The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-08
SAY 1T is "COME BACK"
Republican Assert Chicago EIcc.
tiOn shows National Trend.

CHICAGO. April ..-Analyzing the Re-
publican victory in the municipal cleo
tons of yesterday. national and State
party leaders In Chicago tonight say
that bu, one Interpretation can be placed
OF the resut--the Republican party has
come back Taking the citys swing
TO the Republican column as a reliable
barometer of public opinion throughout
the country. the party leaders assert
that ii indicates an emphatic population
OF the national Administration and all
other things Democratic.
SO far as Illinois Is concerned, they
say, the Republican party is now united.
the Progressives have returned to the
fold and factionalism has disappeared.
Democrats with front seats at party
councils admitted that the result plainly
indicates the political trend at this time.
But they said many things must happen
between now and the Presidential cleo
tons next year TO counterbalance.
Mayor-elect William Hale Thompson
saw his corrected plurality at the record
smashing figure of 1904 to-day.
City's BiKgest Vote.
The Thompson managers were as
much taken off their feet by the defeat
they administered to Robert NJ SWEET
Ter the Democratic contender. as were
the Sweitzer campaign managers. IL
was the biggest vote ever cast in chi
cago election, national or otherwise.
Briefly summarized the party leaders
attribute the election OF Thompson 10
these causes:
The full dinner pail argument with
which the Thompson workers bombarded
the factory workers-the cry that Re'
publican victory would start return
NJ a.. a. - 20
nation.
lnterjection Of the religious Issue into
the campaign.
The Thompson tidal wave carried with
II The minor offices and elected sum
Client number OF Republican Aldermen
10 control the council. with the aid OF
progrcsslves and Independents.
All records fall before the Thompson
figures. The younger Harrison won
mayoralty in 1897 by $4,000. Thomp-
son went above this high water marx
on The mems vote alone.
The Thompson plurality was larger
than that OF Mckinley in chicago IL
was larger than Roosevelts 10000 III
1904
The complete figures show men yes
terddy gave Thompson 246,29l Votes
agains, 1850 by the women. His rival
Swotzcr was given lG2,l55 by the mei
In the primaries the total Democratic
vote cast for the two leading candidates
vas 2s7,3l3. just 36,O0S votes more thar
SweltZer received yesterday. Inc lie
publican primary vote was only l'2'ios
A g?in Of 2lS,775 was made In this vote
Yesterday. A total of s69,S56 votes was
cast.
y was the first Mayoralty contest a
which women were permitted TO vote ant
great interest was shown by the ne"
voters, who went to the polls in pro
portionately as great numbers as TN
mrn. of the 2S4,29l women registered
t3,319 voted, or an average OF 10 pc
cent, Men to the number or 42o,34'
went to the polls. The mems resistra
ton is tS4,6l5, showing that 81 pc
cent. OF them voted. The city's tota
registration, men and women. IL 1853
aos This means that 81 per cent. o
the registered voters exercised thei
right OF franchise.
Got az Per Cent. WOmen's Vote.
Women voters are taking great dea
Of the credit for Thompson's election
OF the total mems vote cast Thompson
received so per cent, but the womei
were stronger for him and gave MIN o.
per cent. of their total vote.
The election brought to light I'M
need of many reforms" said County
Judge Sculy, in charge of Abe election
machinery, tonight. II am convinced
the women should have the full fran
caisc after watching their work Tues
day. They brought dignity to the polls,
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