories Reported as Result of Voting for Municipal Officers. Columbus, 0., April 5. —Municipal elections Monday in Ohio resulted in some startling democratic victories. In Cincinnati the democrats swept the city. Senator Foraker’s candidate for judge of the superior court, John Galvin, being overwhelmingly defeated. Zanesville went democratic by a big majority. Newark has a democratic mayor, as has Upper Sandusky. The republicans of Springfleld, advocating a liberal local government, carried the day by backing ’the democratic candidate of a year ago. The Woman’s Political Equality club curried the day in the school election at Warren.