The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
He Wins Against Carter and Alt
geld in Chicago.
A HANDSOME PLURALITY
His Magnificent Fight Against the Street
Railway Company Drew Many Re-
publican Votes-Democrats Will
Control the Council


by total vote of 146,914, against 1OS,3O
for Zenas R. Carter, the republican
candidate, and 45,401 for John P. Alt
geld, the independent democratic can
didate.
Harrson's plurality is 1850. In the
last mayoralty election Harrison was
elected by a vote of 14S.0OO against So
342 for Sears, the regular republican
nominee, and 69637 for Harlan, the in
dependent republican. The democrats
have elected their candidates for the
town offices in the north and west
towns, the republicans carrying the
south towns, although the final count
may take this from them. The re-
turns 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 IA aldermen
and the democrats nine. The contest
in several of the wards is very close
and the official count will probably be
necessary to determine the result The
city council has been composed of 40
democrats and 90 republicans, and the
democrats will no doubt retain a work.
ing majority.
The election was entirely upon local
issues no element of national politics
entering into the campaign. The firm
stand taken by Mayor Harrison against
| the proposed 50-year extension of the
street car franchises was strong ee-
ment of his popularity and gained him
many votes from the republicans, be-
sides 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 republicans was the existing
| opposition to the republican machine
| among the rank and file of the repubi-
i can 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 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 DEM
| Ocratic candidate was very marked.
| In the Third ward which has always
been a republican stronghold, and in
| which the democrats We're not able to
| secure a candidate this year, SO sure
was the party of defeat, Harrison re-
ceived a majority of 81. In the last
mayoralty election this ward cast to-
tai of 3,42S republican votes, divided
| between Sears. the regular republican
| ma ND I'll ind 1ar
republican candidate, against 1854 for
| Harrison To-day the republican can
| didate for town treasurer received in
| this ward 3,447 votes. against 1889 for
his democratic competitor. The Fourth
| ward cast two years ago 1867 repub-
lican votes, against 1922 for Harrison.
To-day it elected republican alder
man by majority Of 1900, and Harri-
son carried it by majority over Car
ter of Gil. In various wards a like re-
suit was shown, there being a strong
republican slide toward Harrison, many
of the wards which gave him strong
majorties returning republican candi-
dates for aldermen.
The election was one of the most quiet
that the city has ever experienced
There We're rumors of coming trouble
in the First and Eighteenth wards
where the republicans claimed they haC
secured positive evidence Of 'coloniz-
ing on the part of the democrats, but
the matter came to nothing, and there
were no difficulties to speak of. SeV-
eral arrests were made. one man, Rob
ert Ferguson, having in his possession
before coming to the polls marked
official vote, He informed the police
that he had received it from Timothy
OConnor. a republican politician, ant
the latter was arrested.
Mayor Harrison declared himself to
night as being greatly pleased with th'
result of the election, saying;
1T shows that the people OF Chicago
are pleased with the administration
and / am glad of that. for I honestl,
endeavored to give them the best ad
ministration l could. The result shows
for ITSELF
Mr. Carter. the republican candidate
said: Il do not take the Harrison vic
tory to be a rebukn to the republican
party. Indeed. l think that nationa
issues were not in the minds of the peo.
pie when they cast their ballots-sim
ply the idea was uppermost that Car
ter H Harrison was alone to thank fo1
defeating the attempt at long tern
franchises and that re-electio was dut
to him as reward for that act. Per
sonally I have no regrets over the re
suit"
The suburb of Austin was annexed
to the city of Chicaso as result of thu
election This will add II 500 to the pop
ulaton of Chicago.
OF the "a aldermen elected the repub
licara secured 10 and the democrat
IL The next city council will consis
of IS republicans and 40 democrats,
gain of five for the republicans.
John P. Altgeld said of the resul
of the election tonight:
Zone reason for the election of Mr.
Harrison was that the press support
ed him almost without exception ant
the great republican papers We're oil
his side. Why did the republican pa
pers support Harrison? The reason i
not hard to find. They saw that MI
Harrison had already betrayed tn
democratic party, as he had it in hi
power to do and he will carry the be
travail A great deal further and thu
| make the reelection of Mckinley
certainty.
The republicans look upon this tigh