Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-06
WELLS THE VICTOR.
Democratic Candidate Carries ST
Louis for Worlds Fair Mayor.
Carter Harrison Reelected Mayor Of Chi.
cago for the Third Term by Large Ma
iority-Riot Mt tho st. Louis
Election.

Chicago, April 3.-Carter II. Harii-
son has been reelected mayor of c. j.
cago for the second time and will next
week commence his third term as the
chief executive of the city. His to-
tai plurality over Judge Elbridge
Hanecy, the republican nominee, will
be in the neighborhood of 2s,5OO votes.
The total vote of the city, with eight
precincts to hear from, is: Harrison,
155,275; Hanecy, 127,2O2; Harrison's
plurality, 2s,O73.
In the last mayoralty election the
vote was: Harrison, democrat, 14S =
400; Carter. republican, 1O7,437; Hay-
rison's plurality, 41,O59.
In the presidential campaign last
fall the city vote for president was:
Mckinley, 1s4,7s6; Bryan, 177,165; Nc
Kinley's plurality 1921. Samuel AL
schuler, the democratic nominee for
governor OF the state, ran ahead OF
Bryan, however, his vote being 1881,
against 172, 3s6 for Yates, plurality OF
16.135 for Alschuler.
Out of the IS wards of the city, Har-
rison carried 90 and Hanecy nine. Tn ,
vote was badly split, some of the
strongest republican parts of the city
giving only small plurality for tn >
party nominee, and some of them CO.
ing for Harrison, who, however, suf-
cred in some of the democratic strong.
holds. The city wards were redis-
tricted after the presidential election
anc the regular majorities in some
of the wards were turned squarely
around from what they have always
been.
One of the features of the campaign
was the aldermanic contest in the
Twenty-frst ward, Mayor Harrison's
home ward. where Honore Palmer, son
of Potter Palmer, was candidate for
election on the democratic ticket. i.
being his first essay in politics. His
opponent was S. II. Helm, republican,
who has been alderman from the ward
for two years. Palmer was elected by
a majority of about 1000.
Rol'a Wells Had Easy Victory.
St. Louis, April 3.-Rolla Wells, the
democratic nominee for worlds fair
mayor, was elected to that Office by a
plurality of about 5000. With him
was elected the entire democratic,
ticket. At midnight Charles F. Wen
neker, the republican candidate for
city collector, conceded the defeat Of
the entire republican ticket. George
W. Parker, the republican candidate,
and Lee Meriwether, who is running
independently on the municipal own
ership platform, are running q close
race for second place. Some of the
republican leaders claim that the Mes.
bit law has enabled the democrats to
make such n strong showing at the
polls. They claim fraud, and threat
en- to contest the election. The dem
ocrats, on the other hand. say that
their candidate was elected honestly
and they don't fear the result of q
contest.
Result Mt st. Joseph.
St. Joseph, Mo-. April 3.-At The
city election Tuesday the republicans
were victorious in the election of six
out of nine members of the house Of
delegates. The republicans elected
the board of public works, but lost the
auditor.
The Nebraska Elections.
Omaha. Neb., April 3.-The issue in
nearly every small town in the state
was license or no license and reports
received last night from so villages
indicate that the majority of them