Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06
HARRISON WINS IN CHICAGO
Elected Mayor by a Plurality
of at Least $4,000.
LTGELD GOT A LARGE SUPPORT
But the Result Bowls Him Out
of Politics.


nee Tor Governor OF Illinois.
Chicago, ILL.,, April A. Mayor Carter
ii. Harrison was re elected today, his
plurality over Carter, the Republican
his old enemy, former Gov. John p.
S, 79l more votes than he did he would
Altgeld.
For the first time in 90 years, also,
the City Council of Chicago has ma
iority that can be depended upon to
vote down doodle measures without
being frightened into it. Thirty six
counoilmen were chosen today, and
the Republicans got the majority of
them, but the Council will still remain
Democratic by vote of 30 to 20.
There were many surprising features
Mayor carried his own precinct, this
being the first time it ever went Demo-
cratic, while Zina II. Carter, the Re-
publican candidate, lost his precinct,
which never went Democratic before.
Mayor Harrison will be the Demo-
cratic nominee for governor of Illinois
next year, thus following in the foot
steps of his father, who was five times
mayor of Chicago and once Democratic
nominee for governor.
Republicans elected Harrison today,
thus indorsing his stand upon the street
railway franchise question, and ad-
ministering rebuke to the Republican
State machine, which is controlled by
Gov. Tanner and most cordially disliked
here. Since his election the governor
has been playing the city of Chicago
against the State, with the result that
he is weak here but strong outside of
Cook county. 1t is said he is planning
for denominations, and expects re-
election, in spite of the opposition of
the Chicago Republicans, who have
protested against the workings of the
Republican machine.
Altgeld's vote was really q surprise,
for Mayor Harrison had predicted
not more than 10000 for the former
governor. Ii is disturbing feature to
the local Democrats, for they did not
think there we're SO many "soreheads, ("
socialists and ardent Altgeld silver men
in the city. However, the verdict is
that Altgeld as political factor is
dead.
At a meeting of the State Democratic
Committee some weeks ago Mayor Har-
rison secured majority of its mem
bership in spite of the fierce fight made
by Altgeld, and by his victory today
he gets control of the city and county
committees. 1t may be that Altgeld
will head contesting delegation from
Cook county to the State Democratic
convention next year, which will select
delegates to the National Democratic
Convention, but he will undoubtedly
be thrown out. Harrison has said he
will show Altgeld no mercy because of
the virulence of his campaign of
hate, (" and If tho National Democratic
Committee continues to recognize
Aitgeld as the representative Democrat
OF Illinois, then Harrison and Chair
man Jones will clash.
Where Mr.. Bryan will stand, so far
as Illinois is concerned, in consequence
of today's vote is q question. Harrison
and maintains his loyalty to silver, but
Committee, comes around to Chicago's
mayor there will be big fight on
hand, although Harrison's friends say
that if Jones favors Bryan as the
Democratic nominee next year the
Mayor will look for some one else to
throw the Illinois delegation to.
Mayor Harrison does not pay much
attention to the stories from New York
that Mr.. Croker has picked him as the
most available candidate in 1900. Har-
rison has within tho last two years so
often reiterated his loyalty to the silver
cause that no knows he could not be
the Tammany candidate or the candi-
date Endorsed by Tammany.
CAUSE OF REPUBLICAN DEFEAT.
So far as the Republican defeat is
concerned no one attributes it in any
way to the Republican candidate, Zina
r. Garter, who is business man with
o good record. 1t was feared in case
Carter was elected the Legislature,
which is Republican, might re-enact
something like the obnoxious Allen
law, and thus give the street railway
companies chance, after all, to get a
50-year franchise from the City Coun-
oil, a thing they might easily do if a
less determined opponent than Harrison
were in the mayors chair. 1t is known
that Gov. Tanner and Charles L. Yerkes
are close friends, while Joseph Letter,
whose father is very heavy stock
holder in the south side cable road, is
member of the governors staff.
Gov. Tanner really does not care any
thing about the franchise fight in Chi
cago, and, for that matter, it does not
interest many members of the Legisla-
ture outside of Cook county. There
fore, if Carter had been elected, the
probabilities were-at least in the
minds of the opponents of the 50-year
franchise measure--that the street rail
road companies would get what they
wanted.
The platforms of the three candidates
for mayor were not very far apart,
each calling for short term fran
chises for street railway corporations,
municipal ownership, economy in the
administration of affairs, &C., but Har-
rison, having made the fight, was the
popular man. No national issues were
at stake.
Thirty-six aldermen were chosen to-
day and the majority elected we've Re-
publicans and anti-boodle men, who
will vote with the mayor. The Council
remains Democratic and will stand by
the mayor.
Ministerial Appointments.
At the recent session of the Philadel-
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