The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
THE SAME ELSEWHERE
Republican Victories Roll Up
in Many of the
States.
PoPULIsTs ARE NOT I'm IT."
Even in Missouri the Ground Gained
at the Congressional Election
Is Easily Held.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. April AT 10 o'clock
the returns from the municipal election in
dictate that the Republicans obtained a
complete victory, electing George B. Swift,
their candidate for Mayor, by a plurality
close to 40, 900; $40 precincts out of total
of 93s give Swift 1875 165 and Wenter $4,000.
In addition to the Mayor, the Republicans
have, the returns indicate, elected their
candidates for Assessor, Collector, Super
visors 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 total OF
thirty-four and claim that they have fully
thirty Aldermen, but this is doubtful, the
Democrats claiming at least ten of them
Frank Lawler, the congressman, who
ran as an Independent in the Nineteenth
Ward, is elected by good majority. 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 by major
ity very close to that obtained by Swift
The returns on this vote are coming IN
very slowly, but the vote as far as it has
been shown is about the same proportion
as that of the party vote for Mayor.
r At the last mayoralty election, when
Mayor Hopkins was elected to fill the I'M
expired term of Mayor Harrison, the Dem
ocratic plurality was 1891. At the last
State election from the same wards the
plurality of Wolff (R.), candidate for State
" Treasurer, over Claggett CD, was a, o65.
At midnight no figures had been re-
ceived to change the estimate of the result
made at 10 o'clock The later returns
show that George Trude Cd. candidate
for City Attorney, is running far ahead of
his ticket and he has an excellent chance
of election against West (R.) who is being
scratched numerically. Democratic AL
dermen have been elected in the Sixth,
Ninth, Eighteenth and Twenty
wards, while the Republicans have GER
tainly secured twenty Aldermen. Returns
from other wards are not sufficiently def
mite to determine the result with accuracy.
Alderman John McGillen of the Twenty
first Ward, credited with being the father
of "boodle" ordinances, was buried deeply.
The civil service rule has been carried by
a heavy majority, probably by 10000.
Reform seems to have been the spirit of
the balIoting. All persons concerned say
that the election was the most orderly
ever known in the city. The policemen
detailed to guard the polling places had
rather an easy time of it. In a few in
stances factions had differences, but they
were settled out of court in the greater
number of cases. In the stockyards dis
tricts there was hardly trace of excite
ment.
A serious shooting ARRAY at IS Oak
street, in the Twenty Ward, resulted
from an election wager, but was not re-
garded as an election-day feature.
In the State so far as heard from the fol-
lowing are the results:
In Moline the Peoples party gets the
Mayor, six out of eight Aldermen and the
remainder OF the ticket.
In Rock Island the Republicans secure
all but the County Clerk and two Alder
men.
: In Peoria the Republicans elect all the
township ticket except Collector.
= In Springfield the Democrats swept
everything but two Aldermen.
!. In Quincy the Democrats get the Mayor
and probably all the City Council.
CHICAGO, ILL, April Sat 2:30 A. N.
complete returns on the Mayoralty ticket
show: Swift 3,116. Wenter 1O2,187,
Holmes s(Pop.) 12,410; Swift's plurality,
.28,520: The civil service measure has been
adopted by majority of 81, 504.