The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-05
Republican Mayor and Other City Off,
GERS Elected by 5000 at ST Louis.
Kansas Municipal Elections Made Interesting
by Many Women at the Polls. Who Both
Voted and Electioneered Like Men.
Carter III. Harrison Elected Mayor Of Chicago
by About 10000 Plurality.

was to-day chosen Mayor of Chicago by o
plurality of nineteen or twenty thousand.
and the entire Democratic ticket elected
by plurslities ranging from sixteen thou.
sand to twenty thousand. The beautiful
weather brought out nearly all the voters.
and the result was q large poll for munio-
ipal election. although the vote did not
exceed that of last November. The day
was unmarked by disturbance of any sort,
but at night the police were busy.
The contest for the worlds fair mayor
atty was one of extreme bitterness. Mr
Harrison. who represents the regular
Democracy. secured the nomination by de-
feating Washington Hesing. editor of the
Staats Zeltung 6. who bolted the convention.
The Democratic newspapers. excepting
only the Times, which Is owned by Mr..
Harrison, were in favor of Mr.. Heslng's
candidacy, and upon his defeat by Mr..
Harrison gave their support to the Repub-
lcsn and Citizens candidate. Samuel w.
Allert0n, who was nominated few days
later. Since Mr.. Harrison's nomination,
however, two afternoon papers came to his
support and waged vigorous warefare upon
the Allerton combination. The Peoples
party, representing the laboring GLASSES.
nominated Dewitt e. Cregier for Mayor,
while the Socialists had for their oa ndidate
Henry Ehrenheirs.
Never in the history of Chicago has suoh
intense and universal interest been shown
in any municipal election as to- day. The
campaign on Doth sides was conducted
with great bitterness, neither side being
able to find much of anything too hard to
say. 1t was an open contest of the Repub.
lioans and citizens against Harrison-more
against him as an individual than as rep.
resentative of q political faction. Long be-
fore @ O'clock this morning there were long
lines of men waiting for the opening of the
polls. AS . rule there was but little scratch
ing done. save In the cases OF aldermanio
candidates. and not great deal of 1T there.
The lines In front of the polling booths
grew longer and longer as the men who eat
breakfast between and $50 poured forth
to cast their votes 1t seemed as though
every man was determined to cast his vote
BY II O'Clock 60 per cent. of the registered
voters of Chicago had cast their ballots,
arS 20 ger cent. by noon.
EXPECTED HARRISON TO WIN.
The general feeling during the day
seemed to be in favor of Harrison's chances.
and what betting was done was In his
favor. The Australian ballot. against
which Harrison's popularity had never be-
fore been measured, was inclined to make
the loudest of his supporters trifle eau
tious. and not large amounr of betting
was done at any figures. The chances, too,
that the old time Democratic majOrities
in the stockyards, where Allerton is very
popular. would be largely cut. made an
other factor in the betting. and went a
long way to keeping down the amount of
money wagered. Both sides were ready to
claim every thing from Lake Calumet,
on the south, to the north city line.
and from Lake Michigan on the east 60 the
edge OF the municipality on the west, but
talk was talk. and money was money. and
no extensive com bInatlons were formed be-
tween the two. The German population.
which was confidently expected to go al
most solidly against Harrison, proved
disappointment to boLh parties. IL seems
to have split between the two candidates.
which IL was in the election OF last Novem.
ber. when it went SO heavily for Cleveland
and Altgeld as TO virtually settle the elec-
toral vote of the State.
Early In the day Harrison was on horse
back looking after his interests in the diff
ferent wards. He is a splendid horsemsn.
and made an imposing figure as he rode
from polling place to polling place, urging
on his followers. Allerton remained 0uiet-
ly in the Republican headquarters, receiv.
ing word as to the progress of the contest
throughout the city.
BY O'Clock, an hour after the closing of
the polls, the crowds began to congregate
in front of the newspaper offices to await
returns. At the corner of Fifth avenue and
Washington street. the Times building.
where Harrison's paper Is published. was
great sheet OF canvas upon which the re-
turns were thrown by stereoDticon. Half
block to the south q similar canvas bore
the returns of the Record and half block
to the east the Herald gave out It's news.
The two latter papers had been strongly
anti Harrison during the campaign, and
tho crowds which packed the streets In
front of their buildings partook strongly of
crowds brushed against the throng that
had voted for Harrison by day and was
yelling for him by night. The contact was
not conductive to friendly feeling. and the
numerous detachmentS OF police naO all
they cared to do in keeping the peace. As
it was, there was many q black eye and
swollen, bloody lip before 10 o'clock at
night.
of Harrison, and his followers simply
went wild. They yelled. howled. waved
their hats, derided the politics and dis
paraged the ancestry OF the AlIerton mon.
who were not slow in making retorts
equally pointed and ompIimentary.
The tin.horn fiend came from the confine.
ment In which he had held himself sine
last November. and tried. as he always
does. TO blow out his brains through 10
cent funnel. The street cars Oh the lines
in front of the newspaper offices had q des-
perate time In forcing their way along.
and In many instances were compelled TO
stop until the police cleared the tracks.
It was not as big an election as that OF
last November, but it meant as much, or
more. to Chicago, end all Chicago was out
at night to see how 1t had voted during
the day.
The returns were not all in till late. At
midnight the indications We're that Harri-
son would have nearly 10000 plurality.
Cregier. on the labor ticket. was expected
to draw heavily on Harrison's strength. but
did not secure 5000 votes. The Democrats
carried the West and South town tickets.
but the Republicans saved the North
town. Michael j. Bransfeld. for city treas.
urer. George A. Trude. for city attorney,
and Charles Gastfeld. for city clerk. on the
Democratic ticket. all ran we'll. and IN
numerous instances ran ahead OF the ticket.
Late tonight Mr. Harrison said on the
result: lit has been great victory and /
am aratifed at the outcome. Nearly all
the great morning papers OF this city have
stfiven TO defeat me By using their COM
bined influence. and they have failed AS
Mayor will faisify the predictions of my
enemies. i will show them that in my ad-
-ministration of civic affairs 1 can be
guided by the best interests of the
public, and that other considerations
will have NO influence with me.