Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-02
Clashes Occur in Various
Places Over Minor
Matters.
GREAT VOTE P0LLED
General impression Dunno is
Not Getting Support OF
Two Years Ago.

Chicago April Mot in many years
has there been held in Chicago a mu,
nicipal election so important and far
reaching in its effects as that which
began this morning and will close at /
this afternoon. Besides the election OF
city officers, however, it will decide
the street car question which has kept
the city in agitation the past 10 years
Dunno Loses in First.
\ comparatively light vote was cast
during the early hours in the First
ward of the down town district. and it
was declared that the ward. which is
usually considered democratic by $500
plurality, will give Mayor Dunno, dem
Ccrat, only about 800 plurality. Not-
ing in the other wards was unusually
heavy, equaling in some places that Of
the last presidential election.
Busse in Own Ward.
In the Twenty-first ward, the home
ward of the republican candidate, Fred
A. Busse. it was declared by the repub-
lcan leaders of that ward, Busse would
win out by large plurality, although
Dunno carried the ward TWO years ago
by 500 majority.
Clashes Are Frequent.
Chicago, April 2-Numerous repocts
were received during the early part o:
the day by the election commissioners
of trouble throughout the city. In the
twenty-fOurth precinct of the First
bir,e,1f ~
the polling place. and refused 10 allow
anybody to vote unless he was assured
they would vote right" He was al
rested and locked up.
Try to Take Photos.
In the Seventh ward a fight was pre-
cipitated by two men claiming to b,
challengers of the prohibition party
who invaded the polling place carryin;
a large camera. and claimed the rigl
to take a photograph of the voting ma
chine. They were driven into the
street.
Judges Close Polling Place.
Judges of the election in the twenri
eth precinct of the Thirty-fourth war
found 100 ballots had been cast aft
80 voters had been checked off Thel
closed the polling place and counte'
the votes several times. \ riot wa
finally averted by direction of the eleC
tion commissioners and the voting wa
allowed to proceed. The error will b
corrected in the count at the close G
the day. Numerous reports OF the pul
chase of votes were received. but non
of them stood the light of investigatio
and up to noon no arrests had bee
made.
Refuses to Use Machine.
Another fight was precipitated in In
first precinct of the Tenth ward by
voter of the socialist party. who refu
ed to use the new voting machine
claiming it would register only repU'
liCan votes After much debate whiC
steadily increased in heat. the vote
was dragged off TO the police station
Up to noon the vote was remarkabl
heavy, it being in the majority of tn
presidential election.
In Other states,
Municipal elections are being held
Wisconsin. Colorado, Kansas, Nebra
ka. except Omaha. South Omaha an
Lincoln; Missouri Oklahoma, and Ii
dian Territory. In Wisconsin a ju
tice of the supreme court is also bein
voted for.
Bright, clear weather prevails throug
out those states, which augurs a fu
vote. Party lines are not as a ru
closely drawn, the issues generally b
ing local, that concerning license or I
license predominating
Republicans Carry Butte.
Butte, Mont, April 2.-Joseph &C
bin, republican, was yesterday electt
mayor by plurality of 800. The del
ocrats carried Great Falls.
Lewiston and all other principal
ties in the state went strongly repub
can. Helena. Anaconda, BOzeman. "a
Billings elected practically the enti
republican ticket over socialists
good fnajorities.