Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-07
TOM JOHNSON ELECTED MAYOR OF i
CLEVELAND FOURTH TIME; DEFEATING
PRESIDENT ROOSEvtLT'S CANDIDATES
Congressmanz.Burton Made Strong Run
out Failed to Hold Out
Hearst.RepubIican fusion Deal Put to
Rout in. .-New York
Mormons Defeated by Unprecedented
Plurality. in Salt Lake City

New York, Nov. 6.-Returns from
che election throughout the country
snow the following results:
Massachusetts reflects the entire re-
publican ticket headed by Governor
curtis Guild, Jr.
Pennsylvania elects John o. Sheath,
republican, head Of the ticket, for
state treasurer. by a large majority.
Hearst Repudiated.
New York state elects Edward T.
Bartlett and Willard Bartlett, joint
candidates on the republican and DEM
0Cratic tickets for Justices of the
court of appeals, over the candidates
Of the independence league (Hears9.
New York city elects Tammany can
didates by considerable maiorities
oyer the independence Ieague-republI-
can fushiOn candidates.
New Jersey Close.
New Jersey Is claimed by both
sides. Early reports indicated a
plurality for Frank s. Katzenbach,
Jr, democrat, for governor, but later
returns show that John Fanklin Fort,
republican, is making large gains.
The democrats claim Katzenbachs
election, but Judge Fort does not
gOncede this and says the result Is
close.
Democrats Claim Maryland.
The Maryland contest for the gov
eUnorship is in doubt Conservative
estimates give Crothers, democrat,
for governor, a plurality of 5000 to
$780,
Rhode Island returns indicate the
re-eleCtion of Governor Higgins, demo-
2Cat.
In Mississippi e. F. Noel, for gov
ernOr. was elected without oppOsi-
ton. -
Kentucky in Doubt,
Kentucky returns indicate republi-
can gains, but whether they will be
sufficient to overcome the last demo
cratic majority is not yet evident.
In Nebraska. NJ. B. Reese, repubIi-
can, for supreme court, the most i'm
pOrtant state officer voted upon, is
elected.
johnson Was in Danger.
The majority contest in Cleveland
resulted in the election of Tom L.
Johnson, present mayor, over Con
gresham Burton. Early reports
showed Burton ahead, but later the
republican headquarters at Cleveland
conceded JohnsOn's election.
Mormons Badly Bumped.
The American Or anti-Mormon
party at Salt Lake City is estimated
to have the largest pluralities ever
given in that city.
At Toledo, Mayor Whitlock and the
entire independent ticket is elected.
Cincinnati elects Colonel Leopold
Markbreit, republican candidate, for
mayor.
Meagre returns from San Francisco
show that Taylor, the democrat and
good government candidate for mayor,
is leading, with the union labor candi-
date showing unexpected strength.
CONCEDE JOHNSONs VICTORY
AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTER
Cleveland, O., Nov 6.-Mayor Tom
l.. Johnson was reelected for the
fourth time mayor of Cleveland in a
hard fought battle in which the repub-
hoan ticket was headed by Congress
man Theodore Burton, chairman of
the house committee on rivers and
harbOrs
At midnight Chairman Baker of the
republican committee conceded the
election of johnson by 5000 plurality.
A the Johnson headquarters his ma
iority was placed as high as 5000.
At the republican headquarters Sec
rotary Roadway announced at 1910
that the reelection Of Mayor Johnson
was conceded. indications point to
the election o. ali the democratic nom
,nees for city offices, with possibly
ma ayoaD+iCr,