The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14
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n considerable majority in the twelve American
wards Of Chicago against Candidate Harrison.
and eleven of the twelve went against him. The
exception was the Second ward. which is on tho
lake front, south of State street, in which
there has been n considerable change OF voting
population of late and n large increase in the
number of forcign-born residents. For purposes
of comparison. however, it is sufficient to state
that in the American wards of the cosmopolitan
town OF Chicago tho combined vote of the two
Republican candidates was II, 800 greater than
that cast for the successful Democratic nominee.
Turning from the consideration of these wards
to those which have a prepondcrance in voting
population Of naturalizcd citizens. these facts
are disclosed by the figures OF last weeks cleo
ton: The Sixteenth ward OF Chicago is what
is known as the Polish ward. 1t includes
the Polish colony of Chicago. and at the last
previous Mayoralty election was carried by Mr..
Swift, the Republican candidate, by 80 votes.
On Tuesday 1t gave Mr.. Harrison a majority OF
800 over the vote of the two Republican can
didatcs combined.
The Eighth ward of the city of Chicago, which
is on the west side. south OF the State street
line. is known as the Bohemian ward Of Chicago.
1t includes n considerable portion, though not
all. of the bohemian colony. At the last Mayor
atty election the Democratic majority in this
ward was l. 100: on Tuesday it was 3.1OO,M Mr..
49, - wv 'NiiAe Ns'''s UNIV lheN vi II WV
Republican candidates combined 1,4OO only.
The Ninth ward of Chicago has twice as many
naturalized as native voters. and Is about
equally divided between Germans and Bohcmi-
ans. At the last Mayoralty election the Demo-
cratic plurality there was 500. On Tuesday Mr..
Harrison's majority over the two Republican
candidates was 9, 600.
The Twenty-third ward of Chicago. on the
north side, is the Swedish ward of that town.
Mara than 90 M cnpt ~ Ill tla S,raJf-b AZ
in Chicago live within its boundaries. Many of
them have been inclined in past elections to vote
with the Republicans in local as well as State
elections. In the last municipal contest Mr..
Swift. the Republican candidate, carried this
ward by 1887. In the Presidential election of
November last McKinley's majority in it was
l,32S, and in the Govcrnorship contest 1t was
carried against !Altgcld by nearly a thousand.
In Tuesdays contest Mr.. Harrison received 23O
more votes than the two Republican nominees
combined.
The Seventh ward OF the city OF Chicago is
the Russian-Jewish ward Of that city. At the
last municipal contest it was carried by the
Republicans by 500. and in the Presidential
election of November 1t gave Mckinley 1924
majority. This was the vote in the Seventh
ward on Tuesday: Harrison 3.4OO, Sears l.4OO,
Harlan 400. Mr.. Harrison's majority over his
two Republican opponents was 1000. The
Italian population of the city of Chicago was in
considerable when compared with the voting
population Of naturalizcd Italians in the city of
New York. But in the Nineteenth ward OF
Chicago, where Italians are most numerous,
which gave a Democratic majority OF 45s at tho
last election. Mr.. Harrison's lead over the COM
bined vote OF the two Republicans was 1881.
The city of Chicago owes much of its material
success to the energy. industry. and ~alcrtncss of
its 1rish.Amcrican citizens. and there are in
Chicago more than 10000 naturalized Irish
voters, Irrespective of those Irish Americans
who were born in this country. The two wards
OF Chicago in which the Irish-.America voters
are most numerous are the Sixth and Twenty
ninth. Both are in what Is called the south side,
and the south boundary OF tho Sixth is the
north boundary of the Twcnty-ninth. The Chi
cngo stock yards, giving employment to many
thousands of persons. directly or indirectly,
railroad mechanics, cattlomcn, horsemen, trad
crs. truckmcn. and laborcrs, are in tho Twenty
ninth ward and in a portion OF tho Sixth. At
Tuesday, election Mr.. Harrison's majority over
the combined vote of the two Republican can
didatcs was 3.772 in the Sixth ward and Aba
in the Twenty.ninth.
The German population of the city Of Chicago
Is twice as large as the Irish-American popula-
ton, and Germans have been SO prominent and
so active in the development of the city of
Chicago that they are diffuscd through all tho
wards OF the town in such n way that il cannot he
said with strict accuracy that there is anywhere
what may be called a German ward But tho
Thirty.third ward of Chicago contains n larger
proportionato number of Gcrman-Amcrica vot-
cs than any other, perhaps. in that city.
II Is tho extreme south ward Of Chicago.
its southern boundary being tho city limit
las last extended. Its eastern boundary
the Indiana state line. and It's western boundary
Stony Island avenue, with which readers OF the
literature OF tho Dcbs outbreak cannot be to-
tally unfamiliar. Tho Thirty.third ward was
carried by the Republicans at the last municipal
election by 6i7 votes. At tho Presidential
election of 1892 it was carried by tho Rcpub-
licans by 500 votes. In Tuesdays election Mr..
Harrison received in the Thirty.third 1890
votes, Mr.. Harlan 100. and Mr.. Sears 800.
note that though running ostcnsibly MS
n German and MS the representative of
Germans for public office. Mr.. Ilcsing's vote
of 10000 In Chicago was mostly drawn
from American constituencies. In tho Thirty
third ward, for instance. with u Gcrmanrspcaking
voting population OF certainly 1000 he received
2l7 votes. In the Fourteenth ward Of Chicago,
which includes Humboldt Park and within tho
boundaries of which there are moro than 5000
Gcrman-spcakinG voters, Mr.. Hcsing received
s3s, whereas in the Twcnty-iifth ward, on the
north side. in which natiyc-Amcrican voters pro.
ponGcratc Thy the last enumeration there were
only 1900 naturalizcd German votcrsI. Mr..
liesing received LII.
take the lesson of Tuesdays contest in Chi.
CagO To be this: As THE SUS says. the candidate
who % frankly and boldly represented the idea
OF a liberal city government, free from all intent
OF p%arochial and puritanical narFOwness" won,
and under like circumstances and for a ike
reason, and In a like manner, n New York can.
didate 10 win In November next In the cosmo-
politan Greater New York must be on the right
side OF this important question. Il. III,
/ New York, April 10.