The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-08
Vote for Mayor.

SUI plu, o4,U40 of,o4o 1861
Vots cast-s7 P. c. of Registration.
Men. Women. Total.
Vote polled. .42s,094 243,797 669,S91
| Registration. .4S6,534 2S2,483 769,017
P c. voting. So Sc ST
Eighty-seven per cent of the total
registration of 769,017 was polled. OF
this 243,797 votes were cast by wom-
en-, who for the first time participant
ed in a mayoral election.
The women's vote was an important
factor in Thompsons victory. Thomp-
son received about 66 per cent of the
women's vote.
/ A large percentage of the Republic
an candidates for alderman were car
ried to victory with the big Thomp-
son vote.
The end of the bitterest political
contest Chicago has known in 20
years brought results that made even
the most sanguine of the supporters
| of Thompson gasp with establishment.
The result was the most complete
reversal of form" ever recorded in
Chicagc's political history.
The avalanche swept In the rest of
the Republican city ticket. Charles
!. Fl. Sergel was elected city treasurer;
John Siman, city clerk; Hosea w.
Wells, judge of the municipal court.
The vote of protest" for minor
candidates proved myth Stedman
(Soc) got 23,S26 votes, less than the
party polled four years ago; Hill
(Proh.) got $500.
Springfield Reflects Mayor.
Springfield, ILL.,, April Returns of
the municipal election, which was pre-
ceded by the warmest campaign in
the history of Springfield, show John
s. Schnepp, the present mayor, lead
ing Charles Bauman for reelection by
100 votes. Mayor and four commits
sioners are to be elected The re-
turns indicate the election of Frank
FL. Hamilton, Roy r. Reece, ]. Emil
Smith and Willis ]. Spaulding for COM
missioners.
In the first election in Bloomington
under commission form Of govern
ment, e. e. Jones, Republican, defeat
ed ]. w. Rodgers. Republican, for
mayor by 213 votes.
r. l.. Carlock, j. F. Anderson, A. G.
Erickson, e. r. Morgan were elected
commissioners. Mrs. Helen McCurdy,
candidate of women, was defeated.
Stanton Township Votes Dry.
Stanton township, the only wet spot
In Champaign county, was voted dry
by woman's votes by majority of 36.
There were no saloons in the town
ship but three "cold storages" we're
In existence. This was the only wet
and dry election In the county.
BeaII Wins at Alton.
Ex-senator and Stork Mayor Ed
mund Beall, elected mayor third time
over Stephen Crawford, ex-mayor of
Upper Alton, in one of the fiercest cam
paigns ever waged In Alton mayor
atty; 100. Beall ran on a cleanup
platform.
Saloons were the issue in Gridley
county, Bloomington voting to remain
dry. All other towns dry and issue
was not brought up.
The elections held in Bond county
show general Republican victory,
though H. A. Hubbard, Republican, in
Central township, in which Greenville
is located, was defeated for reelection
as supervisor by ". g. Wise by 81
votes. The board of supervisors will
remain tie.
Kankakee Votes Wet.
Kankakee was voted wet by ma
jority of $500 out of total vote of
5000. The women's vote which was
expected to put the town dry, showed
more than 500 majority wet This
was the first fight on the liquor uues-
ton In the town in seven years.
Lincoln was voted dry by majority
of 112 votes.
Pontiac passed from the wet to the
dry column by majority vote of $50.
Nine saloons are affected.
Vets Win az Danville.
Twenty.six out of 33 precincts give
the vets majority of 1890 In Danyille.
Seven city and eight country precincts
not materially change result About
rs per cent of the registration voted.
Atkinson. Henry county, goes wet
by one majority In total vote of 625.
Alba township dry by FIVE.
Harry 2. Paarsons, on the Repub-
litah ticket, was elected mayor Of
Evanston at the election. Pearsons
beat Turnock, citizens party, his
nearest opponent, by 1852 votes.