Show BUSSE BEISSE BEATS I MAYOR DUNNE i J Quietus Put Upon Municipal Ownership in the Windy City for the Present MUD SLINGING CAMPAIGN C SPEAKERS ABUSIVE TO THE THELAst LAst LAS DEGREE I j w wl t l 0 A pru 2 The most intense mu pal campaign Chicago has experienced many wany rears jears closed elo ed tonight with the thetO dOn tO at t Fred Buss BUSIe the Republican for mayor over Edward F Fine I Finc inc ine his Democratic rival and a can itc tte for fo reelection D by a plurality of veen and andie fO ie 10 issues issue in the campaign have nae been cry ty based baled upon the improvement of local traction system Both th parties v e f agreed agn ed that present conditions were lerable but differed as to the best heat nod hod to be employed in revising them Democratic party headed by Mayor TI ft r in tue stood Mood for municipal ownership I uh lI h condemnation of the street car if the result could not be ob obeS obIn eS in any other way Ordinances Were Carried n Te Republican party favored ces cea which were recently passed by a aT ar ar r T city council over the veto of or Dunne These ordinances pro prod d od for franchises for the theet et car companies the city retaining right to purchase the systems for plus pius the amount to be spent for tor Mediate rehabilitation of orthe the tines lines six r I tits IttIS I notice being necessary of ot the thea thes a s intention to acquire the property prop ordinances also provide for universal throughout the city a and S 55 per cent of the net revenue lie Jle companies to be paid to the city fight for and against the adoption hem nese ordinances has been exceedingly er r They The were carried today t day by a 1 erity of about votes Changed In Two Years ie vote yote today showed a decided re rial 1 of ot public opinion on the question c municipal ownership compared with t j teat Jut mayoralty campaign e two years At that time Dunne received 1189 I against for John M Harlan l I Republican leader The Prohibition at e received 24 votes and the Social a M This year the Republican vote ote voter oteI r i clot JoMo to lo and that or of the Demo Demots DemoIs ts Is close to J The Prohibition runs slightly above that of two years L 1 while the th Socialist vote fell off being more than less than that he last city election el v vic ic Ie campaign haa been one on of ot the most jus nIs th the city c has Jia ever known Charges 1 counter charges have been hurled t I and forth th the cp personal lives of ot the lavo Rye been held leid up to the pub md nd throughout the tte campaign ken kers kei on botH bot sides have indulged t aft tirades filled with b 1 Referendum Referendum Petition e disagreeable features of the tile cam earn earner er rs n n which became bec me so so pronounced in ill latter littler part pert commenced when Mayor r T lift ft e circulated a petition for a refer c Tm Cm m vote vota on the traction proposition t V Ife p present election He and his fol announced that they had hads secured C red redI d I signatures to this petition SO i J necessary to the matter before f o ers Charges were made m by th 1 L i that t thousands of or these 5 were forged f rd and that the fhe list had padded In every conceivable fash lash I These assertions were vehemently L c ed IIi d b by the Democrats and the follow af f Mayor Dunne Duane who were ivere in favor mediate municipal ownership o From i c time ime until the end of the campaign campal 11 r as rig became more bitter bittel and more in ine t 10 1 e I total vote for mayor r re b e Dunne Dunn fo tiis ker er Pro P Koop Roop Hoc S C l 1 Hearst Was in It Itam It lt am Randolph Hearst Hear t came person c from New Kew York to take part In the Ign and aid brought with him his it a cartoonists and editorial writers papers ware were the only publications In fri Ini i city elty supporting lIu Mayor MaJor Dunne all aU alls C s 5 bt Ing tot fot Busse and the rIi L r eg es The fight between the Uio editorial dit rial became me so energetic ener that th JJ Jl I issues rot of the campaign campaign were for foe s t completely coin lost sight of The ThO T favoring flume Busse Bu made much of l t cry that Chicago was waa able to toi i ee e its own interests without from New York Hearst papers claimed throughout that Mayor Dunne Dunno was wasE wasa E Ii for the best Interests Inter of Chicago a t it was wu therefore their duty duy to tor t tr r him Dunne Gave Up Early T B r r Dunne Duane abandoned hope within t I tours ours after the polls closed He re ret reI J t the returns at his home surround his family and a few friends He Hered Hered red Ired to be greatly affected by bJ the theand theand theand and said v looks as though the money power us but our cause is not Municipal ownership and govern T t II n ownership will win in the end lection has merely acted as a check I T or n II retard us for a while but the ther r ment will go goon on and will In the end I Counsel James Hamilton r I r a I who has been a staunch supporter supporterS S Dunne said saide saidIe e Ie result came because a combined r r party was led by able cap r against what hat developed d to tobe be a dis td and divided Democracy S Busses Basses Statement Jr r Busse who ho has for some time been naster flaster of the city was confined to tos toI I s I tome iome during the campaign because Junes received In a wreck on the thet theP P t sylvania railroad lately When tho the V t was beyond all doubt he gave out outa outs a s element as follows I of course cours am greatly delighted at 1 of ot the tle Republican ticket It Ita a that tho the people of this city are r Ivor VOl of Immediate Improvement of present I nt street et ear car system and that I S endorsed fully the ordinances passed city council over thereto the tho yeW veto of Mayor l I Ife than anything ele elre the vote In ingo lAO go today means that the tho sentiment f e C majority of the people In the see sec e i 1 largest city in the United States is sed ed to William R B Hearst and ill illI U ll I 1 Isms ims that he has sought to thrust zi n 1 the community It Is a J T 4 I iry ry for sane safe and conservative in ini il Lt Lc i Cannot Be Humbugged S The people of Chicago Chic go have demon demonstrated demonstrated that they thoy are aTe to be trusted with w th settlement m nt of ot all ail great questions q such as have hav ave confronted them in this elec el c n no Th i s shown they J y can ca not be humbugged I was confident from froni the beginning that right would prevail that the good sense Justice and fairness of the community would resent in a for forcible forcible cible cibie manner the outbursts of an out outsider outsider sider elder who had his own personal ambitions entirely in view S The fight for the he improvement of the local traction systems had been going on for twelve years and election fin finally finally in ally sets the people p ople In sight of the prom promised promIsed promised land I shall make every effort to bring about Improved conditions as rap rapIdly rapidly Idly as possible I 1 have hae not been able to take a personal part In the campaign and regret that It at any time assumed aBsum d da a personal character I dont believe either side had anything to gain by mak making making making ing a fight tight of that description Council Is Close mayor will have the city coun council council cil cli with him but It Is ig very close as the makeup of this body shows thirty five fe Republicans thirtyfour Democrats and one Independent Democrat The rhe ordinances settling the street ear car question were carried by a good major majority ity The otal vote on QU this question was for and 20 against According to the latest returns at mid midnight midnight midnight night the only Democrat outside of al aldermen aldermen aldermen dermen elected was John E Democratic candidate for city treasurer |