The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-02
I The Party of Progress Holds It's Own as . Gen.
ersl Rule. and Makes Important and Sub
stantial Gains at Several Points
Encouraging and Satisfactory Starter
for tho Great Contest of November.
Few Albany Shows a Very Handsome Rspub-
licsn Majority BY Way Of NOvelty-Terre
Hsuts Votes for the ..'Wide-0pen" Policy.

kilograms to the Journal. will be found below.
GREAT VICTORY IN NEW ALBANY.
New ALBANY. May 1.-The city election
passed CT quietly to-day. Only councilmen
we're yoted for The Republicans carried the
First and Fifth wards by 72e majority. The
Democrats carried the Second, Third and Fourth
and Sixth wards by 81 majority. giving the
city to the Republicans on the popular vote BY
3s5 majority. The city usually goes 500 Demo
cratic majority on the popular vote In the
Second and Third wards no Republican esndi-
dates ran. The Prohibitionists had . candidate
10 every ward, but they received bat . small
vote
SWEEPING VICTORY AT WABASH.
WABASH, May 1.-The city election to-day re-
suited In . sweeping victory for the Republicans,
svery candidate on the ticket being elected The
majority for Petit. for Mayor, IL larger than
any ever before given for . candidate for
that Office. reaching 266 and Ellis. Republican.
for marshal. received q majority Of 800. Grain,
Republican, Is elected over Hpp. Democrat, by
q, in the frat ward; King and Nc
Clure. Republicans, are elected over Smith.
and MCGOWAN. in the Second ward, and Nc
Henry. Republican, over Hubbard In the Third
ward. by increased maiorities. The Council
now stands Ave Republicans aud one Democrat
"a Republican gain Of one. The prohibition
vote for Mayor was CO. nearly half Of which
was drawn from the Democrats. Republicans
here are in high feather tonight Harry
Petit the Republican Mayor-elsct, 10 the young
,st Mayor In Indiana. being but twsnty-three
years Of age.
PERU REPUBLICANS JUBILANr.
PERU. May 1.-The city election to-day
Bndsd Ia almost Waterloo for the Democracy,
and queer combination q results ~ to msjori-
ties. For councilman from the First ward.
Dora Sullivan, has a majority Of 4; Second ward.
Harry Haupt. SO; Third ward, Thomas Mellow
ELL fDsmoc-stl 4; Fourth ward. George Deibert.
l. The F,rsS Third and Fourth wards are
strongly Democratic. Andrew Fausnacht. in
edorssd by tee Republicans. was elected water
works trustee. 1t was hard-fought contest,
and the Republicans are jubilAnt
CITIZENS TICKET ELECTED.
RusHvILLE. May 1.-The election IN this city
to-day passed off without much trouble, al
though It was . hotly-contested one. The whole
citizens' ticket. comprised Of three Democrats
and one Republican. was elected. The main
fight was made on the Office Of marshal Samuel
G. Vance. the candidate on the Republican tick
e. was defeated by . majority Of "a. de was at
one time marshal of this city, and during his
incumbeucy he was terror TO the
gamblers aud saloon men. To-day that
elemenr concentrated all their forces against
him, VII: N resulted in his defeat Lon II.
Carr. Republican, was defeated by Wilson T.
jackson, Democrat, for Mayor. by . majority Of
50; Gates Sexton, Republican, was defeated by
John Kelley. Democrat for clerk. by majority
.. n.r a.. he H. e.
treasurer on both tickets received the full vote
Of the city.
GAINS AT GREENCAsrLE.
GREEscAsrLE, May 1.-The city election re-
suited 10 Republican victory. The Democrats
gained one councilman, in the Third ward. and
loss one IN the First. The following is the ticket
elected: Cowgirl. Republican, Mayor: Lewis,
Republican. clerk; Jackson, Republican, treas
urer; Spelton. Republican, assessor; Starr. Re-
publican. marshall Hanna. Republican, council
IMAM. First ward: Blake. Republican. council
man. Second ward; and Hanley Democrat. coun-
Gilman, Third ward. The general result shows
Republican gains
NO CHANGE AT JEFFERsoSvILLE
JEFYERsosvILLE. May 1.-The city cleo
ton passed off quietly. The Council
remains nged-sight Democrats and
two Republicans The Democrats elected
to-day are: VIM. Mccoy. DR.. W. d. Fouts and
John CHASER. The Republicans j. /. Dor
sey and and Ed. Morris. the latter being chief
engineer Of the j.. NJ. u L Railroad Company.
The bridge appropriation carried by an
overwhelming majority.
= IN ISAAC Ora Us HOME.
UNION CRY. May L-Union City held an
election to-day for Mayor and full city ticket;
also, one councilman for each ward. In order
to help Governor Grays vice-presidsntial BOOM
.xhs Democrats had put full ticket in the field
and did their very best The on tire Republican
ticket was elected by an increased majority.
The Third ward, heretofore Democratic. gave
Frank II. Bowen. Republican, 46 majority for
Mayor, and elected j. c. Platt Republican, to
Council.
REPUBLICANS WIN AT BRAZIL.
BRAZIL, May Brazil elected councilman
from each ward and city treasurer to-day a.
follows: J. Barrowman, councilman First ward;
c. q. Russo. Second; Thos. E. Hayes. Third; all
Republican, Thos Henderson. Republican,
was elected treasurer over VIM. Y. Stewart
Democrat, BY $50 majority On couneilmeu
She Rspuelcans did considerable scratching on
account of purely local questions but the ma
jorities range from five to forty-three
THE RESULT AT MADISON.
MADISON. May 1.-The election to-day re-
sulted IN the reelection of Mayor Brashear.
Democrat, by % majority. Kinds, Republican,
defeats Pogue. Democrats incumbent, by over
100 votes The Republicans gain one council
: man, John W. Thomas. in Frat ward and elect
Allne, in the Third; White. in the Fourth. and
SAppi eton, in the Fifth. The Democrats re.
elect Chapman. in the Second, and Klein in the
Sixth.
DEMOCRATS AHEAD ATsLAPoRrE
LAPoRrE. May 1.-The Democrats, backed by
the saloon element. in to-days city election for
eonnclmen and wster-works trustee, elected
three out OF i've aldermen and member of the
water board The saloons worked hard 20 elect
their candidates in order TO get the Sunday
closing ordinance repealed, which they hope to
do by gaining majority in the Council
REPUBLICAN GAINS AT ANDERSON.
ANDERSON. May l--Unusual interest was
manifested in the city election here to-day. aud
sfull ycte was polled. McClurs. Republican.
was elected Mayor by a majority OF l63 The
treasurer. marshal and one councilman are also
Republican by good majorit,es. The Democrats
elect the clerk and two couneilmeu. The re-
surns show marked Republican gainA The
Council now stands q tie
LIGHT VOTE AT KoKoxo
KoKoNo, May l-At the city election today
the following Republicans we're returned: First
ward. James d. johnson; Second, DR.. J. n.
Ross Third. Samuel Redmond The Democrats
reelected Thomas Flynn, from the Fourth
ward. by . greatly reduced majority. The polit.
ira fV1sio ~ h.