Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-05
Fur MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
SThat Was Ono Of tho Issues brought
Forward in the Fight .su.crs.tul
Candidate is Father of Thirteen
chiIdrcn-"Pop" Anscn's Part in the
y Campaign.
tIty Associated rrcss.)

81 CHICAGO. ILL, April IA political
Etornato here today overwhelmed enc
licf the most rugscJly unique leaders IN
The country. Incidentally. the Repub-
flican party me; defeat in memorable
Iienort to capture tho mayoralty Office
|iof Chicago. AS ~ direct result, the
LEFTY is officially committed 20 the puI-
Hey of The quickest possible cessation
|fnf private franchises for public utili-
lies. Municipal ownership is especial.
|ly threatening street car lines valued
|high up in The millions
i After winning successfully four re-
markable biennial fights of independ.
ents against thu regular Republican
perty organization here. John Maynard
Harlan. son Of Associate Justice Har.
an, of the United States Supreme
Court. was today Il loser as Republican
candidate for mayor.
81 Political Revenge Factor.
S2The defeat is attributed TO an cx.
trnordirary whirl Of causes starting
with political revenge and taking in 4
Efde sweep. embracing the most up.t0-
I;Gates Socialism as factors. The victor
Is Jtfdgc s:dwa RI Bnnnr'- Democrat.
Seldom, il ever. has Chicago Wit
messed more lively and picturesque
contest. Today particularly the city
was hidcous with The ringing Of cow
bells and the roar Of cannon crackers
II was a raw. hlustcry day. gloomy
and cold for The NEST part. until a5ou.
the hour for the close Of voting. The
sunburst then was not hailcI ,Oyfully
by the Republicans. who felt that even
in the matter Of election weather The
party had bccu under l. severe llalr.i
cap.
Fear Of Corporate Domin alton.
Appeals 10 fear ur domination by
corporate wealth appeared To sway
many voters and perhaps more than
any other influence was incorrectly
gagged by the Republicans. Harlan
| had cen savagely harrasse,l during
the campaign as tho rcputrd rcpresen,
tatiyc OF Wall street interests. intent
on fastening burticngumc franchise
grants upon the city. The Rcplblic.
ans. however. had figured that The
voters susceptible to appeals Of this
kind would support the Socialist can.
didate tColiins) and that the losses. II
any. to the Republicans would be more
than made up in Harlan's old time al.
mirers among independent voters. Els.
Inmates. however of 50U00 votes as
the total for Collins. tSncialistl fell
woefully short. The chief crl or in this
respect was apparently in regard 10
tho number OF Democrats WHIP would
20 over to the Socialists. The advo.
cncy of immediate municipal owner.
ship, radically voiced by Judgs Dunno,
out-herodcd any move by Collins.
Slipped Up on Blacks.
Calculations upon coIornd votrr.;
were another source Of error In Re.
publican expectations. An unmislak-
able detection. suddenly manifested
today in districts where Afro-Amcri-
cans are numerous gave severe jolt
to Republican campaign managers.
The most plausible explanation was
that Judge Dunno from The bench in
recent years had shown an uneXamplcd
spirit Of fairness toward colored men
and women in cxigencies when free
dom from race prejudice was sorcly
needed
An uphcavaI among temperance adj.
vocates against Harlan undoubtedly
did much to ruin his chances. The
sniallness of The prohibition tolo is
regarded by many as evidence ihat
voters. regarding him as a special
enemy, voted for Dunno in approhon.
sion that Harlan might win II ton
many votes were given tho Prohibition
nopInec
One OF the amusing features that To-
night Is recalled as tending to center
good natured feeling In Judge Dnnncs
behalf Is his record as Il father.
! IIc is The. happy fniiIer OF thirteen
childrcn This phase uf lie callpaigL