The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-07
POLITICS EAST AND SOUTH.
RESULT OF THE CHICAGO MI.
NICIPAL ELECTION.
The Contest for State Officers in Rhode
Island Very C1ose-The Legisla-
ture Republican.
Special to the RrcoRp-uS1ox.

CHICAGO, April 6.-The returns up to G
o'clock on the contest for Aldermen from
the various wards show the election o.
twenty Republicans, eleven Democrats
and three Independents. The Demo-
Gratis were victorious in the North Town
elections. The South Town Democratic
ticket was elected, with the exception OF
Laas, whom the Republicans elected Su-
pervisor. In the West Towns the Re-
publicans elected the Assessor and Col
lector The Democrats elected the rest of
the ticket. The Republicans also carried
Hyde Park, Lakevlew, Jefferson. Cicero,
Palatlne, Geneva and Desplaines, while
the Democrats win in Lake, Worth and
Lemont. The Citizens ticket at Calumet
defeated the regular Republican ticket.
MISSOURI STILL DEMOCRATIC.
ST. LOUIS (Mo.), April 6.-The largest
returns from the municipal elections held
throughout Missouri yesterday show that
where party lines We're drawn the Demo-
Gratis were in the ascendant, except in the
Republican strongholds where the latter
kept their forces intact.
KANSAS CITY MOI, April 6.-The DEM
ocratS made clean sweep here yester-
day, electing their entire ticket with the
exception OF one candidate for the upper
House.
LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS.
ST. Louis, April Ga special dispatch
from New Orleans says: The city of New
Orleans has been in state of the widest
political excitement all day over the ac-
ton of the Committee of Seven of the
Democratic Returning Board in counting
out McEnery at the primary election and
in counting in Foster, the anti-lotterv
candidate. The result will probably be a
split among Democrats in State and ma
tional elections.
NEW ORLEANS, April 6.-The differ
ence between the Democratic factions in
this State has at last been settled. When
the majority OF the CanVassing Commit
tee declared Murphy j. Foster the nomi-
nee the McEnery committeeman boIted,
but after conference with their leaders
it was decided to submit to the inevitable
Senator Foster will undoubtedly be the
next Governor. He viii receive the
united support of the party, while the
republicans have two tickets ia the field.
ARKANSAS MAKES NO CHANGE.
ST.. LOUIS, April 6.-Under the Aus
tralian system the elections in Arkansas
passed oil quietly. The Democratic
ticket was generally successful.
KANSAS DEMOCRATS FOR CLEVELAND.
TOPEKA (Kan.), april 6.-Up to date
half of the l06 counties in Kansas nave
held their Democratic Conventions to send
delegate to the State Convention at Sa-
lima, April 10th. Every county so far
heard from is for Cleveland. Many have
instructed their delegates to vote for him.
RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.
PROVIDENCE, April ell p. M.-The
vote thus far stands Brown Republican
1920, Nardwell (Democrat) l6,04S. The
prohibitory vote will probably be suffi-
cient to defeat the election by the peopIe
The Legislature is undoubtedly Repub-
lican.
PROVIDENCE, April AT 1910 this
morning returns from all over the State
were not in. The returns are sufficient
however, to indicate that there is no
election for State officers, with proba-
biiity of Republican plurality. The
State law reqires majority vote to elect
and there are a sufficient number of Re-
publicans returned up 10 this hour to
secure The election OF Senator Aldrich to
the United States Senate and the choice
OF tile Republican candidate for State
officers. 1t requires fifty-four members of
the Legislature to elect on Joint ballot.
and the Republicans have at present 81
with every possibility of having elected
8 more. The city of Providence went
Democratic by about 400 majority, but
the City Assembly is III doubt. Paw
tucket was carried by the Democrats by
about 100 majority, and Woonsocket by a
little less. The Democratic Assembly
ticket in Woonsocket is elected by 10.
but the Pawtucket Assembly ticket is in
doubt. The vote polled was the largest
in the history OF the State.