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The Result Of Munirlp@I Elections Hello
f1f IA several states
Cincinnati. April fellowship and
municipal elections were held through
/ out Ohio Monday in nearly all the cities
and townships OF the sfate. The cleo
| tions seem to have been generally quiet
with 4 light vote except Ia many OF the
| smaller municipalities where local Is
| sues nnde the contests close and hard
| fought. Only portion of the returns
have been received up 10 this hour
| tmidnight). bat enough IL known. 10
| indicate general republican victory.
| OF course there were n number Of places
where partisan considerations did not
enter into the canvass. All municipal
officers including school trustees and
town councilmen were voted for
| AT Last Liverpool woman suffrage
won. Recently the school board dis
| charged teachers for reading the Bible
| on opening school. The women cm-
! ployed carriages Monday and :, 4o0vot
were cast by women In the town, de-
| feating all members OF the school
board who voted for the discharge Of
| teachers who read the Bibie.
! Detroit. Mich, April City nni
township elections We're held through
out AIichigan Monday outside OF De-
troit. Universal interest was mani-
tested In the elections in general way
and very large vote was polled In most
| places. While the issues, as Q rule, We're
purely local ones, the democrats gem
orally developed unIooked-for strength.
and In many cities which for years hnva
returned republican officials their
ticket has been elected In. whole or ia
part.
shelbyville. III. April Unusual i'm
terest was taken In the election for
members OF the. board OF education. tho
issue being for and against the em-
ploymenf of married women. The
ants won by a large majority.
Des Moines. Ia. April 1.-THE city
election In Dcs Molnes resulted In a re-
publican victory for the entire ticket,
except two aldermen out Of nine. rhe
majority for the. ticket ranged from
1000 10 1880. The ordinary majority
for the republican, party is POO. In
reokuk the republicans elected four
out of six aldermen. n gain Of one.
Chicago. April Sin the election
here Tuesday for town officers and al
dermcn the republicans carried all OF
the seven towns by majorities ranging
from 1000 10 1000. The campaign for
aldermen was not strictly on party
lines, being more of an effort ON the
part of reputable citizens To GUST the
old gang which has controlled the coun-
Gill regardless of politics.. OF the "a
aldermen elected. only eight are meh
who were opposed by the municipal
voters league. The remaining &c may
be said 20 fairly represent the respect
nble element.
The election will severely cripple the
boodlers. and yet still leave them with
a majority of two or three members in
the council. Heretofore they have had
two thirds majority, which enabled
them TO pass at will ordinances over
the mayors veto. This they can no
longer do. The peoples party did not
succeed in electing single candidate.
or the successful contestants, 10 are
democrats. IS republicans and three
who pau on an independent ticket. Ex-
ira precaution was taken with ballot
boxes at this election. Every box was
taken from its booth TO the city hall
after the polls closed with an escort OF
policemen. No box was guarded BIS
less than two bluecoats. Fights were
numerous during the day.
ST. Paul. Mimi. April "a large num-
Der of Minnesota cities held elections
Tuesday. AS a rule party lines were
not closely drawn. Hottest fights wcro
usually made on excise. So far as
heard from the pro-liccnse men won in
majority of cases. AZ st. Peter l..
M. Erickson (rep.) was elected mayor.
A proposition for the establishment of
Il public library carried by two-thirds
vote. License carried at Blue Earth
City by a majority Of liz. Mankato
defeated proposition for the issuance
of $4,000 in bonds for watcrworlxs.
ii. II. Jewell (dem.) was elected mayor
OF Wabasha. The license men won at
Tracy 10y majority OF 90 votes. WE.
Parker (rep.) was chosen mayor. The
present mayor Is prohibitionist. NJ.
M. Guthrie, peoples candidate. was
named MS president of blooming Prai-
ric, and n. II. Miner (rep.) as mayor Of
Sauk Center.
At Faribault the democrats elected
moyor and secured majority in the
common council for the first time in
many years.