Chicagoans awoke one morning last week to find that 512,740 of their number had elected William Hale Thompson as Mayor.
Said the liberal New York World: "The majority which voted for Thompson are not intelligent, free, self-governing citizens of a republic. "They are suckers. They are not the only suckers in the land, but at the moment they are the most conspicuous ones."
The Chicago Tribune, which had fought against Mr. Thompson, sold 909,448 copies (its high water mark for the daily edition) and soon boasted, the fact with figures five inches high, meanwhile...
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