Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-19
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.
ITS A PERFECT DAY AND A LARGE
VOTE is EXPECTED
Swift and Hopkins are the Main Candi-
dates while Britzius is the Fayorite
of Socialists.

CHICAGO, LII, Dec 19.-The polling
booths OF the city were opened at G
O'Clock this morning and an hour
later the election OF a successor
to Carter FL. Harrison, Chicago's
murdered chief magistrate, was
III full progress. The election is
being conducted under the Australian
system, and the ballot papers con
tain four names, those of George b.
Swift, Republican candidate, Alder
man and acting Mayor; j Ohm p. Hop
kins, Democratic candidates; Michael
Bfitzius, nominee of the Socialistic
Labor party; and Ebenezer Wakelv.
who represents an unknown of
voters that have dubbed themselves
the Peoples Silver Party. The per-
sonality OF all the candidates is in
teresting. Mr.. Swift is a Cincinnati
boy, but found a home in Galena
when oUly a year and half old, and
there numbered among his playmates
Fred Grant, ex-Mayor Hampstead
Washburne. The Kohlsaat brothers
and many other boys who since have
achieved something more than local
reputation. He was a Republican
Alderman as far back as IT, was APP
pointed special agent OF tile treasury
by President Arthur, and has been.
Commissioner of Public Works at
Chicago. The late MaYor relied so
much on bis Judgment and compe-
tency that although OF the opposite
political faith, be aided in his selec
ton as temporary Chairman of the
Council.
John T. Hopkins the Democratic
candidate, has lived but thirteen
years ia Chicago. He was born in
the old Eighth Ward Of Buffalo,
known to fame as Cleveland and Bis
sells ward. His debut in Cook
county took the form of an applica-
ton for work at Pullman, and he Sc
cured a job as lumber shower. In
three years he had risen to be pay
master of the Pullman interests, and
then branched out for himself by es-
tablishing at Kensington one OF the
biggest general merchandise stores
outside OF Chicago. 1t was largely
through his efforts that in the cam
paign OF 1883 Pullman for the first
time in it's history went Democratic.
In the last Presidential campaign he
was for Cleveland through thick and
thin, and was in close touch with
Whitney and Benedict in the manage
ment OF the Cleveland interests. He
has strong pull at the White House
and is responsible for the turning
down of Frank LAWYER and the APP
pointment OF Washington Hesing to
the postmastership.
Very few people know that Michael
Y. Britzius is in the field. and the
number OF votes he is likely to poll
can scarcely run into the four figures.
He is a cigar-maker, well-read and
posted on political topics, and re-
garded as one OF the brainiest men in
the ranks of organized labor. He
helped to organize the first of the
Cigar-makers' Unions. and worked
in Leadville during the liveliest OF its
days, when each operator was COM
PEELED to keep a gun ON the table in
front of him to protect himself
against robbers. 1t is only of late
years that he became a believer in
socialistic theories. The weather is
fine and the indications point to a
large vote. Both sides have worked
hard and it will take the official
count to determine the final result.