Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-08
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KANSAS CITY, April 7.-Specials to the
Star show a mixed result in the returns from
municipal elections held yesterday in second
class Kansas towns.
At Sterling, the citizens law and order
ticket was elected by an average majority o,
200.
At Harrington, a neutrality-suspicious. can
didate for mayor was elected by a large ma
jority. Cherokee. by a big majority, elected
a non-partisan ticket, and polled a larger
woman vote than at any previous election,
Blue Rapids elected a citizens ticket and
the women killed the bolters' ticket. Al
Spring Hill, where the women carried the
citizens ticket two years ago by handsome
majorities, B. Boyce was elected mayor and
his entire ticket elected. The women had
made a hard fight and are thoroughly dis
couraged at the result.
At Pratt City the republicans scored a COM
plete victory.
At Cimarron the women were victorious
Mrs. C. A. Curtie being elected mayor by
a small majority over DR.. Lawrence. The
election board is composed wholly Of women,
who were out in full force. Mrs. Curtis is
over so years of age. She is a woman OF
good business ability.
The democrats win at st. Marys and the
republicans at Kinsley, while at Tonganoxie
the citizens liberal ticket won over the A.
P. A. ticket. William R. Smith was
elected mayor Of %Lecompton. He is said
to be the youngest mayor in the country.
At Olathe, there was no opposition to the
republican ticket.
The municipal election in Kansas City,
Kan, progressed very quietly. An average
vote was polled in the First, Second, Fourth
and Sixth wards, but in the Third and Fifth
wards there were exciting contests and the
vote was quite heavy. An interesting fea-
ture of the battle was the part taken by the
women. There are 100 women registered
and nearly 1000 Of them voted. Many
women walked to the polls. some with their
husbands and others without escorts, while
the equal suffragists had carriages running
to all parts Of the city to take the women
to the polls. In the Third ward there were
506 white women and 305 negro women
registered. The fight in that ward for coun-
Gilman was between B. S. Smith, a negro
republican. and Tom Gilbert, a white man
running on the citizens ticket. Smith was
knitted by many of the negro women, as well
as by the men Of his race.
The latest returns indicate about an even
division of the Offices between the two lead
ing parties. The republicans appear to have
elected three councilmen, the democrats two
and the independents two.
Topeka, Kan, April 7.-Returns from
of the second class where there was
any opposition to the republican ticket show
republican victories, In some places over fu-
sion tickets. In many places the issue was
the "joint" question and so far the temper
ance sentiment Is victorious, irrespective of
party.
Special dispatches to the Capital regard
ing the elections in the cities of the first and
second class held today throughout the
state show little of general political interest.
Republican tickets were put up generally and
carried with little opposition, but citizens
tickets, based solely upon municipal ques-
tions, were ably supported and won in a
dozen cases. In Wichita the citizens ticket
three wards and the republicans
three. In Leavenworth the straight demo-
ticket elected four of the six council
men. still leaving the majority republican.
In Emporia the citizens ticket swept every
thing. There was only a meiium woman's
vote. except where the "no joints" issue was
In all the latter cases the tenn
perance sentiment won. In Topeka the re-
publicans carried everything.