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Show I CLEAN" SWEEP IN CHICAGO. Republicans Elect All but Possibly One Candidate. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. The Republicans made a clan sweep of the election In Chicago and "ook county today, electing nil of their candidate can-didate with the exception ( one man Th oie Democrat to ma. h the promised land was "Webb, a eandldalo for trustee of th nanl-lary nanl-lary district Elect Six Judges. The Republicans elrcted four Judge of the Superior curt b pluralities ranging from 21. 000 to 2T.,ryrt, one Judge to fill a acancy t on the benoh of the Superior court by a plurality of about lCiju a Judge of the circuit court by 10 000 uml eight -ut of nine members of the Board of .onltniy Trustees by pluralities plurali-ties ranging f-om 1000 to .'oeo Strong Fight foi Trustee. A Itrong fight was waged for the pieildency of the Hoard of Trustees between lie ormlcli. tho Republican candidate, and W enter, the Democratic nominee McCormlck was successful success-ful by about HOJ itnd Wcnler failed to gain a pillion hs a member of the board b nt least iyt" votes The race betcien Webb, the )ils man on the Democratic ticket, ajid H-kr. H-kr. tho low man on the Republican ilde, mi vbr ' loie. with the chances In favor of Webb aMh iugh ut midnight linker was conceded to hue u. fltrhltng chance Important Questions Up. K number of Important questions wr re up for consideration by the voters und all of then were carried b largo majorities. They Included In-cluded an amendment to the eharlor of the city by virtue of which the term of the Muyor of the city It lengthened from two to four "ir". tho abolishment of Die present c Mom of Justice courts, the creation of a forest preserve In Cook county, the right of tbi clt to regulate the prices of gas. und authority to operate an olectrlc light plant and sell to private consumers all of the current not used for municipal purposes McKlnney for Congress. An election for Congressman was held In the Fourtevnth Illinois district to fill the locojicv oaueed by the death of the late b k Ifarsh Tamei McKlnney i Republican i of Aides, was elected bj M0 over J Howard Pattee of Hon mouth (Democrat) About half of the unual vote was cast. |