| Show REPUBLICANS WIN THE BOSTON BO TON ELECTION Roston flee Dec 10 In the clow el 1 and nd hardest hardt fought election c cont M a Itch lii hs known for rl r many M urs the city II y went wt nn today todil I odly by 2 votes vote tOtt Po Postmaster ter A Hibbard defeated d Od Mayor John Jolin F FFitzgerald Fitzgerald Democrat who ho was waa w a ran can dilate 1 ate te for fir re The revised re return turn tun show the th following vote otto cut cast f rr hr r the mayoralty John A Independence league IcU 15 71 Democrat l Republican 7 The Tho Th city It voted nd to license saloons by byn b bR n R large majority maJor It somewhat smaller I than In Its years however due aue to 10 toa toa a bard hard campaign on tile tie taut of ot the tha clergy and an others other In an n endeavor to tok kee k the saloons loon out of or the suburbs suburb Two feature contributed notably to too the return rei urn of nt a Republican mayor af at after after ter hr six ens al years aill of Democratic i tina lion one on being the heavy vote vot given fIn fInI I to tn the Independence I league candidate by Democrats and the other othar the three Ihor I ou ouch h investigation made load by bJ a finance commission Into the Ih affairs affair at the them city I hell In tn which evidence has ha been brought forth alleging Irregularities In Inthe Inthe Inthe the purchasing department and In the Ih granting of contracts through which It waa claimed the city had lost hun hundreds dred of thousands thousand of dollar While the Independence In league vote proved sufficient to tn transfer the power I from one ona on of Sit the leading parties partle part I to the theother theother theother other It did not come coma anywhere near the strength expected by those hone I who based baaed their estimates on 0 the tb vote In Inthe Inthe I the recent state tate campaign when the Independence league polled a vote vota ote I larger than the Democratic party part I I II Clarence B D Douglass received the th com Mm complimentary r en to vote vet wein of or the Republicans Re Rp Tomorrow Tomorrow In joint session the Ih formal vote vets will 11 be taken Vote ot In senator senate t tier dor and Owen OWn it Jones Jon loti said and t l The MIl vote YOle In the be house stood a as aa fol follows follow lows low 10 owen and flora Ool HI ti and Jom Jonea 10 a II It absent two Democrats Democrat |
