The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
GENERAL RESULTS.
Republicans Make Gains In Chicago
and Lose Kansas City.

was cast at the city election today. The
contests were chiefly aldermanic, al
though in each of the various townships,
an assessor, collector, supervisor and
clerk were chosen. The chief interest
centeredin the aldermanic vote. Thirty
five of these officials We're chosen, the
| Republicans securing nineteen and the
] Democrats sixteen, the new council will
contain forty Republicans and twenty
! nine Democrats.
In the election for two officers, the
! Republicans carried the south town,
| town OF. Hyde Park and town of Lake
| View, while the Democrats carried the
north and the west towns and the town
/ of Lake. In the townships outside OF
| the city limits the Republicans, as usual,
made a clean sweep.
One phase of the election over which
| much bitterness was manifested was
! the fight made by the Municipal Voters
! league against what the league denom-
| mated "GangsterS and GrafterS" The
| league endorsed or repudiated men re-
! CARELESS of party, some times endorsing
| as fit man for office every candidate
in a ward and some times repudiating
| every candidate.
1t endorsed in all thirty-nine alder
| manic candidates and repudiated 81.
| OF the thirty-nine endorsed nineteen
were elected and of the repudiated Il
! were elected. In fifteen wards there
we've hot contests between the league can
| didate and the repudiated nominee.
| DEMOCRATS CARRY LEADVILLE
Denver, Colo, April 4--MuniciDal
| elections were held in a number of the
! cities and towns in Colorado. Politics
| cut but little figure, the question of
license or no license for saloons being
towns. At LeadvilIe the Democrats won
a sweeping victory The average ma
jority for their ticket being 500
MAYOR ROSE REELECTED.
Milwaukee, Wis, April Mayor
| David S Rose, Democrat, triumphed
| OF he oil in 0Ifx
and carried the rest of the city ticket
with him. He has a plurality of at
least 5000. Mayor Rose stood on a
! platform setting forth the recent four
cent fare ordinance and cheaper water
rates, which legislation was enacted
during his past administration.
HONORS EVEN AT GUTHRIE.
Guthrie, o. T., April 4.-The Repub-
leans elected aldermen in all of the
Guthrie wards and carried three out
of five wards for member of the school
board. The Republicans and Democrats
divided honors at Perry, each party
electing aldermen and member of the
school board in two wards. The sewer
bonds were defeated by a close vote
REPUBLICAN GAIN IN NEBRASKA
Omaha, Neb., April 4.-City and vii
lage elections were held throughout
Nebraska with the exception of Omaha.
The main issue in most of the smaller
places was license and the results are
mixed, the greater number of towns
|
licensing the liquor traffic for another
year. While party politics cut little
figure in the smaller towns, yet Re
publican gains are noticeable all over
the state.
South Omaha for the first time in it's
history elects a Republican mayor, A.
r. Kelly being the successful candidate
by 800 plurality. The Republicans also
elect treasurer, all four councilmen and
l two out of three members of the school
board. Last year, Ensor, Democrat.
was elected mayor by 1900 majority
Lincoln gives the largest Republican
majority for years and makes a clean
sweep on the local ticket. Crete, for
! years Democratic, gives a Republican
: majority. O'Neill and Ashland are also
Republican
REED WINS IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo. April 4-The DEM
= ocrats scored victory in this city,
electing James A. Reed mayor by a
| majority of at least one thousand over
P. Sherry Brown. jr.. Republican The
e | entire Democratic ticket with the ex-
ception of a few members of the lower
$ house of the city council, is elected.
4 The present city government is Re
publican. Jones, Republican, for mayor
had a majority of 1.439 two years ago.
TACOMA GOES REPUBLICAN,.
= Tacoma. Washn April Campbell
Republican. is elected mayor by about
200 majority. The Republicans elect
six councilmen and the citizens three.
L
/, St. Louis. April 4-Municipal election.
s were held throughout the state yester-
n day yesterday except in St. Louis. Party
lines were drawn in a number of the
e towns and cities, the results there show
V ing that each party came out abou
S even in the number carried. In Othel
places local issues prevailed and II
still others the results were mixed.
Y At Dixon the Poor Mans ticket de
It feated the ''Rich Mans ticket
: Shelbyville, the home of Congressman
a Lloyd (Dem) was carried by the Re
publieans as was Lebanon, which wa'
the home of the late Congressman Bland
: According to the latest returns, lie
;. publicans were victorious in the follow
d ing cities:
d ST. Joseph. Sedalia, Carthage Mans
e field, Stanberry. Pacific, Oregon, Hu
r Evansville, Unionviile Warrensburg
Y Macon. Greenfield. West Plains, Bethany
S Wellsville,- Boonville. Hamilton, Excel
: sior Springs, Brookfield, Carrollton, Sui
Ivan, Lebanon, Popular Bluff and Cap
Cfirardeau-
J., The Democrats carried Independence
= Springfield, Marshall, Fulton, Troy
r. Mexico, Center. Appleton City, Il
10 | Plata Clinton, Shelbina, Dewitt, Iron
} ton, Golden City, Centralia, Nevada
lie Gailatin and Lancaster.
l. In East st. Louis, Ill, the Citizens
Il ticket was elected over that of tn
Democrats.
MAYOR ROSES MAJORITY.
IS Milwaukee, Wis, April 4-Complet
lie returns from the municipal election i
lie this city give Mayor David S. Rose
st Democrat, a plurality over H. ]. Baum
Y. gartner, Republican, of 1874. Two year
T, ago Roses plurality was Z, 767. The ne7
IS board of aldermen is made up of
Democrats, 10 Republicans and tw
Populists The board of supervisors
IN largely Republican
le REEDS MAJORITY.
re Kansas City. April 4-Full return
n from the election in this city Civ
I'd James A Reed, Democrat, for mayo
ge a majority of 2,127 over P. S. Brown jr
S. Republican supported by the preser
IL administration Jones' Republican
t. was elected two years ago by a ma
go jority of 1.439. The Democrats -eleete
their entire ticket with the exceptio
of five members of the lower house b