Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-04-12

CARTER Ii. HARRISON.
pluralities. they are not large oncs. Oscar
IIebcl, the Republican candidate for City
Attorney, heads his ticket. The Second
Ward. Judge IIaaecy's home, where d
majority OF $500 was claimed for him,
did not give Il third of that. The Third
| Ward he barely carried, and in the Sixth
and Seventh fell much below the figure:
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 Mcrriwcather, municipal ownership.
The latter declares he will contest or
plea OF frauds. With MIR. Wells wa
elected the entire Democratic ticket. st.
Louis is normally 81 Republican city bS
about 10000 plurality. This has been re.
versed and a Democratic plurality of TO-,
600 rolled up. During the day many per.
sons were beaten or assaulted, and TWO
were shot. One of those hit by Il bullet
was T.. a. ~ltozicr. the United States Dis.
trict Attorney, and The otler William
Dwyer, formerly ii Cuban volunteer.
-4iliiNiIhti Sit'i!oIH Ntlc Ltlu III llcstLlS
all the cities OF Wisconsin. local issues
contests. Democratic gains were shown
in Il number of places. Cities c~lcctjns
Republican Mayors are: GAINESVILLE. Ed
gcrton, Waukcsha, Bcloit and Eau
Claire. Democratic Mayors were elected
in Shcboygan. Oshkosh, Fond du Lac,
Racine, Ashland. Marincttc. Kcnosha, La
Crosse and Madison. Joshua Erie Dodge
was elected Supreme Court judge with
out opposition.
Municipal elections were held i'm all
the larger cities OF Kansas. In numer.
ols cities the issue was prohibition. In
Kansas City. Kan. the largest city in the
State, there We're straight party tickets,
headed by Il. L.. Short. Republican. and
w. III. Cradlock. Democrat. The lat.
ter Won by 800 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 800 majority. At Leavenworth
the entire Democratic ticket was elected
by a majority of 800. At Wichita. where
Mrs. Nation began her crusade. the tenn
pcrancc 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 sno liccnsc,- the
former was successful. In several in
stances the question or issuing bonds for
various local improvements was voted
upon.
Denver. Cole. went Republican, the
only part at all in doubt being the NAV.
orally. Henry V. johnson. present Nav.
or, i3n independently on Il ticket which
was almost identical with that of the Re-
pnblicans, headed by Robert Il. Wright.
The combined vote for the two is conccd-
ell TO exceed that for tho Democratic
ticket headed by Judge Il. II. Wells by
from 1000 to 5000. .Iohnson's vote =
not far from 1000. which leaves the yota
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 Il few of the larger
towns politics entered into the cam
paigis. 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 Rock Mayor w. r. Duley
(Dem.y was reelected. by a large major
ity over L. w. Perrin Und.).