The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-09
THE RESULT AT CHICAGO
In Doubt at Last Midnight, and
the Excitement is
SOMETHING VERY INTENSE.
Not over 800 Plurality Either Way,
CreiEer Has the Machinery, but
washburn is Watching Things.
Carter Harrison Scored.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April Sat midnight
tonight both Republicans and Demo
crah were claiming to be victors in thu
exciting election for the Mayoralty
Each side however, had practically
miuimizsd It's claims to.a plurality o.
200 or 800. The official count, to begin
tomorrow, is being awaited with impa'
thence, the narroWness Of the margin fol
either party aud the charges and counter
charges Of fraud making the suspense
almost distracting. =
The Democrats put iorgard the asser'
tion that in scores 81 instances the votes
for Elmer washburne, the Citiz,n's can.
didate, were deliberately counted for
Hempsted Washburne, the Republican
nominee, such q substitution being
facilitated by the similarity Of names,
On the other hand, the Republicans pro.
test that In one precinct alone,
at the stock yards, over one hundred
votes were deposited for names that were
refused registration and that some OF
the names were those Of persons who
have been dead for weeks or months.
In this particular precinct, it is charged,
affairs were so manipulated that
every Judge and clerk, with.
out exception, were Democrats and
the plurality for Creiger was something
abnormal. People tonight were in
clined to believe that the many alleged
mistakes and changes in estimates were
in the Interests Of the gambling frater-
nifty, and were designed TO give Ger.
tain big bookmakers a chance to hedge
out on their base.
Colonel Nye, chairman Of the Repub.
lican committee requested that two
members Of his committee be permitted
10 remain on guard over the vault in
which the returns OF yesterday election
are preserved until the official canvass
has taken place. "My reasons for ask
ing this" he said, ''are amply sufficient.
have been informed upon unquestion.
able authority that Mayor Cregier has
declared that no circumstances can re-
move him from bis Office for two years.
That seems to me to warrant extraordi'
nary precautions against raud."
The election commissioners finally
agreed that two men should be permit.
ted to remain in the vault room until
the official canvass commence. As an
additional precaution, the combination
was changed on the safe containing the
official returns.
Subsequently Chairman Nye asked
that the Judges OF the Fifteenth pre-
cinct Of the Twenty.ninth ward be pros.
ecuted for refusing to admit Anton
Pahpol, the challenger OF the Republi.
can and Citizens parties, to the polling
room. Mr.. Nye said that he had strong
suspicions that fraud had been resorted
to In several precincts, and he wss en-
gagged in ferretiDg out the perpetrators.
Carter Harrison announces his perma.
nent retirement from political life, BE
says be proposes to leave Chicago for
good and either travel or 20 on farm.
HARRISON BRANDED AS A TRAITOR.
The Herald (Dem.), this morning has
the following vicious drive at ex.Mayor
Harrison, who ran for the Mayoralty on
an independent Democratic ticket;
Harrison succeeded in splitting the Dem.
ocratic vote nearly in two. His candi.
dacy goes on record as the most con.
temptible and underhsnded piece OF
treachery that was ever perpetrated in q
political campaign. His avowed inten.
tion was to injure the Democratic party.
He has placed q Republican In the
MRyoralty and defeated the party that
has been loyal to him. It is the success
OF Judas 1scariot; 1t Is the success Of
Benedict Arnold. The brand Of traitor
is the success Of Benedict Arnold, and
the brand Of traitor Is stamped indelibly
upon Garter Harrison. He isa man with
out party, and wherever lie may 60 he
will be followed by the cry OF TRAITOR"