The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-16
battle OF TIE BALLOTS.
Result Of Elections in Illinois, Wis
consin, Nebraska, Kansas and
Other Western ootates.
cHIcAeo REFLECTS MAYOR HARRISON.
wisconsin Elect. Supreme Court J..-
Towns Show Their Preferences ut
the Polls-Democrats In St. LoUis
Are Victorious.

Are Victorious.
Chicago, April Starter II. Harri-
son, democrat, was elected mayor OF
Chicago for the fourth time by 7,94S
plurality over Graeme Stewart, repub-
lican. Alderman Smulski, republican,
was elected city attorney, and f. G.
Bender, republican, city clerk.
Outside Of Chicago.
|. In Springfield William j. Butler, Gov.
Yates candidate for mayor, was over
whelmingly defeated by Harry II. Dew
ereaux, the democratic nominee.
Springfield is normally 500 republican.
Devereux won by over 1000 plurality.
Mayors were elected in other Illinois
cities as follows: East St. Louis, Silas
Cook lnd.); Galesburg, George Shun-
way (cit); Moline, C. p. Skinner (rep.);
Rock Island, William McConochie
(rep.); Quincy, John A. steinbach
(dem.).
In Illinois township elections repub-
licans were successful in the following
places: Bloomington, Clinton, Dam
vile, Decatur, bingham, Elgin. Fair
bury, Joliet, Kenney, Maroa, Plano, Pc
oria, Pawpaw, Sycamore. Waukegan,
Wheaton, Woodstock. Wenona, Cen
tralia, Kewanee and Naperville. DEM
ocrats won victories in Bement, Chenoa,
Galena. Havana. .Kankakee, Lock-
port. Mowequea, Ramsey, Toledo and
Tay1orviilc. Nonpartisa:n tickets car
ried in Assumption, Aurora, Alton and
Alhambra.
In Wisconsin,.
Milwaukee, April S.-The judicial
election in Wisconsin passed Off very
quietly Tuesday. Judge Robert g.
Siebecker, of Madison, Judge of the
Ninth circuit court, was elected to
the place on the Wisconsin supreme
bench made vacant by the recent
death of c. v. Bardeen.
There were no changes in the four
circuits which elected judges. Though
complete returns will not be availa-
BILE for two days, Judge Silverthorl,
of Wausau, is reelected judge Of the
Sixteenth circuit; John Goodland, Of
Appleton, of the Tenth; James
O'Neill, of the Seventeenth, and o. T.
Williams, of Milwaukee, of the Sec
ond circuit.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution, increasing the number
of justices of the supreme court from
five to seven, was undoubtedil car
ricd.
Comparatively few mayors were
elected in the state and there were
few political changes in the cities
which chose an executive. Oshkosh
reelected Mayor Mulva (dem.), and
ut midnight the indications were that
La Crosse had defeated the republic
an candidate, who suffered most
heavily in the aristocratic wards.
Fox Lake, Waukesha, Racine and
.Marinette went republican. The
democrats carried Neenah, Menasha,
Amherst, Berlin, Portage, La Crosse
and Beaver Dam. In GAINESVILLE the
entire citizens ticket, headed by Will
son, was elected by 64s plurality,
making complete change Of city Of
ficers.
License carried in Lake Mills, Glen
wood, Stoughtoh, Sparta, Deerfeld,
Richland Center, Sturgeon Bay and
Broadhead. Viroqua voted against
license
st. Louis Democrat. Win.
St. Louis, April Selection returnA
completed at 1880 o'clock, show that
St. Louis went democratic by plu-
rality of over $4,000, in about one-half
the registered vote. which is $4,000.
Five republicans and one Independents
candidate were elected to the house of
delegates. The other % members
elected are democrats. The demo-
Gratis elected their six candidates for
the city council.
Ohio Election.
Cincinnati, April 7.-While the re-
publicans had material gains in the
municipal elections in Ohio yester-
day they did not secure many changes
in the administration of the cities.
The republicans retained control of
Cincinnati, and the democrats of
Cleveland, and Samuel NJ. Jones was
elected as an independent for tho
fourth time as mayor of Toledo.
Michigan Election.
Detroit, Mich, April 2. - The re-
publicans yesterday elected their
state ticket by majority estimated
at between $4,000 and 10000. The
ticket is as follows: For Justice of
the supreme court, Judge Frank A.
Hooker, of Charlotte; regents of the
state university, Peter White, Of
Marquette, and Loyal E. Knappen, Of
Grand Rapids.
Result In Kansas.
Topeka, Kan, April 9. Returns
from all the towns in Kansas which
held elections Tuesday disclose the
fact that the vote in favor of en-
forcing the prohibition law is the
most Overwhelming in the history
of the state. A special effort was
made by the opponents of prohibi-
ton to make good showing at this
election, and thus pave the way for
resubmission campaign two years
from now. Only six towns of any
Importance in the state voted in ia
vor of liberal policy toward the
saloons.
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