The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-03
BUSSE BEAT dunno
FOR MAYOR CHICAGO
Close Of Disagreeable Campaign With
Republican Ahead by Comfort
able Margin.

Chicago, April 3.--The most intense
campaign In municipal elections that
chicago has experienced in many years
closed last night with the election Of
Frederick A. Busse, the Republican cam
didate for mayor, over Edward T. Dunno,
his Democratic rival, and candidate for
recollection. l3usse's plurality was be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 votes.
The issues in the campaign have been
largely based upon the improvement of
the local traction system. Both parties
agreed that present conditions are intol-
erable, but differed as to the best method
|of revising them. The Democratic par
ty headed by Mayor Dunno, stood for
Immediate municipal ownership through
condemnation Of the street car property
|if the result could not be obtained in
any other way, The Republican party
favored ordinances which were recently
passed by Democratic city council
over the veto Of Mayor Dunno.
These franchises provided fof twenty
year franchises for the street car COM
panies, the city retaining the right to
purchase the system for $50,000,000 plus
the amount to be spent for immediate
rehabilitation of the lines; six months
notice being necessary OF the city's I'M
tention to acquire the property. The
ordinances also provide for universal
transfers throughout the city, d iye-cent
fare and ffty-hve per cent of the net
profit of the company to be paid to tile
lefty. These ordinances were approved
yesterday by a majority Of about 40,-
600.
The vote generally showed a decided
reversal Of public opinion on municipal
ownership compared with the nlayoralty
campaign two years ago. AT that time
Dunno received 168,lS9 votes against
I3s,S17 for John M. Harlem the Repub-
lican leader. The Prohibitionist ticket
received 1924 votes and the Socialist
23.o94. This year the Republican vote
was close to 1876 900, and that Of the
Democrats close to 14e,o00. The FSohibi-
tion vote ran slightly above that Of two
years ago, while the Socialist vote fell
off heavily, ii being more than 12,o0o
less.
Disagreeable Campaign.
The campaign has been one Of the
most vicious the city has ever known.
Charges and counter charges have been
hurled, the personal lives of the candi-
dates have ben discussed and speakers
on both sides have INDUCED in TRADES
filled with invectives and abuse.
The disagreeabe feature Of the cam
paign which became 80 pronounced in
its latter part, commenced when Mayor
Dunno circulated a petition for a referen-
DUN vote. on the traction proposition.
He and his followers announced that
they had secured 15l 900 signers to this
petition. $4,000 being necessary to place
the matter before the voters.
Charges were made BY the Republican
party that thousands Of these names had
been forged and that tho list had been
padded in every conceivable fashion.
Inese assertions were vehementIy de.
MED BY the Democrats and the followers
Of Mayor Dunno, who were in favor OF
immediate municipal ownership.
From this time until the end of the
campaign, the feeling became more Bit
ter
William Randolph Hearst came person
ally from New York to take part in
the campaign and brought with him car
toonists and editorial writers. His pa
pers were the only publications in the
city supporting Mayor Dunno, all other
newspapers being for Busse, made much
Of the cry that Chicago was able to
manage its own interests without receiv-
ing instructions from New York.