The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-09

Result OF Voting for Municipal ON
GERS I'm Wisconsin, Illinois ana
Several other states.

Milwaukee. April 6.-Municipai elections
were held In nearly every city and town In
Wisconsin Tuesday. The returns show
that the democrats were successful In q
majority of the cities. In Milwaukee the
vote resulted In landslide for the demo-
cratlc-populist ticket. which elected the
entire city ticket by plurality OF about
5000. David s. Rose will be the next may
or, with plurality OF S.0l2. Itwas vic
tory for municipal ownership OF public
utilities. that being the principal plank In
the platform The complexion or the new
city council viii also be decidedly demo-
cratic, being composed II 2S democrats and
IA republicans.
Madison elected c. T.. Wheelan (rep.)
mayor by a majority OF l3 and Green Bay
returned II. Ii. Denoyers, non-partisan.
There was no election for local offices at
ownership which was lost by 81 votes.
Neither did La Crosse have an election.
Democrats elected mayors In Ashland.
Black River Falls Beaver Dam. Burling-
ton. Chiffon, Chippewa Falls. Columbus.
Darlington, Elroy. Hartford Jefferson,
Ripon. Sparta. West Bend. Waukesha and
WATERFOWL Republicans were successful
I'm Appleton. Beloit, Cumberland. Durand.
Marshheld. Monroe. Mauston, Merrill. Vir-
oqua and Edgerton. License carried In
Brodhead, Bayfield,. Glenwood and Lodi.
While no license won In Ellsworth and
Grantsburg. Charles Bardon was elected
supreme justice without opposition. and
Judge Siverthorn was elected circuit judge
OF the Sixteenth district, having no oppo-
siton.
Chicago. April Elm the city elections
Tuesday the democrats were generally sue
cessful. eecting four out or six town tick
cts. Democratic tickets were elected in
the three great divisions OF the city. North,
South and West towns. also the Town OF
Lake. Republicans carried Hyde Park,
Lake View. Jefferson and Cicero. Politics
OF the aldermen elected is, democrats, II;
republicans, IL; Independent. l. Johnny"
Powers Is reelected In the Nineteenth ward
by 1900 majority over Armstrong. The re-
suit OF the aldermanic elections Is regarded
as victory for the reform element, pledged
TO demand for the city compensation for
all public franchises. This element will
now have three majority In the council.
Republicans were victorious in the fol-
lowing Illinois places: Assumption, Gin
ton, Chrsman. Decatur, Elgin, Mount YER
non, Monmouth Moweaqua. Vandalia,
Waukegan. Bloomington, Lisle. Geneseo
Galesburg, Moline, Springfield, Warsaw
Bement and Dwight. At the following
points democratic success is noted
Charleston, Edwardsville, Freeport, Ca
lena, Paris, Kewanee, ottawa, Carllnville
Pontiac and Rock Island
St. Paul, Mimi. April GA large number
OF Minnesota towns held elections Tues
day. but IN most cases party lines were not
drawn. Anoka being the one town to elect
a straight party ticket. and there the re-
publicans won. few towns voted on the
liquor question. and so far reported all
favored license. Blooming Prairie, Tracy,
Waseca Fergus Falls and Albert Lea vot-
Ing strongly that way, although the last
named place for two years past has voted
no license.
st. Louis, April 6.-Towns and cities In
a n II.
but up TO a late hour only few or these
had been heard from. Almost without ex-
ception the returns showed partial or total
victories for the democrats.