Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-08


the Republicans are preparing to
force their registration up t. the
highest notch, and they hope by rea.
son of probable complications arising
through the running of independent
congressional, senatorial and lower
house candidates to gain two Con.
gressmcn one in the Fourth and one
In the Third District
The seventh Ward. which Is in the
Thirteenth Senatorial District. Is al.
so in the Third Congressional Dis.
trict, which includes also the First.
Second. Fifth and Sixth wards, and
which, with the seventh Ward vote.
is Democratic, and without 1t doubt.
full. The total registration in the
Thirteenth Senatorial District Is H..
233 voters. and IL will be II. 600 after
the new registration. The district is
made up of the seventh and Eighth
wards and one precinct of the Nine.
tecnth. Its last majority was 5000
for Hopkins over Swift. That part
of the Nineteenth Ward which Is in
the district is bounded by Desplaines
street and Ncwberry avenue, Taylor
and Twelfth streets.
The Fourth Congressional District
comprises the Eighth, Ninth.
Twelfth, and nearly all of the Nine.
teenth Ward. Its last majority was
2,sj+ fer Hopkins over Swift.
The Twelfth Ward, with a total
registration OF 1850 votes and q LIE.
publican majority Of nearly 1000, Is
In the Second Senatorial District.
The main part of the Nineteenth
Ward Is in the Fifteenth Senatorial,
and the Ninth Ward Is partly In the
Fifteenth and partly In the Ninth
Senatorial Districts. The last ma.
jority in the Ninth and Nineteenth
Wards was 5000 for Hopkins over
Swift. Thus while the Twelfth Ward
Republican ma ority has been pre-
served in the Second Senatorial Dis.
trict the normal Democratic ma ority
In the other two wards has been split
up between two districts.
In the above figures no account
has been taken Of Il laLor or a scat.
tering vote, for there was none
worthy Of mention in the returns
quoted: but this fall the labor vote
will undoubtedly cut some figure In
the wards and Senatorial districts in
question. The nationality vote will
also count according to the aililia.
lions and drawing qualities OF the in.
dividual candidates, and doubtless 1t
will be worked for all 1t Is worth. In
the total registration in the Seventh,
Eighth, and Ninth wards there are
5,jll native voters, 1898 natural.
lied, >, 200 Irish, 1920 German, 3,5i2
Bohemian, l,+3G Russian, $50 Aus
trian, and 800 Polish, among which
assortment it will be seen there Is Il
field for all sorts OF missionary work.
Aside from the regular candidacy
Of Timothy L, Ryan in the Fourth
Congressional, the independent can
didacy OF Frank Lawler, the threat
cncd eruption OF one Populist and
one Peoples Labor party candidate
and the slow and deliberate prepare
tions Of the Republicans to name a
candidate who will be sure to poll
the full Twelfth Ward Republican
majority, interest in the district CEN
tiers in the tight in the Thirteenth
Senatorial between the adherents OF
Senator Joe Mahoncy and Aid. Will
lam Loeiller, and as their district in
tcrsects both the Fourth and Third
Congressional Districts, and mas.
much as its last Democratic majority
OF 3,200 was BAG votes greater for
Mayor Hopkins than the entire
Fourth District gave him, the
possibility OF results arising from
the running Of more independent
candidates become OF the highest in
terest indeed. IT is notable fact
that while all the wards enumerated
except the Eighth gave the late
Carter Harrison more votes over
Attention than they did Hopkins over
swift the reliable Eighth Ward gave
Hopkins $50 more votes than it did
Harrison, thus showing the lgyalty Of