The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-03
HOW THE NEWS CAME IN



BY g o'clock last evening il became es-
tablished IL the minds Of the men who re-
ly on percentage in figuring election re-
turns that Zen Mclean. the Republican
candidate. had won for mayor and won
strong
There were all kinds Of skeptics at the
beginning, but as the night wore on. and
This finding was sustained by unofficial
reports from Inc precincts. the knowledge
became general that Mclean was the
winner oy an unprecedented majority
ana that the rhree-corlere1 hght instead
Pr being deIr-menu m him, as il was
intended % be, na- been a help and
while Jones was running strong. he was
cutting Young all 10 pieces
The nzlrers viii De busy with the re-
turns Ter a week now. They OMer Him
liable chance for analysis. bur rhe opinion
was last night that as the Eagle has re-
peaJediy insisted during the last three
weeks. the EopulisCs deserted YOUNG. q
Democrat for Jones. q P0uulist
So deeply o-- Jones. the Prohibicionfst.
clt away 1ouug's natural strength that
early In sac evening, Lnere was talk that
Jones would 1a elected. AS soon as the
figures came our however. this Illusion
speedily dissipated.
are first ming Ia the CITY heard from
was The Second precinct Of the First ward
Before supper the anxiety there was so
great that the judges counted from the
box fifty ballots. The result was this
AIcLean. g; Jones. ID, Young H.
The dsurers made from this that Jones
was carrying about twenty per cent OF
the vote. which with total vote Of 5000
would give him i'm the city 1900 votes.
Following this. about am hour later the
Of the Second had it that Mclean had
Z5l- l9GuE. I54 o. Jones .l5.
This again showed that Jones was how
ering about the twenty per cent basis and
WIS also -earlug Ecurgs support ID
pieces me Mclean men began 10 hur-
rah
Later news from the First precluct In
the First ward showed that Jones was
cutting stuI deeper into Touns and that
Mclean was -0rginE ahead
Then came news from the Sixth. ward
that has done wonderfully bv the Re-
DuniicaDs. The Irst preci-Cr of this wlrI
was Eiveu. ald IL showed Mclean III,
Jones 81 ana Dung S.
Then came the vote 81 the Fifth wand,
which was reported as follows. Mclean
s.4 Jones 5s5. IolnE -3.
Another early report was from the Sec
end precinct az the Secon4 ward. u was
reported as giving Mclean -5-. Young $50.
Jones So
News from DE other precincts in the
Second ward was equally encouraging %
the Mclean follow rs. and the word soon
went round taar the First ward was an
riEht, ana Jhe Third and rhe Fourth the
Fifth. most doubtful of ALL all right. and
the sixth beyond every expectation for
Mclean
slowly rhe -zatic1 began ~ dawn
that Mclean had an lnuaase rra fority.
The streets. which were fgH of watche-s
ana walters. emptied forthwith ara by
m iligh. ala bat q Few citizens were at
D me and in bed
of the result. the prevailing opinion last
rfGht ana early this morning was that the
prohici-lorists showed rar5 l-ae strength
ana tlat Jones support was il q large
measure from Populsls- AS Fas ne
cueurly pointed our in the can raigu. 50
Il resulted Eounc had a DCruaf minority
az several hundred The Populsts cut
this down very 1tv. Democrats voted
Tor the strong man McLeaa. and this cut
Il down SCil more au-E 1al O. nEh- CA
Kim among as own forces a1d inst cut
r sam more 1fr. -1ulE IS respected
ana worth ycitizen ald was simply the
victim of unt1ward political circun-
Stances 80 man 81 his position could
--0bstlv have made better r1ce
~,,r, o'clock passed TINS rl lr-l-E before