Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-11
The LATE ELECTIONS.

Do Not Indicate Return Of Democrats
Voters from strayinx from Their Party
Chicago Gives Almost Clean Sweep for
the Republicans, with Similar Results In
Other Cities.
CHICAGO, April 3.-The entire repub-
Lean ticket with the exception of a
| few isolated aldermen was elected
here yesterday, George 3. Swift's
plurality for mayor approximating
5000. This is taken from incomplete
| police returns. At 10 o'clock last
night 80 precincts out of 920, returned
Swift 1884, votes; Wenter tdem.),
90. 59I, and Holmes (pop-). 9,s76. The
council will stand Overwhelmingly re-
publican "Hinkey Dink McKenna''
tdem-) was defeated for alderman in
the first ward-a democratic strong
hobby 400 votes
In the nineteenth ward Exon
gresham Frank Lawler. independent
democratic candidate for alderman
| and ex-candidate for postmaster, APP
pears to have the whiphand. Alder
| man McGillen, Mayor Hopkins right
bower, is behind in the twenty-frst
| ward, and the only survivors of the al
dermanic cyclone, from the present
| outlook, are Stuckart. of the sixth,
and Bennett, of the eighth.
The republicans are giving them
selves up to the delirium of victory,
| and crowds of 1000 marched through
the city hall last evening with horns
and drums.
The city voted by majority esti-
mated at 10000 to place itself under
| the operations of the civii-service law,
which will apply to every department
| of the city government
Roy o. West, republican candidate
| for city attorney, ran several thousand
votes behind his ticket, but was
| elected by a handsome majority.
James z. Il. Van Cleave, for city clerk.
| Adam Wolf, for city treasurer, and
| Charles G. Medley, for circuit judge on
the republican ticket, were elected by
majorities equal to Swift's.
In half dozen wards of the city
which have the reputation of being
disorderly on election day there were
numerous conflicts between gangs of
drunken ward workers outside the
polling places, but the police were at
the scenes of disturbance in sufficient
force to separate the combatants with
out serious results The prospect of q
| civil-service law in operation seemed
to serve as an incentive for the police
to perform their duty irrespective of
party.
The only serious ARRAY reported dur
ing the progress of the voting occurred
in the twenty-third ward, where the
| aidermanic tight was particularly bit
ter. This is the ward where Gus Col
lander, an election officer, was MUIR
| dered last Novem Der. John Dalton, a
republican challenger, shot and fatally
wounded his cousin, Pat Dalton, out
hide polling place. Pat dared his
| cousin to come from the booth, and
| when John refused to show himself
Pat went away. He returned soon
with part of the Wesson-street gang
of toughs, and finding John on the
Sidewalk, attacked him with knife
John fired and hit his assailant in the
abdomen. The police arrested John
and took his victim to the hospital,
where the doctors said lie could not
live.
In the eighteenth ward sidewalk
fights and attacks on polling places
were frequent. w. ]. Ray, a ekal-
lenger in that ward, was knocked
down. and after getting on his feet
tried to use his revolver on his assail-
ant An officer who rushed between
them would have been shot had not a
sergeant wrenched the weapon away.
T. At 4:40 o'clock Maurice Williams was
standing in the door of Willis Wood
sons saloon, at 10 Green street, when
some one came up behind him and say
ing: You will vote for Wenter, will
YOU" shot him in the calf of the leg.
Williams says he does not know who
shot him. but just prior to the attack
ON himself he had seen the saloon
keeper fire two shots apparently at an
other man.
were held throughout the state yester-
day. Reports received at late hour
indicate republican victory in almost
every city and town.
Party Lines were Dropped and tho Re-
suit II Mixed.
OMAHA, Neb., April 3.-Municipal
elections were held in Nebraska yes
CcEudy, except III OLudnd.
In Lincoln, F. A. Graham, republi-
can, was elected over j. ii. Broody,
democratic nominee, Endorsed by the
populists and civic federation, by 15O
votes. Plattsmouth, for the first time
in twenty years, went democratic,
electing five democratic councilmen.
In South Omaha and Beatrice it is
mixed result. In most of the smaller
towns of the state the only question
up was license against no license, and
the no license towns seem to dominate.
Party lines were generally dropped
and little interest was generally mani.
tested IN the election.
Republican Victories in Colorado.
DENVER, April 3.-The municipal
election passed off quietly yesterday.
with but few minor disturbances to
record.
At 10 o'clock last night it was con-
ceded the republican ticket was elected
by 5000 majority. Thomas S. McMur-
ray heads the winning ticket for
mayor.
The count will not be completed un-
til late. Returns from the smaller
towns of the state nearly all show re-
publican victories.
Other Returns.
ST. LOUIS, April 3.-Yesterday's cleo
ton resulted in an almost clean repub-
iican sweep. the entire council and all
but five of the house of delegates
| candidates being elected By the repub-