The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-04-08
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Chicago, April "A political
tornado today overwhelmed one of
the most ruggedly unique leaders
in the country. Incidentally, the
republican party met defeat in a
memorable eff.rt to capture the
mayoralty of Chicago. As direct
result, the city is officially commit
ted to the policy of the quickest
possible cessation of private fran.
chises for public utilities. NUM-.
cipal ownership is especially threat.
ening street-car lines valued high
up in the millions.
After winning excessively four
remarkable biennial fights of inde-
pendents against the republican or
ganization here, John Maynard
Harlan, son Of Associate Justice
Harlan, of the supreme court of the
United States, was loser for re-
publican candidate for mayor. The
defeat is attributed to an extraor-
dinary whirl of causes, starting
with political revenge aud taking
in a wide sweep, embracing the
most up-to-date socialism as fac
tor. The victor is Judge Edward
F. Dunno, democrat.
Seldom, if ever, has Chicago wst.
messed more lively picturesque
contest. Todoy the city was hide
GUS with the ringing of cowbells
and the roar of cannon crackers.
The republican candidate suffer-
ed heavily from campaign attacks
charging that he was political as
sassin. Alleged unworthy leaders
of his own party who had been
thrust from Office and power lar e.
ly through Harlan's aggressiveness
in previous campaigns were con-
spicuously absent from his support.
Districts where republican majori-
ties had seemed constant and time
honored as the seasons were omi-
nously reported today as ''slow.".
Appeals to fear of domination by
corporate wealth appeared to sway
many voters, and perhaps more
than any other influence were in
correctly guaged by the republi-
cans. Harlan has been sayagely
harassed during the campaign as
THE renuted representative ofWall-
Istreet interest intsnt on fastening
lburd franchise grants upon
the city. The republicans, howev-
er, had figured that the voters sus-
ceptible to appeals of this kind
would support the socialist candi-
date, Collins, and that losses, If
any, to the republicans would be
more than made up by Harlan's
old-time admirers among independ-
ent voters. Estimates however, of
$4,000 votes as the total for Collins
(socia1ist) fell woefully short.
Calculations upon colored voters
were another source of error in re-
publican expectations. An unmis-
taxable detection, suddenly mani
tested to day in districts where Af-
ro-Americans are numerous, gave a
severe jolt to republican campaign
managers. The most plausible ex-
planation was that Judge Dunno
from the bench in years had shown
an unexampled spirit of fairness to-
word colored men and women in
exigencies where freedom from race
prejudice, was sorely needed.
One of the amusing features that
tonight is recalled as tending to
center good natured feeling in Judge
Dunne's behalf is his record as
a father. He is the happy parent
of thirteen children. This phase of
the campaign was shared by Pap"
Ansop, who has an almost equally,
meritorious record in family mat
ters. Anson, the old-time hero Of
baseball, was the democratic can
d;date for city clerk. His popular
ity personally was beyond a doubt
a potent help to the democrats, who
seem to hugely appreciate his cam
paign statistics. designed to prove
that the democrats. at least in Chi
cago, are the original and genuine
opponents to race suicide.
The plurality for Dunno, DEM,
was 24.24S votes over Harlan. In
the city election two years ago
Harrison, dem.; defeated Stewart,
rep, by 776G plurality.