The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07
CHICAGO GOES
POPULIST
And Free Silver by $1,000 Plu-
rality for Harrison
A Complete OYerturn Since Last
FalI's Election.
Republican Candidate Stands
Third in the Race
CARTER HARRISON LII
Nominated First by the POpu-
lists and Endorsed
By the Bryan Democrats and
Free Silver Republicans.
A MAJORITY OVER ALL
Of 2,222 = Municipal Reform
Ideas Represented by Harlan
Make Some Remarkable and
Encouraging Gains.
w. J. Bryan Wires COngratuIa-
tiOns to Harrison.

Chicago, April THE mayoralty
vote complete is as follows:
Carter H. Harrison (Dem), 144, 828; J.
NJ. Harlan Qnd), 67.O72; N. c. Sears
(Rep), 57.566; W. Hesing Business
ADMINISTRATOR, Is, 116; John Glembeck
Socialist Labor. 1926; H. L. Parmelee
(PrO), $50; J. I Pearce, Jr., Gnd.), $50;
F. Howard Collier Gnd), IS. Total,
2s7, ,434. Harrison's plurality, 77,756;
Harrisons majority over all, 1922.
Complete returns from all the wards
show the election of twenty-three Dem
Ocratic aldermen, six Republicans and
five Independents. AS result the
Democrats will have a majority of
eight over all in the next council
The Municipal Voters league, formed
two years ago for the purpose of i'm
proving the complexion of the city
council. succeeded in electing only
seven of the twenty-one indorsed can
didates. The mans whose defeat was
most desired by the Municipal league
Alderman Jim Campbell of the
Twelfth ward and a leader of the coun-
Gil gang. was up for reelection and was
overwhelmingly defeated Lane. the
league candidate, did not win out, but
received Sufnclent support to cause the
election Of Joseph R. Francis CDemO
the first time q Democrat has ever rem
resented the Twelfth ward The Dem
ocratic city ticket was led by Harri-
son, some Of the other Democratic can
didates running more than u COO behind
behind.
According to the Record, the Demo-
cratic vote was increased through Re
publican strength thrown by machine
Republicans, such as Congressman
LOr1lner, State Treasurer Hertz and
Sheriff PeaSe, who in the final round
up feared the election of Harlan the
independent mayoralty candidate. The
Democrats were also aided effectively
Dy eE-mach1ne politicians, who quietly
separated from the regular organiza-
ton after the recent bitter contest for
the United States senatOrship. The
strongholds of Martin D. Madden, who
was defeated in the Republican caucus
for senator, went for Harrison for
mayor, although heretofore heavily Re
publican.
One consequence of the overwhelming
Democratic victory will prObab bly be the
formation of new civic party which
Will place candidates in the field for
local elections and which will not rec
ognize the national issues or national
parties in the campaign. The first stem
in this direction was taken last night
when some ], 200 Harlan suppOrters left
their names at the Harlan headuuar- |
terS to form the nucleus of the new
municipal party.
The feature of the election was the |
strength shown by Harlan He ran
second to Harrison, and although an |
Independent, with no organization be- |
hind him, he secured more votes than
the regular Republican candidate /
Judge Nathaniel Sears One +hinC
that helped Harlan greatly was that |
Sears was looked upon as the nominee
OF the Republican machine, which has
grown unpopular in the ranks of the 10 /
cal RepuoHcan party Harlan secured /
a heaVy vote from men who would have /
voted for the regular Republican nom
inee had it not been that they wished /
10 express their opinion of the machine
he drew some votes from the Demo-
cratic party, but not many the main
part or his strength coming from the
Repubhcan voters. The vote of Hesine
was largely from the Germans ana /
nominee OF the gold Democrats al
though he went before the peOpIe on
a business platform The Democrate
had an excellent organization. their |
campaign was handled we'll and the /
Republican ranks were helplesslv spIit
The result was never in much doi1bt
Harlan, Sears and FIesinS |
claimed they could not be beaten
At the last mayOralty election Syvfft,s
vote was 1878 against 123 294 for We
ter, Democrat. In the presidential aiec
ton Mckinley had 200, TAT, against 144 :
746 for Bryan.
At Quincy the entire Democratic +ic1r
ct was elected by majOrities rangiD-
from 100 to 700. Steinbach (Dem) for
mayor was reelected. Loren N. Wheel !
ar (Rep.) was elected mayor of Spring
field by 2S0 majority. The entire citv
Republican ticket with one exception /
Is reelected The Democrats elect five |
out of seven aldermen
At Moline, Gustaf SWensen. PEOPLES
candidate and present incumbent de- |
0r by over 500 majority.
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