The age-herald., 1901-04-03
His Total Plurality Over Judge Hanecy, the Republican candi- date, Will Be in the Neigh
 borhood of 2s,5oo.

Chicago, April 2-Carter H. Harrison has been reelected Mayor of Chicago and will next week commence his third term as the chief executive of the city. His total plurality over Judge Elbridge Hanecy, the Republican nominee, will be in the neighborhood of 2s,5O0 votes. The total vote of the city, with eight pre- cincts to hear from, is: Harrison 155, ,275 Hanecy 127, POP; Harrisons plurality 2S,O73
 In the last Mayoralty election the vote was: Harrison, Democrat, 14S 496; Carter, Republican, 1O7, ,437; Harrison's plurality, n,059.
 In the Presidential campaign last fall the city's vote for President was: Me- Kinley 1s4,7s6. Bryan 177,165; McKinley's S plurality 7241.
 Samuel Alschuler, the Democratic nom- inee for Governor of the State, ran ahead of Bryan, however, his vote being 1SS,5 against 172.SS6 for Yates, a plurality of 16, 1855 for Alschuler.
 Out of the thirty-five wards of the city, Harrison today carried twenty-six and Hancey nine. The vote was badly split, some of the strongest Republican parts of the city giving only small plurality for the party nominee, and some of them going for Harrison, who, however suffer- ed in some of the Democratic strong hods The city wards were re-districted after the Presidential election and the regular majorities in some of the wards were turned squarely around from what they have always been heretofore, but the indications are that the Republicans will have a working majority The pres ent body consists of thirty-nine Repub- licans and twenty-seven Democrats, and four independents. Af the hold-over six teen were Republicans, fifteen Democrats and three independents.
 The chief issue of the campaign has been the granting of franchises to street car companies of the city. These all ex- pire soon by limitation and the terms of extension are to be settled during the next two years. Harrison has in former years made a record against the grant ing of long franchises and he and all of his followers claimed throughout the campaign that the Republican nominee was inclined to grant long time privileges. This the Republicans denied with great energy, making their campaign on the flaws they picked in the record of Mayor Harrison and saying that Hanecy was no more disposed to favor the street car companies than is Harrison.
 Hanecy was the nominee of the Repub- lican machine, which is dominated by ex- Congressman William Lorimer, and this fact cost him many votes in his party, as there are many of the rank and file of the party who are stoutly opposed to their party machine and all of It's works. The Democratic following of ex-Governor Alt geld was against Harrison.
 One of the features of the campaign was the aldermanic contest in the Twen- ty-first ward, Mayor Harrison's home ward, where Honore Palmer, son of Pot ter Palmer, was a candidate for election on the Democratic ticket, 1t being his first essay in politics. His opponent was s. H. Helm Republican, who has been alder man from the ward for two years. Palm CT was elected by a majority of about 12O0.
 The Democrats carried all the city of- fees on the ticket as well as that of Mayor. William Loeffler was elected city clerk, A. J. Ryan city attorney and c. F. Gunther city treasurer. The Municipal Voters League, an organization com posed of business men, took an energetic part in the Aldermanic contest in the various wards. The aim of the organiza- ton was to secure the nomination of men considered most competent to serve as Aldermen, irrespective of politics. The league endorsed twenty mine candidates, of whom eighteen were elected.
 His official plurality over Judge FL bridge Hanecy, the Republican nominee, Is 2S,257 votes.
 The total vote of the city is: Harrison, 156, ,952; Hanecy, 12S,69o.