The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
THE DEMOCRATS CARRY THE PRINCE
PAL CITIES OF THE STATE.
THEIR GAINS IN SMALLER TOWNS
They Elect Their Ticket In Cleveland
and Columbus, While Sam Jones
Pulls Through on His Independent
Ticket I'm Toledo-RepubIican Gains
In the State at Large-SpecIaI Inter-
est I'm the Contest in Columbus.

Cincinnati, o., April 1.-Fair weather
prevailed in Ohio today for municipal
and township elections. The large vote
for April indicated more interest than
usual in these local contests. This was
due to the act that a full state ticket
is to be elected text November, as we'll
as members of the legislature who will
choose a successor to Senator Foraker.
In a few localities, legislative nomina-
tions were made by popular vote.
None showed n opposition to Foraker
among the republicans, and there was
not enough action to indicate any pre-
ference for John r. Mclean, Tom l..
Johnson or any one else as the demo-
cratic favorite for the senatorship.
There was no election in Cincinnati.
Special interest was taken in the
contest at Columbus, where the repub-
can for the past two years have a
all the city officers. Governor Nash
and former Congressman Lent reside
at Columbus and o took great in
terest in the contest there. Democrtic
administrations were in control at
Cleveland and Springfield, where the
republicans made hard fights to con-
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cities as possible at the state election
in November.
Sam Jones made his race for the
third term for mayor of Toledo, indie
pendent of all parties, and on his gold
en- rule platform.
Columbus, o., April John N.
Hinkle, democrat, was today elected
mayor over Henry c. Taylor (republi-
cam by about 200 plurality. The pres
ent administration is republican.
Cleveland, o., April lat 10 o'clock
tonight returns from One-third of the
city precincts show that Johnson dem
ocrat) has 1000 votes more than Akers
(republican).
The Plain Dealer claims Johnson's
election by 1850 and The Leader ac-
knowledges Aker's defeat by from g.
900 to 1000.
Toledo, O., April lat 9 o'clock in
dications are that Mayor S. NJ. Jones
is reelected by $500.
Toledo, O., April Liberty Center,
P~errySburg and Bowling Green elect
the majority of the republican ticket.
Holgate, Delphos, Leipsic and Buyrus
| go democrat.
Toledo, April 1.-Grand Rapids, Paul
ding WauseOn, Bloomdale, Fayette and
Norwalk go republican. Bryan, Wape-
koneta and Gilmore go democratic.
Cincinnati. O., April 1.-While the
| III olS L liz loISSi ~ clib
some of the smaller places, yet the re-
publicans show slight gains in the
state as a whole. In the three larger
cities, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo,
the democrats show gains which are
offset by republican gains in the small
er cities throughout the state.
At Columbus, where the republicans
have had the city government, the
| democrats elect their mayor by close
| margin. while at Cleveland, eX-Con-
| gresham Tom l.. n (democrat)
was elected mayor by a bout 5000 plu-
rality.
Golden Rule (n~on-partisan) Samuel
Jones was reelected for the third time
at Toledo.
Cleveland, O., April 1.-The most in
teresting municipal election held in this
city in years resulted today in the
election of Hon. Tom L.. Johnson, demo
cratic, to the office of mayor over Will
liam J.. Akers, republican, by a plu-
rality that may go as high as 5000
Only the read of the republican ticket
was defeated, the candidates for the
minor officers on that ticket being sue
cesSful.