The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-05
HARRISON MAYOR BY 10000
,HH 700 REPi BLICAN MACHINE
CITS MERRIAM.
= rr.naIrdcr Of Democratic Ticket Carries,
,lons Win the Mayor Who Has Now
Won tho once FIvc Times Demo.
crais Also Have . MaJerliy In Council.

tlong with the MAyor Who Has Now
Won tho once Five Ttmes-u,emo q.
crats Also Have . Majority In Ceupc,,
rIrAGo April s-Carter II. Harrison
.a. Elected Mayor OF Chicago to-day
.-'ne fifth time by a plurality Of approx
ma'ov 10000.
"" has duplicated the record made
hy hs father, who was elected five times.
td he will surpass it in the number of
Years represented by those terms. for
10 term for which the son has just been
chosen will be for four years instead Of
,vo. making a total Of twelve years.
His opponent. Charles r. Merriam.
was showed under. The story is told
vhen 1t ia said that the Republican
machine men knitted Merriam, while
'h" expected defec.ions Of Dunno Demo-
crs's from the party did not materialize.
Milton J. Foreman's defeat by Albert
! 1"arney for Alderman Of the Third
ward was tho big feature OF the Alder
manic election.
In the Democratic wards Harrison
tiled up record breaking majorities.
In the Republican wards Mr.. Merriam s
showing was disappointing. He did not
rln nearly so well as Fred A. Busse did
four years ago. This was true too in the
so-called reform" wards. where he was
elpected to sweep all before him.
Prof. Merriam conceded his defeat in
a formal statement issued about clock
Il am satisfied with the fight my friends
made" he said We presented the issue
oi honest and progressive government
and the voters have replied. ! congratu-
l"'" Mr. Harrison on his victory and wish
him well in his administration.
Harrison carried the Democratic
wards by heavy majorities and in the
Republican strongholds. where Merriam s
managers expected to pile up record
breaking leads. the Democratic candidate
made big gains.
Dunno Democrats remained loyal TO
the part' to fsr greater extent than the
Nerriain managers expected The Re-
nbiican candidate on the other hand
rIcinly suffered from opposition within
-" organization OF his own party Re-
lu~ns from the LoriIre- wards revealed
'r'ensive use Of the knife. end in the
"neen wards the vote failed to show the
""c' CT enthusiastic machine support.
incomplete returns indicate that Her-
c'r:.ed with him the rest Of the city
sei Francis D. Connery for City Clerk,
. FOR reelection. end Henry Stuckart
& City Treasures. The Republican CEN
r. ~ e To- City Treasurer was Albert w.
lfusa and Willicm Mayhem was the
'pubhcan nominee for City Clerk.
te final figures give Harrison (Dem =,
..Sjs. Merriam rep, 100. .27s. Bribaker
o. ?,s7' Rodriguez lSocl 22.2e,
The next City Council will consist Of
o-,Y-one Democrats and twenty y-nine
"publicans
Two members OF President q Taft q Cabi-
10 voted in Chicago to-day Franklin Mac
N"agh, Secretary Of the Treasury. came
from Washington and cast his ballot in
the Second precinct of the Twenty first
ward. In spite Of rumors no attempt
was made 10 challenge his vote. The
Judges greeted him cordially and did not
ask his address.
The question az 10 Secretary Mac
Neagh's residence came up because of
The leasing Of the home at I4OO Lake Shore
Drive 10 Ira n Morris. The lease. how
ever. has provision by which the Secre-
iary reserves apartments in the building
for himself and this constitutes resi-
dence according TO a decision OF the
Election Commissioners.
Walter L. Fisher. Secretary Of the In.
terror. came with Secretary MacveaRh.
he voted in the Thirteenth preNnct of
the Twenty first ward
Carter II. Harrison was born in Chicago
On April 23 1880. His father, Carter II.
harrison. was Mayor OF Chicago for five
terms. The elder Harrison was de-
.cended from early Virginia and pioneer
kentucky families.
After a preparatory education in the
public schools OF Chicago and a German
gymnasium the SOP entered ST. Ignatius
College in Chicago, from which he wa
graduated in 1881. He received the degree
Of Ii. b in 1888
Mr., Harrison practised law in Chicago
rom 1883 10 1899 and in 1891 took up the
iral estate business with his brother,
VILLAIN Preston Harrison. The two
hro'hers became editors and publishers
o' 'he oh Chicago Times, which was sold
l1 lss4
j. was in 1897 that Mr. Harrison actively
took up the fight for political honors
h2o"rt +. Burke attended to his cam
ralgn and he defeated a strong Repub-
lean candidate for the Mayoraty. Three
.'h"r Mayoralty fights he won and Mr..
harrison served as the citys Chief Ex-
"u'v" continuously until 1906 when
"nelSe, succeeded in overthrowiny
.n a. the conv vention and giving the
''70r 10 r Dunne
H. te2"mber, 1887, Mr. Harrison mar
Peg Edith Ogden Of New Orleans. They
l"'" Wo children, Carter II. Harrison.
'd Edith Ogden Harrison Mrs
1i Is almost as well known as her
a1 Icing the author OF several
'- books for children, including
aiming Sword" Prince Silver