The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-03
Chicago's New Treasurer
Halls From This Neck
of the Woods.
BUSSE VICTORY GREAT
Hearst Blamed for Dunne's Defeat
Rank Outsiders Interest
Resented.

The election Of John E. Traeger, who
by the way is Lake county boy, to
the office OF city treasurer on the
democratic ticket. demonstrates that
Chicago is still a democratic city, al
though not in the Hearst sense. Trae-
ger apparently had the support of the
old line democrats and also all the
rank and file Of his party. He was
seldom heard of during the campaign,
as all interest in that was smothered
up in the newspaper contest which
centered in the election of Busse and
Dunno. Although the contest was
close, Busse can claim a great personal
victory and the Hearst followers must
accept an ignominious defeat. The
normal conditions were in favor of
Dunno, but the resentment of the peo-
pie towards dictatorship Of persons
who have no interest in Chicago what
ever, except from a professional or
commercial standpoint, defeated him.
Dunne's Methods; Not the Man.
Chicago has the greatest respect for
Dunno as a lawyer, a judge. a gentle
man and a family man. but in the
language of the street he got in
wrong by accepting the membership
of a New York crowd Of sensational
lists. 1t makes little difference TO Chi
cago who is mayor.
The town seems to get on mat
ter who holds the reins of governor
ship, but in this case there was an OBJ
lection to register against outside in
reference and that objection was reg
istered emphaticalIy. 1t would have
been better for Dunno If he had
aligned himself with the party that
elected him and not lend his ability to
an extraneous proposition. AS mayor
he started a great many reforms which,
had they been carried out, would have
worked to the Improvement of the city,
but he allowed himself to be made the
tool of a man who had nothing in
common with the people of Chicago
and no interest at stake except the
advancement of his own personal am
bition in the direction of political die
tatorship.
A Newspaper Victory.
The Tribune this morning naturally
takes to itself the credit of a great
newspaper victory. The fight that
was made against Busse was merely a
fight against the Tribune. 1t was the
Hearst newspapers against the old
family sheet which seldom takes sides
in a political argument and never un-
til it is stung.
In summing up the results of the
election, the Tribune says this morn
ing:
Home rule was victorious over
Hearst rule from New York; orderly
progression over disorderly retro
gression; construction over destruc-
tion.
Had it not been for the appearance
of William Randolph Hearst, Arthur
Brisbane and the corps of Hearst cam
paigners from New York the result
might have been different. It was
Hearst and the Hearst influences which
made his success impossible.
The whole great battle was waged
and won with the entire country and
no small part of the world looking on
with intense interest and waiting the
result in suspense.
Natural circumstances, as the ma
tion learned long ago. made Chicago
the mother of civic movements. The
same forces made it the nursery of
wild agitation as well as of ably coun-
seled reforms.
Motive of Hearst Campaign.
The particular motive of this cam
paign was known to be the advance
ment not of Chica-7- of the presi-
Dental boom of the =, of discon-
tent, William Randolph Hearst. Chi
cago control, in his self-cateehism,
meant Illinois control, and Illinois con-
troll might mean the control OF the
democratic national convention.
His first conquest was easy. He
bent to his purpose Mayor Dunno. who
had favored the traction ordinances
until he was told by the Hearst radi-
calls that their adoption would leave
+ him without sensational campaign
issue The mayor was led up a high
mountain and shown a panorama Of
disorder. himself at the center and
Hearst at his right hand. He created
/ a division in his party and brought
about a situation where his victory
meant the death of the regular demo-
cratic organization as the price of the
I Hearst ascendency and where his de-
+ feat meant the fall of him and OF
Hearst. but the survival of the regular
democratic organization.
And this situation beat hinl-the
old line democrats in preservation
slaughtered the candidate Of theil
party"
Dunno More Popular Than Platform
The street car ordinances which
were the main issue OF the campaign
outside Of personalities were sus-
tanned by the majority of 1926, Will,
Busse's plurality over Dunno was
matter of $4,000. This shows that Mr.
Dunno was more popular than the
platform upon which he stood. Thi:
also demonstrates that sensible voter: