The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-24
POLITICS OF PULLMAN.
Figures That Disprove Story Circu-
lated During Debs' Railway Strike.

During the strike in Chicago of the
railway men under direction OF Debs,
many articles appeared in newspapers de-
signed to show the political position OF
the town OF Pullman. IL was stated that
while in the year 1888, majority of the
votes were cast for Gen. Harrison the
voters went over solidly to Mr.. Cleveland
In 1892, because requested to do otherwise
by Mr.. Pullman. Though this statement
was published in nearly every paper OF
the United States, no one took the trouble
TO verify 1t, and, in fact, no one seems to
have been able to do so. The reason is
this
Politically speaking, the town of Pull
man has no official existence. Ii is part
of the city OF Chicago, and Is included in
the Thirty-fourth Ward OF that city. 1t
extends, facing Lake Calumet, from 10th
TO 10th street, the western boundary be-
ing the Illinois Central car tracks. The
voting precincts of the Thirty fourth
Ward which contain all he voters of Pull
man, are the Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth,
Thir eenth, Fourteenth, and Twenty
eight. They include, too, the voters of
the adjoining town Of Roseland, the elec-
tion precinct lines being so drawn as 10
include some Pullman voters and Rose
land voters in order that--so Chicago pol
"teians say-"election judges and election
clerks may be obtained who are not en-
ployes OF the Pullman Company"
Generally speaking, the voters in Pull
man are. as they have always been, Demo-
cratic, though the Thirty-fourth Ward of
Chicago Is very strongly Repub ublican. The
only local officers elected from that ward
are two Aldermen, one of whom, chosen
~ April, is o. l.. Chadwick, a pullman
RepublieaV." In the Presidential election
OF 1892 the voters of Pullman, along with
the smaller number of voters in Roseland,
recorded their political preferences as fol-
lows; Cleveland, $40; Harrison, 9i4. The
balance against the Cleveland electoral
ticket was. therefore, just four votes.
which negatives the story freely told in
the East about the inference of Mr.. Pull
man with his employees, and their resent
ment OF 1t by voting the Democratic
ticket.
BY table recently made up IL appears
that there were 1900 naturalized voters I'm
the Thirty-fourth Ward of Chicago at
the time OF the last Presidential election.
subdivided as follows: Germans, 99i;
swedes, S3l; Irishmen, $50; Eng glishmen,
bo3; Canadians, 3i6; Scotchmen, IA;
Danes, 20; Norwegians, 112; Hungarians,
10; other nationalities--Pol Italians.
Bohemians, French, Swiss, Russians, Hol-
landers, and Welsnmeu-765. The for.
eiyn-born voting population OF
Chicago is relatively no greater that that
OF New York, but more diversified. On the |
registry list OF the Twenty-eighth precinct |
OF the Thirty-fourth Ward of Chicapo. |
which is wholly the town OF Pullman
these re some OF the names near the ton, |
Joseph Sgwyn, Timothy Sudds. Felix |
Poplorski, Gustaf Carson, Herman
schwartz, Vito Guidete, Rookie Navigate.
Ben Wad, John Gawronski, Daniel Nc
Cloud, Conrad Pfeffer, Carl sjohol, Hans
landsio, Ignci Becy, Pasquato Tasquinto.
William Mckinley, Lewis Dijkstra and
Charles Kentish.