The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-09
MIXED MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
The Result in Chicago Still
Un der a Cloud.
Democrats Win Heavily in Wisconsin,.
MISSOURI Arkansas and Coiorado-The
Republicans Again Strong in Nebraska
by Abandoning Their No-liccuse Plat
form-Keturns From Many Places.

CHICAGO, April S.-TSpeciall- Col.
Nye' chairman of tho Republican cam
palgn committee, went before the cleo
ton commissioners this morning and re.
quested that two members of his COM
mittee DO permitted to remain on guard
over the vault in which the returns and
documents arc preserved night and day
until the official canvass has taken
place. my reas ons for asking this"
he said, "are amply sufficient. l have
been informed upon unquestionable au-
thority that Mayor Cregier has declared
that no circumstance can remove him
from his office for two years. That
seems to mo to warrant extraordinary
precautions against fraud" 1t was de.
cided to hold consultation with Judge
Scales before giving definite reply.
The IL o'clock edition of the Daily
News Qnd.,) prints the following
figures: Hampstead Washburne, Rep.
46,2oS; Cregier, Dem, 1891; Harrison,
Ind. DEM, 4i,420; Elmer Washburn,
citizen, 23,975; Morgan, socialist, o,l26.
The above figures embrace all but
seven precincts and show IL. Wash
burne's election by over 1900 plurality.
Notwithstanding this fact, the Cregier
gang politicians assert this morning that
they had information of secret returns
to the effect that there were corrections
to be made that would give the election
to Crcgier.
Some of tho Republicans arc appre-
hcnsive that scheme is on foot to
change the result, so as to wipe out Wash
Durne's majority. Others believe that
the course of the Democratic managers
Is merely device to enable them to
hedge their bets. Upon being re-
quested to verify their tables, the chief
peremptorily refused to allow tho re-
porters to look over tho returns. Chief
Marsh and the officials OF the CITY row
ernmcnt allowed no ono to enter the
room in which the papers were kept,
and disregarded the general protest of
newspaper men.
1:4O p. m.-Comptroller Onaham in
sists that he knows of no reason for
changing his previous statement that
the returns as received at tho city hall
apparently showed Mayor Cregier to
have been reelected by small plural
ity. Onaham said his figures made last
night had been gone over to-day by
other persons and that tho result was
substantially unchanged. the revision
giving the victory to Cregier, Demo
cratic candidate, by lead of 225 votes
over Washburne, Republican. Onaham
admitted that the city hall returns,
upon which this computation was based,
were not official returns, and that the
latter, in such close contest, might of
course give the palm to the Republicans
or show more decided plurality for the
Democrats.
ToKEKA, Kan, April s.-TSpeciall-
Unofficial returns show that Il. f. Cot
fran, Democrat and citizens, is elected
mayor by plurality of 200 over Quin-
ton, Republican. Colfrans election is
surprise, and 1T is attributed to tho
white women's vote. Quinton had the
solid colored women's vote, and when
that was manifest tho white women
went to Coffran. Tho wives of MANY
prominent and well-known Republicans
voted for Coffran, while their husbands
supported Quinton. Tho negro vote
was the largest ever polled. Alto
sethcr the result was a decided victory
for the women, and it is demonstrated
that they were in no sense influenced
by their husbands.
MINIATURES, April s.-[Speciall-
Municipal elections were held yesterday
in number of cities in Wisconsin, In
GAINESVILLE the Independent candidate
for mayor was successful, the remainder
city ticket and council being about
evenly divided between Democrats and
Republicans.
In Mantowoc the Republicans elected
tho mayor, and the Democrats major
ity of the city council. In Racine Re-
lublicans elect their city ticket and a
majority of aldermen. Oconomowoc
elects a Democratic mayor and assessor,
tho Republicans capturing the othcr
Offices and majority OF the council.
ST. LOUIS, April S. Special The
quietly. The complexion Of tho next
assembly will be Democratic. The demo
Gratis have elected their entiret ticket
for the city council. which stands seven
Democrats to six Republicans, and of
twcnty-cight seats in the house dclega-
ton they secured eighteen.
Municipal elections were held to-day
in all tho towns in Arkansas. In most
places but one ticket was in the field, the
Democratic.
Municipal elections held throughout
the State yesterday resulted as follows:
Independence, Democratic; Mexico,
Democratic. except one alderman;
Windsor, Democratic; Boonvillc, Re-
publican. AT Clinton the offices were
equally divided between the old parties;
also at Ilarrisonville; Aurora. Republi-
can; Nevada, Mo-, Democratic; Wanda
liza, Democratic; Warrensburg, Republi-
can. The Democrats Of ST. Joseph
elected four of eight aldermen.
OMAHA, Neb., April o. Speciall-
All over Nebraska yesterday the NUM-
cipal elections were held under tho