Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-28
German. and tho CHICAGO Election.

IN the election TUESDAY, April b, 1910,
William Hale Thompson received $685.
0SS votes, and for Robert NJ. Sweitzer
25l.0el votes We're cast (according to
the official COUNTY, which gives Mr..
Thompson plurality Of 147977 votes.
OF these there were cast by men for
Thompson, 250,216, and for Sweitzer,
16l170; and by women, for Thompson.
! l4s.S25; and for Sweitzer, S9,992. Thus
Mr.. Thompson received S9,0i6 more
votes from men and 5s.943 more votes
from women than did MFR. Sweitzer.
Comparing the votes cast by women in
this election with the votes cast by
men in previous mayorality contests,
we discover that Mr.. Thompson's
plurality is larger, In actual figures as
well as in percentage of all votes cast.
than that obtained by any mayorality
candidate in the last twelve years,
which includes the elections OF the
former mayors Busse (republican),
Dunno and Harrison democrats
Thus Mr.. Thompson's election is a
veritable republican landslide.
What caused this tremendous repub-
lican victory in city that, ordinarily,
Is democratic?
The consensus Of opinion is that the
Chicago voters are dissatisfied with
the Democratic national administration
and showed their dissatisfaction by
voting for the republican candidates.
This view is borne out by the fol-
lowing facts:
l. Each republican candidate for a
city Office was elected by g large
plurality, and of the thirty-seven re-
publican candidates for the city coun-
Gil twenty-four were elected, with the
result that the common council OF Chi
cago is lost by the democrats.
2. Local questions were argued dur
ing the entire contest by the demo-
Gratis and victory was conceded to
Sweitzer up to ten days before the
election. The democrats did not argue
national issues to any noticeable
degree.
g. The republicans used local and
national issues as campaign thunder
during the entire battle for votes, but
during the last ten days of the cam
paign they subordinated the local
questions to the national arguments OF
full dinner pail and "unneutral
democratic policies"
No local issue, nor the cumulative
effect of all local issues. could have
brought about for either party. the
tremendous pluralities which the last
election gave to the republican candi-
dates in Chicago.
The German American issue had
little effect upon the final result. The
large majority Of citizens Of German
descent voted for the republican can
didates. Proof Of this Is furnished by
the pluralities given to these candi-
dates in the seven wards In which the
So called German vote is the decisive
factor OF these wards five rolled up
large pluralities for Mr.. Thompson,
one gave Sweitzer large plurality and
one he carried by small margin.
A committee Of American citizens OF
German lineage distributed plain
circular without establishment, picture
or design attesting that Robert NJ
Sweitzer is a German American be-
cause his father. Martin Sweitzer, was
born in Baden. Germany. At the
eleventh hour, fearing that the tide
was drawing away from Sweitzer, the
democrats in charge Of Mr.. Sweitzers
campaign, sent out thousands OF copies
OF circular. bearing the pictures OF
Kaiser William and Emperor Francis
Joseph, in which circular last appeal
was made to vote for Sweitzer because
he Is German-American.
The republicans replied to the hrst
circular but not to the last one, by q
letter signed by many prominent citi-
zens of German descent that Sweitzer's
election would not mean German
American success, but his defeat would
be a victory for the honest. independ-
ent and unselfish German element.
The republican victory, virtually a
| landslide. il a protest OF Chicago
against the democratic party and iti
national administration.-H.S s. Brand
editor Illinois state Zeitung. In The
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