The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-20
Wet and Dry Issue Was up in Illinois
and also in Number Of
Places in South
Dakota
ALDRIDGE IS sWAMPED
Unpopular Politician Went Down to
Defeat When Both Parties
Joined Against
Him.

SIOUX CITY, April 20.-Returns
from South Dakota cities holding cleo
tons on the license Question indicate
the following towns have gone wet: |
Elk Point, Bridgewater, Sturgis, Plank |
ington, Clear Lake, Spencer, Kimball,
Yankton, Madison, Scotland, Huron,
Sioux Falls, Milbank, Peever, Wilmet.
The dry towns are: White Lake, Cen
terville, Pierre, Fort Pierre, Redfeld,
Sissiton.
The result at Pierre was a great
surprise, as the town has been wet for
a number of years. Redfield is the
only other town reported shifting to-
the dry column. 1t went wet last year
by two majority. Sioux Falls remains
licensed by 73S majority.
At Cairo.
CAIRO, H.. April 20.-The result OF
the first election in Cairo, the city
elections act requiring all voters to De
registered, was hdghly satisfactory
With a single exception, the candidates
indorsed by the Citizens league were
elected The defeat of Alderman
James Mehan by Calvin v. Neff in the
First ward is taken as a rebuke to
Mayor Parsons The mayor had open
ly supported Mehan. Reform and po-
lice regulations were the issues. The
successful candidates were Calvin
Neff, Thomas l.. Faudre. A. Burke,
Frank Ferguson, DR.. John T. Walsh,
Frank C. Cannon and Williams p.
Creamy.
East Peoria Still Wet.
PEORIA, ILL.,, April 20-East Peoria
was carried by the vets by a majority
of ninety-nine. 1t was wet. Gilman
went wet by 106
Most Unpopular Candidate.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April 2o.-The
congressional campaign in the special
election for representative in the Thir-
ty-Second district between James S.
Havens, democrat, and George w. Aid
ridge, republican, resulted in Mr.. Ha-
yens defeating Mr.. Aldrige by plural.
ity Of $685. Inasmuch as the late
Representative Perkins republican
carried the district in 1908 by 1O,167
yesterdays result shows a change OF
16,002 votes. Mr.. Havens carried the
city OF Rochester by 9,T46, while In
1908 Mr.. Perkins carried it by 6,215
which records a change of 1851
votes.
Mr.. Havens carried all of the repub
lican strongholds, not only in the city
of Rochester. but the country towns O
Monroe county, which make up the
congressional district He carried hi:
own ward by sixty-eigiht. while Repre-
sentative Perkins carried it in 1908 b.
150.
The result is undoubtedly due to th'
personal unpopularity of Mr.. Aldrig
and not to dissatifaction with existing
national conditions Mr.. Aldrige ha
been widely denounced as boss an
his attitude toward certain Legislation
at Albany and the 81 900 check episod
connecting him with recent insuranc
revelations furnished campaign mater
ial which made his defeat certain.
In view of the smashing overturn II
the district 1t is the almost uniform
statement that the result is persona
rebuke administered to Mr.. Aldrig
by the republicans. He was quickl
made aware of his defeat, but did no
care to say anything.
New York Comment.
NEW YORK, April 20.-The Haven
victory at Rochester yesterday
made the subject Of editorial commen
today. The Times says the democrat
victory is more than revolt agalns
impure politics 1t says the peopi
90 not all agree when she pres1den
saws the Payne-Aldrich tariff is goo
tariff"
The Morning World says: The tai
ifl issue used with such cunning e.
feet, undoubtedly contributed to tn
result. Rochester does not differ 1rof
Boston and Kansas City"
The Press declares: "Havens' VIZ
tory was a splendid democratic VIZ
tory"
Hearst's American says: THE ut
mate portend is that the spirit OF II
pendence is abroad in the land, sweel
ing away the debris of old politics
machines
TIE Tribune says: THE result rest
entirci.s on the moral issues In IN
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