The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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s|E1Trr1oNs IN MANY CITIES.
III Municipal elections in several states
Monday and Tuesdnytdl not result In any
striking party changes.
" Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago. was re-
elected as q Democrat on tho platform
"A OF municipal ownership With q plurality
tofS og4S over Graeme Stewart. Republi-
iCan.3 5S Il Z y r, 5sfi5 4 s5gt WI Il Ia
il III ohios principle cities the honors
4 were divided. Thomas L. Johnson being
reelected MayorSof Cleveland and ]" old
lon Rule Jones" as Mayor Of Toledo.
while the Republicans Of Cincinnati
x elected their candidate, F7cischmann, as
"A Mayor over Neville II. ingalls,, president
Of the Big -Four. who was u Fusion cam
didntc. Johnson thus becomes the uc-
II knowledged head OF the Democratic ma \
chine and Is expected to be It's candidate
q for & overhor. Other Ohio towns won't
1sepubllcan. as usual. ~. ~ ga 3i
Michigan went Republican BY about 4o.-
900 on y the vote for Supreme Court JUS
tlce and university regents. X
y St. Louis was carried by the Democrats
4 on q local ticket which lnsures a rebuke
TO tho House of Delegates "rlng."s53s
Baltimore's electoral primaries under
the now law resulted In the nomination
Oi the regular organizations choice for
& Mayor. Robert NJ. McLane @and the re-
tlrement Of Mayor Hayes. This was u
a victory for Senator Gorman's political
4 machine. }is n III
IN Montana the Democrats carried Hcl-
i ena and Patrick Mulens. the Heinze anti
II trust Democratic candidate. was elected
Mayor OF Butte, likewise Omaha. Kansas
II City, Kan. elected I. 3. Gilbert, Re-
NJ tcn in nr m ~ Tori
Z Mayor is Dan#Anthony. Independent,#a
nephew OF Susan B. Anthony.
n PROHIBITION LAW REPEALED.
a BILL repeating the prohibition law In
\ New Hampshire, which has been In
force for forty-elght years. has been
passed by the legislature and Governor
2 Bachelor. It provides for salaricd
State license committee with power to
Il issue licenses. Tho towns ire to decide
4 byylocal option II saloons are wanted.
y HILL ATTACKS ROOSEVELT.
s593 a sharp attack on the record OF Presl-
II dent Roosevelt was made by Ex-senator
David b. Hill In arguing for the corpora
tons In the franchise tax cases before
1sfA Court OF ppcals at Albany, Tues
Cay. He charged that while Mr.. Roose-
welt was Governor of New \ ork he was
Z responsible for the State assessment pro-
ID vision purely rs political ex diency. "
i PTIILADBLPHIA's RESCUER.
The new Republican Mayor OF Philadel-
q phia, John Weaver. who was inaugurated
\! Monday is disappointing the machine
leaders and pleasing the reform element
$ by taking an aggressive stand against cv-
eryfo OF corruption In the Government
n OF the city. iii
4 PRESIDENT IN YELLOWSTONE.
s President Roosevelt entered the yell
81 1owBtonc Park. "Wednesday, in rough
riding outfit with John Burroughs, the
II author-naturalist,E as his only companion.
leaving behind at Cnnabar. Mont the
restsof the presidential party. In the
v Businesses OF the big forest preserve the
President expects to remain for two
weeks studying the wild animals mails and en-
Il jOying complete rest. 8 Camps at diff
ferent localities for his use have been
s. established. IL q s
5i5& During his trip across Dakota, after
4 leaving the twin cities, the Presidents
b most important utterance was In defense
"A OF the American army in the PHILIPPINES.
4 Ie declared that President McKinley's
promises for the Fliplnos had been full
q filled and praised the work OF Gov. Taft.
! His Sioux Falls speech dealt with the
4 wage worker and the tiller OF the soil
e whose problems he regarded as the most
important OF all. Prior to this. In his
Milwaukee speech. referring to antitrust
Is LEGISLATION he took a somewhat apolo-
{ Eotic tone, saying that Congress "A had
gone about as far as 1t could In y this
direction. VI III tr
Il GEN cORBINs SOCIAL sNUB.
Politics and personalities have resulted
{ N the refusal OF the Metropolitan Club.
OF Washington the most exclusive or
garrizntion of prominent men in the
country. to admit to membership Gen.
Corbin, notwithstanding that his name
was backed by Secretary Root and all
n the Influence OF the Administrative n.j The
Y CLUB governors have not # filed VIZ any
charges against Corbin but based their
II objections on personal dislike. Army and
f1avy officers who belong to the club are
said to resent this action as slight to
+ The service. FL ,3A
IA sTATE4PAID LOBBY.
4. The fact has leaked out that the State
Of New York. through the action Of It's
lunacy commission, has had q paid lob
y byist at Washington during the recent
Kession OF Congress. For helping to
/ bring about tho passage of the bill for
{he deportat ton OF allen lunatics at2New
z York the Commission paid Goodwin
Brown $1,000. rs I; y ~
ADD CITY ELECTIONS
All 4 over Kansas tho town elections
resulted in favor Of enforcing the pro-
hibition law 5i n. ISL Ms
s3 The baltimore Republican organization
< was surprised to find that Congressman
Wachter. an independent candidate for
Mayor was nominated, This seems to
proye that direct primaries cannot be
controlled by party! machines,
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