The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-03
Democrat who Was Opposed by Bry-
an and AItgeld, hut Elected by
Means OF n Partisan Law.
CONTEST MAY BE THE RESULT
REPUBLICANS CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN
THE VICTIMS OF FRAUD.
Covert Declared Elected at Evans
vfiIe-Results In Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Wisconsin and Colorado.

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CHICAGO, April 2.-Carter II. Harrison
has been reelected mayor OF Chicago. and
will next week commence his third term as
the chief executive of the city. His Of
fetal plurality over Judge Elbridge Hane-
cy. the Republican nominee. is 2S,257 votes
The total vote of the city is: Harrison,
156.s52; Hanecy, 12S,695.
In the last mayoralty election the vote
was: Harrison, Democrat. 1896; Carter,
Republican 1O7. .437: Harrison's plurality.
4.O59. In the presidential campaign last
fall the city vote for President was: Nc
KinIey, 1s4, 7s6: Bryan, 177.165 McKinley's
plurality. 1921. Samuel Alschuler. the
Democratic nominee for Governor of the
State, ran ahead of Bryan. however, his
vote being 1sS.521, against 172,SS6 for Yates,
a plurality of 16. .135 for Alschuler
Out of the thirty-fve wards of the city,
Harrison to-day 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 majorities in some
wards were turned squarely around from
what they have always been. The redis-
tricting will make some difference in the
complexion of the next municipal Council.
as several Of the al lermen. who in ordinary
circumstances would have held over. were
redistricted entirely out of their wards.
There were two noldovers in the Second
and two in the Twenty-first wards, and no
holdcvers in the Seventh and the Thirty
first Where there were two hoIdovers 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
on 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. For these reasons il is impossible at
this time to predict the exact formation of
the new Council. but the indications at
present that the Republicans will have i
working majority. The present body con-
sists of thirty-nine Republicans. twenty
seven Democrats and four independents.
OF the holdovers. sixteen are Republicans.
fifteen Democrats and three independents.
THE CHIEF ISSUE.
The chief issue In the campaign has been
the granting of franchises to the 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 granting 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
Hapecy was no more disposed TO favor the
street-car companies than is Harrison.
Ianecy was the nominee of the Republican
machine which is dominated by ex-Con-
gressman William Lorimer. and this fact
cost him numerous votes in his party, as
there are many OF the rank and file who
are stoutly opposed 20 their party machine
and all OF it's works. The Democratic fol-
lowing Of Ex-Governor Altgeld was against
Harrison.
One OF the features OF the campaign was
the aldermanic contest in the Twenty-frst
ward-Mayor Harrison's home ward
where Honore Palmer. son of Potter Pal
mer, was a candidate for election on the
Democratic ticket. 1t being his first essay
in politics His opponent was S. II. Helm.
Republican. who has been alderman from
the ward for two years. Palmer was
elected by majority of about 100
The Democrats carried all the city Of
fees on the ticket. as well as that OF
mayor William Loeffier was elected city
clerk. f. j. Ryan city attorney, and {.
+. Gunther city treasurer. From the fig
ures available tonight IL appears that
their pluralities will be within thousand
OF Mayor Harrison's. None of them prob
ably will have majority exceeding his
In the various towns the elections were
about evenly divided The Democrats car
ried the South. North and probably the
West towns while the Republican officials
lave been elected IN the towns of Jefferson,
Hyde Park and Cicerd
The Municipal Voters League. an or
ganization composed of business men, took
an energetic part In the aldermanic con-
tests I'm the various wards The aim of
the organization was to secure the nomina-
ton OF men considered most competent
10 serve aldermen. Irrespective of poll
tics The league indorsed twenty-nine can
didates. of whom eighteen were elected.
Shortly after noon Frank Hurley. n Demo-
cratic worker az the Twelfth precinct Of the
Third ward. was shot and probably fatally
wounded by Thomas Moriarity. a Repub-
hcan worker. Moriarity claims he shot In
self defense.
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