Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-04-10

Local Oficers Chosen and Local
Issues Decided.
Chicago by n Big Majority Votes for
Swift and the Civil Service Law-Re-
turns from Many Other North
western Towns.

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600. by about the same majority thu
city voted to place itself under the OPP
erations of the civil service law, which
will apply to every department OF The
city government.
From returns received it is figured
out that the city council will stand pc
litically as follows: Republicans, so
Democrats, II: independents, 3.
Dispatches announce republican vic
tories at the following points in ILL
nois:
Astoria Atlanta, Bement, Batavia, Bridge
port, Bloomington. Carmi, Champaign, Clin.
ton Charleston. Carlyle. Clay City, Dixon. Dan
Vile Decatur Elgin, Greenville, Havana, Joliet
Kankakee, Kewanee, Monmouth, Mount Yer.
non, Monticello, McLeansboro, Newman, Ma.
perville, Olney, Peoria, Plano Paxton, Paris
Robinson Rock Island, Rushville, Salem
Sheldon Streeter Tuscola, Urbana, Vandalia
Watseka and Woodstock.
Democrats were successful in the
| following towns:
Assumption, Arcola Benton. Bourbon, Bow
den. Camargo. Fulton, GaleLa, Jerseyville
Martinsville. Ottawa. Pekin. Quincy, Spring
field, Shelbyville, Taylorville and Waukegan
Populists or non-partisan tickets won
the following:
Aurora Galesburg. Geneseo Mascoutah,
| Moline. Mendoza. Rumsey and Whitehall
In Springfield the democrats elected
Marion U. Woodruff for mayor, also
John O. Rames for collector The re-
pu blicans elected the other officers,
and secured majority in the council.
In East st. Louis the peoples party
city ticket, representing the law and
order sentiment as opposed to Monte
Carlo gambling and race tracks, headed
by 81 F. Bader for mayor, was elected
Tuesday by large majority over the
citizens ticket, upon which Mayor M.
M. Stephens was candidate for a
fifth term as mayor Party politics
were ignored.
The election to fill vacancy caused
by the death of Gen. Post resulted il
the choice of the republican candidate,
George w. Prince.
The election in st. Louis turned all
the city offices but two over to the re-
publicans. The city council will be
unanimously republican.
Republicans have elected mayors in
the following Wisconsin cities: Ash
land. River Falls, Delavan, Columbus,
Marshfeld, Mauston, Sparta, Waupaca,
Black River Falls, Manitowoc, Hudson,
Whitewater, Lake Geneva, Hartford.
Centralia and Watertown. Democrats
won in Mineral Point. Plymouth, Du-
rand, Prairie du Chen, Alma, Madison,
Chiffon, Kenosha, Berlin, Ripon, Fox
Lake. Shawano and Beaver Dam.
The following towns and cities voted
for license: Hudson, Sparta, Brod-
head, Palmyra, Waupaca, Medford,
Richland Center. Fennimore, Necedah,
Edgerton, Waterloo, Packwaukee, Bar
ron, Phillips, Thorp, River Falls,
Beloit. These towns voted dry" Vi
roqua, Plover, Eagle, Waukesha coun-
ty; Genesee, Milton, Elroy, Hayward.
Elections were held Tuesday in most
Minnesota cities outside of st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Duluth. At Albert
Lea the Independents carried every
thing, electing V. Gillsup mayor
and voting in favor of license.
AT Fergus Falls the democrats
elected Thomas N. Mclean mayor. At
Hastings the people took the bit in
their teeth, turned down both the
democrats and the republicans and
elected George Parker Gnd.) mayor
At Mankato Edgar Weaver, the candi-
date of the republicans and democrats,
was elected mayor. At Faribault the
elected B. b. Sheffield |
mayor, but the democrats got two of
the four aldermen. There was a COM |
plete overthrow at Tracy, the prohi-
bltionists losing. License carried by |
1873 and all of what was known as the |
whisky ticket was elected. At East |
Grand Forks A. G. Rinehart (pop.) de- |
feated Hugh Dunlery (dem.) for mayor
by &C majority. Al Crookston John R.
McKinnon (dem.) was elected mayor
over M. R. Brown (rep.). Winona
elected republican for mayor Monday |
for the first time in thirty years. Ad-
Olson B. Youmans is the mayor-elect.
Party lines were not drawn in munich
pal elections in Nebraska in many cases,
but when they were the republicans
gained, except at Hastings and Platts-
mouth, where the democrats carried
the day. The question of granting sa-
loon licenses was the leading issue and
was favored in four-ffths of the towns.
Frank Graham rep. was elected mayor
of Lincol by large majority.
In Denver it is conceded the repub-
lican ticket is elected by 5000 majority.
Thomas S. McMurray heads the win
ming ticket for mayor. Returns from
the smaller towns of the state nearly
all show repub lican victories.
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MILWAUKEE. April s. Sufficient re-
turns have been received from the re-
cent judicial election to make the re-
suit free from all doubt. Justice Wins
low has been reelected by at least 5000
majority.
CHICAGO, April 9.-The official can
vass of the vote cast at the election in
this city on April 4 gives George B.
Swift (rep.) for mayor a plurality OF
t2, 1896.
Will Drive Out American Oats.
WASHINGTON, April s.--Theodore II.
Stephan, United States consul at An
naberg, Germany, has advised the state
that the agrarians of Ger
many have determined not to allow
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