The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
THE TIDE TURNING.
DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MUNICI.
PAL ELECTIONS.

DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MUNICI.
PAL ELECTIONS.
Carter Harrison Wins. Elected Mayor OF
Chicago by Vote OF Nearly Two to Ono.
Canton Goes Democratic.
CHICAGO, April 6.-With the magic
of his famous fathers name, aided by
the independent 81 lit in the regular
Republican ranks and the fc cking of
the aiscontentsd laboring class to the
standard of silver Democracy, Carter
Henry Harrison was elected mayor of
Chicago today and great Democratic
triumph was recorded. The $4,000
plurality over Mckinley over Bryan
was turned into a Democratic plurali-
ty of about IS, 900 over Judge Nathan
iel G. Sears, the machine Republican
candidate for Mayor. The almost COM
plete mayoralty returns show that
Harrison polled a plurality of about
rs, 900 over the next best man, Alder
man John M. Harlan, q Republican
who ran on the citizens ticket by him.
self. The figures also indicate that
the next mayor polled small MAORI.
ty over the three other principal can.
didates, Sears, Harlan and Hesing,
the ex postmaster and German editor,
whose ticket was called business ad-
ministration of municipal affairs. He
is q gold Democrat. but his boasted
strength among the Independent men
of both parties dwindled to about &c.
900 total vote. Harrison's total vote
is aoout 140, 900, which is less than
5000 under the vote polled by VIM.
]. Bryan.
The total Republican vote is about
81, 900 while McKip ley polled 200, TAI
votes in November. The rest of the
city ticket. attorney, treasurer and
clerk, all the town tickets and q large
majority of the common council have
gone Democratic on the tidal wave
with the possible exception of the
Hyde town ticket. Harrison or Har.
Ian carried every ward in the city and
the Republican machine was repudia.
ted everywhere. There is really nosh-
ing left for tie Republican party to
console itself with, except al few alder.
men whose records were good and
who happended to live in wards that
are usually Republican. The argu:
ment of the Republicans that If Hes.
Ing and Harlan, the two Independ-
ents, had withdrawn, Judge Sears
would have won, does not hold good
when it is shown that Harrison has
clear majority over all three. The
other city tickets in the field cut no
figure at all.
There was j,yful demonstration
of Democrats on the streets when the
result became assured and Thousands
gathered in front of neWspapsr offices
to cheer as the news was displayed.
There were impromptu parades, fire.
works and much cannonading OF the
atmosphere.
Garter Harrison said of the result:
I'll has been a victory of united and
not a divided Democracy. Gold as
we'll as silver men cast their ballots
for me and registered a protest against
Republican misrule. The working
men were with me-"
The late returns indicate that the
Democrats will have 80 aldermen out
of So in the council. Twenty. eight of
the Democratic candidates are proba.
bly, elected out OF 81 and with the II
Democratic holdover aldermen will
give that party majority in the leg
islative body.
DEMOCRATIC OHIO.
CHICAGO, April IA special to the
Record from Cincinnati, says: The
result of the municipal elc ctions in
Ohio yesterday shows Democratic
gains. The large cities which gave
Mckinley such enormous pluralities
last November have gone Demo cratic.
Mckinley had only 80, 900 in the State
and all of this plurality came from
the cities which today went Demo
cratic. Outside of these cities, the
State was carried by Bryan last No.
vember on the silver issue and the
friends of John R. Mclean, who is
the Democratic candidate for senator,
have made much comment on this
fact. They claim that Mclean will
carry the legislature and possibly the
State ticket next November on the
free silver issue.
In Cincinnati, the home of Senator
Foraker, Republican plurality lest
year of 20, 900 is displaced by a Demo-
cratic plurality of over 1000. In
Cleveland, the home of Senator Han
ma, the Demccra made large gains,
and even the home of President Nc
Kinley at Canton, went Democratic.
The home of Governor Bushnell at
Springfield is strongly Republican,
and that city elected a Demo cratic
mayor by over 400.
While the result in Ohio is due
largely to the opposition to Geo. B.
Cox, who had become offensive as a
boss the result in the State generally
is accredited to dissatisfactions
There are many who are suffering
in business and many more who are
out of work, who expected relief first
month under the new administration
and some express the opinion that the
free silver sentiment is growing
among these people. The Demo ccratic
gains were general. There was no
Special legislation of the last Republi-
can legislative on which any issues
were made. The man who headed the
Democratic ticket in Cincinnati, Gus
tav Tafel, was msrly Republican,
become a free silver Demo crat three
or four years ago. He secured the
vote of both gold Demo Gratis and gold