Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-11
ELECTION RESULTS AS DIS
CLOSED BY LATEST RETURNS.
MAKEUP OF LEGISLATURES
Republicans Almost Lose Control
Both in New York and Ohio-One
House in Each of Those States
Gained by Democrats Cor
nan Beaten in Maryland.


tion in New York city give this result:
Van Wyck, 231,724; Low, 15l,076;
Tracy, 1,7S3; George, 20,717; Glea-
son, 1883; Van Wyck's plurality so GAS
Parker, democrat, was chosen chief
Judge of the court of appeals by a
plurality of $4,000 in the whole state
The New York assembly stands II
republicans, II democrats, & citizens
Mon republicans, / citizens union
man otherwise unclassified and | ma
union. That is to say, the straight re-
publicans and straight democrats are
exactly even in number. TFe balance
of power, in organization and in legis-
lation, will rest with the eight citi-
zens' union men, six of whom are re-
publicans in revolt against Platt. The
democrats easily control the senate.
City elections were held in twenty
one of the cities of New York state
In twelve of these cities mayors were
elected. Only in a few small cities
were the democratic tickets defeated.
In Utica, ex-Mayor Kinney, national
democrat, nominated by the republic
cans, defeated Mayor Gibson, a regular
democrat, for mayor. In Watertown,
Mayor Wise, republican, defeated eX-
Postmaster Clare by II votes. Buffa-
10 for the first time since 1892 was
put back in the democratic column.
4 is nct tod nj hn lt,r
election in greater New York cost the
enormous sum of $2,374, 900. The act
ual cost to the municipality was $497,
600. But it is estimated that the re-
publicans spent $4,000; Tammany
$4,000; citizens union, S31S,000;
Thomas Jefferson democracy, 100000,
and all other parties in the contest,
$l55000. The estimated cost to indi-
viduals is $4,000 On the part of the
organizations, these figures represent
payments for halls, speakers, bands Of
music, printing, carriages, etc. The
cost to the city for the one item of
printing the ballots was $26, 900 There
were 200 offices to be filed, for which
there were S54 candidates. The num-
Der of polling places that had to be
provided was ,522, of which 1888 were
in the boroughs of Manhattan and
Bronx. Sic in Kings, rs in Queens and
AZ in Richmond, At these polling
places there were 12,176 attendants.
Mayor-elect Van Wyck will appoint
Thomas e. Crimmins commissioner of
STRENGTHENING to succeed Col. Warning
If he will accept The place. DE Lancey
Nicoll may be corporation counsel.
James j. Martin will again be police
commissioners.
When Judge Van Wyck becomes
mayor he will remove from office all
the present city officials.
Complete unofficial returns in Iowa
show For governor Shaw. republi-
can, 224, 555; White. democrat, 1873
567; populist, middle of the road,
$3.50; gold democrat, 5,43i prohibit
ton, 1862; total, 4i0 1873. Shaw's
plurality, 30,9SS. Shaws total vote is
the largest ever cast for republican
candidate for governor, being 10000
greater that the highest before. 1t is
also higher than the vote for any re-
publican candidate for president in
Iowa except that for Mckinley last
year. The democrats have only once
polfed bigger vote when Boies was
a candidate for governor. in 1891.
Penn ylvania's rep 'blican plurality
is over $4,000, and there were oves
100000 votes for a plchibitionist.
Returns from the Kentucky election
show that the vote was more than
100000 less than last years The plur
aity of the silver democrats is about
$4,000. The legislature is heavily dem-
ocrat Joe Blackburn, free silver dem
ocrat, announced authoritativoly that
he is a candidate to succeed Senator
Lindsay two years henee. The eigh-
teen democratic senators elected will
hold over until 1900. Only three 70.
publican senator's were elected