Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-03
BUSSE CARRIES CHICAGO
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fully the ordinances passed by the city
council over the veto OF Mayor Dunno.
More than anything else, the vote in
Chicago today means that the sentiment
Of the majority Of our people in the second
largest city in the United States Is opposed
to William r. Hearst and all the "isms"
that he has sought to thrust upon the
community. It Is clean cut victory for
sane, safe and conservative institutions.
that they are to be trusted with the settle
ment OF ell great questions such as have
confronted them in this election. They
plugged. 1 was confident from the begin
ming that, right would preyail-that the
community would resent In q forcible man
ner the outbursts of an outsider who had
his own personal ambitions entirely in
The tight for the Improvement Of the
local fractions systems has been going on
tnaly puts the people IN sight s Of tRe
10 bring about improved conditions as
10 opt take a personal part in the Campaign
and regret that 1t at any time assumed
either sds had snyss o H Ss iiHs
Of that description.
President COnEratulates Chicago.
! WARRINGTON, April 2,--When informed
Of the election of Mr.. Busse as mayor OF
Chicago, President Roosevelt made this
statement: II am exceedingly pleased at
Mr.. Buses victory. During his service
as postmaster Mr.. Cortelyou and l grew
to feel that he possesses to a very marked
| degree administrative ability. I believe
he viii make an excellent mayor Of Chi
cago and heartily congratulate the city"
President Roosevelt also sent a telegram
| OF congratUlation to Mayor-elect ,Busse,
the text of which was not given out
Women OmciaIs In Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 2-D. E. Cor
nell, republican, was elected mayor Of Kan
sas City, Kan, today over w. W. Rose,
democrat. and John Gray, socialist. by a
plurality OF about one thousand.
The socialist vote was light but the vote
| for the other two tickets was unusually
heavy or the 1900 votes cast fully one
third were the ballots of women voters,
and large majority of the women voted
for Cornell.
A feature of the election was the can
didaoy Of Miss Pierra Farrow, republican,
and Miss Avis b. Chadbourn, democrat,
for the ofioe of city treasurer. Miss Far
row was elected.
William Green. republican, was elected
mayor OF Topeka by a plurality Of about
1900. The entire republican ticket with the
exception of one member of the city council
was elected.
Peter Everhardy, democrat. against whom
custer proceedings by the state authorities
are pending for alleged failure to enforce
the liquor law, was reelected mayor OF
| Leavenworth.
Elections were held in the smaller cities
OF Kansas today, the eIssues being local,
| Where the issue was enforcement OF the
prohibitory liquor law the temperance peo-
pie generally won. the women coming to
/ 81 y,oIIe IN larga nuunhara
In Newton, Kan. woman was elected
city treasurer.
Republican GnIns I'm Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, Okl.. April 2.-Returns from
Oklahoma and Indian Territory indicate
sweeping gains for the republicans. In
Guthrie the entire republican city ticket
was elected by small majorities, ex-Gov-
ernor C. NJ. Barnes being the mayoralty
candidate. The democrats OF Oklahoma
city claim the election OF practically the
entire ticket. The republican tickets were
successful in Enid. Shawnee, Kingfisher
Tulsa, l. t.; Chickasha. l. T., and okmul-
gee, l. T., while Lawton, Hobart and Nor
man returned reduced democratic maJori.
ties In many towns sentiment towards
the constitution was merged with local
issues.
Republicans win in wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE,, April 2.-Justice r. d
Marshall. republican. appears to be re-
elected TO the supreme court over Henry
seudder OF Marinette. The returns ar,
lclose. Local questions we're issues I'm mos
OF the city elections.
Racine voted for municipal ownership Of
the water plant and Kenosha for muniel.
pal ownership OF the lighting plant
Humphrey n. Reappointed.
WASHINGTON. April A-The president
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