Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-09

pluralities, they are not large ones. Oscar
Hebel, the Republican candidate for City
Attorney. heads his ticket. The Second
Ward, Judge Hanecy's home, where Il
majority of $500 was claimed for him,
did not give a third of that. The Third
Ward he barely carried, and in the Sixth
and Seventh fell much below the figures
his supporters had expected
Rolla Wells, the Democratic candidate
for Worlds Fair Mayor of St. Louis, has
been elected by about 10000 plurality
over George w, Parker, Republican, and
Lee Merriweather, municipal ownership.
The latter declares he will contest On
plea of frauds. With Mr.. Wells was
elected the entire Democratic ticket. st.
Louis is normally Republican city by
about $1,000 plurality This has been re-
versed and Democratic plurality of TO-
600 rolled up During the day many per
sons We're beaten or assaulted, and two
were shot One of those hit by q bullet
was Il. A. Rozier, the United States Dis
trict Attorney, and the other William
Dwyer formerly Cuban volunteer.
Municipal elections were held in nearly
all the cities of Wisconsin, local issues
instead of party questions deciding the
contests. Democratic gains were shown
in q number of places. Cities electing
Republican Mayors are: GAINESVILLE, Ed
gerton, Waukesha, Beloit and Eau
Claire. Democratic Mayors were elected
in Sheboygan, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac,
Racine. Ashland, Marinette, Kenosha, La
Crosse and Madison. Joshua Eric Dodge
was elected Supreme Court Judge with
out opposition.
Municipal elections were held in all
the larger cities of Kansas. In numer
GUS cities the Issue was prohibition. In
Kansas City, Kan, the largest city in the
State, there We're straight party tickets,
headed by b. l.. Short, Republican, and
w. II. Craddock, Democrat. The lat,
ter won by 900 plurality. In Topeka Al
bert Parker, Democrat, is believed elect
ed Mayor by 100 votes. He was opposed
by the temperance people. j. W. Orr,
Democrat, was elected Mayor of Atchi-
son by 500 majority. At Leavenworth
the entire Democratic ticket was elected
by a majority of 500. AT Wichita, where
Mrs. Nation began her crusade, the tenn
perance ticket was overwhelmingly de-
feated by the Republicans.
Municipal elections Were held in the
various cities Of the third class through
out Minnesota. Party lines were not
drawn, and in many cases there was only
one ticket in the field. Wherever the is
sue was License" or mo license" the
former was successful. In several in
stances the question of issuing bonds for
various local Improvements was voted
upon.
Denver, Colo, went Republican, the
only part at all in doubt being the may
orally. Henry V. johnson, present May
or, ran independently on a ticket which
was almost identical with that of the Re
publicans, headed by Robert II. Wright.
The combined vote for the two is c0nced-
ed to exceed that for the Democratic
ticket headed by Judge Il. T. Wells by
from 1000 to 5000. Johnsons vote is
not far from 1000, which leaves the vote
for Mayor in doubt.
The issue in nearly every small town
in Nebraska was license or no license,
and reports received from fifty villages
indicate that the majority Of them have
gone for license. In a few of the larger
towns politics entered into the cam
paigns. The vote was generally light
and no disturbances were reported.
Omaha and South$Omaha operate under
special charters, and did not hold may
orally elections.
Municipal elections were held through
out Arkansas Tuesday, and in nearly ev-
cry case where party lines were drawn
the Democratic nominees were elected.
In Little Rocl: Mayor w. r. Duley
DEM was reelected by a large major
ity over +. W. Perrin Qnd.)