Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1902 — IGNATIUS A. SULLIVAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IGNATIUS A. SULLIVAN.

Labor Leader Elected Mayor of Hartford, Conn. Workingmen seem to he gaining control of the municipal governments throughout Connecticut. Bridgeport and

Ansonia surprised the State last tall by electing mayors from the rauks of the toilers, and now Hartford has come into line by choosing Ignatius A. Sullivan, the Economic League candidate, mayor over Maj. William B. Dwight, the Repub--lic a n candidate, Sullivan's majority

wns 495 in a total vote of 12,773. Mayor-elect Sullivan is a clerk In a clothing store. A few years ago he helped form the Clerks’ Union, which became affiliated with the Central Labor Union, and has since been prominent in labor circles. H<* has been president of the Hartford Central Labor Union, and is now president of the State Federation of Labor. He has lived in the Connecticut capital qnly seven years, anil Iu view of this brief residence his election ia ail the more remarkable. Hfs opponent Is a prominent resident and stands so high socially that his supporters were dubbed the “Silk Stocking Crow*d.“

I. A. SULLIVAN.