Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-06
BAG REPUBLICAN VICTORY.

The Court of Common Council Will
 be Republican on Joint BallOt-The
 Hoard of Aldermen a Tie-a vvo Re-
 publican Majority tn the Councis-
 men-BaidwiD, Gilbert and Stahl
 Elected Selectmen-Reecher Defeat-
 ed by only NtEety-five Votes-Four
 Republican Town Constables Elect-
 ed to Three DemOcrats-Republic
 Elect Aldermen n in the First, Second,
 Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and
 Eleventh Wards - R Rabanus Won
 Easily In the Eighth and Wright in
 the Eleventh - Democratic Town
 officials Elected by Greatly Reduced
 Majorities.
 It was democratic weather yesterday and in consequence the leaders of that party were correspondingly happy and confident. In spite of their confidence and the fact that the elements were ap- parently combined to assist the democratic party, it was clearly not their day, and although they did manage to elect their candidates for the board of seleetmen, 1t was only by the skin of their teeth, so to speak, and by remarkably reduced majori- ties. In fact, the only thing that the democrats did do yesterday was to retain the control of the town oficss. This was their only consolation, the republicans electing four of the town constables and for the first time in years securing a ma jority in the court of common council. We'll, it is evidently republican year,
 and the republicans of the Elm City, not to { be outdone, turned out in large numbers and polied one of the largest republican votes ever known in this city. Republican candidates all ran we'll and the democratic sslectmen were only successful by mesg1e maj ority of ninety five. The real conteet in the vote for selectmen practically lay between Cunningham, democrat, and Beecher, republican, to see which of the two would succeed in landing. This vote was exceedingly close, and 1t was not until the Seventh ward, the last of all to come in, had made its report of 648 for Cunning ham that it was definitely settled that the republicans had only succeeded in electinR three members of the board of sefectmen. Up to this time Beecher was leading with 8 majority of about 563, but when the Sev- enth came in with it's majority of 648 all chance of electing four selectmen was gone.
 Beecher was apparently the one weak spot on the republican ticket, all the other republican candidates leading their demo. cratic opponents by nice, safe maiorities. In the entire fifteen wards of the town Baldwin recsived (. 705 votes. Gilbert 6, $40, Beecher 6,518, Stshl 6.951, Clarity 6,6s6, Forbes 6,645, Pohlman 6,639. Cunningham 6,6l3. As the seven candidates receiving the highest number of votes are success ful, all of the foregoing were elected with the exception of William 8. Beecher.
 Town Clerk Brsthauer, dem, Is re elect ed, but by 8 very much reduced majority. The republican candidate for town clerk, Fred A. Betts, made magnificent run and succeeded in reducing the usual democratic majority of about 2,500 to 564. All the other present town officials were re. elected.
 The republicans succeeded in electing four town constables instead of three elect ed last year, by safe msjorities. These are Charles R. Spiegel, Joseph R. Warren, David J. Shields and Willis M. Bonner. The successful democratic candidates are Patrick Bree, Michael R. Enscoe and Louis Asher. The general impression prevailed last night that the democratic ticket had been materially weakened by the substitu. tion of Patrick F. Maher for the position of constable now held by John J. Shea.
 IN THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
 The biggest surprise of the day was the result of the election for aldermen and councilmen in the twelve wards of the city. The present court of common coun- ell stands: Aldermen, 8 republicans, 16 democrats; councilmen, 13 republicans, 23 democrats, democratic majority on joint ballot of IS. Now all this is changed and in the incoming court of common council the republicans will have majority of 3 on joint ballot. The board of aldermen will stand tic with 12 republicans and 12 democrats. while the board of councilmen will stand 19 republicans to 17 democrats.
 This complete turnover was made by magnificent republican victories in the First, Second, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh wards. In the First ward Frederick W. Skif, the republican candi- date for alderman, beat out Edward R. Sargent, the democratic candidate, by 7 majority. This majority would have been considerably increased had not forty one oity ballots been rejected which had on them the name of the candi- date for collector of city taxes. Of this number thirty-seven were cast bearing the name of Mir. Skif for alderman, while only five bore Sargent pastors. Nr. Skih's cleo ton Is republican gain, the present al- derman being H. 4. Newton, democrat, All three councilmen elected In this ward are republicans. Prior to tho counting of !