The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
ELECTION RESULTS
FROM SEVEN STATES
Municipal Officers Chosen in Illinois,
Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Me-
braska, Colorado and Arkansas
Liquor the Issue at Many Places.

Chicago.-The Republicans seem to
have carried most of the cities and
| towns in Illinois at the municipal cleo
lions Tuesday. Local option was an
issue in several places and the "drys"
won in majority.
In Chicago Isaac N. Powell (Rep.)
was elected city treasurer; Francis D..
Connery (Dem.) was elected city clerk.
| Eighteen Republicans and 18 Demo-
Gratis were elected aldermen. Control
of the new council was safely vested In
the respectable element of that body,
and the gray wolves were beaten badly
| in their scheme to grab off the council
organization.
| The proposal to levy special tax
| for the establishment of a tuberculosis
| sanitarium was carried by a tremen-
dous majority.
| Springfield, ILL.,, l.. Y. Sherman
was defeated for mayor of Springfield
by Attorney John S. Schnepp (Dem.)
by plurality of 300 votes. The con-
test was one of the fiercest in the city's
history.
Harry Hofferkamp (Dem.) defeated
former comptroller Joseph Zimmerman
for city treasurer by 1900 votes. City
Clerk j. Emil Smith (Rep.) won over
st. John Campbell (Dem.) by large
plurality. City Attorney Roy Seeley
was reelected over w. K. Zewadski
(Dem.).
Quincy, III. - John A. Steinbach
(Dem), was elected mayor over the
present mayor, John H. Best (Rep.),
by a plurality of 958. The Democrats
elected their straight city and town
tickets, with the possible exception of
alderman in the Fourth ward.
Bement, Ill.-In the township cleo
ton the full Republican ticket was
elected. The proposition for levying
a tax to build hard roads was defeated,
27b to 1877.
Moline, Ill.-Andrew Olson, Peoples
candidate, was reelected mayor by a
majority of 300 votes over City Clerk
G.. G. Carlson (Rep.). Republicans
elected five aldermen and the Peoples
party two.
Spirited Election at kewanee.
Kewanee, HIN spirited TOWNSHIP
election Hugh Hill was elected super
visor; Elijah Storey assistant super
visor; Theodore Cronau, clerk; Law
renee Cavanaugh, assessor; Fred Rich
ards, collector; Edward Golden, high
way commissioner; Robert G. Moore
school trustee; N. ]. Demerath ant
S. D. Burge, library directors; al
winners are Republicans. A PROPOSE
ton for hard roads tax was defeated.
Decatur, Ill.-The local optionist:
lost their third straight bout in the
township election. They were beate1
in the township primary and in thu
city primary and again yesterday. Thu
wet" Republican township ticket wol
by majorities ranging from 600 to 300
The "dry" Republicans, having failet
to nominate their men in the primary
l,lted the ticket, but all they could d
was to cut down the majority.
Republicans Increase Majority.
Fairbury, Ill.-The Republican tickle
was elected in Indian Grove by an ir
creased majority. The following wer
J. chosen: Supervisor, ]. w. Mcdowell
clerk, G. B. Gordon; assessor G. "
y Bennett; collector, Robert Roberts
y commissioner, George B. Crouch.
Marion, Ill-Township elections i
;. Williamson county were held on pa
= tisan lines. The reports show Repu]
n lican majorities with little chang
h from former results in the county.
!. Peoria, 1ll.-The Republicans sweI
Peoria in the municipal election an
h with the exception of city attorne,
9 elected their ticket. Former Mayo
4 E. N. Woodruff defeated Mayor O'Col
nor by majority of about 1900.
a Jerseyville, Ill.--In the municip
# election Jerseyville voted "dry" by Is
e majority.
Bloomington, Ill.-The townsh
ID elections throughout Mclean count
in showed Republican gains. Bloolnin
ton township going solidly Republic;
s. by pluralities averaging 500, while tt
re Republicans retain control of tt
board of supervisors. The local O
Il. ton issue did not come up anywhe
ID in this county.
is Macomp, Ill-John M. Keefer, r
N publican, defeated Thomas J. Dudma
Citizen, for mayor by majorities of l.
Two Indiana Counties "Wet."
I'd indianapolis, Ind.-The local Opt
wave which has been sweeping
as diana dashed up against the Blackfo
al and Cass county barriers Tuesday a
n. received a setback which breaks t
great string of victories for the ar
N saloon cause.
Both BlacEford and Cass count
20 indicated a preference for the rel
to larly licensed saloons, and go on r
ord with Wayne county for the wet
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