Evening star., 1897-04-07
CARTER HARRISON CHOSEN.
Result of the Election at Chicag
Yesterday.

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Yesterday.
The mayoralty election in Chicago result
ed in a victory for the regular" demo-
cratic ticket. whose candidate, Carter H.
Harrison. received more votes than all the
other candidates combined.
Returns received up to late hoar last
night gave Harrison, regular democrat,
5000; John NJ. Harlan. Independent repub
lican, 72.OO0: Judge Nathaniel Sears, "regu-
lar republican, 10000, and Washington
Hesing, independent democrat, $1,000. The
democrats made almost clean sweep of
all the offices In the west town and north
town, and were also successful In the south
town, although the republicans have
fighting chance to get an assessor in the
laSt-naned part of the city.
OF the thirty-four aldermen the returns
pointed last night to the election Of twen-
ty-six democrats, four republicans and four
independents. Three of the independents
are democrats who went upon the ticket by
petition.
Harrison gained heavily in the banner re-
publican wards He carried the thirty
compared with 4,2s1 for Harlan and 3.434
for Sears. The third. fourth and twelfth
wards which hitherto had been republican
strongnods, were also carried by Harrison.
One of the surprises of the election was
the strength shown by Harlan. He ran
second to Harrison. and, although inde
pendent republican, with no organization
behind him, he secured more votes than
the regular republican candidate, Judge
Sears.
One thing that helped Harlan greatly
was that Sears was looked upon as the
nc minee of the republican machine, which
has grown unpopular in the ranks of the
local republican party. Harlan got
heavy vote from men who would have
voted for the regular republican nominee
had 1t not been that they wished to ex-
their OninjOn Of machine He
drew some votes from the democratic party,
but not many.
The vote for Hesing was largely from
the Germans, and came from both I.arties.
He the nominee of the gold demo-
Gratis, although he went before the people
on business mems platform.
The regular" democrats had a strong
organization. and their campaign was ham
died well. The leaders of the republican
machine were not quite as hopeful they
| boasted. and 1t is said that Sears was
| quietly traded for Roy C. West, the repub-
| lican candidate for city attorney.
The campaign was contested for the most
part on strictly local issues. although the
democrats had a plank in their platform
| praising Mr.. VIM. j. Bryan. Harrison
| boldly announced that he opposed civil ser
vice reform and was for a "wide-open
| town." Sears and the other candidates
were for civil service reform and wanted
midnight All the candidates except Har-
! rison and Sears were opposing machine
! methods in politics.
Carter H. Harrison is the son and .na:ne-
| sake of Mayor Harrison, who was assas-
| stnated in the closing days of the world S
| fair The popularity of his father was a
| great advantage to the mayor-elect in his
| campaign. He is thirty-seven years o:d,
| and has never held a political Office. Mr..
| Harrison was educated at Heidelberg and
| Yale. During the greater part of his recent
| career he has been associated in the real
| estate business with his brother, Preston
| Harrison. He was the business manager of
| the Chicavo Times during the four years
| when the Harrison family owned that
newspaper.