Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-02
l TOM JOHNSON GOT THERE.
Elected Mayor of Cleveland by
 Big Majority.

Big Majority.
 Democrats Won in Most of the Ohio
 Cities Yesterday-Jones Defeats a
 Veteran of the Philippine War-He
 Was Elected, Although Losing Votes
 On Account of His Friendship for Bryan.
 Cincinnati, O, April Flair weather | prevailed in Ohio for municipal and township elections yesterday. The large vote indicated more interest than usual in these local contests. This l was due to the fact that a full state | ticket is to be elected next November, | as we'll as members of the legislature, l who will choose a successor to Sena- l tor Foraler.
 1 In a few localities legislative nomi- nations were made by popular vote. | None showed any opposition to For | aker among the republicans and there | was not enough action to indicate any preference for John k. Mclean, Tom 1 l.. Johnson or anyone else as sgthe dem ocratic favorite for the senatorship. | There was no election inNCincinnatE While the democrats carried the | larger cities and some of the smaller places, yet the republicans show slight gains in the state as a whole. In the l three larger cities, Cleveland, Colum- bus and Toledo, the democrats show gains which are offset by republican gains in the smaller cities throughout | the state At Columbus, where the re- publicans have had the city govern men. the democrats elect their mayor. by close margins, while at Cleveland, Iex-Congressman Tom l.. Johnson (dem) was elected mayor by about 5000 plurality. Samuel 4. Jones mon-partisan) was reelected mayor for the third time at Toledo on his golden rule platform.
 Cleveland, o, April 2.-The most ex- citing municipal election held in this city in years resulted in the election yesterday of Hon Tom l.. Johnson (dem) to the office of mayor over Will liam T. Ackers (rep) by a plurality that may go as high as 6,000 Only the head of the republican ticket was de- feated the candidates for the minor offices on that ticket being successful.
 Columbus, o, April 2.-John N. Hinkle (dem) was yesterday elected mayor over Henry Taylor rep) by about POO plurality. The present ad- ministration is republican,.
 Toledo. April 2.-The republicans have made big gains over the vote for two years ago, when Mayor Jones de- feated the republican and democratic candidates for mayor by a vote or more than double their comDinea votes. 1t was evident last night that I,oa hnn TO. n term over General W. V. McMaken, veteran of the Philippine war and per- sonally most popular.
 Mayor Jones, although insisting he would ask no man to vote for him, has made on an average of from two to three political speeches every day or night during the last week. The cam7 paign was largely personal one, but as the democrats, instead of nominat- ing a candidate for mayor, indorsed Jones (non-p -partisanl, the usual repub- lical plurality faded away.
 The city ocuncil, usually democratic, will be close. The, indications are, however, that it will be democratic.
 The feeling about the mayoralty contest has been bitter. many repudi- ating Mayor Jones because he support ed Bryan last year.
 Detroit, April 2.-Robert NJ. Mont gomery of Grand Rapids, republican, has been reelected justice of the SUI preme court by about 10000 majority, and Frank w. Fletcher of Alpena and Henry w. Carey of Manistee, republi- can candidates for regents of the state university, also Have been elected by q majority almost as large. The vote cast was light, excepting in those cities where there was Il fight on some local issue. There were two constitutional amendments voted on, both of which were defeated.
 In Owosso S. D. Emery, prohibitions ist, was elected mayor, overcoming republican majority last year of 650 He was the only member of that tick ct, however, who was successful.