The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-03
HARRISON WINS.
Democratic Mayor Of Chicago Is
Again Elected.
Son of Potter Palmer Gets Seat
in the Council.
WELLS IN ST. LOUIS.
Anti-Bryan Democrat Wins by
10000 Plurality.
WELLS IN ST. LOUIS
Republicans Threaten to Con-
test the Election.


His total plurality over Judge Elbrige
T. Hanecy. the Republican nominee, is
2S.255 votes.
The total vote Of the city is: Harrison,
156,952; Hanecy, 12s. 695; Harrison's plu-
rallty. 2S.07s.
In the last mayoralty election the vote
was: Harrison. Democrat. 1886;
Carter. Republican. 107.4s7; Harrison's
plurality, 4lVoS-
In the presidential campaign last fall
the city vote for president was: Nc
Kinley, 1876; Bryan. 177,165; McKin-
ley's plurality, 1881. Samuel Alschuyler
the Democratic nominee for governor Of
the state, ran ahead of Bryan, however,
his vote being 1885, 21, against 172.3S6 for
Yates. a plurality OF 1915 for Al
OF the thirty-five wards of the city,
Harrison carried twenty-six and Hanecy
nine The vote was badly split, some OF
the strongest Republican parts OF the
city giving only a small plurality for the
party nominee and some of them going
for Harrison, who however, suffered IN
some of the Democratic strongholds- the
city wards were rediStricted after the
presidential election and the regular ma
Jorities in some of the wards were
turned sQuarely around from what they
have always BEEN
The redistricting will make some diff
ference in the complexion of the n-u-
nicipal council as several OF the alder
men who in ordinary circumstances
entirely out of their wards
There were two followers in the Sec
ond and two IN the Twenty wards
and no followers in the Seventh and the
Thirty-first- Where there were two
followers the new council Will decide
which 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 to decide the
question of the legality of an aldermanic
election in which two men were elected
at one time, instead of one, as provided
by the statutes governing the case.
The present body consists of SO Re
publfcans, q Democrats and Independ-
ents OF the followers 16 were Re
publicans, 10 Democrats and INDIE
pendents-
The chief issue in the campaign has
been the granting of franchises to the
street car companies of the city. These
will all expire 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 granting of long franchises, and he
and all Of his followers claimed
throughout the campaign that the Re
publican 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 Republican ma
chine which is dominated by ex-Con-
gresham 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 its works.
The Democratic following of ex-GOv-
ernor Altgeld 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
Potter Palmer, was a candidate for cleo
ton on the Democratic ticket it being
his first essay in politics. His oppon-
ent was S. H. Helm. Republican. who
has been alderman from the ward for
two years.
Palmer was elected by a majority of
about 1900
offices on the ticket well as that of
mayor. William Loeff1er was elected
city clerk; A. J. Ryan, city attorney, and
c. 2. Gunther, city treasurer.
From the figures available at midnight
it appears that their pluralities will be
within thousand Of Mayor Harrison's.
None Of them win probably have ma
jority exceeding his.
In the various towns the elections were
about evenly divided. The Democrats
carried the south. north and probably
the west towns, while Republican Off
Gals have been elected IN the towns of
Jefferson, Hyde Park and Cierco. The |
Municipal Voters league, an orsaniza-
ton composed of business men. took IN
tests in the various wards. The aim of
the organization was to secure the nom
nation of men considered most COM
petent to serve as aldermen, irrespective
of politics. The league Endorsed twenty
nine candidates, Of whom eighteen were
elected
ARKANSAS VOTES SAME OLD WAY. |
Little Rock, Ark, April s--Municipal
state yesterday, and in nearly every
case where party lines were drawn the
Democratic nominees were elected. In /
Little Rock, Mayor w R Duly, Demo-
crat, was reelected by a. large majority
over r. W. Perrin, independent
REPUBLICAN GAIN AT TACOMA.
Tacoma. Wash. April Sat the mu-
nicipaI election the Republicans elected
seven councilmen and the Democrats
two, a Republican gain Of one council
man.
BOISE GOES REPUBLICAN.
Boise. Idaho. April 3.-In Pocatello |
there was a stiff contest between the /
Democrats and Republicans the latter
electing every official but one council |
man Thomas r. Turner. Republican
was elected mayor by Is votes.
OKLAHOMA CITY REPUBLICAN,.
Guthrie, Okla, April 3.-A special to
the Capital from Oklahoma City says:
C. g, Jones', Republican, elected mayor
by 1873 majority.
LANDSLIDE. COLORADO SPRINGS. !
Colorado Springs, Colo. April 3.-Col0-
RADIO Springs elected the eutire Repub-
lican ticket by from 1,400 to 1880 ma
Jority. There were but two tickets in
the field. the Repu blican and the Demo-
cratic. Every member of the city coun-
ell elected is a Republican. This is the
most sweeping Republican victory ever
achieved in this city. Not exceeding five
precincts out OF a total of % have gone
Democratic and these precincts only
give little na1erities-
CHICAGO COUNCIL REPUBLICAN,.
Chicago, April 3.-The new Chicago
city council which probably viii be
called upon to decide the question of the
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