The record-union., 1891-04-08
Used their rights of suffrage with salts

cised their rights Of suffrage with a salts
faction peculiar to their race
Dispatches from other of the large cities
in Kansas indicate that the vote of the
women, compared to the registration,
was proportionate to the male vote. Most
OF the women had their tickets prepared
at home or at the places of meeting, and
their presence at the polls was only long
enough to permit them to deposit their
ballots. Only few female candidates
appeared on any tickets, and for no office
higher than a membership of the school
board.
Returns from several cities show that
the Citizens Alliance did not cut much
of figure, excepting where it indorsed
the Democratic nominees. In those
places they We're successful in electng
the Democratic nominees. Abilene is
the only city reporting Citizens Alli-
ance victory.
Returns from Leavenworth show the
entire Republican ticket elected, the first
Republican victory for six years in that
vicinity.
At Lawrence the Republicans were
also successful. They elected their full
| ticket, with the exception of two MEM
bers of the Council, elected by the Citi-
zens' Alliance.
At Clay Center the Republicans de-
| feated the Citizens Alliance, and at
Wichita the Democrats carried every
thing.
Atchison elects Republican officers,
and Olathe a mixed set of officers, with
! the Republicans in control.
AT Ottawa all parties combined against
the republicans, but the latter were sue
cessful.
! CINCINNATI, April 7.-Specials to the
! Comnercidt Gazette from various points
in Ohio give the following election re-
suits: At Norwalk the honors were
about evenly divided between the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. At Middletown,
while the Republican Mayor was elected,
| the Democrats had all the rest of the
ticket. At Findlay the Republicans OBJ
tanned the regular offices, buta Democratic
majority was elected to the Council. The
whisky question being the Issue at Ken
ton and Upper SanduSky, the Democrats
gained everything. AT lronton the Re-
publicans elect all except the council.
! Van Vert, Republican, except Assessor;
! BucyruS, Democratic; Gallon, Republi-
can Mayor, rest Democratic; Lima, DEM
| ocratic; Washington, Republican Coun-
Gil, others Democratic; Oxford, one DEM
ocratic Assessor elected; sydney, Demo-
cratic; Marion, Republican Mayor, rest
Democratic; Troy, Democratic Mayor,
rest Republican. At Newark the Repub-
| licans gained but very little. but the
while electing all Democrats to the city
offices has Republican majority in the
Council, the first in years.
NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, April All oyer Nebraska
| to-day municipal elections were held
under the new law which embraces the
Australian plan of voting. The reports
from nearly every city and village in the
State indicate that the law is one Of the
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work of receiving and counting the
ballots has been greatly expedited. Re-
! turns so far show q general resumption Of
! power by the Republicans where party
| lines were drawn. In most of the towns
the question was between license and no
| license and the vote mainly resulted in
| favor of the license.
Chairman Talbot, of the Republican
City Committee, claims the election of
Alexander by plurality of forty.
COLORADO.
DENVER, April THE election to-day
for Mayor is lively one. Two tickets
are in the field. 4 number of rows have
occurred in the Ninth Ward. The Judges
refused to allow the watchers appointed
! by the Committee of One Hundred to
enter the room, and they smashed in the
doors and took their places by the Judges
table. The Judges thereupon refused to
take any votes and closed the ballot box
After some wrangling voting was con-
tinued. Up to noon over 100 men were
arrested and charged with being repeat
ers. The vote is very heavy.
At IL O'Clock tonight partial returns
| from ten precincts in the city gave Rogers
! DEM q majority of 934. On account of
the great amount of scratching, definite
results will not be known until to-mor-
row. Tonight it Is stated that 1913 men
were locked up in the city Jail charged
/ with illegal voting.
AT Trinidad, Colo, the Democrats
elected the Mayor by majority of 800.
WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE Wis.,, April THE cleo
ton in this State to-day was for Justice
of the Supreme Court. Political lines
were not drawn. S. L. Pinney was nomi-
| mated by convention of lawyers and E.
S. Ellis candidacy was backed by the
Democratic politicians, but he was not
formally nominated. Both candidates are
Democrats. The vote was light. but dis
patches to the Sentinel from all parts of
the State point to Pinney's election. He
carried Milwaukee County by over 5000
a Judge of the Superior Court was
elected i'll this county. Both candidates
were Democrats, and with one country
town TO hear from, it is expected that
Austin, the bar candidate, has defeated
Ludwig, the Democratic candidate, by a
small majority. Austin carried the city
by one majority.
MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, April Later returns from
yesterdays election show that the vote
was extremely light, and the result, as
forecast by the returns so far received, is
so close that the official count will prob
ably be necessary to determine the result
of many counties. The general feeling
tonight is that the Republicans have
elected the Supreme Court Justice and
the Regents of the State University. The
Democrats, OH the contrary, say the re-
ranted in conceding the State.
G. n. r. Anniversary.
DECATUR (Ill.), April THE 6. A. r.
silver anniversary celebration was con-
tinued to-day, elaborate exercises being
held at the Opera House. Commander
in-Chief Veazey and staff arrived this
morning and participated A number of