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STILL IT'S IN DOUBT
Tie Naycrslty Contest 81 Chicago
Undetermined.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM TUE VICTORY
The Onteiai CosBt 10 in Progress, Hut the
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CHICAGO. April q - According TO
Election Commissioner English and
Election Clerks Twohig and Bradley.
the situation In regard 10 the mayor
ality election is unchanged. Every
precinct has been heard from and
the Official returns are completed
and are safe under lock and key
in the vault In the election commits
sioner's Office. The unofficial returns
have also been all received and footed.
and the party managers on both sides
claim a small plurality. Only the OH
cial canvass OF the commits
sioners can decide who Is elect
ed Chief of Police Marsh, who
has the police returns in his possession,
said that nothing short of the Official
canvass could determine whether Mr..
Washburns or Mr.. Cregier had been
elected The unofficial returns would
seem to indicate as nearly as he could
figure at them, that Mr.. Cregier had
the best of the situation by q
couple Of hundred votes. The police
returns. he said. were wholly unreli
able. Many Of them had come in over
the telephone and anyone could see
how easily mistakes might occur. Ths
republicans still continue TO talk
of fraud at the polls, and declare they
viii fight to the bitter end Lawyer
w. I. Underwood, who was quite
prominent in the Smith Harrison con-
test of 1856, has been sengaged by the
republicans and given charge of all
cases which point to an infraction of
the election law.
CHICAGO, April AT late hour it
IS claimed by the democrats that all
the returns have been received and that
the vote for mayor stands: Cregier
tdem.), 1926; Hampstead Washburne
trep), 46,7o0; Cregier's plurality, 235.
j. Z. B. Van Cleave (rep), for city
clerk. and B. F. Nicholson (rep.), for
city attorney, are elected beyond doubt.
Peter Kiolbasssa dem, for city treas
urer, is probably elected by q plurality
of 500 or 400.
The present council consists Of 81 re-
publicans, "a democrats, 9 independent
republicans, and 1 independent demo-
crat OF the outgoing aldermen 10 are
republicans and Is are democrats.
Their places are filed by Is republicans
and 10 democrats.
MINNESOTA.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, April 9.-Re-
turns from the municipal elections in
this state show the following results:
At saltwater the democrats elect a
mayor, Hon. z. w. Durant, and one al
derman; the republicans city treasurer
and two aldermen. The issue at Fergus
Falls w;S municipal economy, and no
license was beaten. At Albert Lea
both mayoralty candidates were re-
publicans and the city council is equal
~ divided. Crookston's mayor was re-
elected without opposition, there being
no party lines. A republican mayor
was elected at Faribault, with two
democratic and two republican alder
men.
IT WAS CLOSE IN CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, April 9.-The official
count by the board of elections gives
Mosby (rep), candidate for mayor. 25,-
5s3 votes, and Tafel (dem.), 25,444,
Mosby's plurality being 13S.
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE IN COLORADO.
DENVER, Col, April 9.-Denver has n
democratic mayor for the first time in
her history, and the members of that
party are celebrating the event as they
have never celebrated since the cleo
ton of Gov. Alva Adams. The Rocky
Mountain News puts Rogers majority
at 1900, while at the Republican Office
the figures were stated at from 5000 to
5000. Returns from various points in
the state show that Tuesdays election
was something of a Democratic land
slide, as the gain of that party
will reach IS per cent. At Central
City. the home Of Senator Teller,
the democrats elected all the council
men. The entire ticket was elected in
Grand Junction. At Colorado Springs
the republicans elected their mayor
but divided the councilmen. Leadville
elected republican mayor and alder
men, while Trinidad gave everything TO
the democrats.