The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-09
CHICAGO REPUBLICAN.
The Worlds Fair City Carried
by That Party.
CONTEST CLOSE AND EXCITING

Town Tickets In the Various Divisions Of
the city Elected by the Republicans by
All Kinds of Majorities-The Republic.
an A. r. A. Candidate for Mayor Elected
at Kansas City-Itepublicans Elect Theb
Mayor at Milwaukee
CHICAGO, April 9-This was Repub.
lican year in the town tickets, and all OF
Chicago went Republican by all sorts Of
majorties. The south town was the scene
Of a most exciting contest The Demo
Gratis named popular man, Martin Eme
rich for assessor Hepburn the Repub
lican nominee. won by plurality Of 77s
out of total vote Of 39,27O. Samuel IL
Trudc, the candidate for supervisor, has
a plurality of 2.IsG, and Kunz, the nomi
nee for collector, proved the star, receiv'
ing plurality of 3,G1s. Martin, the can
didate for clerk. barely won out getting
plurality over his Democratic competitor
of 1884, The fight was made against Hep
burn, every artince known to political
warfare being used against him.
In the North Town.
The Republicans over in the north
town carried evesy ward In the town by
plurnlities ranging from 400 TO 4, ,30J Ball
the Republican aniidate for assessor,
has plurality of 3, 7o7 over w. X. Acker-
man, who was induced by the Democrats
To accept the nomination for assessor on
their ticket. The west town went Re-
publican by 1000 or 5000, md William
Giifert the nominee for assessor, has u
lead of over 0O0 votes. Stepnia, the Re.
publican nomnoe for collector has q
plurality OF 59 The Republican nomt
nee for supervisor, Miller wins by SOl5,
and Barry, the Republican nominee for
clerk is elected by 663o This is the
way the Il publican pIuralitics showed
up In the own of Lake; Cohrs, assessor,
!, l59; Gurney, collector. l,U74; Lundberg,
supervisor, ,l66; Hays, clerk, 2 ISL The
total vote cas-; in Like was 81, S1l Lake
View will have Republican town or
ganzation, the entire ticket being elected
by plurali,ie5 OF 400 The total vote
cast in the two wards composing the town
was | AZ
Hyde Park in the List.
The entire Republican town ticket In
Hyde Park won very easily. the average
plurality being "a trte over 1000. Mr..
Randoli, the Republican candidate for
assessor, had IA plurality of 1928 over
Tracey, Democrat Mr. Olson, the Re-
publican candidate for upcrvisor, beat
his Democratic opponent, Wiora, 1916
votes. The total vote cast for the town
ticket W about IA, 43J.
Jefferson elected Republican town Off
GERS by comfortable mnjorties, and the
same result was probably obtained in
Calnmrt'
Thirty-sx aldermen were elected from
h., Il ,trt, of Ehieaern txVr s.f
them to ill vacant seats in the Tenth and
Nineteenth wards The Democrats gained
aldermanic seats in "a number of wards,
but lost in other wards, so that, on the
whole, tho Democratic strength In the
next council will ba about the same as in
the present council. The council will
stand: Republicans AZ; Democrats, 10;
Independent ?; holdover, Republicans
81; Democrats,
Illinois Town Elections.
Town elections were held throughout
Illinois Tues lay. AS a general thing Re-
publican victories ARE reported. At Mon
mouth n surprise was caused by tho elec-
tion Of William Ellenburger, college
student, over his Republican opponent
Republican gains are reported in Dan
ville Charleston, Sigel, Mattoon, Cham
paign, Urbana, Lacon, Vandalia and
Princeton In Salem the entire Demo-
cratic ticket was elected, where the Re-
publicans were successful u year ago. AT
Mount Sterling free silver ticket was in
the field. No license carried at Yates City.
A municipal election was held in Quincy.
The Democrats elected five aldermen and
the Republicans three. At Rockford John
G. Carver, Rep, was elected circuit judge
Of the Thirteenth judicial district. Dem.
ocrats elected their town ticket at Free
port. At Joliet honors were divided. Re-
publicans carried Kanknkee and Mattoon
Ottawa went Democratic. Republicans
carried the day at Springfield, and there
was an increased Republican majority at
Plano