Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-03
Frederick A. Busse, Republican,
Defeats Mayor {. X. Dunno by
Over $1,000 Plurality.
GREAT CHANGE IN SENTIMENT
Thousands of Voters, Who TWO
Years Ago, Were for City Control
of Surface Roads Are Now Against
It-Dunne Attributes His Defeat to
the Money Power.
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CHICAGO, ILLS, April 2.--Thc
most intense interest in Il municipal
campaign that Chicago has expert
enced in many years closed tonight
with the election of Frederick A.
Busse, the Republican candidate for
mayor, over Edward " Dunno his
Democratic rival and candidate for
reelection. Buses plurality was be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 votes. The
issues i'll the campaign have been
largely based upon the Improvement
of the local traction systems. Both
parties agreed that present conditions
are intoleraDle, but differed as to the
best method of revising them. The
Democratic party, headed by Mayor
Dunno, STOOD for immediate munich.
pal ownership through condemnation
of the street car properties, If the re-
suit could not be obtained in any
other way. The Republican party
! favored ordinances which were re-
Gently passed by Democratic city
council over the veto of Mayor
Dunno. Ae.
These ordinances provided for 20
year franchises for the street car
companies, the city retaining the
right to purchase the system for
S50000,000 plus the amount to lie
spent for immediate rehabilitation of
the lines; six months notice being
necessary OF the city's intention TO
acquire the property. ~
The ordinances also provide for
universal transfers throughout the
city, a five cent fare and flfty-five
per cent. of the net profit of the
company to be paid to the city.
These ordinances were approved to.
day by majority of about 1000. The
vote generally showed Il decided re-
versal of public opinion on municipal
ownership compared with the mayor.
atty campaign two years ago. AT that
! time Dunno received 16S, 100 votes
against 1851 for John NJ. Harlan
the Republican leader. This year the
Republican vote was close to 10000
aud that of the Democrats about 14S,.
600 The Prohibition vote ran slight
~ above that of two years ago, while
the socialist vote fell off heavily, it
being more than 10000 less.
Was Vicious 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
candidates have been discussed and
speakers on both sides have INDUCED
in speeches filled with inyectiYes and
abuse
William Randolph Hearst came here
! from New York to take part in the
, campaign and brought with him car.
toonists and editorial writer's. His
papers were the only publications in
the city supporting Mayor Dunno, all
other newspapers being for Busse and
ne ordinances. The papers favoring
| Busse made much of the cry that
Chicago was able to manage it's own
interests without receiving instruc-
tons from New York. Ea
| The Hearst papers claimed that
Mayor Dunno was acting for the best
interests of Chicago and that it was
| therefore their duty to support him.
| Mayor Dunno received the returns
and few friends. lie appeared
! greatly affected by the reports and
said: 1T looks as though the money
power has overwhelmed us. but our
cause is not lost Municipal owner.
ship and governmental insurance will
win in the end"
| Corporation Counsel James Hamil-
ton Lewis, who has been staunch
supporter of Mayor Dunno, said at 6
o'clock: THE result came by com
bined Republican party which was
4 led by able capitalists against what
developed 10 be distracted and d-
vided Democratic party"
MIR. Busse who. is postmaster of the
city, gave out statement to the fol-
lowing effect: 81 am of course great
ly delighted at the success Of the Re.
/ publican ticket 1t shows that the
people of this city favor immediate
Improvement in our street car sys-
tens and that they endorse the ordi-
nances passed by the city council
lover the veto of Mayor Dunno"