Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-08
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MIXED
Local Option in Illinois, Kansas City
Democratic, Tacoma Republican.

Democratic, Tacoma Republican.
CHICAGO, April Sin the local
option elections held by 1900 town
ships in "a counties of Illinois out
side of the city of Chicago yesterday
20 counties became absolutely anti
saloon territory and approximately
1900, or about one-half, of the total
number of saloons in that territory
were voted out Of business. Most of
the cities in the state, however, voted
in favor of licensing saloons. The
largest cities voting in favor OF the
saloons are: Springfield, Freeport,
Aurora, Elgin, Sterling, Kankakee,
Lincoln. Monmouth, Bloomington,
Danvllle, Joliet, Murphysboro and
lock Island.
Those voting to abolish the saloon
were; Rockford, Decatur, Dixon,
Hopestown, Georgetown, Pontiac,
Shelbyville, Carbonate and Cham
payne. The following counties are
now absolutely anti-saloon territory,
so created by the voters today, in adj
dition to the six which voted last No
vember to abolish the dramshop:
Boone, Moultrie, Fayette, Hamilton,
Edgar, Clarke, Brown, Saline, Gal
latin. Douglas, Macon, Cumberland,
Plat, Shelby. Cole, White, Wayne
and Richland.
Republican Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash. April S.-After
the most exciting campaign In the
history of Tacoma the republicans
yesterday made clean sweep at the
polls, electing John w. Linck mayor;
Ray Freeland, treasurer; John F.
Meads. controller, and eight council
men, putting the republicans in com
plete control of the city government
for the first time in four years.
Mayor George p. Wright (demo-
craft was candidate for reelection
and was beaten by about 1000 votes.
Freeland ran away ahead of his
ticket and has about $500 majority.
Meads majority is about 23OO.
The republicans carried every ward
In the city and in the Third ward,
democratic stronghold, the republican
candidate for the council has over
800 majority. The council will now
stand ~ republicans, democrats
and | Independent.
Kansas City Is Democratic.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, April S.--All
but two of the candidates on the
democratic ticket, headed by Thomas
Crittenden Jr, for mayor, were sue
cessful in yesterdays election by a
majority of 1000 over the republican
ticket, headed by Mayor Henry NJ. n.
Beardslee. This is a change of $500
votes from the election of 1901.
Harry G. Kyle, republican, was elect
ed police judge and William j. Bach
er, republican, was elected city treas
urer.
The democrats will control both
houses of the new council. The plat
forms of both parties were much the
same on the chief issue. regulation of
public utilities through commission,
but the republicans insisted that the
corporations were supporting the
democratic ticket.
Mayor-elect Crittenden is pledged
to enforce the saloon laws, but during
the campaign he had the support of
the liquor interests, and Mayor
Beardslee was Endorsed by the minis
terial alliance.
Rose, Democrat. I'm Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. April s.
David S. Rose. the democratic candi-
date. was yesterday elected mayor of
Milwaukee by a plurality OF about
5000 votes over Emil Seidel. social
democrat. Thomas J. Pringle, the re-
publican candidate. ran over 1000 be-
hind Seidel. Roses election makes
him mayor of Milwaukee for the fifth
time. He was defeated two years