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Elections In Ohio

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Cincinnati, April 6. - AlthQUgh local issues controlled most of the municipal elections, yet the general resultsthroughout Ohio show Democratie gains along the lake shore. the river counties and in the interior counties. This gives the Democrats control of most of the machinery for the election next November of state ofRcers and members of the legislature. Governor Bushnell will stand for a second term. Senator Mark A. Hanna is the lïepublican candidate for senator. All of these leaders, as well as ex-Senator Brice, are interested parties and contributed directly and indirectly to the organized efforts of the canvass. The following is a summary of results: At Logan the Republican ticket was elected except one minor office. At Circleville the Dsmocrats elected entire city and township ticket. At Millersburg the Democrats made a clean sweep of the city ticket. At Pomeroy a Democratie mayor was elected by a small majority; Republicans carried all the rest of the ticket. At Ravenna the Republicans elected their entire ticket by large majorities. At Bucyrus the entire Democratie ticket was elected. At New Bremen entire city and township ticket elected by Democrats. At Alliance Republicans carried everything except two minor offices. At Newark the Democrats elect a marshal and solicitor; Republicans elect street commissioner, cemetery trustee and justice; Democrats carry six of the eight councilmen by majorities from 4 to 180. At Steubenville Mayor Riley, Rep., was elected to his second term by bareiy 200 majority. At Columbus, for mayor, Samuel L. Black, Dem„ ■ was elected over Emmett Tompkins, Rep., by 427 plurality; total vote 24,607, about 6,000 less than registration; last fall the city gave McKinley 3,100 plurality. At Hamilton Bosch, Dera., was elected mayor there by a majority of over 1.000; the entire Democratie city ticket was elected.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News