The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-03
Tuesday the Voters Will
Elect Mayor, a Board OF
Aldermen and Few Other
City Officials.
MERRIAM IS CIVIC
REFORM CANDIDATE
Carter Harrison, Four Times
Mayor, Stands on Reduced
Cost of Living Platform
The Outlook.
(Amcrican News ScrNi"c)

Chicago. April 3.--Amld DlaHc Oh
oratorical pyrotCchnlcs ana poilti'a'
rallies. one of the bitterest munlclpal
campaigns in the history of the city
will come to an end tonight. Tomor'
row the voters of the city Will eject
MAYOR. "A board of aldermen and other
city officials, and from the bitter chai-
acter of the campaign. trouble is eX-
pccted at the poks.
The platforms upon which TINS DIT
ter struggle 70" an $4,000 mayoraity
and thousands in annual patronage.
bay, bcep made are widely divergent.
The democrats. with Carter II. flarri-
son. n four-tim" former mayor, VINO
was nominated for office by scant
,oo votes at their head. have taken
the field with an anti-corporatIon. 10
cent gas plank. calculated 10 appeal
TO those voters who rallied around tn"
low cost of living issue in the recent
congressional elections. The Repuoh-
can nominee. Charles +. Merriam, Il.
former professor Of Chicago ltniverai-
". on the other hand. has battlcd an
der The civic reform" slogan pointing
TO his fine record while serving the
city in the capacity of Alderman ana
MS head of the Merriam Commission,
n committee appointed to abrogatc
graft in Chicago. as an argument to
voters.
The Other Candidates.
Other candidates are William +.
Rodriguez. who heads the Socialist
ticket. and William A. Bruioaker. Pro
hibitionst. These two last named
however. do not figure in the fight
The choice lies between Harrison and
Merriam and political forecasterS air
completely at sea as to the result.
According to political history, Chi
cago is "A Democratic city. and un
doubtcdiv- would follow its preCTdcnts
this year were it not for tn" many
different factions created by the boss
cs in their wild scramble for the nom
nations of their candidates. durint
the spirited primaries of February -
the first direct primaries in ,he his
tory of this city. The matter nov
stands. however. guessing Oh the re
suit of the balloting is as uncertain
as the turn OF coin.
The conditions that created this IN
certainty in usually loyal Democrat
ic city are due to acrimonious dis
putcs among both the Republican ant
Democratic bosses; cnlivcncd by bit
ter personalities, and the formation q
factions which back separate Cand
dates for the regular nominations.
on the Democratic side of the fenc
factional fighting was the hottes
Early in the new year il besam
known that there would be three Den
ocratic candidates for the nomination
These were Carter IL Harrison. tn
former mayor who was return ed
winner behind whom the notorious
"Hinky Dink" McNonna-"B Bath house
John Coushlan First ward organizatio
lined up: Edward +. Dunno. also a
cX.mayor. with miscellaneous fol
lowing. and Andrew J. Graham. a wc>
side banker. OF long political prom
nencc but never n holder of offic
who had the backing of the count
organization controlled by Roger G
Sullivan and Il cotorie of wealthy Ch
Cagoans.
"Aink" and "Bathhousc."
Mr.. Graham opened the fcstivitiC
with an attack upon the McKenn
Coughlau organization which brougl
the entire first ward red light distri
10 it's feet with fire in its cy
"HinkyDink and "Rathhouse" job
retailiatcd by affilia1ing thCmselv,
with Harrison and a merry war We
on between these two until Edward
Dunnc's hackers took hand Fro
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