St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-08
IT'S NOBODY'S CINCH
The Chicago Election Has
Come Pretty Close to Re-
sulting in a Tie.
Hampstead Washburne and
Mayor Cregier Both Claim
to Have Won.
The CaleuIators for Cpegier
Place His Plurality at
Over 400,
But the Washburne Crowd Is
Still Serene and Very
Confident.

troller Onahan stated that all precincts
had been heard from, and that the
complete returns give Cregier 49,
566, HempStead Washburne 46, 133-
a plurality for Cregier of 433.
The gain for CregIer was in the stock
yards district, where the Irish-Amer-
lean voters appear to have clung
Bolidly to their first favorite, Gre
gier. The vote for Carter Fl. Harrison
was 4O,5l5; Elmer Washburn, 23,O64.
The City Press association. which has
been gathering the returns for the Chi
cagO papers, announced that the city
hall people made mistake of 1856
votes in footing when the result from
precinctswas given out and that the error
was continued through to the time when
the complete returns were totaled. Ac-
cording to the City Press association
Hampstead Washburn still has plural
ity of 1854.
Full of Excitement.
It was the most exciting scramble of
an election ever witnessed in Chicago,
and the Republican leader. Hampstead
Washburne, has come out on top of the
heap. He is the first Republican save
Dne electedmayor of Chicago in Is years.
The Democrats had a formidable split
IN their ranks to contend with in the in
dependent candidacy of eX-Mayor Car
ter II. Harrison, but the Republicans
that respect, owing to the citizens
movement headed by Elmer Washburn,
ex-chief of the United States secret
service. Both Carter Harrison and
Elmer Washburu, particularly the
former. polled vote that was amazing
to the straight party politicians.
Harrison is said to have had the
secret support of large number of the
wealthy men of the city who are back
ing the worlds fair. His old-time
strength with the foreign-speaking
population. especially the Germans and
BOhemians, returned heavily to him also.
Elmer Washburn's vote, while a sur
prise to the machine politicians, was
something of disappointment to his
friends, being confined more closely
than was expected to the membership
of the American societies. The turning
point in the contest was to a considera-
BILE extent the
Irish-Ame eric can Vote.
and this was exerted in a decidedly
singular manner. Hampstead WASH
burne's wife is the daughter of the
president of the Hibernian Bank of
Chicago, and large numbers of Irish
Americans, wearying of the fight be-
tween the two Democratic leaders.
Harrison and Cregier, and believing
that Hampstead WaShburne was being
antagonized by certain elements solely
on account of his wife, rallied to
his support. The indications at IL 80
p. m. were that, aside from
Hampstead Washburne, the other sue
cessful candidates were about evenly
divided between Democrats and Repub-
licanS. Socialist MOrgan's vote was un-
eXpectedly insignificant, about one
eighth of the number or Socialists
popularly supposed to be in the city.
The interest shown tonight in the re-
turns surpassed anything ever displayed
IN national election. Madison street
and Fifth avenue, where the newspaper
bulletins were to be seen were blocked
for hours by thousands of people, yell
ing themselves hoarse and blowing
tin horns till black in the face
Throughout the night the corridors
of the city hall were thronged to
suffOcation, while in all the theaters
returns were read from the stage. The
day was marked by number of bloody
affrays. eliminating in several TRACE
dies. Even the buotblacks
Fought Over Politics.
Frank Gallo. aged fourteen, was
stabbed by another boy named Glenn
ents because Gallo abused Clements
candidate. Gallio's injuries are serious.
Thomas Maskell, a switchman, was shot
and fatally wounded at the polling
place at Forty-ninth street and Went
worth avenue by Ben Luppie, another
swltchman. Political differences and
whisky caused the shooting. In free
for all fight. James Scott, colored laun-
dryman, was shot through the shoul-
der at another polling place. His as
sallant escaped unknown in the con-
fusion. Two policemen were partici-
pants in the atfray. In the Thirteenth
ward j. II. Clark became involved in a
dispute, ending in him being knocked
down and having his chest kicked in.
He cannot recover. EX-County Com
missioner Hemmelgarn and Alderman
McAbee were among those who took
part in the many less fatal encounters
that took place in other parts of
the city. In one instance a ticket
peddler famed Quinn, who had
his bundle snatched away from him by
an opponent, returned with a fresh
bundle with revolver openly strapped
to him in belt. The pistol produced
quiet at that precinct for the remainder
of the day. This. however, was the
only instance in which resort was made
to such extreme tactics of the frontier.