The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-03
Carter II. Harrison Reelected
Mayor of Chicago BY Nearly
10000 Plurality.
C. 0. P. MACHINE NOMINEE NOT IN IT
incomplete Returns from St. Louis
Indicate Democratic Success In
That City Also.

CHICAGO, April 2.-Carter Harrison
mas been reelected mayor of Chicago
and will next week commence his third
term as the chief executive of the citv
His official plurality over Judge Eldridge
Hanecy, the Republican nominee, is
2S,257 votes. The total vote of the city
with eight precincts to hear from is:
Harrison, 155275; Hanecy, 127, ,202; Harri-
sons plurality, 28,275.
In the last mayora1ty election the vote
was, Harrison, Democrat. 1896: Carter
Republican, 1O7,4S7 Harrison's plurality
A,059
In the presidential campaign last fall
the city vote for president was. McKin-
ley, 1S4, 1856; Bryan, III, ,165 McKinley's 8
plurality 1921. Samuel Alschuler. the
democratic nominee for governor. ran
ahead of Bryan, however, his vote being
lS0,52l, against 172, 1856 for Yates. A pIu-
rality of 1916 for Alschuler.
Out of the thirty-five wards of the
city, Harrison today carried twenty-six.
and Hanecy nine. The vote was badly
split, some of the strongest parts OF
the city giving only small plurality
Tor the party nominee and some of
them going for Harrison, who. however.
suffered in some of the Democratic
strengholds. The city wards were re-
distrcted after the presiG entail election
and the regular majorities in some of
the wards We're turned squareIy around
from what they have always been.
ALDERMEN IN THE AIR.
The redistribution will make some diff
ference in the complexion of the next
municipal council as several of the alder
men, who, in ordinary circumstances.
should have held over, were redistricted
entirely out of their wards. There were
two hold-overs in the second and two in
the tWenty-frst wards, and no hold.
overs in the seventh and thirty-first.
Where there was two hold-overs the new
council will decide who of the men is
entitled to the seat, and where there
were none and two men were elected
at the present election the courts Will
be called upon to decide the question of
the legality Of an aldernanic election In
which two men were elected at one
time, instead of one as provided by the
statutes governing the case. For these
reasons it is impossible at this time to
predict the exact formation of the new
council, but indications are at present
that the Republicans will have a working
majority. The present body consists of
th1rty-nine Republicans, twenty-seven
Democrats and four Independents. OF the
hold-overs sixteen were Republicans.
fifteen Democrats and three Independ-
ents
PUBLIC FRANCHISES THE ISSUE.
The chief issue in the campaign has
been the granting of franchises to the
street car companies of the city These
all expire soon by limitation and the
terms of extension are to be settled dur
ing the next two years. Harrison has a
record against the granting of long
franchises, and his followers claimed
through the campaign that the Repub-
lican nominee was inclined to grant long
time privileges. The Republicans denied
this 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 or
the Republican machine, which is DOM
mated by eX-Congressman William Lori
mer, 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-Gov. Altgeld was against
Harrison.
YOUNG PALMER ELECTED.
One of the features of the campaign
was the aldermanic contest in the
Twenty-first ward, Mayor Harrison's s
home ward, where Honore Palmer, son
of Potter Palmer, was a candidate for
reelection on the Democratic ticket, it
being his first essay in politics. His op-