The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-04
BAD DAY FOR cHIcAGo,s GANG.
ONE OR TWO TOUGHs, HOWEVER,
GET INTO THE NEW COUNCIL.

"Hinkey DinlS" kenna Gives Way to
Republican of Equally UnsavOry
NOtOriety - Ex-BOodIer Mccarthy
Also Successfully Runs the Gnunt-
let of the BaIIOts-The New Civil
Service Reform scheme Carried in
Spite of the Opposition of All the
Machine Politicians.
Chicago, April S.-The political land
slide of last November in this city was
augmented in yesterdays eleetion. The
returns show an almost clean sweep for
the republicans. George b. Swift, for
mayor. was elected by 4O, 800 plurality over
Frank Wentar. dem. and the other candi-
dates on the republican ticket received
substantially the same plurality. with the
exception Of West for city attorney. who
ran 10000 behind his ticket. He still has
a safe plurality OF 1929, however.
The city of Chicago is divided forltaxing
purposes into seven districts, known as
towns" In all these. the republican can
didate for assessor, collector supervisor
and clerk were elected by Unprecedented
pluralities.
Twenty-Five members of the common
council were elected. OF these eighteen
are republicans or independents of repub-
lican tendencies, two are democrats and
one is an independent democrat. With a
few exceptions the members of the Doodle
gang who were up for reelection were de-
feated.
A., he al
dermanic results. In the first ward, Mich
ael Kenna, better known as "Hinky
Dink." was beaten by Mr. Gleason. rep,
gentleman of almost equal notoriety.
In the Fifteenth ward, ex-Congressman
Frank Lawler, who had been a candidate
for almost anything in sight during the
democrat and won over the republican
and the regular democratic candi-
dates by a small plurality.
In the Twenty-first ward John McGil-
len, leader of the democratic forces in
the council, was defeated by 1000 plu-
rality. His defeat is attributed to his un-
satisfactory record on the so-called Doodle
ordinances.
The Twenty-ninth ward returns to the
| council Buck Mccarthy, the ex-boodle
county commissioner. who narrowly es-
capped penitentiary sentence when Van
EGll ana OlOtIS went 70 JOllel anu NC
Garigle made his famous trip to Canada
by the bath-tub route eight years ago
Mccarthy is a republican.
| With the exceptions noted most of the
| successful candidates for the council are
new in politics. 1t was bad day for "the
| gang"
The vote on the proposition to adopt
| civil service system applying to all muni-
| cipal employees, including the firemen and
| the police, was comparatively light, only
! 100, 900 votes being cast on the question.
The proposition won. however. by a ma
jority of 10000. despite the opposition Of
the machine politicians of both parties
and the ill-concealed enmity of the police.
The civil service rules do not go into
operation for 80 days and although Mr..
Swift is on record as favoring the system,
1t Is expected that a number of changes
will be made in the various departments
before the law becomes effective Ex-In-
spector Alexander Ross is slated to sue
ceed Chief of Police Brennan
Matt Benner may be Fire Chief
Sweeney's successor, and the other
higher officers of both departments
will probably be reduced or dropped alto
gether. The rank and file will probably
not be interferred with.
London, April 3.-The Daily News will
publish a leader tomorrow explaining the
Chicago city election. 1t will say: This
clean sweeping of the most corrupt gov
ernment in the world is ascribable to
John Burns plain speaking and Mr..
Stead's appeals, which touched patriotic
pride or stirred the public conscience"