| Show CHICAGO MAY MAr OWN ON SI E T Citizens so Vote But Declare the City Shall Not Operate Them MAYOR DUNNE DISAPPOINTED ii 1 Is nl And 1111 III In luor of ur Public Chicago 3 Under d r the result of the Iho city election held today to 11 In which the question of or municipal ownership of ot the street wits was the tho vital Issue the city of Chicago o can lun proceed to tn ao iw and control the thu railways but call can cannot not nol operate them At t the name same the tho voters oters declaring that tin the city shall shail tint not proceed to tn operate the th rail mu roads declared that a as a n of policy It would be bo desirable for Cor tIm tho city to do 10 FO o we oi to lii 10 the voters the tho lint first of or ol Wi oo s R Shall the tho city of qC lf o proceed to tr 31 II II 7 Following are ore thu tin correct 8 on un unI I th I h t elec The ilie he total oto aid Mft la on the of uI municipal ownership wan wa Of ot Of this IhM number were wert ert ui list t In hI ii of ot municipal of nr tip tIa th raIlways and 60 0 It In Iii 01 UI der rIer to tl become helom binding lila tho th proposition to I 0 operate o tho I to railways ml U Id ie It voles otes It tl foil ell t hort of ot tho the required 1 number by b votes Tho The proposition to Itsue lesue III street railway carried by n it vote vot of ot against The Tite n of or public pon lilie carrIed by bya a 11 vol ote ott of tn to Mayor Major Dunne construed cOIl the passage of the certificates anti and public policy propositions n as a II victory for niu mu ownershIp but bu I ed his over oer tho the defeat of ot the proposition for tor municIpal operation lie He raid paid raidI I that I am nun disappointed be he caimo cau the Uw victory Is not complete cum pie Ie The rho important proposition however nt at the time Is for the 1 Issuance mec of ot thu certificates and tills has been carried lorle l lr I r regret re ret however very er much couch that tint we wo did dl l not nol get Ket tho the to tona enable na ble us Ul legally le l lI to In operate tIto tho street railway ml I tony linen linea I I ties tnt Hut I this th is will l Ii not no t tire pre prevent pr vent us WI front agaIn going the people after we le have hao the tile railway malt wily lines ami auth asking for tor or tile the th au nn authority 10 operate The Thu people will ailI vote vOle for tor operation with 1111 a big majority at It thin tho proper time hut The election elect ion was wai one of the most In lii to Chicago voter that hah hlll been t ell lucid hell In many years year Tho The voto oto was as much larger than had been heen expected and all 1111 day clity the content contest for Cor ami against t municipal ownership was fought Party PMt Hues largely ely Ig Ignored Ignore nored nore and tho the eligibility of depended more upon their attitude e ti t ward oard nr municipal operation of street car carand and high license l eils f fr saloons than upon their pArty records Of tho tim 35 33 3 aldermen n who were wern elected today loday Mayor Dunno Dunne claims claim that 19 are avowed champions of municipal nn that he will have much le less leslI H In pa P passing measures mell ure re relating hating lating to 10 I hilt doctrine through the tho Ih city council than line has his hi Tha faction opposed to Ito municipal ownership declares that they still hold the control of thin the council anti and that Mayor Donut Dunno will tie 11 greater success In the future than thin ho hohas li h lihas has hid hall In the tho past Besides the question of municipal al ownership the Issue WilY was made In many of ot tile this contests of whether the saloon licenses of oC the city shall h bo ho 00 up to March 5 when the council by b a n clo close e ote vote nad one after a n abard nIlar ahard hard bard l fight passed nn an ordinance the amount to 1000 Tho The number of crimes which have Intel been commit committed ted In this city against o women has caused many people to believe that the tho crimes Indirectly are arc table ti Ii tithe I Ithe the large lante number numb r of ot saloons mud they favored the Increase In license licence e as IlS n II means iowans of oC decreasing the number fhe The liquor Interests made a strong trong light fight against every Oe alderman who up for reelection who hail had voted for the II li licence cense cence of 1000 Of Ot the 15 men against whom they put their Influence 12 Vero overe elected anti and three defeated Of OC the nine aldermen up for reelection who voted for the continuance of nr the 00 license nil all were to 10 their seats eats In the tho council There Thero li Is little linger danger however that the high license licence will 1111 be bo repealed The Tho votes ote In several of or the wanA were po so oloe 1101 that It probably will te N quire luke lull the canvass to determine the result hut but the T are that the tile Republicans will ovill II have a lI I of if three thre or four boar votes oles Vho he hc old obi council consisted of 0 37 j 7 He itt publicans 32 Democrats and onto one Inde mOe Independent pendent t |
