The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-05

Chicago, April 4.-Carter H. Harrison
was reelected mayor Of Chicago today
by total vote of 1854, against 1OS,3O4
for Zina Carter, the Republican candi-
date, and 45,401 for John P. Altgeld, the
Independent Democratic candidate.
Earrison's plurality, 1850.
In the last mayoralty election Har-
rison was elected by a vote of $4,000
against 59,342 for Sears, the regular Re
publican nominee, and sc, 637 for Harlan,
the independent Republican.
The Democrats have elected their
candidates for the town offices in the
north and west towns, the Republic
cans carrying the south towns, al
though the final count may take these
from them. The returns at midnight,
however, indicate that they have a
safe majority.
The vote from the wards shows, as
far as it has been counted, that the
Republicans have elected fourteen al
dermen and tine Democrats nine. The
contest in several OF the wards is very
close, and the official count will prob
ably be necessary to determine the. re-
suit. The city council has been COM
posed of fOrty-five Democrats and
twenty three Republicans, and they
will, without doubt, retain working
majority.
The election was entirely upon local
issues, no clement of national politics
entering into the campaign. The firm
stand taken by Mayor Harrison against
the proposed fifty-year extension Of the
direct car franchises was a strong ele-
ment of his popularity, 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 independent
candidate. Another fact that drew to
him many Republican votes was the
eXiating opposition to the Republican
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 Republic
can nominee. had not the latter been
backed by the machine politicians.
Several independent and Republican
papers supported Mr.. Harrison, among
them the Times-Herald and Post, which
have been known as Mckinley organs.
The election revealed some remark
able changes in the Republican vote.
particularly in the strong Republican
wards, where the shifting to the Demo-
cratic candidate was very marked. in
the Third ward, which has always been
a Republican stronghold, and in which
the Democrats were not able to secure
a candidate this year, so sure was the
party of defeat, Harrison received a
majority of fifty-oIe. In the last may
orally election this ward cast total
of 3,42S Republican votes, divided be-
tween Sears, the regular Republican
nominee, and Harlan, the independent
Republican candidate, against 1884 for
Harrison. Today the Republican can
didate for town treasurer received in
this ward 3,447 votes, against 2,SS9 for
his Democratic competitor.
The Fourth ward cast two years ago
1857 Republican votes. against 1922 for
Harrison. Today it elected Republi-
can alderman by a majority Of 1900,
and Harrison carried il by majority
over Carter of Gil. In various other
wards in this city, a like result was
shown. there being strong Republican
slide toward Harrison, many of the
wards which gave him strong majorities
returning Republican candidates for al
dermen.
The election was one of the most
quiet that the city has ever experienced.
There were rumors of coming trouble in
the First and Eighteenth wards, where
the Republicans claimed they had Sc
cured positive evidence Of "colonizing
on the part OF the democrats, DuI tile
matter came to nothing, and there were
no difficulties to speak Of Several ar
rests were made, one man, Robert Fer
guson. having in his possession before
coming to the polls, a marked official
vote. He informed the police that he
had received it from Timothy O'Conner,
a Republican politician, and the latter
was arrested.
Mayor Harrison declared himself to-