Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-04
TON JOHNSON IN LANDSLIDE
Traction Complications Pull Down
Entire Ticket but One.
STATE IS soL1DLY REPUBLICAN
DR.. Louis schwab Elected Mayor Of
Cincinnati and G. o. r. wins in
Many mailer Cities-whit-
lock f. Successful.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 3.-The official knell
OF Tom L. Johnson, four times mayor Of
Cleveland was rung early this morning.
After working all night the board of cleo
ton Commissioner announced that in his
fifth mayoralty campaign, johnson had
been defeated by Herman c. Baehr.
with one precinct missing at Z a. m,
the eturns gave Johnson 81 co., Baehr a 2sj.
with Johnson went to defeat the entire city
ticket except N. d. Baker, city solicitor,
who was reelected and the new council
will be strongly republican in aspect.
WEAKNESS of the public over the long
delays in getting a definite and satisfac-
tory traction settlement is credited largely
with Johnson's defeat. He. however. de-
clared the issue to be Just tax values, and
his strength even in defeat is shown by
Of the d~ecennial board OF assessors Of real
property, out of a possible five.
johnson Decides Fares.
One anomaly Of the new situation is that
the street railway question viii be perma-
nently settled before Mayor Johnson re-.
linquishes the mayoralty.
The rate Of fare. to be 3 cents at first
and never greater than 8 cents for a cash
fare or seven tickets for 25 cents, has al
ready been agreed to between the city and
the railway owners. Detailed terms Of
the franchise also nave been settled and
there remains for Judge Taylor only the
work of fixing the value of the railway
property, upon which the G per cent earn
ings are TO be computed. The earnings
never to exceed 6 per CEN and any sur
plus shall be used in lettering the service,
A city ordinance embodying all of these
features will be passed by the present city
council within the next month Then will
follow the referendum vote on the fran.
chise. Past elections indicate that the
public is friendly to the proposed contract.
The total vote announced by the board
of elections gives Baehr 41,442. Johnson 81, 7o9
and John G. Miller, the socialist, 1883.
Republicans Win fl State.
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 2.-The defeat of
Mayor Tom L. Johnson in his fifth cam
paign for mayor of Cleveland was the
chief event in the municipal elections held
in Ohio today. In conceding his defeat
Mayor Johnson announced that he would
be again a candidate two years hence.
AS the issues generally were of a local
or personal nature, the campaigns we're
mostly marked with apathy. In Cincinnati
the republican ticket headed by DIR. Louis
Schwab won, although the democrats made
a determined fight on the issue of taxa
ton, charging the republican administra-
ton with gross extravaganza in the con-
duct Of civic affairs.
AT a late hour, Columbus and Hamilton
were conceded to nave been carried by the
republicans.
In Toledo, Brand Whitlock won, accord
ing to incomplete returns, but by a re-
duced majority.
Herman Baehr, the first republican to be
elected mayor of Cleveland in ten years,
declared that his election was due to dis
satisfaction. Of the people with the meth
DDS Of handling city business.
The mayor, in cohceding his defeat, an
nounced that he will be a candidate for
mayor two years hence. Rumors that he
would remove to New York were denied
by his friends, but johnson did not COM
ment on them.
The election Of Baehr is believed to mean
a certain settlement of the long street rail-
way war which Johnson began eight years
ago, when he demanded a Scent fare.
BaehT has pledged himself to a settlement
on the basis Of a 6 per cent return on the
stock of the Cleveland Railway company,
all earnings over that to go to the reduc-
ton of fare and the Improvement of serv-
ice. The company has accepted these
terms and Mayor Johnson has tentatively
done so, reserving the right to fight the
settlement al a referendum election.
owing to the fact that five separate bal
lots had to be cast by each e%lector, Judges
we're slow in counting and official returns
were much delayed.
Result In other Cities.
COLUMBUS, o.. Nov. 2.-Mayors were
elected as follows I'm Ohio cities:
Athens-C. w. Vaughten, independent.
Bucyrus-E, j. SongeT, democrat.
Canton-A. r. Turnbull, democrat.
Akron-William A. Sawyer, democrat.
Chillicothe-Wallace Yaple, democrat.
Cincinnati-Loui Schwab, republican.
Circleville-C. G.. Duffy, democrat.
observation-disclosures c. Baehr, republican.
Defiance-C. +. Chenevert, democrat.
Observation-Disclosures Brown, republican
Galion-H. II. Hartman, democrat.
Jackson-1ohn Clark. democrat.
Mount Vernon-C. A. Mitchell, republican.
Painsville-J. b. Burrows, republican.
SteuhenYille-T w. Porter, republican.
T~OledO-Brand WhitlOCk iDdeDendent