Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-11-07
WENT REPUBLICAN.
Yesterdays Vote Was Princi.
pally for the G. o. P.
NORTHWESTERN METROPOLIS
City of Chicago and Cook County
Claimed by Tanner by at Least
$4,000 Plurality
AND ILLINOIS BY ABOUT $4,000.

Some Disorder at the Polls in the Worlds
Fair City-OhiO Conceded by the State
Democratic Committee by 1eO,OOO-Hol-
comb Believed to Have Carried Nebraska
Prospects i'm Observation-Disclosures That
Owens Is Beaten i'm Kentucky and That
the Republicans Carry the Louisville
District.
CHICAGO, Nov. THE first official cleo
ton Information from any of the wards
was received at 5:45 p. M when the fif-
teenth precinct of the Second ward re-
ported the following vote on state treas
urcr: Claggett Dem }, 46; Wulff (Rep.),
l42: Randolph (Pop), IL. When1O0 pre-
cincts had reported plurality of !, 500 for
Wulff it was generally conceded by the city
hall politicians that there would be Re
publican majority of 5000 to 1900 on the
state ticket in this city. 1t was firmly held,
however, that theDemocratic coutny candi-
dates would be able to run this much ahead
of their ticket. The work of counting bal
lots in the various precincts was very slow,
and acting under instructions from the
chief of police the officers detailed at the
various polling places began to bring in
| the bulletins on the head of the ticket
only.
Mayor Hopkins Was Not Dismayed.
In consequence the general drift of the
vote throughout the city and the result on
state treasurer was apparent long before
any figures Were received on any other
| officers. The fact mt the outset that Clag-
gett was slowly dropping behind the vote
did not bring dismay to the little squad
headed by Mayor Hopkins. They declared
that the vote on county officers would
show very different result. As the even
ing Wore on n considerable crowd gathered
in the corridors of the city hall impatient
to learn something of the complexion of
the vote. Still nothing tangible except
ing on the state treasurership was obtain
able, and the crowd began to grow i'm
patient At this time the excitement
found vent in impatient cries for news,
which owing to the necessarily slow work
at the polling places was not to be had.
| Good Many Fights at the Polls.
The vote throughout the city was very
heavy, and as the excitement ran high
fights at the polls We're of frequent &C.
| currence. The most serious row, was in
the Seventeenth precinct of the Twenty
fourth ward, where E NJ. Dickson a Re.
publican challenger, was knocked down.
kicked and jumped on. The physicians de-
clare that he cannot survive. Another
| serious fight occurred on Illinois street,
when Alderman Currier, prominent Re
publican, was assaulted and seriously in
jurcd. A ward heclcr named Hardy
struck the alderman with a club and a
small riot followed. A large detail of
police charged the mob. arresting Hardy
and three other men. Currier will prob
ably recover.
| a Specimen Illinois Report.
John r. Tanner, chairman of the Repub-
lican state central committee. said: lone
hundred and twenty five precincts outside
of Cook county show a Republican gain
of 80 to the precinct. This may not hold
good in the agricultural townships, but
sufficient has been received to justify a
claim of 70 COO majority or plurality in the
state. We have sixteen Republican con-
gressmen and both branches of the gen.
eral assembly. Cook county has gone at
least Ii, 600 plurality for Republicanism. ~
One hundred and sixty precincts in Hi
OILS outside of Cook county show a net
Republican gain of 1881 over 1892, when
Harrison carried the state by $500 II
the same ratio is maintained throughout
the 2, 024 precincts in the state the Repub.
lican majority will exceed 5000.