Show MIXED RESULT WAS Chicago Citizens Voted Against Op Operation Operation Operation of the Street Sheet Rail Bail Railways ways by y the City PRINCIPLE WAS ALL RIGHT BUT IT CANNOT BE PUT INTO PRACTICE it 4 f M t M t 44 The Th total vote east cast on the 4 tion of municipal ownership was wae f 4 Of this number bel 4 were cast in favor of municipal 4 4 operation of the street railways 4 and against it In order 4 4 to become binding tIe tle proposition 4 4 4 to operate the railways should 4 4 have received votes It 4 4 therefore fell short of or the required 4 number by b votes f 4 The proposition to issue 4 in street railway certificates 4 4 was carried by b a vote of ot 4 4 4 against The question of 4 4 public pu lic policy y was WM carried by a ayote 4 4 vote yote of to 4 H 9 6 9 0 t t t Chicago April 3 Under the result of the city election held today In which the question of municipal ownS own ownership of the street railways was the vital issue the city cit of Chicago can pro proceed proceed to acquire and control the rail rall railways railways ways ays but cannot canot operate them At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same time the voters while declaring d declaring lar laring ing that the city shall not proceed to operate the railroads declared that as asa asa asa a question qu tion of or policy it would be desir desirable desirable able for the city to t do so The Propositions Three propositions were submitted to the voters the first of which was Shall the city of Chicago proceed to operate street railways This proposition required 60 per cent centor of or the total vote cast east in order to be he become become come effective The t total tal vote was Of this number the proposition to proceed to the immediate operation of the street railways secured but votes short of the necessary The second proposition prOK involved In the approval of or an ordinance ord nance previously passed by bp the city council cornell providing pro for the issue i ue of street railway rates eates ateo in amounts not to exceed 75 for the purchase ownership and maintenance 9 of the street railways ys This JIS WN w carried by About S SOO votes es st I ply py on the queston of public policy f and has no legal effect whatever is Shall Sh U the city council proceed with without without without out delay to secure the municipal ownership and operation o of the street railways under the Mueller law in instead instead instead stead of granting franchises to private privat companies This proposition was carried by about votes Mayor Dunne Disappointed Mayor Dunne construed the passage of the certificates and public policy proposition pr position as a victory for mu municipal municipal municipal ownership but expressed his disappointment over oer the defeat of the proposition for municipal operation he said I admit that I am disappointed because the victory is not complete The important proposition however at atthe atthe atthe the present time Is for the issuance of the certificates and this has been car carried carried ried ned I regret however very much that we did not get the necessary ma majority majority majority to enable us legally to operate the street railway lines But this will not prevent us from again going be before before before fore the tIle people after we have the street railway lines and ami asking for the necessary necessary sary authority to operate The people will wUl vote for operation with a big ma majority majority at the prop r r time Bitterly Utterly Fought The election was one of the most interesting to Chicago voters that has been held in many years The vote was much larger arger than had been ex expected expected expected and all day the contest for and against municipal ownership was bit bitterly bitterly bitterly t terly fought Party lines were largely Ignored and the eligibility of candi candidates candidates candidates dates depended more upon their atti attl attitude attitude tude toward municipal operation of street cars and high license for sa saloons saloons saloons loons than upon their party records Of the he aldermen who were elected today Mayor Dunne claims that nineteen are avowed champions of ot municipal ownership and that he will till have much less difficulty difficult In passing measures relating to that doctrine through the city council than has been his fortune heretofore The faction op opposed opposed opposed posed to municipal ownership declares that they Ute still hold the control of the council and that Mayor Dunne Duane will have no rio greater success in the future than he has had in the past Saloon Question Besides the question of municipal ownership the issue was made iti th many of the aldermanic contests on whether r the saloon license of the city shall be or 1000 The low figure was in existence up to March 5 when the city council by b o a close vote and after a ahard ahard ahard hard fight passed an ordinance raising the amount to 1000 The number of crimes which have lately been com committed committed in this city against women has caused many people to believe that the crimes are attributable to the large number of saloons and they favored the increase in license as a means of decreasing the tIle number The liquor interests made a strong fight light against st every alderman who was up for re reelection reelection election ejection who had voted for the license se sest of 1000 Of the fifteen men against st whom they put their influence twelve t fe were elected and three defeated Of Df the nine aldermen up for reelection m who voted for the continuance nce of the license all were returned to their seats In the council counell There is le danger hoever that the high license will w be repealed rep aled The votes in tn several sev ral of the wards were so close that it probably r will ill require the official om ial canvass to deter determine determine determine mine the result but the probabilities are that the Republicans R will have a majority of three or four otes votes The old council oun il consisted of thirty V seven Republicans tIl 0 Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats o and one independent |