The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-19
FOUR SOCIALISTS WINNERS
WET AND DRY BROKE
L.
IS BEATEN
Espy Wins at Benton on Dry Ticket
Decatur Wet, Danvile Vide
Open--Marion Dry--B. 3
Fan at Aurora.

Chicago, April 1s.-An unusua.iy
large vote was pollel in numerous
Illinois cities and towns where cleo
tions were held today for the first
time under the new commission form
of government, Among the cities
holiits their first elections under the
new form were. Elgin, Ottawa, ke,
vance, t ekin, Ilillsboro, Dixon and
Jacksonville. -Four Sociaist mayors
were elected. At Granite City, Graz
ton, O'Fallon and at Davis.
Neither vets or drys scored any
decided victory Alton defeated a
man who proposed to close the s.
looms on Sunday.
Shurtleff Eeaten.
At Marengo former Speaker Ed
ward D. Shurtleff was defeated for
city attorney by d. ID. Whittemore
by G2 votes Mayor j. w. Patterson
was reelected,
At Kankakee Ben W. ~.lpinor was
elected mayor over Mark ii. t-eebe.
At Bloomington Mayor r. l.. Car.
lock, Republican, was defeated for
reelection BY A. l.. Moore, mdepe..-
dent.
At JacksonviSc H. II. Bancroft
the present mayor, was defeated by
George w, Davis, present city clerk
All ',-fxon W. D. Bttton vas eiecteJ
mayor over his Socialist opponent,
At Alton Joseph c. Faulstich or
an open town platform, defeated for
mer State Senator FNIaller, former
mayor
Base Ball Fan Elected.
At Aurora James Sanders, who rSi
ON his record rs a base bali eHtnus
last, defeated Frank Gogt for mayor
j $500 to Al. ss,,
Mattoon elected Edward P. Gutn
1 rie, Republican, mayor.
Pekin elected Charles Duesdickey
/ mayor.
Kewanee elected B. F. Baker mayor
At Mt. Vernon.
Probably the closest mayoralty
contest was in Nj. Vernon, where
there was difference of but one
vote in the totals for the Democratic
and Republican candidates, the for
mer being elected. Otherwise a spill
tidket was chosen
The Citizens Improvement party
won in I4awrencevillc with Busse io
mayor.
The citizens }of Greenup elected
G. p. Eward, Jr, and claim for hin
that he is the Youngest executive il
the state. He is 25 years old.
Ava voted dry.
the Progressive Citizens Part'
elected all Of IFS candidates at Mas
coutah.
Paris elected the straight Republi
can ticket regainins control of thi
@ity.
The drys were. victorious in Bridge
Eport electing the entire ticket
Or. II. C. Wilderly was eiccte'
MAYOR of Chester for the fifth tenn
e. S. Alden, a Democrat, was@elec'
ed MAYOR in his office at Anna havin.
received a majority of 8 over his re
publican opponent.
Marion Goes Dry.
i Eight saloons were voted out ]
Marion, the town going dry >nd J
/ r. Burnett was elected mayor.
i Open Town at Danville.
panville, Mayor Lewis Platt, rAr
ing on a Regulate the saloons plat
form was defca ed today by VIII Lev
man "open town advocate by a vot
of 2S14 to 2G17
-Four arrests were made on charge
of Illegal voting in Eldorado, the lr
dependent ticket excepting two aide
man being elected
Decatur Wet.
The first election held at Decasu
| under the commission form resulted
= a victory for the wet contingent, Dal
iel Dinneen won over charles Po
: cher for mayor
In Smaller Towns.
In Murphysboro, DR. Ellis W;
elected mayor; Thebes, w. King
re-eIected Waterloo, Fred Lhtz; \
cola, A. Snyder on antl-licen'
ticket; Fairfield, Dr. j y. Harlan
|, ,McLeansboro. ]. r. -Iormon; Rob-
, son, H. e. O tee. for fifth tern
/. Pinclneyville, George PLIERS Be
|, ton, Sidney y. Espy, dry; Carn
i Thomas H. Lamb; Centralia, s.
4 Frazier; GRANVILLE. c. o Ellis; we
won by 50.