The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-02
THOMPSON WINS MAYORS
RACE in EASY CANTER
HOYNE FINISHES AS POOR
49,. THIRD.
Majority of Women Votes Go
for Wets-Democrats Get
( Treasurer and Clerk.


Chicago, April ALPHABETICALLY .. com
plete returns today give William Hale
Thompson. republican. a plurality of
1900 votes over County Clerk Robert
NJ Sweitzer, democrat, In the MAYOR
atty election yesterday.
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne. run
ming as an Independent. and who, in
election betting had been counted on
giving Thompson hot fight, finished
q poor third, receiving less than one
half the vote given Sweitzer.
John Fitzpatrick. labor candidate,
polled total vote Of 54d67.
John M. Collins. socialist candidate,
feeeiyed but -2s.f00a, ,kgotes.
The vets on the local option issue
piled up a smashing majority OF 247, ,e2s
out of, 5s5,292 votes cast. which assures
Chicago's remaining in the wet column
until July l, when wartime prohibition
becomes effective. Every ward in the
city voted wet. with three out of every
five women and four out OF every five
men casting their votes with the vets.
The republicans gained three seats
will be composed OF forty-fve demo-
cratic members and twenty-five re-
publicans.
The two socialist candidates for
council were overwhelmingly defeated.
Henry Stuart. democrat. was elected
city treasurer over William Ganschow,
republican. by a plurality Of 1854.
James 7. Igo. democrat. defeated w.
9. Davis, republican; in the race for
county clerk by a plurality of 2,547.
Harry A. Lewis, republican, was
elected judge of superior court by a
plurality OF 5000 over John NJ. O'Con-
nor.
George B. Holmes, republican, was
elected municipal Judge, by a plurality
crat
The three local bond issues for via
ducts, city debts and additions to the
county poorhouse carried.
The mayoralty vote follows:
William Hale Thompson, republican,
men 159,S63; women, 96,025; total 257.-
SS6.
Robert Sweitzer democrat. men, A.
24s; women. 5000; total. 24O. .2ss.
Maclay Hoyne. Independent men 67.-
796; women, 49.1O2; total, 11O.s9s.
John Fitzpatrick. labor; men. 41.s2o;
John NJ. Collins. socialist. 1860 men;
s,245 women; total. 23.1o5.
Adolph Carm. socialist-labor, men,
1929; women. 4s6; total, 1.7l5.
Vets Won Issue.
The vote on the little ballot" propo-
sltlon snail Chlcago be dry territory"
was won by the "wets" without con-
test by the ''drys." The returns on
this proposition showed:
Men Women Total
Dry ........... 67,707 1926 144,032
Wet ......... .266.529 124.731 39i, ,26o
The democrats elected a city treas
urer and city clerk while the repub-
lican candidates for superior court
judge and municipal judge were sue
cessful The aldermanic returns show
the elimination OF socialists from the
city council. every candidate of the
party in the thirty-one wards in which
that party presented candidates being
decisively beaten. > The total socialist
vote was less than $4,000. whereas last
fall II was 65,o3s and two years ago
1926
In the new council the democrats will
have substantial majority over the
republicans. the body being made up
Of representatives of these two parties.
The democrats will have a voting
strength OF forty-five and the repub-
leans twenty-five.
Among the aldermen reelected was
Michael Kenna (Hinky Dink). who has
been a member Of the city council from
he first ward. continuously tor twenty
eight years