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...report that Mrs. Martha Mitchell, wife of the former Attorney General, called Illinois State's Attorney, Edward Hanrahan after the Illinois primary to congratulate him on his victory [April 3]. That report is erroneous. Mrs. Mitchell did not call Mr. Hanrahan on his victory or for any other purpose...
Normally surly and dour, Hanrahan was at pains to demonstrate another side of his personality-one that people had not seen before. He developed a sense of humor. Marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade, he doffed his hat and released a white dove as he passed Mayor Daley. He engineered a surprise dessert for Daley's precinct captains when they gathered in support of Berg at a dinner. When they cracked open their fortune cookies, they found the message "Hanrahan...
Less amusing, Hanrahan made use of the powers of his office to help him get elected. It was implied that anyone who opposed him too vigorously might become the target of an investigation -and investigations are not popular in Cook County; they have a way of turning up things...
...election night, Martha Mitchell called Hanrahan to gush, "I'm a Republican, but you're my kind of Democrat." Not much later, Mayor Daley also phoned his congratulations. "Politics is no different than sports," the mayor philosophized. "You win 'em and you lose 'em." Having defied the machine and won, Hanrahan returns to the fold with much more power than he had before he was kicked out. Unless he is convicted on criminal charges, he seems likely to beat his Republican opponent in the general election. He is, in fact, in a strong position to succeed...
Walker won with 52% of the vote, even running Simon a close race in areas of Chicago where the machine is strongest. While it will be easy for Old Politician Hanrahan to make up with Old Politician Daley, it will be harder, if not impossible, for New Politician Walker. Daley may well favor Walker's Republican opponent Governor Richard Ogilvie, the front runner in the November election. But it is Daley, basically, who must sue for peace because he took the licking. It has now been proved that the charismatic independent candidate-whether of the old school...