The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-02
CAMPAIGN ENDS
WITH BOTH SURE
CHICAGO VOTERS TO SETTLE
LONG STANDING TRACTION
PROBLEM TODAY.
FIGHT HAS BEEN BITTER
Between Dunno and Busse and
Hearct's and Other Daily Papers
Both Candidates See Big
Majorites.

Chicago April 1,-Chlcago's stree
car question, whi.h has been before
the public, for ten years will be set
tied at the polls tomorrow at the
lmayoralty election, if the voters
adopt by referendum vote the orii
nances recently passed by the city
council over Mayor DUNES veto
granting 20 year franchises to street
cal companies.
If these ordinances fail of public
adoption and Dunno, the Democratic
candidate is reelected, an effort will
be made at once, according to Dunno,
To procure immediate municipal
ownership of the street railways
The ordinances before the people
provide hat the city on six months
notice may acquire the street railway
systems for $5000o.O0O plus the cost
of rehabilitation which is to be I'M
dertaken Immediately under the
supervision of The city engineer. Or
dinances also provide for through
routes, universal transfers, five cent
fares and payment 10 the city Of 55
per cent of the net income The
books of the company to be kept open
to the city officials.
Several nonpartisan organizations
have worked with the Republi ans,
who are supporting Postmaster Busse
for mayor to procure the adoption Of
the ordinances and the prediction was
made tonight by heads of these inde-
pendent bodies that the ordinances
win be adopted tomorrow.
Dunno believes the people want i'm
mediate municipal ownership and
they will re-elect him and reject the
ordinances.
The campaign, which closed tonight
with both parties holding scores Of
meetings all over the city, has been
tho most spirited fight for mayor that
has ever taken place in this city As
heavy a ballot as a presidential elec-
tion worid bring out is looked for,
Fight C Aga nst Hearst.
As the el otiQn draws nearer, the
contest takes on more and mere of
warfaic against William Randolph
Rearst and his newspaper lieutenants
who have been exceedingly acive in
tn campaign
Dispatches from ashington tonight
intimate hat some of the Democratic
National leaders are secretly hoping
for he defeat of Mayor Dunno not be
cause they have aught against the can
didat but because they believe his
failure to be elected would decrease
the political influence Of Hearst.
The Record Herald has come out
with a strong editorial tonight indors
ing the candidacy and platform of the
r publicans and denouncing the rec
ord of Mayor Dune. A few days ago
the Evening News printed n SIMILAR
of Mr. Busse. These two
papers for years have claimed TO ccn
troll an Independent vote estimated al
10000 to As 600 Every other news
paper in the city is urgently insisting
on the election of Mr. Busse.
Interest is Widespread.
The r publican ana Democratic
leaders did not yield during the day
from the forecasts already made by
them Mayor Dunno believes he viii
be elected by at ! ast 10000. and he
s sincere. The Busse lieutenants
whose canvasses of the various pre-
cincts were unusually through show
luite a. big a plurality for Busse IN
fact. they claim that thir figures
MAKE an even better exhibit than they
have ann unced -Jiblicly. but that
they do not wish to breed a feeling
of over confidence.
The fact is that both sid are
mrch worried tonighi-tha- is the
rank and file on both sides. Aside
from the t.actioa issue which inter
ests every man. woman and child N
he city there are other important
questions to some mp during thc next
four years FER settlement Among
LhtSt are itdh5uI llltuA VI tut a-h'ti !
system. establishment OF a high pres
sure water system. building Of a
downtown subway and Of a 5000 |
300 city hall. sides extensive i'm
and additions TO the park
area OF the city.
The legislature has adjourned oycr
Tor the election an dthe interest down
tate Is almost quail to that r al
presidential election. u is cOusidereI ] /
a great political asset for The fhiure
10 get control Of the machinery n
Chicago and keep 1t during the Il
four years. This IS one great reason /
TO- account for the strenuous xork BY
10th parties
The pills viii open at 6 O'Clock
Tuesday no ring and close A. 3
o'clock in the afternoon. Elaborate
pr psrsi ons have been mad 70 cheek
n more voters and ge- every avail
/. lie ruen IN the rsn1lz