Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-04-10
ELECTION RESULTS
REPUBLICANS MAKE SOME GAINS
IN WISCONSIN.
CARTER H. HARRISON WINS
He Is Reelected Mayor of Chicago by
Nearly 100000 Plurality epubI-
cans Gain Five Aldermen-LincoIn,
Neb., Elects a Republican Mayor
Results Elsewhere.

Elections for city and town officers
were held in a number of western
states Tuesday. In Wisconsin the re-
publicans lead in the number of vic
tories, but in several towns the mayor
and council are of a different complex
ion. The republicans carried Lake
Mills, Elkhorn, Baraboo, Black River
Falls, Delavan, Berlin, Marinette, Mon
roe, Grantsburg, Barron, Hortonvine,
Tomahawk, Edgerton, Fox Lake, Prai-
RE du CHEN, Sturgeon Bay, Cumber-
land. Columbus, Fountain City, Fort
Atkinson, Glenwood, New Richmond
Niroqua, Waupun, Appleton James
vile. The democrats carried Oshkosh
Racine, Sheboygan Falls, Elroy, ely
man, Chippewa Falls, Manitowoc, Ply
mouth, Tomah, Portage, Jefferson, Ar
cadia, West Bend, Waukesha, Water
town, Hartford, Madison and Beaver
Dam. Non-partisan tickets were elect
Hudson, Merrill Ripon, Rhinelander,
Kewaunee, Elkhorn and Sparta New
Lisbon, Wausau and Horizon elected
democratic mayors and republican
councils. Judge Parrish of the 18th
circuit was reelected. In Milwaukee
Elliott and Johnson were elected cir
cult judges.
Carter Fl. Harrison was reelected
mayor of Chicago by total vote of
1864, against 1904 for Zina r.
Carter, republican candidate, and 49,
401 for John p. Altgeld Independent
candidate. Harrison's plurality is &c.
$40. In the last mayoralty election
Harrison was elected by vote of
$4,000 against 59,342 for Sears, repub-
lican nominee, and 69,643 for Harlan,
independent republican. The demo-
Gratis elected their candidates for
town officers in north west and south
towns The republicans elected 10
aldermen, and the democrats Is. The
city council has been composed of As
democrats and % republicans; it will
now consist of 20 republicans and 40
democrats, a republican gain of 5.
Besides the mayor the democrats also
elected the other city officers by ma
jorities running all the way between
5000 and $1,000 The bitterest fight on
this part of the ticket was the city
treasurerships which was secured by
Ortsiefen democratic candidate, by a
majority of 5000. The democrats also
carried all the town elections, electing
the assessor, collector, supervisor and
town clerk in north, south and west
towns, on majorities running from
5000 to 10000. The suburb of Austin
was annexed to the city of Chicago as
a result of the election. This will add
II, 500 to the population of Chicago.
Mayor Harrison declared himself as
being greatly pleased with the result
of the election, saying: ct shows that
the people of Chicago are pleased with
the administration and I am glad of
h that, for I honestly endeavored to
give them the best administration I
could. The result shows for itself"
Carter, republican candidate, said:
81 do not take Harrison's victory to be
rebuke to the republican party. In
deed, | think that national issues were
not in the minds of the people when
they cast their ballots simply the idea
was uppermost that Carter H. Harrison
was alone to be thanked for defeating
the attempt at long term franchises
and that reelection was due him as a
reward for that act. Personally l have
no regrets over the result. I have felt
for the last four days that we had no
chance to win, and while I regret the
defeat of the republican party as a
party, think that [ myself am much
better off than if had been elected"
John P. Altgeld said of the result of
the election: Zone reason for the
election of Harrison was that the press