Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1909 — REPUBLICANS WIN IN CITY ELECTION [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICANS WIN IN CITY ELECTION

George F. Meyers Elected Mayor Over William H. Beam By a Majority of 16.

THE REPUBLICANS ELECT THE IB ENTIRE TICKET. Popularity of Democratic Candidate Responsible For His Large Vote. Results In Other Cities. All republican.

• $H rrt . Candidates. >o ° 2 -£ o ’H « •• £ S 3 o « E m E-> E-< § For Mayor Meyers, R 108 111 79 298 16 Beam, D 83 70 129 282 For Clerk Morlan, R 113 110 103 326 96 Littlefield, D. .. 68 63 99 230 For Treasurer Thompson, R. . 109 110 114 333 110 Duvall, D 74 63 86 223 For Councilman at large Dean, R 114 114 115 343 * Catt, R 117 107 116 340 * Washburn, D. .. 70 69 79 218 Carmichael, D. . 65 57 78 200 For Councilman Ist ward Hopkins, R. ... 123- 123 63 Crockett, D. ... 60 60 For Councilman 2d ward E. Grow, R 108 108 41 Worland, D. ... 67 67 For Councilman 3d ward Kresler, R • 128 128 56 H. R. Grow, D.. 72 72

* Two highest elected. Rensselaer republicans made a clean sweep Tuesday, electing every candidate. George F. Meyers was elected mayor by the narrow majority of 16, over W. H. Beam, the democratic nominee. The other candidates on the republican ticket were elected by substantial majorities. The election passed off quietly, although there was a lot of hustling on the part of all the candidates, and automobiles were used to bring voters to the polls from remote parts of the city and from places in the country where they were employed. One automobile was sent to Sheldon, 111., to get three men who are employed on the W. F. Smith & Co. stone road work, making two trips there, one to get and the other to return the men.

The total vote cast was 583, which is the largest ever cast in a Rensseiaei city election, being 166 more than were cast at the election four years ago. The vote by wards is shown in the table published in this issue. Elections in Indiana seem to have been largely divided between the two parties, with the democrats winning in almost every town where they championed the saloon or wide open cause, which they did in a great many places. In Indianapolis the entire republican ticket Beems to have been elected with Shank, republican, defeating Gauss, democrat! by 1,585. George Durgan, present mayor of Lafayette, a democrat who has established a wide-open policy for that city, was re-elected by the largest majority of 1,192, defeating Henry Overesh. The Lafayette campaign was distinctly one of a "wet” town, and the voters were even more liberal in supporting the movement than they were when they voted to retain saloons in that county at the option election held some months ago. At Gary the election went off without much trouble and the election of Thos. E. Knotts, democrat, resulted by the close majority of 25. A republican city council was elected. Knotts steered clear of the booze issue, remaining on the fence, and refusing to be thawed out. He made no promises of immunity to the unlicensed liquor dealers and made no promises to the temperance people to shut up the saloons. Knotts made his race as opposed to the great steel company that established the city. Sixteen regular police officers, 30 deputies and more than 100 deputy sheriffs, succeeded in preserving peace and the election went off quietly. At Hammond Lawrence Becker, democrat, against whom the Hammond Times made a vigorous campaign, was re-elected mayor by a majority of 299. Richard 8. Schaff was the republican candidate. The repub-

licans elected a majority of the city council. At Logansport Mayor Geo. P. McKee, republican, who was running for his fifth term, was defeated by David D. Fickle, democrat, by a majority of 586. The liberal forces at Logansport supported the democratic ticket. At Frankfort the republicans on a “dry” platform were victorious, electing A, W. Edwards by a plurality of 343. Michigan City re-elected Fred C. Miller, democrat, on a wide open ticket, his majority being 257. Attica elected a republican mayor and most of the rest of the city ticket, making its campaign on the “dry” issue. At Delphi the republicans elected Dr. F. H. Robinson mayor by a majority of 130, defeating W. C. Smith, the democratic candidate. In that city 602 votes were cast, just 19 more than were cast in Rensselaer. No election was held at Monticello, as that town had the day before voted to become a city and the candidates nominated for town office were not voted upon, hut a special election will ■be held later.

At Laporte Lemuel Darrow, democrat, was elected for the fifth consecutive term. Darrow’s majority was cut down some during the last few days by the report that when the Plannet Manufacturing Co. was moved to Laporte from Chicago Darrow received $3,000 worth of stock for his services in getting a bonus from the city for the factory, when he was supposed to be acting as a patriotic citizen in getting the factory located there. Darrow admitted having the stock but claimed that he'was given the stock in settlement of a loan he had made the company. Darrow is the Laporte lawyer who was disbared from practice in the couyts of Indiana after being convicted of subordination of perjury. But these things were not sufficient to defeat him. He ran on a “wet” and wide open ticket and landed the mayorality. John Wilson, republican, was elected mayor of Marion on a “dry” ticket, his success being a hard blow to the brewery interests.

The following is a list of mayors in many Indiana cities: Muncie—Edward Tuhey (D.). Crawfordsville —Capt. M. V. West (R-). Ft. Wayne—Jesse Grice (R;). Warsaw—B. F. Richardson <R.). Peru—John J. Kreutzer (D.). Wabash —Dr. James Wilson (D.). Martinsville—Clinton Hastings (R.). Covington—Thomas McGeorge (D:). Kokomo—J. L. Puckett (D.). Evansville—Chas. F. Heilman (R.). Lafayette—George R. Durgan (D.). Bedford Fields (D.). Princeton—David H. Davison (R.). Greensburg—James E. Mendenhall (D.). Valparaiso—Wsn.- F. Spooner (D.). Bartesville—Geo. M. Hillenbrand (D.). Hartford City—G. W. Swigart (D.). Columbus—James Barnaby (R.). Greencastle —John R. flfcler (R.). Rockport—S. E. Kercheval (R.). Elkhart Chester (D.). Franklin—W. G. Oliver (R.). Attica Reed (R.). Jeffersonville-yJames E. Burke (D). New Albany—Newton A. Greene (D.). Madison —Geo. F. Harper (R.). Winchester—Carl Thompson (R.). Bloomington—John G. Harris (D.). Bedford—Albert J. Fields (D ). Tell City—Theodore Kiefer (R.). Goshen—Samuel F. Spohn (D.). Seymour—Allen Swope (D.). Michigan City—Fred C. Miller (D.). Alexandria —H. Edwards (D.). Vevay—A. B. Dinner (R ). Frankfort —A. W. Edmonds (R.). Rushviile—B. A. Black (D.). Huntington—Milo Feightner (D.). Noblesville —Dr. E. C. Loehr (R.). Bhelbyville—Thos. Hawkins (D.). Logansport—D. D. Fickle (D.). Boonville—T. D. Scales (D.). Delphi—Dr. F. H. Robinson (R ). Connersvllle—Finley Gray (D.). El wood—A. Brumbaugh (D.). Columbia City—B. J. Bloom (D.). Tipton—N. 8. Matz (I.). Union City—William Harris (EC). Sullivan —T. E. Hoover (R.). Laporte—Lemuel Darrow (D.). Lebanon —Elza O. Rogers (R.). Brazil—John Brays (D.). Greenfield —Ora Myers (R ). Marlon —John O. Wilson (R.). Terre Haute—Louis Gerhardt 4D.). Hammond —Lawrence Becker (D.). Anderson—Frank P. Foster (D.). Dunkirk—Mae Hart (D.).