Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-02
COMPLETED RETURNS
GIVE big BILL
COMFY" LEAD
ROBERT SWElTZER IN SECOND
PLACE IN CLOSEST ELECTION
CHICAGO HAS EXPERIENCED IN
YEARS-CiTY WET" BY OVER
WHELMlNG MAJORITY.

tHlCaBO, AlTll z.--i FdCtltdl4 COM
plete returns today give William Hale
Thompson Republican, a plurality Of
1850 votes over County Clerk Robert
NJ lSwetzer, Democrat, in the mayor
atty election yesterday.
States Attorney MaclaE Hoyne.
running as an independent and who
in election betting had been counted
on giving Thompson a hot fight, fin
ished a poor third, receiving less than
one-half the vote given Sweitzer
John Fitzpatrick, LABOR candidate,
polled a total vote of 54,467
John NJ. Collins. Socialist candidate,
received but 23,1O5 votes.
The vets on the local option issue
piled up smashing majority of 247,-
22S out of 535, ,292 votes cast, which
assures Chicago's remaining in the
wet column until July L. when war
time prohibition becomes effective.
Every ward in city voted wet, with
three out OF every five women voting
against plOnlDlllOb
The mayoralty vote follows;
William Hale Thompson, Republican
Men. l59, 500; women. 9S.025; total.
257.S3S. Robert Sweitzer, Democrat
Men. 147,24S women, 5000; total,
240,2SS Maclay Hoyne, Independent
Men, 67,796; women. 43,1Q2; total
110.S9S. John Fitzpatrick, labor
Men, 41,320; women, 13,147; total
"a ,467, John NJ. Collins, Socialist
Men, 1850; women S,245; total,
23.l05. Adolph Carm, Socialist Labor
Men 1929; women, 4S6; total LIS,
Earlier Returns.
Chicago. April AT late hour
last night the count on the mayoralty
indicated Mayor Thompson would win
over Robert NJ. Sweitzer by small
vote. With 1900 out of the 2,2l5
mayor was 5,435 votes ahead of the
county clerk.
The figures at hand indicated
Hoynes vote would be about 49,
600.
The 1850 precincts gave the mayor
1T ,9S6 and Sweitzer 172,551.
While these figures were being tab
ulated from the police returns, Sam
Gerson said at Thompson headquar
ters:
Mayor Thompson has been re.
elected by 27 ,S45 votes. We have per.
fectly reliable returns at hand, and
they show him to be at this hour 10-
900 ahead of Swetzer. On the basis
we make a conservative calculation
of victory by 27,S45, Watch the fina'
count and see if it doesn't come ou
that way"
Recount May Be Needed.
Official figures, and probably re
count, may be necessary to determine
whether Mayor Thompson or Sweitzel
has been elected The two candidates
finished moses apart" ON the fact Of
the police returns.
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne was
far back in the ruck, with only abou
twice as many votes as were givel
the candidate of the new Labor party
John Fitzpatrick.
Sweitzer and Thompson see-saweC
back and forth when the returns be
gan to flow in in sufficient volum
to base calculations.
The first 500 precincts gave tn
MAYOR a lead of 200 over his Demo
cratic rival By the time 725 pre-
ci1cts had reported Sweitzer wa
ahead by 1900.
How They "Jockeyed."
First one and then the other c
the two leading candidates. forget
ahead 1t was heart breaking fnis
for the adherents of the two chan
pions.
With $50 precincts accounted fC
Sweitzer led by 1891.
At the LOO mark Sweitzer's lea
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