Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-11
DECIDED BY VOTES.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ARE HELD
IN SEVERAL STATES.
George n. Swift. Republican,, Is
Elected Mayor of Chicago by
Majority Estimated at about From
Twenty to Forty Thousand.

Chicago. April 4.-The Republicans
have obtained a complete victory,
electing George b. Swift, their candi-
date for mayor, by plurality close to
10000. In addition to the mayor, the
Republicans lave, the returns indi-
cate. elected their candidates for as
SCISSOR, collector. supervisor and town
clerk in all the towns, making clean
sweep Of all the town offices. OF the
aldermen, the Republicans have GER
tainly elected sixteen out of the thir-
ty-four, and claim that they have fully
thirty aldermen, but this is very
doubtful, the Democrats claiming at
least ten of them. Frank I.awler, the
eX-conGressman wllc ran as an indie
pendent in the Nineteenth ward. is
elected by a good majority. The prop
osition to put the police and all other
city officials under civil service rules
and extend the mayoralty term to four
years has undoubtedly been carried
by majority very close to that OBJ
tanned by Swift, The returns on this
vote are coming in very slowly. but
the vote as far as it has been shown
is in about the same proportion as
that of the party vote for mayor. at
the last nayoralty election when
Mayor Hopkins was elected to fill the
uneXpired term of Mayor Harris IN
the Democratic plurality was l,2D.
At the late state election in the same
wards the plurality of Wulff, Repub-
lican candidate for state treasurer,
over Claggett. Democrat, was 44,OG5.
Wisconsin.
Milwaukee. April 4. - Wisconsin
elected :. justice of the supreme count
to succeed Justice Winslow, who was
the candidate of the bar and on q
general call for reelection. His op-
ponent was Judge George r. Clement
son, also n candidate on general call,
as no party nominations We're made.
While the contest was therefore NOM
inally non-partiSan. party lines We're
to some extent drawn, as Winslow
was a Democrat and C!ementson a
Republican. The vote through nut the
state was light and the returns indi-
cate the election of Cementson.
Wilson carried Milwaukee county by
800 Wallber Rep0 is reelected
judge of the municipal court over
Nyc NndD by 5000 to 10000 plurality.
Republicans lave elected mayors in
the following Wisconsin towns: Ash
land, River Falls, Delavan, Columbus,
Marsh!ield. Mauston, Sparta, Wau-
paca. Black River Falls, Manitowoc,
Hudson, Whitewater. Lake Geneva,
Hartford, Centralia and Wa.ertown.
Democrats in Plymouth. Dnrand,
Prairia du Chen. Alma, Madison.
Chiffon. Kenosha, Berlin. Ripon, FOX
| Lake, Sha wauo, Beaver Dam and
Mineral Point.
Green BAY and Fort Howard voted
to consolidate under the name of
Green Bay by vote Of II to l. This
makes a new city. the fourth in size
in the state. Both cities celebrated.
A non-partisan municipal ticket was
elected.
Minncsotn.
ST Paul, April 4. Elections were
held at various cities ind towns and
resulted generally in favor of the Re-
pub!icans where party lines were
drawn. Anoha elected the entire Re-
publican ticket. as did Faribault,
with the exception of two aldermen.
Moyor Weaver (Rep). candidate of
both parties at Mankato, was re-
| elected. and the other officers are Re-
publican. Crookston elected mixed
ticket. John r. McKinnon. the citi-
zens' candidate. was elected mayor.
Capt A. G. Rinehart was elected
mayor of East Grand Forks. Winona
elected Republican mayor addison
B. YoemanS) the first one in thirty
years. The Peoples party ticket was
elected ut Blooming Prairie. Willmar
elected license ticket. License car
| ried in Kasson. Rushford and Ada.
The Citizens ticket won in Virginia.
George Parker Qnd.) was elected
mayor of Hastings. F. c. Fitzen was
reelected mayor of Lake City, Aid.
v. Gillroy was elected mayor at Al
bert Lea and license council, pr. T.
N. Mclean was reelected mayor of
! Fergus Falls. Tracy elected an anti
i prohibition ticket. II. NJ Miner Qnd.)
was elected mayor at Sank Center.
| Missouri.
st. Louis, April Returns Indicate
the election of the six Republican
members of the city council who are
voted for at large by majority of
! from 5000 to 10000. TNo-thirds of
the members Of the house IF delegates
will probably be Republican. The
vote was very light. Moses Craven
was elected in the Fifteenth ward.
He will be the first colored man to
sit in the municipal government. Out
side Of st. Louis the Democrats have
about held their own i'll the Missouri
| municipal elections. Returns from
nineteen cities and towns give the
Democrats 8; Republicans, 4, and the
non-partisan or divided vote g. Little
interest was taken in the election
throughout the state.
Nebraska.
Omaha, April 4.-Specials to the Bee
from all parts of the state on munich
| pal elections show that party lines
have not been drawn in Nebraska in
many cases, but when they were the
Republicans gained except at Hast
ings and Plattsmouth, where the Dem
ocrats carried the day. The question
of granting saloon licenses was the
leading issue and was favored in
four-ifths of the towns. Frank Ora
ham, Republican, was elected mayor
of Lincoln by large majority. The
vote was heavy with no striking feat
ures. The Populists showed no
strength.
Republican Elected.
Galesburg. ILL.,. April 4. = In the