The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-05


/ board. The Republicans also elected
/ their police Judge, city treasurer and
treasurer of the board of education.
AT WELLINGTON.
W. Il. Savage was elected mayor at
/ the city election here over s. H. Thorn
as, the present incum bent, the Republi-
can nominee; George 7. Pitts, independ-
ent, and John Hinchcliffe, SOCIALIST
( Savage's plurality over Thomas was b.
/ The regular Republican nominees for
all the other offices were elected with
/ out opposition except in the Fifth ward,
! where Wyatt, Independent beat Bar
nard, Republican, by 26-
AT HORTON.
I At the city election held here the en-
I tire Republican ticket was elected with
/ the exception of two cOuncilmen and
one member of the school board. W.
4 G. Kelley, Republican candidate for
mayor. was elected by majority of 22S
| out of a, total vote Of 968, the first Re
publican victory in the history of the
town where party lines were drawn.
AT HUTCHINSON.
The present city administration,
/ headed by Mayor J. p. Harsha, was
reelected by majorities ranging up to
400 Harsha carried five wards and
! AfcCandless one. All of the admins
tration councilmen and the members
of the school board We're elected by
/ good majorities. The people stood by
/ the administration in its attempt 70
pave the streets and prevent the over
flow of Cow creek.
AT EMPORIA.
o. B. HardcastIe, Republican was
I elected mayor by PA majority. In
the last few days the contest has de-
veloped into wet and dry" cam
paign and the election is dry VIC
/ tory A feature of the election was
i the heavy vote of the women, who
cast more votes than al any previous
! election and in the First ward out
voted the men.
/ A
Party lines were not drawn in the
/ city election. Most Of the candidates
on the Citizens ticket were elected.
/ including John r. FOrdyce for mayor;
/ W. Robinson, for police judge, and A.
Hamlin, for treasurer. The police
I judge-elect is 70 years old and his OPP
pOnent was %. The vote was light
I Few women voted
AT OTTAWA.
Incomplete returns from the four
wards show the election Of Halloren,
I Democrat, for mayor by 125 over
Atkinson. Republican A large vote
was polled, and extreme interest was
shown in the issue of municipal own
ership of waterwOrks. Hanoren is the
present mayor. The entire council is
Republican.
At ARKANSAS CITY.
The city election here was quiet,
but large vote was cast M n. Sin
mott Independent candidate for mayor,
| was reelected by a plurality of less
/ than 200. with four candidates in the
field Republican counciImen were
elected in every ward.
AT Ell DORADO.
A. J. Holderman. on the Citizens
| ticket, defeated z. n. Smith, Improve
ment, for mayor by about 300 ma
jority. The police Judge, school treas
urer, city treasurer and members Of
( the board of education were elected on
the Citizens ticket.
AT CLAY. CENTER.
MT
| W. Hanna, on an Independent ticket
! carried all the wards over Ernest
/ Pinkerton, Republican, by a majority
of 21S votes Victor Anderson Re
publican, defeated W. G. Meals. Ed
IHartWen, independent, carried the
Third ward for councilman against w.
/ c. Williams, Republican, while DR.. G..
/ A. Tull. Republican, in the Third ward
carried it over Henry Smith. independ-
! ent. for the board of education.
The issue was the granting of an
electric light franchise to Williamson
& Co. by the incoming mayor and city
! council without first submitting it to
a vote of the people. Hanna ran for
mayor four years ago and was de-
( feated by p votes.
AT JUNCTION CITY.
| In the city election the Liberal tick
/ ct was the only ticket on the ballot.
( DR.. W. F. O'Donnell was elected may
or; H Z. Pratt. police judge; T. B.
J Il
treasurer Of the school board.
AT GIRARD.
At the city election G. H Burnett
! Republican, was elected mayor by 142
/ plurality over W. II. Ryan, late Demo-
cratic candidate for congress, and the
/ entire Republican ticket elected by
pluralities ranging from 314 to 533
AT GREAT BEND.
The complete Republican city ticket
was elected here. The bond issue be-
fore the citizens for the second time
was again defeated. Republicans Won
in all the wards except one where an
independent alderman was elected
AT ABILENE.
H. L Humphrey was elected mayor
only one ticket was in the field Third
class city mayors chosen: Solomon,
/ W 7. Harris; Enterprise, Oscar Latto:
Hope A. W. Farnham; Chapman, P.
L. Jennings.
AT HOLTON-
Only one ticket was in the field. and
no issue was at stake. w D. Kuhn
was elected mayor. The proposition
TO issue $4,000 bonds for the new
nigh school building carried
AT COLUMBUS
/ Inc Republicans elect all the civ Of
metals by an average aioritv of 81 ev-
cepr IN the First ward, where the Dem
ocrats elected one councilman and one
member of the school board.
AT BELOIT
/ Mayor w. H. Mitchell was elected for
Inc third consecutive time without