, 1881-11-09

The LOCAL ELECTION.
The Dullcst and Most Spirit
less Ever Held in Cook
County. .
The Total City Toto Ncnrly Six
~ Thousand below That
oil Lust Fall.
0onsidoflng Republican Apathy and
Indifference, the Result Was
Not So Bad,
John Stephens e-Eleeted by
About Five Thousand
Majority.
iiattotks anl Scln1Rer, The Two Demo.
Gratis ciIy Commissioners, Get
;. In in Gopl Shape.
Ketn, In Tie Second, and Weber, in
tho Sixth, Pull Through All
Right,
Wllilo Commissioner Wood Falls
untlcr tho Weight Of Dom
ncrsDcrgcr's Votes.
And Lastly, Judge Gary Is "still
Judge, and Good Judge,
Too"
Mattotks anil Selamer, the Two Demo.
Gratis tiIy Commissioners, Get
;. In in Goul Shape.
Kleim, In the Second, and Weber, in
tho Sixth, Pull Through All
Right,
NVllllo Commissioners Wood Falls
untlcr tho Weight Of Dom
ncrsDcrgcr's Votes.
And Lastly, Judge Gary Is "still q
Judge, and Good Judge,
Too"

THE ELECTION,
THE II011rESr AND pUf.1.Ear 0S RECORD.
l'lo eli!etinu hek1 throughout Cook CDtntS
yesterday. for the PURPOSE n choosing II .llnlIe
of tho Superior Ent,rt Clerk nj tho Criminal
Court. aul tlvo County cnlnm!ssloners.-two
Grn tho city and twu tram tic conntry-wns tic
must remarkable uhe uyer held III either tho
city or tho eblntr, by rrason OF tho tlt.azgnGts
light yotu which wns rol!ctl nnd tho Utmost
supreme Indifference which seosnrli 10 prevail
MI netsly every hn1l. The grcnt flNss Of pgorlD
wore apparently In bllssrui tgnora,lcc Of tho
1,let thst there was iii election, u1id everything
went off With
1SCt,Epsl1.f: rEAcEruLS1:ss,
unparalleled In thu history of puttlus I'll Cook
County. Outside Ut tho canuItaatrs n1ld thnlr
sitsalt army Ut p1rsonRl alherents and thoea who
wcre lrilnMch up fur tho oecnslUn, ,nutloly IL,
particular seemed to kuuw TINT anything linu-
sal was going on, OF, II lhcy dill. to cato how 1t
turned mt. TherD wore nt' long lines afOilt tho
poaisng-r -rlaccs. m frantic efforts to get III votcs,
IN unpleasant "1ltisscs,' no Sl1nDhlos over tho
colnt after tlso votes wuru iii 4ud tho pulls wcre
closeh-in short, absolutely ,.athnE to rclieYo
thu occasion Mt It's general dulncss and lrpk III
Interest, nd to prcvnht 1t from passing tntn his
fury tho llYhtcst, tlnttcst most spi1itlcss clcc
tlou over bold In Cook County.
THE sCEArCil1;tt AND Ills WORK.
Fur 80 dull nm ntfntr, however, t1luro wns IN
intolcrnhfn denl Of scratching ait around. Tho
straight tickets voted, ike nnnc'ts visits, wnra
fow mud fur botwccu. The spirit Of tllo " tntir-
pendent scratrhur" WIS ubroa.l. its inIu-
enca limited only by tho poverty Of
vnslug luutcrIal it had TO act upon.
ltd tito inuterial been lurgcr no ona
ksows whun tho vote wo.,itl have been couutcd
nnl the mt results figured out. As II WIS, tho
Judges md clerks ut eloGtion tlnd II prtsty c,lBy
tusk. IT tbpv bDd h0it nnthtf1u Int 4trnt0l,t
been obliged to atl,ntt that It ,sas tho very soft
Is. u tno SOIL 9oos tnat haa eyer neen hehfd o.
IN order to show 3ust how light tho vote wus,
IT. - ony necessary to Sontr"st It WITH tho os
cltv ,,, ra.torJow ,.ns ~ .1s T,, .,". ..'',.'
tnS solc s.7ts'u"y WIS @f'-u'. aua totai sota
w." .,, ~, "a, tho utu, ly
W. ~, -. tesuuIt '"'s 'ai' os'"o't "'o '"o ."'at
vote Ill the country towns, ut tho sau'o tine,
17,'N1.
TIE RESULT
nes Of nsaas. n v'c~ Of H., tho ah, vote pp'!oa
deed. taking oycrysltuv. iuto cunsI"ru,ton.
remembering tunt it was HI "oe'
year, uu9 tint they practically bud
stoat II !hat ti,sy ID! 81 well ."n s1cpe"s. .
slty. Dy 1,t73 lnuturty, without counting his yoto
~ tiao on41try. Wh!ch a VII! pn'i It considerably
Known o,itsido ii fsw isishua, % ati>i bud rio 10
sh:'w whateycr u1nonE, thu Gortnnns, wniig
Iick y n stephens, ps,t!n'ntity evgrywgrc nut
prevented tlmt listnacratlu stronehnd frunl
;Ts,!ltns up its usua!y hravy Democratic lnnjur-
Tho HGpubIicAi1 candidates fur Commissioner
IN i tho oa'y w1to % aSfeated. a1lu tsn two @ pal,
syarsE sy!1s s. l " ~ I. an t9 ,%'1r.t,rssA'Pss Ps
Will constitute tho ;. heft" III tho unInourat!u
'niH.'rity i,H.,. u !, t,!o nnw County lsu.rd.
Gn., ,su sts,us' E;,e te.Rm " l,go i'a}nsl'
,icrs,,,.nr in sfIN ,r;b NIL .st's T. ~. - .ns
ricd iii Sixth Iv II atrmlT IL ni,irnIv ooe' ."''
i ,nay Se nroor % 10 ..a' "fy for fis ,rnoso or
sntsfyinv iii l1,,satl,p niirusitv IN thmt I,,uT
III, l u NJ ot' s.y ~ ~ III H. .nfxh, WIZ
'"''''''ea las'ee ~ s.e na stano'
T4lE DAY AT 1fEAnQoAfrEl1H.
tlero wera b,It tUw Nt,out, ssiI thv.v vii,
drap|1oA III to hrsl uut - hpw tho thing was no-
,na yer. obliged to lsxa wI.hlt ny aatIs.
klo,'cr Wood canls,. ID iruia .ho T"wn Ut
,!,s Itks ,. M,4 - sa!a tL!ngs loekea ytirf o!,t
ChMtutsstGnar Ca6drns partner drapt,ed III
ms,a In tbS snt,,i ~ wn4I IL mi ytstax an III .Ir
,s nrnimnts md @ fu, su wv w,stv st ~ VIII ~
Meli CoSuI,Is M1HIS @ IN evcry oI fIt ~ ,bt sS M
f um t iHIoetX t .I S,T war is s III ti rrh ft n ',
%,r'n ms ~ mpa. ,nnt ~ o!oe@ ', to ano
tn un ff"nnlIicnn r,t . .vus ~ ~, su1u 1. ~" W.
t.ksts tr,x tis ,,uy, Ss s1 ~ s.,nply % iIa.rISuui M
s III ~ ,a Hfei f4,,,'i o,,out ,,o,,ro.
b,w,,,,ut,"rs % ,ri,,, M Ia imw m'i H. .r," ,,'i.
fnlnii",. ,nv ny s' non ',,,u su ot w. @ sEeu.
wsr,, ww,ti a,i ~ w. = i,a1 ~ a
ma.9 ~! nSs't ~ WI ~ .tr H. &"W!tAeA " tho
,it.st; ,ns, s s 'rus II @ n,aa
i,ftah ~ @ @ W 1rnt.!1rst CnHI4!g hctt
ao'.nn ~ ouct, atM htM ~ 4"it ulKh45 IteiasGts
tuyiu1,s. u,u tn utt,v rnllrI T., hrm,E fsih Intr
prulse a,lI Thanksgiving, ''.
THE s.AHiE l,r GAsL1uflr,