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Show MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. John Maglnniss, vice-president of cho Montana Oro Purchasing company, which is headed by F. A. Heinze, was dlected mayor of Butte on tho antitrust anti-trust ticket, and tho city council, police po-lice judge and other city officers, with tho exception of city treasurer, a Democart, were elected with him. This ticket was nominated to defeat tho Amalgamated forces headed by W. A. Clark, and other kerosene oil men of Montana and tho drubbing tlioy received re-ceived at tho hands of tho people was a caution. Truth Is glad Maglnniss was elected. Ho is a good man Is John, and has done a great deal for the people of his city and state. May his shadow never grow less and may ho live to enjoy many honors at tho hands of his admiring constituency. Tho elections all over tho country were largely Democratic. Even Leavenworth, Leav-enworth, Kansas, which has a population popu-lation mixed with negroes to a great oxtent, and which has always been Republican, Re-publican, defeated D. It. Anthany, a brother of Col. Susan B. Anthony of women suffrage frame. Kansas City, Kansas, elected a Democrat and several sev-eral other Kansas towns selected Dem ocrats as officials. Tho crowning glory of Democracy, however, was in Chicago, which elected elect-ed Judge Dunno, tho fathor of thirteen children and an ndvocato of municipal munici-pal ownership of street railways, as Its executive. Tho Republican candidate candi-date is a son of Judge Harlan of tho United States supremo court. Ho was defeated by 25,000 plurality. Judgo Dunne had a majority of 1,000 over all. Tho result was not so much a triumph for Democracy as for municipal munici-pal ownership and Salt Lakers who want ono hundred-year franchises would do well to scan tho returns, for In them may bo seen tho handwriting on tho wall. Municfpal ownership of public utilities Is coming sure and certain, cer-tain, and ho who fights tho idea is going go-ing to got far and away tho worst of it. n |