Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1907 — BUSSE HAS THE VOTES [ARTICLE]

BUSSE HAS THE VOTES

Elected Mayor of Chicago by a Plurality Over Dunne of v . 13,476 Ballots.

DEMOCRATS ELECT TREASURER

. J£ty Council Is a Close Proposition as It Looks.

Ordinances That Were the Issue Are All Adopted—Woman Klected .. Just ice of i lie Peace—- , _ Other Elections.

Chicago. April 4.—Fred A. Busse Jias been elected mayor of Chieng>By a plurality of 13,470 over Mayer Edjrlfrd F. Dunne Chicago chose the postmaster to preside over her destines for four years, to enforce the traction ordinances and to inaugurate the. new era which the forthcoming charter promises. The total vote on mayor, according to the police returns, was 335 901, out of a registration of 391,588. The total for Mr. Busse was 165.349 and for Dunne 151.913, George Koop, the Socialist candidate, polled 13469 anV W. A. Brubaker, on the Prohibitlju ticket, received 5,875.' Upmoerrth' Treasurer Elected. John E. Traeger was the one Democrat to be elected. He was cho en by a plurality of 7,983 s T Edward C. Young. John Republican, was ele.tal that the gliomas F. Utt’e the Democontained ,ef '- running a shade be*L« ipunne and losing to Mr. give the Jameeb-y council will be evenly sna as aft?n the ,wo major par- . *-Lt <IHUal bliC ® nS F,eCted tW * gipia mbthWs>emoeriits. With the ilv’B oppositi&n this leaves the 3 nriable '** fw the Republleme morin . Democratß lind the only one tag|. ocrn( A j (Rl . mfll , celebration. ward, who, , H Iv not onlyU witb the Dea ?’ nropriaiiouu judge. , tho

late Judge Gary, defeated Alderman William E. Dever, Mayor Dunne’s council floor manager, by 14,231. For sanitary trustee, Otto J. Novak was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father by a plurality of 35,304 over Alex Wisniewski. The country towns added a str ng plurality to the figures which the Republican nominees for the Ju’geshVrand the vacancy on the sanltaiy hoar J received In the city. Judge Ben ME. Smith was re-elected by a final plurality ot 36,781. Car Settlement Indorsed. Citizens of Chicago indorsed car settlement by a majority of 33,12t\ and ■thus stood by the work of the city council, which two months ago passed the measures by an overwhelm ng vote and over Mayor Dunne’s veto. The decisive action by the e’eetorate means that during the next three years the two traction companies will expend In the ndghl or-' hood of $40,000,000 for new equipment. Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch rode Into public office at Evan-toi as a justice of the peace by n majority of over 1,200 over her opponent. Other Illinois Towns. At Springfield Mayor Devereux was defeated for re-election by the Republican candidate. It will take the official count to decide the mayoralty at Galesburg. The Democratic executive at Quincy, Mayor John A. Steinback. who has held the office twelve years, was dCfeated by J. H. Beat, Republican. Republicans elected their eiitjre city tickets at Rock Island and Macomb. At Belleville municipal improvements won the day. Fred J. Kern was re-elected mayor.