Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1893 — THE CHICAGO ELECTION. [ARTICLE]

THE CHICAGO ELECTION.

John F. Hopkins, Democrat, Elected Mayor by a Majority of 1,387. John P. Hopkins, the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Chicago, was elected over George B. Swift, Republican, by a majority of 1,387, Tuesday. The total vote was: Hopkins (Dem.), 112,700; Swift (Rep.), 111,313; Britsins (Socialist-Labor), 1,517; Wakely (People’s-Silver), 367; total, 225,897. The vote, which was one of the heaviest ever polled in the city, shows a decided Republican gain. The Democracy carried the city by 30,000 in the last Presidential election, and in the county election last month several of the Democratic candidates had majorities of 4,000 in the city which were only overcome by the Republican vote In the county.