The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-03
.BUSSE Wins
IN CHICAGO
RAILROAD MANAGERS ISSUE ULTIMATUMB MB
Republican Candidate For Mayor
atty Defeats Dunno, Democrat,
By a Large Majority

Chicago, April 2.-Chicago S post
master, Frederick A. Busse. the re-
publican candidate, was elected may
or of the city today having a plurali-
ty of. 1881 votes over Mayor Ed
ward F, Dunno.
The total number of votes east for
Mr.. Busse was 164.s3s and for Mr.,
Dunno 151,71S The prohibition
candidate polled 5s75 votes and the
socialists 13.459. Two years ago at
the time Mayor Dnnne was elected TO
Office. he polled l63,lO9 votes and
John M. Harlan, the republican can
didate l3S.G7l. The socialist vote
the same year was over 10000 and
today's vote was great dlsappoint-
ment TO the leaders of thai party
The issues in the campaign have
been largely based on the improve
ment of the local traction system
Both parties We're agreed that pres
ent conditions were intolerable but
differed as to the best method to he
employed in their revision The
democratic party, headed by Mayor
Dunno stood for municipal ownership
through condemnation of the street
car properties if the result could not
be obtained in any other way. The
which were recently passed by dem
ocratic city council over the veto of
Mayor Dunno. These ordinances all
provided for 20 year franchises for
the street car companies, the city re-
tanning the right to purchase the sys-
TENS for $50, 100000 plus the sum
to be spent for immediate rehabllita-
ton of the lines, six months notice
being necessary for the city's inten-
ton to acquire the property. The
ordinances also provide for univer-
sal transfers throughout he city, Il 5
cent fare and 55 per cent of the net
revenue of the companies to be paid
to the city. ''r
The fight for and against the adop-
ton of these. ordinances has been eX-
ceedingly bitter. They were carried
today by a majority of about 10000
votes.
The vote today showed decided
reversal of public opinion on the mu-
nicipal ownership question, compared
with the last mnyoralty campaign of
two years ago.
The campaign has been one of the
most vicious the city has ever known.
Charges and counter charges have
been hurled back and forth, the per-
sonal lives of the candidates are be-
ing held up to the public and through
the entire campaign speakers on both
sides have INDUCED night after night
In TRADES filled with invective and
abuse.
The disagreeable feature of this
campaign which became SO prononnc-
ed in its latter part commenced when
Mayor Dunno circulated II petition
for a referendum vote on the trac-
tion proposition at the present cleo
tion. He and his followers annonnc-
ed that they had secured l51, 900 Sig
natures TO this petition so 000 be-
ing necessary TO place the matter be-
fore the voters. Charges were made
by the republicans that thousands of
thee names had been forged and
that the list had been padded ii ey-
cry conceivable fashion These as
sertions were yehemently denied ny
the democratic and the followers Of
Mayor Dunno, who were in favor Of
Immediate municipal ownership, and
from this time until the end of the
campaign feeling became more bit
ter and more intense.
The new mayor will have the city
council with him, but II is very ciose
as the make up of this body shows 80
republicans. "a democrats ana one
independent democrat.
According to the latest returns at
midnight the only democrat. outside
of aldermen elected. was 1ohr Il.
Traeger, democratic candidate for
city treasurer