Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-11-10
.FOSS IS REELECTED
tMAssAchUsETrs RETURNs DEN.
ocRATic GOVERNOR BUT BAL.
& ANcE oFsTickET OEFEATED.
NEW YORK GOES REPUBLICAN
Has Majority In Lssislaturs-o. o. p.
Wins In Maryland and Rhode
isiand-D Democrats Carry Kentucky
Illinois Towns Vote Dry

Wins In Maryland and Rhode
Island Democrats Garry kentucky
Illinois Towns Vote DRY
Boston. Mass.-The Democrats won
the state election and Kept Massa,
chusetts in the party column BY con.
tinuing Gov. Eugene N. FOss in Office
for a second term. Complete returas
for governor in the state election give:
Foss. Democrat. 210.622: Rockingham.
Republican, 2O2.S8S: Foss' plurality,
.7.734. The margin Of victory was the
narrowest in years and for hours after
the close OF the polls the result hung
in the balance. Republicans refused
to concede the defeat Of rockingham
and it was tntimated that = state wide
recount might be necessary.
The next legislature will stand a.
follows: Senate Republicans. n;
Democrats, 10. House Republican
146; Democrats. 81: socialist. 1: inde.
pendent. !. A4
New York. Returns from all SEQ
lions OF the state on assemblymen
show that the Republicans have re-
gained control OF the lower house Of
the state Legislature BY . safe major.
ity. The present assembly Is Demo
cratic by ~ majority. Herbert NJ,
Merrill, Socialist, is elected assembly.
man from Schenectady county.
, Z 4 i ID
Returns from TWENTY-FIVE Of the
thirty-four New York cities electing
mayors show about m even division,
eleven Republicans being elected. ten
Democrats and one socialist.
The Republicans made practically q
clean sweep In Buffalo. Mayor Edger.
ton (Rep) was reelected mayor Of Ro-
chester by more than 5000.
Edward Schoeneck (Rep.) was re-
elected mayor Of Syracuse over Lud.
ington (Dem.) by 1870 votes to TO-.
SIS. a plurality OF 4.217.
Mayor James B. McEwan; Repubh-
can, Of Albany, was reelected BY .
substantial majority.
The city Of Utica elected 4 Repub-
lican mayor by majority Of 300.
Cleveland, o. Cleveland. which two
years ago went Republican. electing
Herman C. Baehr mayor over the
late Tom L. Johnson. and returned to
the Democratic fold, siecting Newton
D. Baker. Johnson's political heir.
mayor over Frank @. Hogen, Repub-
lican. by about 1900 majority. The
entire Democratic city ticket was
elected with the exception Of i've
councilmen.
Henry T. Hunt. Democratic nominee
for mayor Of Cincinnati. was elected
by a majority estimated between 5000
and 5000,
George J. Karb. Democrat. was
elected mayor Of Columbus by ma
1ority Of 1000.
Brand Whitlock, Independent, was
elected mayor Of Toledo for 9 fourth
term BY a small plurslity.
Returns show the election OF Ar
thur Turnbull. Democrat. as mayor Of
Canton by plurality Of 3.
Eight Ohio cities elected Socialist
. mayors. These are Lorraine. st. Marys,
Martins Ferry. Fostoria, Mount Yer
non. Barberton. Salem and Cuyahosa
Falls f
New Brunswick. N. The Demo
Gratis elected all three members q
assembly from Middlesex county. This
is a Democratic gain Of one.
Albuquerque, N. M.-Returns indi
cate complete triumph for the Demo
cratic ticket In New Mexico. There
seems little doubt that the new state
will enter the Union h the Demo
cratic column
Providence, r. Returns for gov
ernor give: Pothier, Republican, lS,.
SGT; Waterman, Democrat. 1857, This
rate will give Gov. Pothier more than
5000 majority.
Philadelphia, Pa. Complete returns
show that Rudolph Blankenburg. inde.
! pendent Republican. who headed the
I, fusion ticket, was elected mayor Of
Philadelphia by 1884 plurality.
Returns from the 18th compression.
al district indicate the election OF. W.
D. B. Ainey Of Montrose, Republican
over Dr.. O. n, Rockwell. Democrat
lola, Kan.--Iola gives Joseph A.
Taggart. Democrat, Tor congress In TIE
I'd Kansas district. 200 majority over
Ulysses s. Guyer. Republican BY Z
! three to one vote Manhattan adopted
the commission form Of government.
Fremont. Neb.The returns from
the Sd congressional district show that
Dan v. Stevens, Remocrat. was elected
over Elliott, Republican.
Everett, Wash. The Rev. 3. B. Has-
zell. Republican, formerly pastor q
the First Congregational church was
elected mayor OF Everett. G
Springfield. IllLocal option elections
were held-in q score Of towns ID cen
! trail and southern Illinois. The "drss
won IN majority OF the places
Run On, English Bank.
London. "A run on the Stepney
branch Of the National Penny BANK.
limited. caused q great deal OF e1clts,