New Britain herald., 1927-04-06
THOMPSON EASILY
Chicago WINNER
Rides Into Mayors Office With
SS,072 Plurality

Chicago, April up - William
Hale Thompson, republican, former
cowboy. lassoed the MAYORS chair
IN Chlcasos biggest election yester-
day. and prepared to ride into the
city hall with plurality Of S3,072
votes in his saddIebags.
The sun of a beautiful election
day barely had sunk in the west
where Thompson once punched
cattle, when his election was con-
ceded. By dinner time it was all
over but the shouting. and that
continued until the sun had trotted
around the world and appeared
again in the east.
Nearly one million votes we're
cast. Thompson received 512.74O,
Mayor William E. Dever, democrat.
seeking a second term. got 429.GGS
and DR.. John Dill Robertson, BAN
ner carrier for an insurgent repub-
lican faction, was a poor third with
1929
Southside for Thompson
The strongholds Of the southsde
negro wards voted prodigiously for
Thompson. OF his S3.072 plurality,
these wards contributed 59,215,
Thompson running better than 6 to
] ahead Of Mayor Dever there.
Besides the four year term as
mayor. Thompson also apparently
won control of the council. having
the promise of support from Is to
SO aldermen chosen at the Febru-
ary % primaries to which were
added probably 16 favorable alder
men yesterday.
Despite dire rorcbodinss of
hoodshed and disorder, and much
viewing with alarm by law en-
torcement agencies. the election
was one of the quetest in Chicago
history. LAS quiet as Quaker
funeral" Captain Siege Of the de-
tective bureau called il.
But Little Trouble
Hoodlumism was almost entirely
absent. Theft of one ballot box.
dsnamiting Of two places used as
democratic hcadquart ars. destruction
by fire of a Negro church under
mysterious circumstances, and the
firing of few shots were the only
untoward incidents reported No one
was hurt.
Police attributed the peacofulness
Of the day to a fear instilled in
sanglands heart by the shooting to
death on the eve Of the election OF
Vincent tSchemer) Drucci, beer
baron Of the northside. Many known
gangstcrs. the police said. spent
election day in the country" rather
than challeng" the warning that the
police would fire first and talk
afterward.
A jubilant big Bill" was pounded
on the back, hand shaken and loud
ly cheercd in the hours following
news that his election to serve Il
third term was received. His head
quarters at the Hotel Sherman was
damned with leaders of the repub-
lican party. by ward workers and by
a joyous crowd of we'll wishers.
The hotel lobby was crowded with
men carrying brooms. symbolzing
the Sweeping" that is to be given
the city hall. The mayor-elcct had
indicated many changes in municipal
offices and in the police depart
ment.
At the height of the excitement
the mayor-ciect grabbed Il mega
phone and shouted:
Il thank you. Tell 'em cowboys.
toll 'enl. | told you I'd ride en-
high and wide
During the jubilaton someone
yelled Lets sing America First"
The celebrants, however, had diff
ficulty getting it started. and the
song. based on Thompsons cam
paign slogan, was abandoned.
Will Gust McAndrcw
Thompson said one of his first acts
would be the ousting as Superin-
tendent of schools of William Nc
Andrew. termed by Thompson The
stool Pigeon OF King George" one
of Thompson's reiterated campaign
arguments was that Chicago school