The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-04-15
THE TIDE TURNING.
DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MUNICH
PAL ELECTIONS.

Carter Harrison Wins. Elected Mayor of
Chicago by Vote OF Nearly Two to One.
Canton Goes Democratic.
CHICAGO, April With the magic
of his famous fathers name, aided by
the Independent 81 lit in the regular
Republican ranks and the Hocking Of
the disco ntented laboring class to the
standard OF silver Democracy, Carter
Henry Harrison was elected mayor Of
Chicago today and great Democratic
triumph was recorded. The $1,000
plurality over Mckinley over Bryan
was turned into Democratic plurali.
ty of about 81, 900 ovef Judge Nathan
iel G. Sears, the machine Republican
candidate for Mayor. The almost com.
plete mayoralty returns show that
Harrison polled plurality of about
rs, 900 over the next best man, Alder
man John N. Harlan, a Republican
who ran on the citizens ticket by him.
self. The figures also indicate that
the next mayor polled q small majori-
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 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 40, 900, which is less than
5000 under the vote polled by VIM.
J. Bryan.
The total Republican vote is about
$1,000 while Mckinley polled 200, TAI
votes in November. The rest Of the
city ticket. attorney, treasurer and
clerk, all the town tickets and 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 moth
ing left for the Republican party to
console itself with, except 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 il 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ents, had withdrawn, Judge Sears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 joyful demonstration
OF Democrats on the streets when the
result became assured and thousands
gathered in front of newsDsDer offices
to cheer as the news was displayed.
There were impromptu parades, fire
works and much canuonading OF the
atmosphere.
Carter Harrison said of the result:
''It has been victory OF united and
not a divided Democracy. Gold as
well 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 39Aldermen out
Of 6S in the council. Twenty. eight OF
the Democratic candidates are proba.
bly, elected out of "a 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 elections in
Ohio yesterday shows Democratic
gains. The large cities which gave
Mckinley such enormous pluralities
last November have gone Democratic.
Mckinley had only SO, 600 in the State
and all of this plurality came from
the cities which today went Demo
cratic. Ourside 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 last
year of 90, 600 is displaced by Demo
cratic plurality of over 1000. In
Cleveland, the home OF Senator Han
ma, the Democrats 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 Democratic
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 Democratic
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
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