Democrats Win Out

Indianapolis, Oct. 10. - Republicana bere met the worst overthrow in the city jlection over experlenced in the history of [ndianapolis. The best estímate from the returns indícate that Torn Taggart. the state Democratie chairman. is electeil mayor by 5,000 plurality. Out of 173 pr? sincts in tlie city, eighty show a net Democratie gain that will reach 6,436 The rate of guiiij hovvever, is growing and Is ;xpecteil to reach 8,000. Republioans jlccted Denny two years ago by over 3,000 Preston C. Trusler the Republican canlidate, runs 1,5'JO beliind hls ticket. Loe N'ixon, renominated for city clerk, heJiiig the ticket. Two years ago Xixon ran ihciut of Mayor D;nny 1.000 votes. Causes of the Overthiow. Harry S. New, editor of the Indianapolis Journal, concedes Taggart's eleetion by 5,800 at least Republicana have one con solation in the stunning landslide in that bhe result comes from purely local issues Demócrata nominated the most popular man in the party, while Republicans i 3elected one who was admlttedly impopular frojn the start. Thousands of citizens, includiug many Republicana, parade the 5treets with horas and bèlls shouting for l'aggart and Sunday baseball. Strange as it appears, the Sanday baseball question is regarded as one of the greatest causes for the Rcpublioan overthrow. Thiscame np as a side issue to the Xicholson law, svhich is really back ot' the whole thing. Mayor Deuuy has givon Indianapolis a puritan aditunistration. He was backeil up by the element thatlobbicd the Nicholson law through the last lcgislature. Victory for "Wido Open" Poople. The election is porliaps the greatest j tory the wide open town peoplo have achieved in the state. Republicana havo conceded from the flrst Mayor Denny s policy would wreek the party in Indlanapalis, and it was a foragone conclusión that Sunday baseball and less stringent restrictions on tha saloons and public amusements generally would follow the election of either Trusler or Taggart. There is another element that cost Trusler probably 1,200 votes. The precinct returns show an average of nearly ten Republican ballots to the precinct with no vote for mayor. This is attibuted to the scratching of the radical Harrison men, who refused to forgive Trusler for opposIng General Harrison after nis second nomination for president. In Mr. HarriBon's own precinct the poll books showed ftftyone Republicans who refused to vote. The stay-at-homes amount to thousands. The vote on both sides is ' eral thousand short of an average vote. Cliarg! with ISi-ing an Atheïst. At the last moment the charge of being an atheist was brought against Trusler, the Republican candidate. This fact was brought before every ministor and congregation in the city last Sunday and resulted in keeping hundreds from the polls. Taggart being a saloonkeeper (running a bar in his hotel) and Trusler denominated an atheist, many church people were thus kept from the polls. Democrats gain probably twelve councilmen out of twenty-one, making the new council stand ssventeen to four. Republicans are reasonably safe in the Second, Third, Seventh and Eleventh wards. The ticket completed will bo as follows: Mayor, Tilomas Taggart; clerk, Charles H. Stuckmeyer; pólice judge, Charle Cox council - Democrats, seventeen; Republicans, four.