The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
FIeischmann is Again Elected
 Mayor by Large Majority
JOHNSON WON IN CLEVELAND
Golden Rule Jones Is Again Successful. Johnson VIII Be Candidate for Governor-Wild Claims Being
 Made In Chicago.

Cincinnati, April 6.-Whie the republi- cans had material gains in the municipal elections in Ohio today, they did not se- cure many changes in the administration of the cities. The most notable exception was at Columbus, where Mayor Hinkle, democrat is succeeded by Jeffreys, re- publican. The mayors of all the leading cities except Columbus were reelected. The republicans retained control of Cin- cinnat and the democrats of Cleveland and Samuel M. Jones was elected as an independent for the fourth time as mayor of Toledo. The democrats reelected their tickets at Dayton, Sandusky, Chllicothe, Hamilton and other cities, normally demo- cratic, and the republicans at Steuben- vile, Youngstown, Warren, Ironton, Portsmouth and other towns that hereto fore they have controlled. The winning tickets were either of the dominant parties. The fusion ticket, as a rule, was defeated in a dozen or more cities where they were in the field.
 One of the most noted gains of the re- publicans was at Mansfield and of the democrats at Springfield, where local issues controlled results as was the case in most of the changes.
 There is much diversity of opinion as to the effect of these municipal elections upon the next republican nomination for governor, but it Is conceded that Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland will now become a formidable candidate for the democratic nomination for governor a few months hence, and that the Ingalls, cam raoffr tnrtlI h ,tf1x oF making him the opponent of Hanna for the senatorship. There is considerable gossip here tonight about the incpient boom of Mayor Fleischmann for the republican nomination for governor The elections today were the first under the new Ohio municipal code, which re-organlzes all cities with a different system of offices and none Is holding over from previous
 Election in Michigan.
 Detroit, April 6.-The republicans of Michigan today elected their state ticket by majority estimated at midnight at between 5000 and 10000 The ticket Is as follows:
 Justice of the Supreme Court-Judge Frank A. Hooker, Charlotte.
 Regents of the State University-Peter White, Marquett, and Loyal E. Knappen of Grand Rapids.
 The vote throughout the state except ing where local issues lent interest to the fight, was light.
 Wide Variance at Chicago.
 Chicago, April 6.-Estimates by repub- lican and democratic campaign managers on the result of tomorrows city election are 97000 votes apart Chairman Carey of the democratic city committee, de- clares that Mayor Carter H. Harrison Is certain of reelection by 5000 and Chair man Revell of the republican committee, asserts that Graeme Stewart, the party candidate, will have plurality of A., 000 Daniel J. Cruice, the independent la- Dor candidate, also expresses himself cer tain of election by about 5000 plurality.
 Cincinnati Returns.
 Cincinnati, O., April 6.-Complete re- turns from the 22S precincts in Cincinnati give Fleischmann, republican, 42,907; In- gals fusionist, 26287; Swing, socialist, STA; Martin, prohbitionist, 845. Total, 73,813
 Fleischmann's plurality is 16620; ma jority 12001. The entire republican city ticket, including all the boards, was elected by about the same vote as that of Fleischmann.
 Candidates Nave Statement.
 OhciNAiC lN' lh6dllSt iHe iuSiOu CdnuiudtS for mayor, heard the returns tonight at the Queen City club and declined to make formal statement, but his colleagues on the fusion ticket stated that the result was due to the superior organization of the republicans in a city normally a re- publican stronghold, fraudulent registra- tion, repeating and corruption. They in- sisted that the fusion organization would be continued and perfected.
 Mayor Julius Fleschmann said:
 "The election of the entire republican ticket is victory of the people of Cin- cinnati. This triumph means that the next governor will be a republican-that Marcus A. Hanna will be returned to the senate and Theodore Roosevelt will be the next President of the United States"