Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-03
SWIF T BY ALTO
Largest, Plurality Ever Given a
Chicago Mayor.
CIVIL SERVICE Law ALSO CARRIED
Germans Refused to Be Governed
by Race Prejudice.
WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAY

CHICAGO, April 3.-The republicans
smashed all election records in Chicago.
Complete returns give Geo. b. Swift, the
republican candidate for mayor, a plurality
of 41,1l0, the largest ever known here in
a similar contest. The civil service law was
carried by the large mapority of $3.50. The
other candidates on the republican city
ticket were all elected, although Truse,
the democratic candidate for city attorney,
ran nearly 10000 ahead of his ticket. The
republicans also made a clean sweep of
the town offices south, north and west,
and in the annexed districts, Hyde Park
and Lake View, while in the town of Lake,
the stock yards district, one of the sup
posed democratic strongholds, the republ-
can landslide was remarkable.
The election gives the republicans COM
plete control of the city council, which
will now contain fifty republican aldermen
and only eighteen democrats.
DR.. Holmes, the peoples party candidate
for mayor. received 1i,0O0 votes. few
less than half as many votes as were poll
ed by the third party last fall.
Wenter's Plan of Campaign.
The plan of campaign Of the democratic
candidate for mayor. Frank Wenter. was
to cut into the German-republican vote,
and on this theory he expected to be elect
ed. An examination of the returns shows
that his calculations were not largely sus-
tanned. He did get some German-republi-
can votes. but the Irish-democratic votes
he lost more than Offset any gains he
made among the Germans The Bohem-
ians. Poles and Italians apparently de-
serted him.
The greatest reinforcement Mr.. Swift and
the republicans received was from the vote
of the laboring class. Many of those who
voted the peoples party ticket last fall
not caring seemingly to support the ticket
of that party went to the republicans.
Mr.. Wenter declined to discuss the result
except to say: Evidently the people did
not want another democratic mayor at this
time"
What the Leaders Say.
Mayor Hopkins (democraO was apparent
ly not surprised over the result I'VE have
carried civil service" he said with twin
kle in his eye, when esked what he thought
of the result.
Chairman Peabody of the democratic
campaign committee said: Instead of
coming to Mr.. Wenter's support think the
foreign born citizens want it understood
that they are Americans. and for that
reason they rather resented the claims set
up as to their prejudiceS."
Mayor-elect Swift said: cit is a source of
great satisfaction to know that the people
of Chicago have outgrown a campaign of
vilification and appeals to race prejudice"
The Ward Contests.
unusual interest was taken In the re-
suits in the ward contests, which were
such picturesque feature of the cam
paign. Martin Madden Gep.) the vice
president of the Western Stone Company,
defeated Attorney Frank Walker (dem.)
for aldermanic honors in the silk stocking
fourth ward.
Noble r. Judah Gep.) is another notable
winner for a seat in the city council.
'Hinky Dink' Kenna went down with the
other democrats. his successful opponent
being Patrick Gleason rep).
Buck" Mccarthy (rep.) won in stock
yards district. the greatest surprise of the
election.
About the only non-republican who
squeezed in was eX-Congressman Frank
Lawler Gnd.), who. owing to a quarrel be-
tween republican factions captured a seat
as an alderman by an exceedingly narrow
margin.
Later-Complete returns on the city ticket
give Swift, for mayor. 143,117; Wenter.
1O2, 1877; Holmes (pop), 1910 Swift's ma
has been adopted by a majority of 57.O54.
In the state. SO far as heard, the follow
ing are the results: In Moline, the peoples
party gets the mayor, six out of eight al
dermen and the remainder of the ticket
In Rock Island the republicans secure all
but the city clerk and two aldermen. In
Peoria they elect all the township ticket
except collector. In Springfield the demo-
Gratis secure everything but two aldermen.
In Quincy the democrats get the mayor
and probably all the city council. In Litch-
field the parties divide the offices about
evenly.
Mayor-elect Swift has decided to appoint
Mr.. o. d. Wetherell city controller. Mr..
Wetherell has held this position on one or
two former occasions. notably under the
democratic administration of Mayor Har-
rison, and administered the Office with
success.