Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-05
with garbling and distorting his cam
paign speeches.
Republicans Own Cincinnati.

Republicans Own Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov BIN Tues
days Cincinnati municipal election the
Republicans reversed the heavy major
ity given Gov. Harmon last November
and elected II Y entire city ticket headed
by DIR. Loui5 Schwab for mayor The
Republicans Were also successful in San
dusky, a Democratic stronghold, and
Columbus. Dayton reelected Dem
ocratic mayor, and in Canton, Akron and
Youngstown, candidates of that party
We're given pronounced majorities
Reform Opposition Loses
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov s.
Pennsylvania elected the Republican
candidates for state treasurer, auditor
general and judge of the supreme court
at Tuesdays election, and Philadelphia
overwhelmed the reform opposition re
the local Republican organization, elect
ing that party's entire county ticket by
a majority of more than $4,000 in one
of the heaviest votes ever polled in the
city.
The proposed amendments to the
state constitution abolishing spring elAc-
tons were generally ignored but were
adopted by varying maJorities. The ma
jority for the victorious ticket in the
state will reach nearly 100000.
The total vote in Philadelphia for dis
trict attorney on which office the fight
was made was Samuel p. Rotan, Repub-
lican. $40, 1873; D. c. Gibboney, Demo
crat and William Penn party, 100, 446;
L. J. Santamarie, Socialist, 2401. Ro-
tan's plurality, 1927.
Stober, Republican, for state treasur-
er. carried Philadelphia by 1O4.364 plu-
rality; Sisson, Republican. for auditor
general, carried the city by 1039J5. and
Judge Robert Won Moschzisker's plural
ity for supreme court judge over G.. La
Rue Munson, his Democratic opponent,
was 92.0G5.
Kentucky Is Democratic.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 3-Today
the Democratic party is in possession Of
nearly all its ancient heritage in Ken
| lucky. The next Legislature will be
! Democratic by over two-thirds majority
and able to pass any measure over the
! Republican governors veto. Late re-
turns give the Democrats twenty-six
senators, Republicans twelve; representa-
! tives, Democrats, siNty-nine; Republicans
twenty-seven, with four districts yet to
hear from. The new Legislature will
not choose a United States senator.
louisville was restored to the Demo-
| cratic fold by the election of w. O.
Head mayor, by nearly 2700 majority
With two exceptions, all the important
municipalities in the state have followed
suit.
G. o. P. in indianapolis.
D.
turns today from municipal elections held
in Indiana show that the majority of the
contests were won by the Democrats. al
though the Republicans were victorious
in some OF the larger cities where the
contests had been bitter Notable among
these were the election of Samuel Lewis
/ Shank, Republican, as mayor of Indian
apolis, and the election of the Republic
ans in Fort Wayne and Evansville.
Campaigns in most of the cities were
waged upon the law and order issue
which followed close upon operation of
the county local option law. In most
cases the more liberal element supported
the Democratic nominees.
Draper Wins and Loses.
BOSTON Mass, Nov. 3.-The Demo
Gratis of Massachusetts, were far more
gratifed IN looking over the results of
Tuesdays election today than the Re
pubicans, for while the latter succeeded
in keeping Gov. Eben S. Draper and
the rest of the state ticket in their pres
ent positions to win such a victory by
narrow margin of 5000 votes in a total
of 10000 was too close for comfort
Lieut.-Gov. Louis A. rockingham de-
feated his Democratic opponent Eugene
n Foss, by a little over 5000 votes Last
year Gov. Draper had plurality of over
10000, and Lieut.. Gov. rockingham
10000. The Democrats also made gains
in the Legislature, and today Ns some s''o Of
them went even so far as to predict a
defeat two years hence of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge.
Result in New Jersey.
TRENTON. n. j., Nov 3.-Late re-
turns from Tuesdays election in New
Jersey show that the next state Senate
will be consist of fifteen Republican
members and six Democrats and Assem-
bly, will have forty-three Republicans
and seventeen Democrats. This is 4 loss
of two for the Democrats in the Senate
and a gain of four for the Democrats in
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