Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-10
Elected Mayor Of Chicago by a
Plurality Over Dunno of
1916 Ballots.
DEMOCRATS ELECT TREASURER
City Council Is a Close Proposition
as It Looks.
Ordinances That We're the Issue Are
All Adopted-Woman Elected
Justice of the Peace
Other Elections.

Chicago, April 4.-Fred A. Busse
has been elected mayor Of Chicago.
By a plurality Of 1916 over Mayor
Edward r. Dunno Chicago chose the
postmaster to preside over her des-
tines for four years, to enforce the
traction ordinances and to inauguratc
the new era which the Forthcoming
charter promises.
The total vote on mayor, according
to the police returns, was 1901, out
of registration of 391, 5SS. The
total for Mr.. Busse was l65,349 and
for Dunno 151.913. George Koop, the
Socialist candidate, polled 10 469 and
w. A. Brubaker. on the Prohibition,
ticket, received 5,S75.
Democratic Treasurer Elected.
John E. Traeger was the one Demo-
crat to be elected. He was cho Ell
city treasurer by plurality Of 1888
over General Edward G. Young. John
r. McCabe. Republican. was ele, ted
city clerk, Thomas f. Little the Demo-
cratic nominee, running shade be-
hind Mayor Dunno and losing to Mr..
McCabe by 1914.
The new city council will be evenly
divided between the two major rar-
ties. The Republicans elected TIVE ty-
two new aldermen, as against fou. teen
elected by the Democrats. With the
hold-over aldermen this leaves the
standing thirty-five for the Republic
ans, thirty-four for the Democrats and
one Independent Democrat, Alderman
Bowler of the Nineteenth ward. who,
however, usually votes with the Demo.
Gratis on party matters.
McSurely Elected Judge.
William H. McSurely, who was the
Republican nominee to succeed the
late Judge Gary, defeated Alderman
William r. Dever, Mayor DUNES
council floor manager, by 1921. For
sanitary trustee. Otto ]. Novak was
elected to fill the vacancy. caused by
the death Of his father by a plurality
of 35,3O4 over Alex Wisniewski.
The country towns added str ng
plurality to the figures which the Re-
publican nominees for the ju geshios
and the vacancy on the sanitary boarl
received in the city. Judge Ben NJ.
Smith was reelected by final plu-
rality of 36,731.
Car Settlement Endorsed.
Citizens of Chicago indolsed car
settlement by n majority of SO, 1875, and
thus stood by the work of the city
council, which two months ago passed
the measures by an overwhelm ng vote
and over Mayor DUNES veto.
4 The decisive action by the e'ec-
torate means that during the next
three years the two traction com.
panles will expend in the neighEos-
hood of $4O,OOO,OOO for new EQUIP.
ment.
| Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch
rode into public office at Evanston as
n justice of the peace by a, majority
Of over 1900 over her opponent.
Other Illinois Towns.
At Springfield Mayor Devereux was
defeated for reelection by tile Repub-
lican candidate 1t will take the Of
fetal count to decide the mayoralty at
Galesburg. The Democratic! executive
at Quincy, Mayor John A. Steinback
who has held the office twelve years
was Defeated by ]. Fl. Best, Republic
an. Republicans elected their entire
city tickets at Rock Island and Ma
comb. At Belleville municipal i'm
provements won the day Fred j
Kern was reelected mayor.