The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-08
CHICAGO's COUNCILMEN.
The Doodle Gang Suffer a severe Set
back in the Election.

Chicago, ILL.,, April I'm the elections
to-day for town officers and aldermen the
republicans carried all of the seven towns
by majorities ranging from 1000 to 1900.
The campaign for aldermen was not strict
ly on party lines, being more of an effort
on the part Of the reputable citizens re-
gardless of politics to oust the clique which
has controlled the council.
OF the thirty-four aldermen elected to-
day only eight are men who were opposed
by the municipal voters league. The re-
naming twenty-siX may be said to fairly
represent the respectable element.
Of the old council gang" the. following
Twelve were up FOR re-eleetion: John
"; Stanwood, William ]. Mahoney,
John Powers. John H. Colvin,
DANIEL dS5 e AekePmsp HGWs Robert cnS5ny MGIf1hy
Martin, Powers, Ackerman, Mulcahy and
Howell will return TO the council. These
six will still have company in the council
chamber, as out of the thirty-four present
aldermen whose terms do not expire until
next year there are a number OF alleged
boodlers." The election to-day win Sc
Xerely cripple them, but yet viii leave
them with a majority Of two or three in
the council. Heretofore they have had
two-thirds majority which enabled them
to pass at will ordinances over the mayors
veto. This they can no longer do.
The peoples party did not succeed in
electing a single candidate OF the sue
cessful contestants thirteen are demo-
Gratis, eighteen are republicans and two
ran on an Independent ticket.
The most bitter contest was in the First
ward, between Bath House John" Cough
lin and George II. Williams. Coughlin will
have a majority of over 1900 In this ward
there were six candidates, one democrat,
TWO republicans, one peoples party and
two Independent. The two republicans
came within 100 of reaching the vote of
the democrat, but the highest vote for
any one of the other three candidates will
not reach 200.
Extra precaution was taken with the
ballot boxes. Every box was taken from
It's booth to the city hall after the polls
closed No box was guarded by less than
two bluecoats.
Blood was shed in the First ward, and
the police were called on to quell several
incipient riots at the polling places among
the followers of the rival aldermanic can
didates. The levee section of the ward
also provided its usual quota of brawls
There were disturbances among the Itali-
ans of the Nineteenth ward, where the
aldermanic contestants strove with beer,
whisky and money TO influence the voting
Fist lights and elections of trespassers
from the polling places by the police were
reported in the Second, Eighteenth and
restored order.
on the whole, considering the bitter
ness OF the Tight against gang alder
men, the election was not a discreditable
one. The open violation of the law against
saloons selling liquor during voting hours
made most of the trouble for the police
The most serious outbreak occurred in
the Levee district, near the polling place.
at 400 Dearborn street Josepr Grogan, a
clerk for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad, who was not in any way con-
nected with the rioters, was shot in the
leg, and the bones were so shattered that
amputatlon may be necessary He was
going to his Office when a gang of colored
and white men engaged in a fight, and a
thousand Of the same class of men were
quickly on the spot. An unknown colored
man drew a revolver and fired six bull
let's into the mob, one of them striking
Srogan, who fell to the sidewalk. The
nghterS and the man who used the gun
capped.
At the same place the factions working
FOR Bath House John" Coughlin, the
present alderman, and George H VIII
lams, his opponent, came in conflict with
nstS and reVolVers, one man receiving
several stunning blows with a weapon. a
riot call was turned in by the officers ON
duty and numerous arrests were made.
Close upon this disturbance came an
other IN the same part of the ward Van
Praag, a deputy United States marshai.
VINO is character in the ward, was at
tackled by a gang of Coughlin heelers
ana Williams crowd rushed to the res
cue, prectpitating a free fight in which
shots were fired. No one was hit, ana
the police captured two of the shooters
The first blood was shed at the polls
at 1872 Washington, First ward William
Mahon, Williams worker, shot William
Hickey, Coughlin man, in the arm ano
the trouble led to a small riot The
prisoner was being taken away when a
riot call brought a force of detectives
from the city hall and the mob was
beaten back