The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-02
Both Sides Work Hard and
Each Claims Over
whelming Victory
TROUBLE SETS IN EARLY
Socialistic Vote Will Be Heavier
Than at First Expected-Betting
Favors Busse.

1t is estimated at the headquarters
OF both parties at 2 o'clock this after
noon that two-thirds Of the registered
vote of Chicago had been polled before
noon. Both sides worked hard. The
work on the side of the democrats, who
were reinforced naturally by the bu-
reaucracy. was most pronounced Po-
licemen, clerks and all the city en-
ployes were in line for their chief,
There was comparatively little rush
work, however, at the polls.
The Busse cohorts worked more
quietly but just as effectively 1t is
plain at this hour that Busse has car
ried his own home district the north
side.
Dunno is running strongly in the
south side, west of Halstead street par
ticularly, and on the west side. Chief
Clerk Powell of the election board es-
timated at o'clock that the total
number Of ballots cast would reach
$4,000. In the outlying precincts
trouble was reported at an early hour
this morning. Several free fights took
place in the vicinity of the stock yards
and one Dunno man was arrested but
later turned loose by the policeman
who had him in custody.
Socialists Cut In.
The socialistic vote is cutting in on
that of the two big parties and many
surprises may be sprung when the bal
lots are counted. The organization
known as the Referendum league has
spread the report that patrolmen have
forsaken their beats and are working
tooth and nail for Dunno. Several
suspected thieves were taken.
Busse cast his vote early this morn
ing it being his first appearance on
the street since the accident on the
Pennsylvania in which he was nearly
killed. He walked to the polls lean
ing on cane, and was nearly mobbed
by his friends when he alighted from
his carriage.
The betting on the result took a de-
cided Busse turn as the day wore on.
The odds at half past one were two to
one in favor of the republican candi-
date. The betting market seems to be
long on the Busse side and it may be
that the odds are false
South Chicago for Busse.
John ]. Hanberg of South Chicago,
chairman of the republican county cen
trail committee, this morning reiterat-
eQ MS pEeulCllou OIL d o0fVOO pluIdllly
for Fred A Busse Mr.. Hanberg was
busy as fish peddler on Friday cir
culating around the various polling
places in the eighth ward. P. J. Nc
Demott, one of the Moynihan boosters,
this morning gave out an estimate of
227 plurality for Moynihan that he had
doped out during the night.
Very little election excitement de-
veloped during the early voting hours
today, but a heavy vote was indicated
by the early showing. In the twelfth
precinct. where a voting machine is in
operation, ISL votes out of 800 regis
trations, were recorded at 10 o'clock.
A fire in a booth at the eighteenth
precinct polling place, 9143 Superior
avenue, created a panic shortly after
the polls opened. A nervous voter
overturned a candle in the booth and
set fire to the curtain. officer John ].
O'Keefe and Max Raduenzel, an cleo
ton clerk. extinguished the blaze.
officer O'Keefe's hand was severely
burned.
officers Patrick Stenson and Mat
Mcnamara distinguished themselves at
similar fire at the fifteenth precinct
polling place, 9120 Erie avenue, when
two booths were completely destroyed
and the clerks and judges of election
were driven out by the flames The
building was threatened with destruc-
ton when the two policemen dragged
the flaming booths into the street.