Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
THE POLITICAL WORLD
cH1cAGD VOTES TO TAKE OVER
IT'S STREET RAILWAYS.
Cleveland's Estimate of Judge Parker
Fairbanks Calls a Halt-Root
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for Chairman-Renomina

terday the republicans elected eighteen
aldermen. the democrats sixteen and one
| Independent republican, who repudated the
| machine" in the sixth ward, was chosen
member of the council. The last council
was composed of 80 republicans, 80 demo-
Gratis, 1 independent democrat and 1 social
| list. The next council will be formed of 80
republicans. 81 democrats. 2 independents.
one of whom is democrat and the other a
| republican. and 1 socialist.
| The chief interest in the election, how
| ever centered in the vote of proposed mu-
nicipal ownership of the street railways.
| In this connection what Is known as the
Mueller law passed by the last state leg
| islature, was submitted to the people. The
law authorizes citizens in Illinois to con-
| struct, own, operate and lease street rail-
ways and to provide the means therefor.
On this proposition the vote stood 152, 434
for the proposition and 3O104 against; on
| the proposition that the city should at once
| take over the street railways into its con-
| troll the vote stood 120,744 for and 0,S93
street railways until such time as the city
| is prepared to take them over the vote was
| 120, Isl for and 1906 against.
On the question of whether or not the
members of the board of education should
| be elected by direct vote of the people in
stead of by executive appointments, as Is
| the present usage, the vote was 115,553 for
and IS, 432 against
Municipal Elections.
Unofficial returns from one-thrd of Kan
sas City. Mo-, including decisive precincts,
assure the election of the whole repub-
lican city ticket. headed by Jay H. Neff
for mayor. by pluralities ranging from
LOCO to 2,0oo except that Police Judge
Brady democratic and labor candidate) is
probably re-eiected by a small plurality.
The new council will have a republican
majority. The city government has been in
the hands of the democrats for four years,
and two years ago no republican, even on
the ward tickets, was successful
In st. Joseph the democrats elected w. f.
Spratt mayor. The remainder of the ticket
was carried by the republicans.
Mayor David s. Rose, democrat. carried
Milwaukee. having plurality Of 1912 over
Guy ID. Gon. republican. Victor l.. Berger
social democratic. ran about . 600 votes be-
hind Golf. The vote for mayor is as fol-
lows: Rose, 2S,5l5; Golf. 17,603; Berger.
1888. Questions relating to bond issues
for various city improvements. requiring
the expenditure of about 50 000,OOO. car
ried. Among the largest sums is 100000
for municipal lighting plant. nearly a
million dollars for viaducts, and $4,000
for additional fire apparatus.
AT Parkersburg, W. Va, the democrats
elected theh entire city ticket and carried
every ward in the city but one, electins
greatest democratic victory ever achieved
in Parkersburg
AT Lincoln, Nebr.. the republicans elected
their entire city ticket by maiorities rang
ing from 590,4te 1,1OO. The vote was:
Townsend, 30; Jones, 2}G; Lemmert, 157
Cleveland on Parker
Ex-President Grover Cleveland, to judge
from his statements to a New York Tribune
reporter at his home in Princeton, is not
unfavorablye disposed toward the Parker
boom. He says that he knows Judge
Parker to be sober capable man and
good democrat, and he intimated that he
was ready to help fight democratic battles. I
r m so MUCH out of politics that l don't
believe l can contribute anything of inter-
est said Mr., Cleveland guardedly, but
pleasantly. Then he asked: What is 1t
you want to know about?''
1.-THE Parker boom and how you regard
it," said the reporter. THE politicians in
tho metropolis quite universally seem to
think that Judge Parker will have the
support of the New York delegation and
that he will be nominated at st. Louis.
Yes replied Mr.. Cleveland. Il see by
the papers that Judge Parker is being talk
&c of for the nomination..
Assuming that he is nominated at ST
Louis. would there be anything in his cam
didacy to make democrats apprehensiVe?
After pausing long enough, apparently,
to weigh his words, Mr.. Cleveland sara:
mo there is not / know Judge Parker
I have not seen him in some time. He Is an
able safe level-headed judge and a good
democrat.
Fairbanks Calls a Halt.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says:
Friends of Senator Fairbanks received
word from him that the effort now making
to have the state convention instruct for
him must be stopped. 1t is said that the
senator fears that such instructions would
put him in the attitude of being a candi-
date for the vice presidency, when he does
not want the place.
His friends say that Indiana was pre-
pairing to instruct for him, but his atti-
tude may cause the state leaders TO apan-
don the project. Governor Durpin ana
other aspirants for the senatorship which
would become vacant in the event of Fair
banks election have been back OF the
scheme to instruct. and some OF the sena-
tors supporters have said that the BOOM
ing of Fairbanks has proceeded wholly
from selfish interests the part of the
men who want to go to the Senate.
Watterson on Mcclellan.
dispatch from Louisville. KY, says: In
a review of the democratic presidential pos |
sibilities and the issue, which he contends |
is Roosevelt alone. Henry Watterson re- |
news his statement that Mayor Mcclellan |
is the man with whom to win. but he also |
puts a deal of faith In Parker. He says: |
Roosevelt the SITeNuOuS, WIFI dill tndI he |
implies, will be the only issue. All |
thoughts, all passions, all deliverances will |
eddy around the President, who is an as |
pirant to succeed himself.
Mr.. Mcclellan would make splendid |
nominee; would warm up the boys i'm |
menseIy and would win the election. But |
we do not accept the dictum that Judge |
Parker would not in other ways, prove a |
very strong candidate"
Democrats Plan Peace Move.
dispatch from New York says: Parker
for President, Mcclellan for governor and
Hill for United States senator.
This is the program which the leading |
democrats of the, empire state are likely to
agree upona There is no doubt the New
York state democratic convention, to be
held W. after next will instruct the DEL
egationt TO ST. Louis to vote a unit for
Judge Parker. Leader Murphy Of Tam
many ostensiblyi still stands out against |
an instructed delegation. Murphy will be !
placated by a tender of the governorshp
nomination to his protege, young Mayor
Mcclellan. II this arrangement is made !
it may not appear publicly till after the
st. Louis convention is over
That Mayor Mcclellan would like to make
the race for governor there is no doubt
He is an ambitious young man and his
friends are ambitious for him. They pre-