The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-03

Chicago, April AT 10 o'clock the re-
! turns from the municipal election indi-
cate that the Republicans obtained a
complete victory, electing George B.
Swift, their candidate for mayor, by
plurality close to 10000; $50 precincts out
OF total of s5S, give Swift 126, 1855 and
Wenter $1,000. In addition to the MAYOR.
the Republicans have, the returns indi-
cate, elected their candidates for asses
sor, collector, supervisor and town clerk
in all the towns. making a clean sweep
of all the town offices.
OF the aldermen, the Republicans have
certainly elected sixteen out of a total OF
thirty-four, and claim that they have
fully thirty aldermen, but this is very
ten of them.
Frank LAWYER. the ex-congressman,
VINO ran as an Independent in the Nine
teenth ward, is elected by good major
lty. The proposition to put the police and
all other city officials under civil service
rules. and extend the mayoralty term to
four years, has undoubtedly been carried
Dy majority very close to that obtained
by Swift. The returns on this vote are
coming in very slowly, but the vote as
rar as II has been shown is about the
same proportions as that of the party
vote for mayor.
At the last rayoralty election, when
Mayor Hopkins was elected to fill the un-
Democratic plurality was 1921. At the
last state election from the same wards
the plurality of Wolff Republican,. can
didate for state treasurer over Claggett
DemocraD, was 44065.
At midnight no figures had been re-
celved to change the estimate Of the re-
suit made at 10 O'Clock. The later re-
turns show that George Trude Demo
craft, candidate for city attorney, is run
ming far ahead of his ticket, and has an
excellent chance for election against West
(Republican), who has been scratched I'M
mercifully.
Democratic aldermen have been elected
IN the Sixth, Ninth, Eighteenth and
Iwenty-seventh wards. while the Repub-
llcanS have certainly secured twenty al
dermen. Returns from other wards are
not sufficiently definite to determine the
result with accuracy. Alderman John
McGillen, of the Twenty-first ward. cred
tied with being the father of the doodle
ordnance was buried deeply.
Reform seems to have been the spirit
of the balloting. All persons Concerned
say that the election was the most or
derby ever known in the city The police
men detailed to guard the polling places
had rather an easy day of it. In a few
Instances factions had differerc es, but
they were settled out of court in the
greater number of cases by common con-
orderly.
In the stock yards district, the scene Of
many bloody election fights and riots in
the past, there was hardly a trace OF
excitement.
ARRAY at % oak
street, in the Twenty-third ward, re-
suited from an election wager. but was
not regarded as an election day.
feature
In the state so far as heard from ths
following are the results:
In Moline the Peoples party gets
mayor, six out of eight aldermen and the
remainder of the ticket
In Rock Island the Republicans secure
all but the city clerk and two aldermen
In Peoria the Republicans elect ali the
IOWnShlD ticket 6XPpnf p01Inofor
In Springfield the Democrats swept
everything but two aldermen.
In Quincy the Democrats get the mayor
and probably all the city council
chicago, April 3-2;30 a. m.-Complete
returns on the mayoralty ticket show:
Swift 143l16; Wenter, 1021S7; Holmes,
Populist Il, 40. Swift's plurality, $3.50.
me civil service measure has baen
adopted by a majority of $500.