Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-06
THE WESTERN ELECTIONS. g.
r,ted Resulis-Looal Issues, as Rule,
senerior TO General Politics.

HumfIlNI ~ ~ thfhAt''
lBy telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
cyrrsN,r1. O., April g. Returns from
.+.s in central and southern Ohio show
,rd results Of yesterdays election.
f,.,l issues seem 20 have been the con-
: Us, Influences. The Republicans APP
,- 10 have gained the advantage at
lra Uppot Sandusky. Bucvrus. tostoria.
Cuevllc. aud Urbana. The Democrats
lave held their own IN general at Marietta.
Wsysrlv Mansfield, Gallon. Chilllcothe,
sd Weliston. A light vote is reported
l,4.iy everywhere.
AS EXCITING CONTEST.
1v,Hi. NEf., April 5.-South Omaha
fs7v ha1 such an exciting election as
TAI which terminated this evening AZ
-siown The city is overwhelmingly
..1or.'ic. but during the municipal
a-M.u the democrats have been hope
silt and q most bitter feeling has
rsulad. Ile closing rally of the cam
l..1 Ast night ended In free night. and
rsilrCls were made that blood would
0w Of the polls to-day. There were
.-'-s c;iy tickets IN the held-one hepuo-
..-1 aud two Democratic.
IruGIoS INTRODUCED.
illl to the intensity of the struggle,
religious question played prominent
l.r, tle American Protective Association
'.1s against the Catholics. Early in the
ung PARTISAN politics were thrown to
puds. and from almost the very out
r. tle battle of the ballots was dominated
p i4-u.L La. strife.
ALMOST BLoODsHED.
Ioall o. all these elements of discord.
ss-euG sent thirty-iive deputies TO the
DIS ta- afternoon against the protest of
l-1m Sloane. who contended that the
.-il las 40 business meddllng IN his
itlglcd. aud au arrest by deputy sheriff
i..'.yW yitated blOodshed between city
Ll county officers. The sheriff then
Vl9.,w bis men, and nothing more
sfgls than O few fst-fghts occurred up
bi-e closing Of polls.
Is ILLINOIS
tmclao. April To-day was election
a5 ~ every county in Illinois under town.
-f 9fgaLzsu0n. Everywhere the Aus
t,.aa s'stem of voting prevailed. The
'-'-tggtleraliyWas cloudy. but pleasant.
IL CHICAGO,
'Elci0 ihe recent Doodle investigation,
-.fr' c~tsred chiefly IN the aldermanic
'e''. which IN some wards was the
...|.A "f aNNMl nfEt.
s action lu turning over 10 newspa-
u $1,000 paid as bribe-mOney TO him as q
--.i member Of a ring, led TO the IN
-tinali 20 nine Of his Acknowledgement,
'.' lp Tor reelection and much curiosity
,,"ral.ia.od az % the result. Aldermen
Nea1 Fullerton aud Burke. the two
.i- o. the City Council for years past,
we. lslt a; the polls all day with extra
Days eaflesiness, and the outcome in
.-.- ,a-- is beng eagerly watched for 10y
- l'aa l- ot interested people.
t-r lnc vote was very heavy. Com
.'t returns from the Ninth Ward show
.- a-i'.. u CullertOn by over 400 ma
uPU3ucAS VICTORY.
tnWWLE. lNp.. April The munich
iANlrlUu here Yesterday resulted in a
,'.tris victory toY the Republicans and
ii4 Democrats. A clean sweep was also
llf councnmen. The new Council
.iali eleven Republicans 10 three
-'g' '4is, against nine Democrats to
h-p-oic4ns last year-a new ward
-'''.s been created.
AEEsUME.
lAciso, Aprll "a resume Of the city
las in d.chigan. Ohio, Illinois, Iowa.
go. Qua hOrtu Dakota shows that IN
l~0uly of places local issues took
Ieuee over general politics. and that
ats lines were drawn the RepGb-
49,, 49,. A-l ihe best Of IL. The Democrats
..-''l' where successful. secured larger
.yef '"' '''0p"o''0"''' nv"
utNocnLTic TEirMPR.
s.'t.-l5hs' A. MoSI., April 5.-The Democrats
49, soL1 Curtain, mayor. aud six OF
o., ~ aldermen. IL IS reported that
siso elected treasurer and police
,.@y-te. last year the Republicans
n L Il. L. II -.