The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-08
CHICAGO AT THE POLLS.
TIE DEMOCRATIC SPLIT CAUSES
THEIR DEFEAT.


CHICAGO, Apri THE polls opened at 6
o'clock and very heavy vote was polled
early in the day. The vest pocket vote
was unusually large.
The day opened with fight in the First
ward. A ticket pedder for Harrison was
set upon and his tickets torn up. A general
fight followed. Voting in this ward seemed
to be straight republican and straight demo-
cratic. Late last night 200 warrants were
sworn out for the arrest of persons illegally
registered and put into hands OF deputy
sheriffs to serve. AS was to be expected
in view Of the many y-sided and heated con-
test, there were numerous fights in the
rougher wards, increasing as the day pro-
pressed. In an altercation inthe First ward
this afternoon one man was shot and dan
gerously wounded. An under sized ticket
pedler for Elmer Washburne lent frontier
air to the polling place at which he was sta
toned by appearing with a huge revolver
strapped outside of his coat. Early in the
day one of the "heelers' for an opposition
car didate set upon him and destroyed his
tickets. The revolver was notice to the
big ruffian not to repeat the performance,
and be did not.
WASHBURN ELECTED.
CHICAGO, ILL, April z, IL p. M.-To-
days was the most exciting scramble of an
election ever witnessed in Chicago. The
republican leader, Hampstead Washburn,
came out on top. He is the first republican,
save one, elected mayor of Chicago IN
fifteen years. This at least was the apparent
result as shown at 11:30 o'clock tonight,
when 433 precincts out of 5l3
had been heard from, giving him a
lead up to that hour of 2,962
over the democratic candidate, Dewitt Z.
Gre ger, the present mayor of the city. The
democrats had a formidable split in their
ranks to contend with in the independent
candidacy of ex-Mayor Carter II. Harrison,
but the republicans were little better off in
that respect, owing to the "citizens" move
ment, headed ty Elmer Wasnburn, ex-
chief of the United States secret service.
AMAZED THE OLD LINERS.
Both Carter HAIR So and ElmT Wash
burn, particularly the former, polled a vote
that was amazing to the straight party
politi ians. Mr.. Harrison is said to have
had the secret supp )rt OF large number OF
wealthy men of the city who are backing
the worlds fair. His old time strength
with the foreign population, especially
the Germans and Bohemian, returned
heavily 10 him also. + mer Washburn's
vote, while surprising to the machine poll
ticiGns. was something of a Disappointment
to his friends, being confined closer than
was expected to the membership OF the
American societies. The turning point in
the contest was to q considerable extent the
Iris b. American vote, and this was
exerted in a decidedly singular man>
ner. Hampstead Washburn's wife is
a daughter of the president of the
Hiberniau bank of Chicago and large
oF a nf
fight bet tHeen the two democratic leaders,
Messrs. Harrison and Creglar, aud believing
THAI Hampstead WaShburn was being an
tagonized by certain elements, certainly on
account Of his wife, rallied to his support.
THE OTHER CANDIDATES.
The Indication at II 80 o'clock we're that
aside from Homestead Washburn, the other
successful candidates were about evenly di-
viied between tue dem lcrats aad republi-
cans. Socialist Gorgau's vote was unex-
pectedly Insignificant, about one-eighth of
the number OF socialists 1puarly supposed
TO be in the city. The figures of the mayor
city candidates, with 435 precincts heard
from, were as follows:
Hampstead Nashburn Observation-Disclosures. &c, ,002
SreIger. .....--.''''.'''...-'. 5I,O4O
SarVer HARRISON n.-...........,..-.....-. $3.50
fAlner Wasnourn -......... .,-.......... l9.T1l
Morgan. ............. Observation-Disclosures. 1886
THE CROWDS IN THE STREETS.
The interest shown tonight in the returns
surpassed anything ever displayed here
toward a national election. Madison street
and Fifth avenue, where the newspaper bull
letlns we're to be seen, were blocked for hours
by thousands of people yelling themselves
hoarse, and blowing tin horns until black in
the face. Throughout the night the cor
ridors of the city hall were thronged to suf-
location, while ir all the theatres the re-
tur were read from the stage. The day
was marked by a number of bloody atfrays,
culmina,iug in several tragedies. Even the
boot-blacks fought over politics.
A BOY STABBED.
Frank Galle, aged IA. was stabbed by
another boy named Clements because Gal
lie abused Clements candidate. Gallies
injuries are serious.
Thomas Maskell, switchman, was shot
and fatally wounded at polling place at
Forty-pinth street and Wentworth aven Q
by Ben L. Uppie, another switchm IN.
Political differe ces and whisky caused the
shooting.
In free-for-all fight, James Scott, a
colored laundryman, was shot through
the shoulder at another polling place. His
sesssllant ~ escaped unknown in the con-
iuslon Two policemen were participants
In the afray. In the Thirtieth
ward j. H. Clark became involved in
dispute, and was knocked down and had
his chest kicked IN. He cannot recover.
EX-C. unity Commissioner hemmelgarn and
Alderman McAbee were among those who
took part in many less fatal elcounters in
other parts of the city.
CREIGEE'S CHANCES.
CHICAGO, April s, 2 A. M.-Controller
Onahan gave the following figures, just
completed to representative Of the As5o-
elated Press: Five hundred and six pre-
cincts, with only seven TO hear from, give:
Tfs0i 49, s''ss''-s e. 4o,oSo
r0ii lsOH.... .s.......'..--.-.. 4Uol0
1Iempstead WRshburn ...--..............4 5.622
Elmer Washourn ......"....... ..........,aOo4
This gives Creiger, dem, plurality Of
SIX votes.
The Press Associ ation, which has been
gathering returns for Chicago papers, an
nounces that the city hall people made q
mistake OF 1,955 votes in their footing when
the result from 42O precincts was given out,
and that the error was continued through
the time when the ret lrns from 5O6 pre-
clncts had been footed up. According 70
the Press Association, Hemps cad Wash
burn still has plurality of ,96l.