Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-03
Chicago Democratic.
The Western Metropolis Elects
Cregier for Mayor,
WITH A MAJORITY OF OVER 10000.

A Great Abundance of Vest Pocket Tickets
Does tho Business-A Complete Revolu-
ton Politically-"Bums" Out I'm Kan
sas Town Have q Neat Game Played on
Them-diss Anthony Fails to Save Her
Decentralization Notes.
CHICAGO, April S-Returns of the cleo
ton yesterday from nearly ali of the pre-
cincts in the city are in, and show the cleo
ton OF the entire Democratic ticket for city
officers, and a majority Of the aldermen,
giving the Democrats full control of the city
government in both executive and legislative
branches. Dewitt c. Cregier, the Demo
cratic candidate for mayor, has an estimated
majority Of II, 700 over John A. Roche, Re
publican, the present incumbent. The
weather was perfect and the day passed of
in a remarkably peaceable manner. There
wers very few disturbances reported, and
what there were amounted to little
The Times, which supported Roche and
about all OF the Republican ticket except
Crafty for circuit judge, says:
"The election is over and 30 far as can he
seen at this writing the entire Democratic
ticket, city and town, has won by majorities
ranging from 5000 downward. Not single
municipal office was missed in the landslide.
The result was simply an avalanche and il
came with sudden and unexpected force to
the Republicans. The vest-pocket vote was
remorselessly against the Republican candi.
dates Those little ballots coming from the
waist-coats Of the solid Republican citizens
Of the solid Republican wards fell like snow
fakes upon John A. Roche and overwhelmed
him with their weight
"The explanation Of the defeat in figures is
not that Mr.. Cregier obtained some SO, OOO
votes, but that Mr.. Roche only obtained
some 81, 900. Republic leans all over the city
staid at home The vote was of unprece-
dented lightness in the Republican wards.
Apparently half Of those who did come out
to vote came with the strong purpose of
knitting the head of the Republican ticket II
was a bad defeat. 1t was the worst defeat
that the Republican party has probably ever
sustained in Chicago. 1t amounts prac-
tically to an overthrow of their present or.
ganization.
at is almost safe to say that the mayor
was beaten by the Republicans He was
cruelty knitted in the banner Republican
wards. The Eleventh ward, in which
George Swift lives and which has in all
times been the stronghold of Republcanism
in the past, he carried by only handful OF
votes. The great Republican stamping
ground, the Twelfth, ripped him to peices In
the Twenty-fourth ward he was knitted fol-
the Republican candidate for alderman and
scratched for Raymond"
The Herald, which, with The News, bore
the brunt of the newspaper work against the
Republicans, says: Dewitt c. Creeier has
been elected mayor of Chicago by over Il, OOC
majority. The Republican machine has been
smashed. The big wheels are strewn about
the city. The larger ones will be picked up to
day in the Eleventh and Twelfth wards, The
Yerkes governor few of at,4 o'clock. The
cogs have been knocked out of town A
more complete municipal wreck has not
been seen in many years An egg
beaten could not be made out of the
material left from the machine. The re.
mainder of the Democratic ticket has been
elected by handsome majorities Over in the
west division Williams, the Republican can
didate for assessor has been showed under.
1t was in the heavy Republican wards of
this part Of the city that the machine got
some of its worst blows Men voted from
their vest pockets in the Eleventh and
Twelfth wards These were supposed by the
machine to be one of its greatest strong.
holds Reports from the country on the ju.
dicial end of the ticket are meager, but it is
believed that Samuel p Mcconnell, the
Democratic nominee, has been elected by q
good majority"
LATER. The majority for Cregier is l0, :.
0s9. The total vote in the city was 100, 900
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