The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-03
A ROUT AT CHICAGO.
The Republican Candidate for Mayor
Apt TO Have $4,000 Plurality.

The Republican Candidate for Mayor
Apt TO Have $4,000 Plurality.
Chicago. April 2.-The entire republican
ticket. with the exception Of few islo-
lated aldermen. was elected here to-day.
George p. Swlfts plurality for mayor ap-
proximates 5000. This is taken from in
complete police returns At 10 O'Clock
tonight $40 precincts out Of 900 reported:
\ Swift. 129764 votes; wenter, dem. 9O,59l,
and Holmes, pop. 1876. The council will
stand Overwhelmingly republican.
"Hinky Dinck" McKenna, dem, was de-
feated by the republican for alderman
4 in the First ward, a democratic strong
hold. by 400 votes
In the Nineteenth ward ex-Congress-
man Frank Lawler, independent demo
cratic candidate for alderman. appears to
q have the whip hand.
Alderman MCCLELLAN. Mayor Hopkins
right bower. is behind in the Twenty-frst
ward, and the only democratic survivors
Of the aldermanic cyclone, from the pres
emit outlook, are Stuckart. of the Sixth,
and Bennett, of the Eighth
Inc republicans are giving themselves
up to the delirium of victory, and crowds
OF a thousand in a body marched through
me city hall this evening with horns
and drums The city voted by majority
estimated at 10000 to place itself under
the operations of the civil service law,
which will apply to every department
OF the city government
Roy o. West the republican candidate
LOT city attorney, ran several thousand
votes behind his ticket, but was elected
~ handsome majority. James r. Is.
'ancieave. for city clerk; Adam Wolf, for
Guy treasurer, and Charles C. Nelly, for
circuit judge on the republican ticket,
we're elected by majorities equal to Mayor
elect Swift's.
In nan a dozen wards of the city which
nave the reputation of being disorderly
o' erection day, there were numerous con-
Ilcts between gangs of drunken ward
Heelers outside the polling places, but the
poI-ce were at the scenes of disturbances
a. : ulI'c!eht iorce to separate the combat
auIs without serious results.
ne prospect of a civil service law in
operation seemed 70 serve as an incentive
LOT the officers to perform their duty lr-
respective of politics.
ne only serious ARRAY reported during
me M progress of the voting occurred in the
1Mehty-third ward, where the aldermanic
Hsnl was particularly bitter. This is the
Ms We where Gus Colliander, an election
TiICer was murdered last November
ooi,H Dalton, rep, challenged and shot
- - fatally wounded his cousin, Patrick
IDalloh outside polling place. Patrick
3.70 ms cousin to come from the booth
T, "hen John refused to show himself
- TICK went away. He returned sooa
80 part of the Wesson street gang Of
.9Is' and finding John on the sidewalk
bit - Aeu MIN with knife. John fired and
In
- arrested John and took his victim to
sne hospital, where the doctors said ne
could not live.
49,. - me Eighteenth ward sidewalk fights
" As on polling places were frequent
a. - Wray. challenger, was knocked
toMA and after getting on his feet at
pea to use his revolver on his assau-
- -. An oTflcer who rushed between them
~o1lu rave been shot had not a sergeant
",eHched the weapon away
-1lAong the successful republican candi-
Nf.f,s ior aldermanic honors is Buck"
N1.C,art my Of the Twenty-Nninth ward.
IA Ihy was a member of the county
tb.'u which was broken up in 1886 by
~ conViction of several OF its members
N cooling, including Mccarthy. This is
rthy Of the Twenty-Ninth ward.
'',-e his conviction
,lril rice Williams was standing in the
O. OF Willis Woodson's saloon at 10
street this afternoon when some
~ e4me up behind him. and saying
s5.. VIII vote for Wenter. viii your"
49, nm In the leg. Williams says he
- not know who shot him, but that
before that he saw the saloon keeper
lWo shots at'another man.
/, t1nlclpal and township elections were
~. throughout the state to-day. Re
$3.50 received at late hour Indicate a
~ -oilcan victory IN almost every city
Shieaso, Aprl J. / a. m.-Nine hundred