Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-11-15
Overwhelming Victory for Tam.
many in New York.
TOM JOHNSON WINS.
Cleveland Mayor REFLECTED in Hard
Fight with Burton.
ILLINOIS COUNTIES 60 DRY"
American Party Successful in Salt
Lake City. ~ a'22

Z New York-Hearst- Republican alli-
ance beaten by Tammany.
Cleveland Ohio-Johnson defeats
! Roosevelt's candidate, Burton assures
3-cent car fare.
: Salt Lake City, Utah-Mormonism hit
by election of Bransford anti-Mormon
Mayor. f d.
San Francisco Anti-graft element
wins in election of Acting Mayor Taylor
and District Attorney Langdon, graft
prosecutor. s..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. elect Wilson
Governor, switching State from Demo
cratic column.
Toledo, Ohio-Open-town platform
elects Brand Whitlock independently
Mayor. E.
Columbus, Ohio-Republicans elect
Bond Mayor, defeating Duncan, who de-
clared for "lid."
Cincinnati, Ohio-Markbreit, Republi-
can, elected Mayor, city returning to Re
publican Leader Cox's control.
acknowledgements elect Crothers
Governor.
Observation-Disclosures elect justice of
Supreme Court.
Rhode Island-Democrats r~e-elect Gov.
Higgins.
Pennsylvania - Sheath, Republican,
elected State Treasurer. @
New Jersey-Katzenbach, Democrat,
elected Governor.
Notwithstanding regain control
of Legislature.
Much Importance properly is attach.
ed to the results Of Tuesdays cleo
tons, Notwithstanding the fact that
they We're limited to a few States and
a number Of cities. With some eNcep-
tons, the voters showed a full appre-
citation Of the issues presented to them
Tom johnson has been elected mayor
of Cleveland for the fourth time,
though by a reduced plurality, eve the
Republican candidate, Congressman
Burton. Though the traction issue
was kept to the front in the campaign,
doubtless the general results of Mayor
Johnson's efforts to improve and broad.
en- the scope of the municipal service
had much to do with his success. His
notable victory, together with the strik'
~ lhS oClSoI IL IL IVA ~
ticket in New York, brings Johnson
conspicuously to the front in Demo
cratic national politics,
The reform candidates won q splen.
did victory in San Francisco. District
Attorney Langdon is reelected and
will continue his work of prosecuting
grafters of high and low degree. II
Salt Lake the American party has
overthrown the mormon element, thus
%loosenins the strange hold Of the
church on Utah politics. An important
development was the desertion Of the
church candidates by thousands OF
mormon voters, who do not desire
longer to mix politics with their relig.
ion.
Kentucky has elected Wilson, Re
publican, for Governor. Not since Tay.
lor was unseated after the murder Of
Goebel has that State had a Republi.
can executive. Maryland apparently
demonstrated the effectiveness Of its
law to smother the negro vote by elect.
ing a Democratic governor over the
Republican candidate. Rhode Island
has reelected it's Democratic governor,
Higgins, but it's peculiar election laws
have permitted it to return another
strong Republican legislature.
BY no means the least striking feat.
ure Of the election was the sweeping
success Of prohibition in Illinois dis
tricts which took advantage of the
new local-option law to vote On the
question of saloons. The results prove
that the people in many parts of the
Of liquor selling.
Issues Voted On.
Pennsylvania-State treasurer.
New Jersey-Liberal Governor elected
Rhode acknowledgements and State off.
GERS.
acknowledgement and State Off.
GERS.
Utah-Municipal officials; Mormon
ism an issue.
Kentucky-voters show preference for
local option law.
Acknowledgements Court justice
other State officials.
Observation-Disclosures elections graft
issue in San Francisco.
New York-County judges and sheriff
Republicans and fusicnists combined.
Virginia-General Assembly, county,
and eight district congressional tickets
out.
Ohio-Cincinnati, Columbus and To
ledo elect Mayors favoring liberal saloon
policy.
Deiaware-Two districts of State pro
hibit sale of liquor; one favors it; one
in doubt.
observation-disclosures n State
officers ten tickets resulting from Whit.
ney-Bartlett controversy; railroad mer.
ger issue.
ILlinois-Eight counties out of seven
teen voting are completely against licens.
ing Saloons. Prohibitionists win in many
districts of other counties.
Mississippi-Noer, Democratic Govern
or, fayoring prohibition, had no opposi-
ton.
Notes Of Current Events.
London, according to the census, haa
| just passed the 100000 mark.
The last friend Of Byron, the poet, has
! just died at Darlinghurst, New South
Wales. She was Mrs. Catherine Crum-
mer, the widow of a Waterloo veteran,
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