The Irish standard., 1909-04-10
/ ]. RESULTS
REPUBLICANS CARRY MAJORITY
OF CITIES AND TOWNS IN
rlELlNois,
CHICAGO in AN EVEN BREAK
st. Louis Republican First Time In
. Eight Years-"Wets" Carry Major
lty Of. Places In Wisconsin and &c,
Two Indiana Counties.

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Chicago, Apr. e.-Returns from the
municipal elections held in this state
Tuesday show the Republicans as
winners in most Of the towns and
cities. Owing to wire troubles the re.
turns are incomplete.
| In Chicago Isaac N Powell (Rep. }
was elected city treasurer; Francis D.
Connery (Dem.) was elected city clerk.
Eighteen Republicans and is Demo.
Gratis we're 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 tuberculosis
sanitarium was carried by a tremen.
dous majority.
Chicago voted to let Evanston and
Cicero into the city limits. Both NUM-.
cipalities fatty and pointedly refused
to come in. So they retain their indi-
viduality.
Result at Springfield.
Springfield, ILL.,, Apr. S.-Former
Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence Y. Sherman
was defeated for mayor of Springfield
by Attorney John S. Schnepp, Demo.
crat. by a plurality of 300 votes. The
contest was one of the fiercest in the
city's history.
Sherman ran on law enforcement
platform, pledging Sunday saloon
closing. Schnepp also promised re-
form, but was silent on the Sunday
saloon. Party lines were shattered.
Moline, ILL.,, Apr. s,--Andrew Olson,
Peoples candidate. was reelected
mayor by a majority of 800 votes over
City Clerk G. G. Carlson. Republican.
Republicans elected five aldermen and
the Peoples party two.
Spirited Contest at kewanee.
Kewanee. ILL.,, Apr, Sin spirited
township election Hugh Hill was
elected supervisor. Elijah Storey. as
sistant supervisor; Theodore Cronau,
clerk; Lawrence Cavanaugh, assessor;
Fred Richards, collector; Edward
Golden, highway commissioner; Rob.
ert G. Moore, school trustee; N. ].
Demerath and S. d. Burge, library d.
rectors; all winners are Republicans.
A proposition for hard roads. tax was
defeated.
Bloomington, 1ll,. Apr. s.-The town.
ship elections throughout Mclean
county, showed Republican gains,
Bloomington township going solidly
Republican by pluralities averaging
500. while the Republicans retain con.
troll of the board of supervisors. The
local option issue did not come up
anywhere in this county.
Macomb, ILL.,, Apr. S.-John M.
Keefer, Republican, defeated Thomas
J. Dudman. Citizen, for mayor by ma.
jority Of 173
Fairbury, ILL.,. Apr. 8.-The Repub.
lican ticket was elected in Indian
Grove by an increased majority. The
following were chosen: Supervisor, j.
w. MCDOWELL; clerk, G. B. Gordon, as.
SCISSOR, G. w. Bennett; collector, Rob.
ert Roberts; commissioner, George B.
Crouch. n
Williamson County Vote.
Marion, ILL.,. Apr. 8.-Township cleo.
tions in Williamson county we're held
on partisan lines. The reports show
Republican maiorities with little
change from former results in the
county.
Jerseyville, Apr SIN the mu.
nicipal election Jerseyville voted dry
by 1856 majority.
Pana, ILL.,, Apr. solicitations point
to the election of the entire Democrat
ic city ticket by majorities ranging
from $50 to $50.
Eureka, ILL.,. Apr. 8.-The following
ticket was elected in Olio yesterday:
Clerk, Lee Pifer (Rep.); assessor, w.
! G. McCulloch Rep); collector, J. w.
Seelman (Dem.) Justices of the peace.