Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
Former Lieutenant Gov
ern0r Beaten With Re-
form Movement.
OFFICE TO DEMOCRAT
Other Illinois Cities Pick Exec
utiveS-ReSuItS in Other
States.


will continue to be wide open town
for another two years unless the local
optionists have better success next
spring than the republican law nd or
der candidate had in the city election
yesterday. Former Lieutenant Cover
nor Lawrence Y. Sherman fell a victim
to defeat at the hands of the liberal
element, aided by Dick" Sullivan, de
posed boss of the present city admin
istration
John S. Schnepp, the democratic can
didate, who ran upon his personality
and without any specific platform, re
ceived a plurality over Sherman of
241 votes incidentally Rev. BILLY"
Sunday, who has conducted a monster
revival here for five weeks, goes to
defeat with Sherman. 1t is one of the
first defeats recorded against Mr.. Sun
day since he entered the field in Illi-
nois.
Had Won Elsewhere.
Prior TO the local option elections a
year ago Sunday conducted revivals in
several of the best towns throughout
the state and many of them were voted
dry" in consequence, Decatur and
Jacksonville being among the number,
while Bloomington escaped by only a
few votes.
Sherman pledged himself to close the
saloons at midnight and keep them
closed over Sunday. Schnepp lodged
the saloon issue. In the main the q
600 negro votes in the city went to
Schnepp and helped to make him a
winner with the votes of the saloon
keepers and the believers in wide
open town.
woodruff Wins mt Peoria.
PEORIA H., April AT the munich
pal elections the republican ticket, with
one or two minor exceptions, was elect
ed Former Mayor f. N. Woodruff sue
ceeds Mayor Thomas O'Conner, win
ming by a plurality of 1900. The com
plexion of the city council has been
changed enHrely; Seven republicans
and one Independent republican were
- elected, making the council stand nine
republicans, one Independent and si1
democrats.
Sanderson at -GnIesburE.
Galesburg, H., April 7.-Galesburs
held its first election yesterday undel
the general registration law, and i
resulted in a decisive victory for th'
peoples party ticket headed by George
Sanderson for mayor. His pluralit!
was 5S2 Church people generally sup
ported Sanderson, an dhe also had th
support of the labor element being
member of labor union and clerk il
a union hotel.
Anti-Hopkins Ticket Victorious.
Aurora, H., April 7.-The people
independent, the anti-HOpkins ticket
won out in a hot town election yestel
day by over 1000 votes, William {
Flanagan defeating Frank Biever, car
didate for town clerk on the Hopkin
ticket, by 1850 votes. The Hopkin
ticket was known as the republica
ticket, and the former senator and hi
workers made an effort to recoup thei
fortunes after the disastrous shown
in the primaries last August, when Nj
Hopkins lost his ZONE town
Republican Carries Freeport.
Freeport, H., AprI Wv. T. Raw
leigh, republican, Was elected mayo
yesterday over Louis Bauscher, DEM
crat, by an estimated majority of Il
out of total vote of 4.077 He wi
be the first republican mayor sine
1901.
Democrats Win i'm Quincy.
Quincy, ILL.,, April John II. Bes
republican, yesterday was defeated f'
reelection for mayor by John Stei
bach, democrat, by 95S. Steinbach hs
been mayor for 10 years prior to h
defeat by Best two years ago.
Republican Wins at st. Louis.
st. Louis. Mo-. April by m
jority of IL ,0O0 Frederick Kreisman
republican, was elected mayor yeste
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