The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-04
This Fact Is Shown as a Re-
suit of the Returns Which
Came in Promptly From Ev-
Try Part of Indiana.
G. o. P. FAILED TO SHOW
ANY GREAT STRENGTH
However, the Result Looks
Good to Beveridge and
Showed That the Party Is
Rapidly Consolidating.
palladium Specially

(PallaOlum SpeClal)
Indianapolis, Nov. 4.-Generally it
takes a couple of days to size up the
result of elections held throughout the
state as they were last Tuesday, and
an understanding of the results and
effects of these elections are just be-
ginning to trickle through, even at
this time. Enough is known, however,
to show that the republicans did not
do very well and that the brewers
and their forces received some severe
jolts.
There were several bright spots in
the state, however, for the republi-
cans and Fort Wayne was one OF
them. There the republicans upset
the democratic organization and elect
ed almost the entire republican ticket
from mayor down. Jesse Grice was
elected mayor over Gus Schmidt, a
democrat who has been a perpetual Of
flee holder or office seeker in Fort
Wayne for years. Schmidt has the un-
divided support of Steve Fleming the
Fort Wayne brewer, and it is said
that the brewery influence was large
ly responsible for the defeat of
Schmidt and the rest of the demo-
Gratis.
indianapolis Situation.
indianapolis, however, gave the
brewers the worst beating that they
received anywhere in the state. In
this city they got behind Gauss the
democratic candidate and poured
many thousands of dollars into the
democratic campaign fund. They seiz-
ed the organization of the democratic
city committee and elected their own
man chairman. There was a good in
dication for about week that Gauss
was going to be elected because OF
the brewery activity and money. and
the further fact that Shank, the re-
publican candidate for mayor, was not
a satisfactory candidate to the bulk of
the republicans. The latter fact meant
that there would be large stay at
home republican vote that Shank
would lose. But last Saturday night
Senator Beveridge made a speech at
the closing meeting of the campaign
, and in it he appealed to the republi-
cans of the city to be sure to go to
the polls and vote on election day. He
pointed out that a democratic victory
1T the city election would probably
mean the election of solid demo-
cratic delegation from Marion county
in the next legislature and that this
would put the democrats in good line
to elect the next United States sena-
tor.
Credit to 1everidge.
This speech did the work and the
republicans all voted. The vote was
the largest ever cast in the city at a
city election, and the republicans won,
thus nipping in the bud whatever
hopes the democrats had that they
would be able to elect the Marion
county delegation in the next legisla-
ture. 1t looks now nike Marion county
will surely go republican next year by
its old time big majority. So. -.
In several of the cities of the state
where the democrats elected their
mayors. however. there is not the
slightest chance that this result can
have any effect on the next legisla-
tive election. For instance, in Koko-
mo. which has always been republi-
can. the democrats elected their candi-
date for mayor But Howard county
Is SO strongly republican that there
Is not the slightest chance that the
democrats can carry the county and
elect a representative.
Muncie also elected a democratic
mayor, for the first time. But they can
have no hope of electing members of
the legislature from Delaware county,
because 1t gave a republican plurality
OF more than 5000 last year.
Just Local Issues.
And so it Is in many other places.
Local issues were at stake in many
cities, and these caused the change
from republican to democratic Off
cials
In large number OF cities the city
campaign was fought on strictly wet
and dry issue. and in many of these
instances the democrats. or the vets,
won. because of the free use of brew
cry money. This was the case at
Terre Haute, where the democrats
elected their candidate, Gerhardt for
mayor. Michigan City. Laporte. Ham
mond, Anderson. Muncie and several
other cities might be thus classified.
In many other places. however, the
drys won in their contests with the
brewers, so that the results did not all
go one way. The dry forces Of the
state say. however. that they are not
in the least dismayed by the results Of
the elections in cities where the vets
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