Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

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Ohio.
In New York Mcclellan was re-elect-
ed Mayor by a plurality of 5000 over
Hearst. Jerome defeats Osborne for
District Attorney by about 1877.
The Good Government ticket was
elected in Philadelphia by $1,000. The
great reform wave carries in Democrat
ic State Treasurer.
John NJ. Pattison, Democrat. will be
the next Governor of Ohio. and his par
ty associates on the State ticket have
also been elected. The Democrats
carried Cincinnati, and Tom Johnson
was reelected Mayor of Cleveland.
The entire Republican ticket was
elected in Massachusetts,. Guild by 49,
4 600 and Draper by 1000.
4 Gov. Utter, Republican,, was re-elect-
) ed iii Rhode Island By 9 slightly in
creased plurality over DR.. Garvin.
4 Virginia is Democratic by a reduced
q majority.
Il In New Jersey the Republicans were
III successful in the main.
81 Bookwalter, Republican,, was elected
q Mayor of indianapolis.
81 Louisville went Democratic.
Schmitz, the Union Labor Mayor of
San Francisco, was reelected.
n Bridgeport and Ansonia, in Connec-
4 ticut. defeated their Democratic admin
istrations.
The DISTINGUISHING amendment in
"a Maryland was defeated.
n The States are gradually abo!ishing
the "off-year' elections, regarding
them as so much waste Of energy and
/ money. AS q rule the people are apa-
small. This year, however, was a
striking exception. The State and local
campaigns just ended aroused the
keenest interest, chiefly on account of
the prominence of the issue of good
government versus corrupt boss rule.
1t is a remarkable fact that directly
or indirectly every local election turn
ed On the question Of graft, while he
State elections involved issues that
afforded unusual scope to the exercise
Of independence.
Governors were elected in Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Ohio, Virginia and
Georgia. Some States elected new
| Legislatures. Maryland voted on the
! German constitutional amendment de-
1 signed to disfranchise cOlored men,
but which was so drawn as to threat
en- tens of thousands of white citizens.
The notable county and municipal con-
tests were those of New York. Phil
adelphia, Cincinnati, Cleveland and
San Francisco.
Interest was almost wholly conferred
in the struggles made in the munici-
p~alities. There party lines were not
closely drawn, but graft, bossism, mu-
nicipal ownership and other kindred
issues which have absolutely III rela-
tionship to national party platforms
were put to the test. The principal
fight, which attracted more attention
throughout the country than any sim
liar contest in this generation and
which almost approached a presiden-
tial election in interest, vas that of
Jerome in New York, with the Hearst
effort to get into the mayoralty upon a
semi-Socialist platform scarcely sec
ond. a5 a>. 81
In Massachusetts the leading issue
has been tariff revision, though "cor-
poration influence" in legislation has
been a prominent charge banded by
the candidates.
- In Rhode Island constitutional re-
form and popular versus corporate rule
were the issues. The Democratic can
didate for Governor was DR.. Garvin,
former Governor, and the Republican.
nominee was Governor Utter, who IA
yored conservative organic changes.
In Ohio Governor Herrick was OPP
] posed by John NJ. Pattison, and each
/ appealed to the independent voter.
\ Boss Cox of Cincinnati has been au
issue in the campaign, but Taft and
other influential Republicans advised
scratching.
That the Republicans would poll a
much smaller vote than usual In Ohio
had been known for several weeks, but
the extent of the decrease is a sur
prise that will keep the politicians
busy explaining for some time to come.
Last rear Ohio gave Roosevelt a plu-
rality OF 255,OOO. Its plurality for Nc
sKinley in 1900 was about 10000 and
for Herrick two years g $4,000.
This year this stronghold Of Republican
ism was first placed in the doubtful
column on the strength of early re-
turns. The Democrats, however, won
Pattison's election by a good plurality.
Tom johnson has been reelected in
Cleveland, and in Cincinnati, the homo
of Boss Cox, a Democrats mayor is
elected.
In Georgia and Virginia corporate ton
control has been made the issue, but
the reciprocal charges have been
vague and general. In Maryland many
Democrats opposed German
In Philadelphia the City party, re-
enforced by the Democratic organtza-
ton, fought the Durham ring and gov
ernment for and by looters. In Cleve-
land Mayor johnson ran for another
term. and his opponent, Boyd, made
charges OF spoil and graft. In San
Francisco there was fusion against
Mayor Schmitz, the labor candidate.
Early reports indicate that the vot-
ers disnlayed remarkable independence