St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-07
Chicago Excited to d High
Pitch Over To-Day's Mu-
nieipal Election.
Democratic, Republican, Re-
form and Socialist Candi-
dates All Hopeful.
Four Expect to Get in the
Neighborhood of co.
600 Votes.
This Evening at Least Three
OF Them Will Be Sorely
Disappointed.

DtSappOlnC61.
CHICAGO, April 6.-The election to-
morrow will close one of the most
peculiar and hOtly contested municipal
campaigns in the history Of this city.
No less than five candidates are making
the contest for the mayoraIty and. as
between four Of these, il is impossible
to forecast the result. The friends of
each, in all apparent candOr. claim
about the same number Of votes, viz:
$4,000 to 10000. for their respective
favOrites, and each party has so much
confidence in the summary of the COM
plicated elements which enter into
the struggle that considerable money
has been wagered on each can
didate. The first candidate in
the field was Elmer Washburn.
ex-chiet of police of Chicago and ex-
chief of the United States secret service
bureau. He was put in nomination
prior to the holding of the regular party
conventions. OstensIbly by an inde-
pendent citizens movement. but it is
understood his chief support. primarily,
came from a secret organization whose
chief object is tG minimize the in1U-
ence of the foreign elements in the city
administration. and which claims TO
have $4,000 voters in its ranks. Its
platform, as condensed in its campaign
announcements. Is: The physical and
1TOraI Cleansing
of the city, The argument made in
favor of its candidate is the necessity.
in view of the approach of the worlds
fair. of putting the city into such a con-
ditiOn as to clean streets that visitors
from well-kept cities in Europe will
not be shocked. and to render the police
force so efficient that thieves. gamblers
and other criminal classes will not dare
to flock to the city in anticipation Of
reaping rich harvest To this end.
also. II is promised that the saloons
shall be more vigorously looked after
There are two Democratic candidates.
Dewitt G. Cregier. the present ineum-
bent. and Carter II. Harrison. vino has
served several terms as mayor. Some
time before the Democratic nominating
convention was held, Mr.. Harrison
began his canvass for the nomination,
alleging weakness and a catering
to the bad elements on the part
/ of the existing administration.
| and promising reforms in these
directions. When the convention met.
the Harrison delegates accused their
opponents of fraud. withdrew from the
convention and nominated their favor
I ire. while the others nominated Cregier.
I Each claimed to be the regular Demo
cratic nominee. The state central COM
mittPe took the matter up and decided
that Cregler was regularly nominated.
In the meantime. Harrison had received
the Endorsement of the Personal Rights
/ league. body made up largely of Ger
mans. SO he continued IN the field and
! has been making picturesque personal
! canvass. Then the Republican con-
VentiOn met and nominated Hempstead
! WashOurne, son of the late Elihu WASH
] burne. United States minister to France
/ during the ErancO-PruSslan war. He
( running on platform which prom
! seS the application Of
Business Methods
/ TO the administration of city affairs and
! the divOrcemeut of the police force from
politics. The fifth candidate is Thomas
! M0rgan. the nominee of the SOciaIistic
]
! two factions of the Democratic party is
particularly bitter. and the state organ
/ iZation Is taking an earnest interest in
! it because of its possible effect in the
! state at large in the next general cleo
! tiOnS. The example of the 101 Demo-
| Gratis in the state legislature who stood
/ without wavering through over $50 bal
! lots, and finally elected Gen. John NJ.
! Palmer to the United States senate, is
/ being held up TO the Chicago Democracy
/ for Imitation. and Senator Palmer,
/ Gov Peck. of Wisconsin. and other
! prominent Democrats have been called
/ here to help make the campaign on be-
/ half Of Cregier. 1t is a decidedly COM
/ plcated struggle. in which each OF the
! four leading candidates has elements
/ Of great strength. and the most expert.
! unprejudiced political prOgnOsticatOrs
/ are unable to forecast the outcome with
/ any degree of certainty. The betting
/ to-day at prominent down town pOlit-
! icaI resort was as follows: One hundred
/ to 50 that Hampstead Washburne will
/ get more votes than CTegier; even
money that he will be elected: even
/ money that Harrison will get more votes
! than Cregier; 100 to - that Elmer
! Washburn will not poll 10000 votes.
| 1t is reported that one bet of $1,000 to
| $500 that Hampstead Washburn will be
/ elected was made.