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And Many Republicans Thought He
Deserved Another Term ns Re-
ward for His Services.
CARTER BACKED BY MACHINE
AND FAILED TO SECURE SUPPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS.
Board Of Aldermen still I'm Control Of
Observation-Disclosures Elections
i'm Various states.

CHICAGO, April 4-Carter III. Harrison
was reelected mayor of Chicago to-day by
a total vote of 1924. against 1894 for
Zina r. Carter, the Republican candidate,
and 45 .40i for John L. Altgeld. the independ
ent Democratic candidate. Harrison's plu-
rality. %, $40. In the last mayoralty election
Harrison was elected by a vote of 14s,000,
against 59.342 for Sears. the regular Repub-
lican nominee, and b9,S57 for Harlan, the in
dependent Republican. The Democrats have
elected their candidates for the town offices
In the North and West towns. the Repub-
licans carrying the South town, although
the final count may take this from them.
The returns at midnight. however, indicate
that they have a safe majority.
The vote from the wards shows, far as
1t has been counted. that the Republicans
have elected fourteen aldermen and the
Democrats nine. The contest in several of
the wards Is very close. and the official
count will probably be necessary to deter
mine the result. The City Council has been
composed of forty-fve Democrats and twen-
ty-three Republicans, and the Democrats
will. without doubt, retain working ma
jority.
The election was entirely upon local is
sues, no element OF national politics enter
ing into the campaign. The firm stand taken
by Mayor Harrison against the proposed
fifty-year extension of the street-car fran
chises was a strong element of his popu-
larity and gained him many votes from the
Republican party. besides holding closely to
him many of the Democratic party who
might have cast their votes for the inde-
pendent Democratic candidate. Another fact
that drew 10 him many Republican votes
was the existing opposition to the Repub-
lican machine among the rank and file of
the Republican party. Thousands of votes
were cast for Harrison that would have been
received by Carter. the Republican nominee,
had not the latter been backed by the ma
chine politicians. There was nothing against
Mr.. Carter personally, but the fact that he
was reputed TO be the machine nominee was
enough TO set many against him. Several in
dependent and Republican papers supported
Mr.. Harrison, among them the Times-Her
aid and Post, which have been known as
Mckinley organs.
REMARKABLE CHANGES.
The election revealed some remarkable
changes in the Republican vote, particularly
in the strong Republican wards, where the
shifting to the Democratic candidate was
very marked. In the Third ward. which has
which the Democrats were not able to Sc
cure candidate this year. so sure was the
party of defeat, Harrison received majori-
~ OF 81. In the last mayorality election this
ward cast a total of 3,42S Republican votes,
divided between Sears, the regular Repub-
lican nominee, and Harlan. the independent
Republican candidate, against 1854 for Har-
rison. To-day the Republican candidate for
town treasurer received in this ward 3,44i
votes against 1889 for his Democratic COM
petitcr. The Fourth ward cast two years
ago SS7 Republican votes against 1922 for
Harrison. To-day il elected a Republican
alderman by majority of 800 and Harrison
carried 1t by majority over Carter of GIL.
In various other wards in this city a like
result shown. there being a strong Re-
publican slide toward Harrison, many OF the
wards which gave him strong majorities re-
turning Republican candidates for alderman.
The election was one of the most quiet that
the city has ever experienced. There were
rumore of coming trouble in the First ana
Eighteenth wards, where the Republicans
claimed they had secured positive evidence
OF ''colonizing' on the part of the Demo-
Gratis. but the matter came TO nothing and
there were no difficulties to speak of. Sew
esal arrests were made. one man. Robert
Ferguson, having in his possession before
coming 10 the polls a marked official ballot
He informed the police that he had received
it from Timothy O'Connor Democratic
politician. and the latter was arrested.
WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAY.
Mayor Harrison declared himself tonight
as being greatly pleased with the result of
the election. saying: 1T shows that the peo-
pie OF Chicago are pleased with the admin
istratiOn. and | am glad OF that. for | hon
estly endeavored To give them the best ad-
mnistrstion l could. The result shows for
Itself"
Mr.. Carter. the Republican candidate. said:
Il do not take the Harrison victory TO be
rebuke 10 the Republican party. Indeed |
think that national issues were not in the
minds of the people when they cast their
balots-simply the idea was uppermost that
Carter II. Harrison was alone To thank for
defeating the attempt at long-term fran
chises. and that reelection was due to him
a. reward for that act. Personally.
have no regrets over the result | have felt
for the last four days we had no chance to
win. and while l regret the defeat of the
Republican party party. 1 think that 1
myself am much better off than if had
been elected"
John p. Alfgeld said OF the result OF the
election tonight: "One reason for the cleo
ton OF Mr.. Harrison was that the press
supported him almost without exception and
the great Republican papers were on his
side Why did the Republican papers support
Harrison? The reason Is not hard TO find
They saw that Mr.. Harrison had already
betrayed the Democratic party. as he had IL
IN his power TO do. and he will carry the
betrayal great deal further and thus
make the reelection of Mckinley a GER