Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-08
CLOSE ATCHlCAGO.
Only Few Hundreds Plurality
for Mayor.
PINE WEATHER AND AHEAvY VOTE.

Both the Democrats and Republicans
Claim the Mayor = balance of the
Ticket Probably RepubIican-Returns
from Other states-Michigan Elects the
Republican Ticket-wisconsin Chooses
q Democrat = Much Interest Among
Women Voters in Kansas-GIeanings
from the Figures on Municipal Omces.
CHICAGO, April s-The polls closed at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon on one of the
most exciting municipal elections ever
known in the city of Chicago The day
was bright and sunny and this, coupled
with the fact that there were five candi-
dates for the mayors chair, viz: Dewitt
Z. Cregier, (Democrat), the present in
cumbent; Hampstead Washburne, Gre
publican); Carter II. Harrison, Gndepend-
ent Democracy; Elmer Washburn. Gnde-
pendent Republican,, and Thomas Nor
gan, tSocialist) caused very heavy vote
TO be cast. The Democrats did the most
OF their voting early in the day. Seventy
per cent. of the total vote cast was in the
boxes before noon. The vest pocket vote
sas simply enormous, comprising nearly
two-thirds of the total. SinguIarly
enough, after so bitter a campaign, in
which so many conflicting interests were
arrayed against each other, there was less
brawhng and fighting than was expected.
A Small Margin for washburne.
Returns up TO 1880 a m. indicated the
election of the whole Republican ticket
Washburne for mayor having, with thir-
teen precincts to hear from, 15S plurality.
The votes in the reported precincts was,
according to The Herald, which gives
Democratic authority, as follows: Hemp
stead Washburne. Rep, 45, l44; Cregier,
Dem, ,9s6; Harrison, boiling Dem, 49,
$50; Elmer Washburn, Citizens. %, 03I
The full Republican ticket is as follows:
Mayor, Hampstead Washburae; treas
urer. Jacob Tiedemann; city attorney. b.
+. Nicholson; city clerk, James r. p. Van
Cleave. As Mayor Cregier, Dem, is run.
ming ahead of his ticket it is safe to as
sumo that the majorities on the Repub-
lican ticket outside of the mayor will be
higher than that for mayor.
Raspins for Carter Harrison.
The Herald is bitter on Carter Harri-
son. 1t says: But one cause can be as
signed for the defeat of Dewitt C.
Cregier and the Democratic party-the
treachery of Carter II. Harrison. Harri-
son succeeded in splitting the Democratic
vote nearly in two. The cloSeness with
which he ran to Cregier shows this. 1t is
evident that he did not receive large
Republican support by the heavy vote
polled by Hampstead Washburne, who,
Notwithstanding his loss on account of
Elmer Washburn's candidacy, developed
remarkable strength. 1t is true that
Harrison received large floating vote,
but had he not been in the field the
greater part of the vote would have gone
TO Cregier.
Ungratefal Hypocrite and Traitor.
with no hope of winning himself, Har-
rison deliberately knitted the Democratic
party. He was the dog in the manager
the ungrateful hypocrte who betrayed the
party that had been his friend for years
For four successive terms a faithful De-
mocracy stood at Carter Harrison's back.
and carried him on to victory to the may
orally chair Four years ago the party
which had aided him in the past again
asked him to be its standard bearer, and
he consented. At the last moment, fear
full of the result like craven coward he
abandoned the ticket and betrayed the
party to the Republicans"
Democrats Still Hopeful
LATER--The general impression at 1;3o
a. H. ~ InhC the hepuollcan city ticket
has been elected. although Mayor Gre
gier : friends claim his election by ma
jority of 240. The result will not be def
nitely known until later in the day. The
Herald at "A. N. claimed Cregier's elec.
tion by 433
STILL LATER The Inter Ocean, Trib.
une, and News say that Washburne is
elected by the police returns. 1t looks as
though the official figures will be required
to settle the matter at this writing.