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Show l'Lcuuit i-oiiTiaii coxrou.tiis. Tun recent election In Chicago affords a lilr Illustration of tho demoralised de-moralised ststo of party politics In many of tho Kasten dtlea. For Maynr, there were flvo candldatet In the field, r.ath tnalo nn unusually Active canNjtss, Tho returns liavojuat been made by tho official election canvassing can-vassing board, mid they mako an In-itmctlve In-itmctlve lemon. The total number of ballots wt was about 101,000. Hem-stel Hem-stel Waahburne, tho regular Ite-publican Ite-publican nominee received 41,T voles. DeWItt Crrgler tho regular Drmxrallc nominee, and tho present Mayor, received 41,533 vote. Carter If. Harrl-on, Indejiendent Democrat, received 12,011 votes. Kltner Washburn, Wash-burn, the candidate of tbo secret tocletlea,and of tho antl-adlen ilrnietit, reielredSI,CC7 votes. Tommy Morgan the Hoclal Labor candidate, received :,3T3. Murgau dooa not represent tho strength of tho floclallst party In Chicago, Chi-cago, Me Is, liowover, a pofsilar ir-sou ir-sou with the lugllahtpeaklng riform-ers, riform-ers, but ho has uover bcon rcoognlxod as an orthodox party man by tho forelgnicaklng Hoclalltui. Thtttreiigtli of the antMlcn candidate candi-date It sur rising, considering the fact, that two yean ago thlt aame party could only mutter a few hundred vote. This (arty Is comjiosed of several Secret societies federated for political purposes. They are the l'alrlolla Order Hone of America, the United Orderof Deputies, the Ivoyal Orange men of America, and part of tho llrlt-Ish-Aoicrlcan and Canadian-American aoclt tin. One strict rule In thceo eoclstlvs mutt be olmrved above all others, and that If, that no member vote kn,wltigly for auy candidate for political office who It a Itoman Catholic, Cathol-ic, In good standing In the church. This arty, It will bo teen, lilh-d nearly 23,000 votes at the but election. Carter 11. Harrison it well known all over the country. He was ahvas recognised as a stalwart Democrat, but at resent lie It tabooed by the party everywhere. llenuli ad Washburn, tho successful candidate, la the sou of Mr, Washburn who was Minister toFranoedurlng tho Franco-Utrman war. lie Is young iiisd, and very popular In lilt party, lu his case religion entered Into the election. lilt wife la a Itoman Catholic, Catho-lic, and the cry waa raised against him, 1 y the secret society men of the He-publican He-publican party- He probably lost a few thousand of lilt trly voles owing to hit wife's religion, but It It said that he gained as many, If not more, from tho other parties by reason of this aame fact. irthoanll-Alleii and anU-Cathollo party kecpn on growing for two years mora as It has In tbo post two yean. It looks as If tho next Chicago contest for Mayor, would be Catbollo and anti-Catholic. |
