Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-13
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A friendly contest fOs ths swssd o.
.vord 70 ne most popular Genera !:
- arsv N ~ ~ q the Met'opo".
~ m - caosss more foo thsn On!
.eshss 90 thing thsra. Ies Esii
(presentsd By Tfsny . Co.l ~"
Worth q 600, asd- Gill b given 20 m.
Oeoersl receiving the largest number o.
vote, reeist red ids 80 - OF w
purpose, q d spis6 i - n:ess|
spd.oeck race yeleset1t boe9eoe -
Clellao and 0raae%e soee
rendered oil the more exciting oeesose
the anti Nc leIlssites bad droppes
thei, ar,t fsvnritss, suoh - Banks, Fee
mont. Boiler and Others, and coocen-
trsted their whole strength on G.snt.-
A. tho contest now staoda, Il y AcC!el-
!. ersiuse NJ Did. sGGoso1oer Thick taae
HoClelles WI wiey - ~ la'iiss -
1ssd = esss .nustsllsg tseoeodods Pha!
scpres - hio, ae1 tskisg up whele
pages WITH their names. II fact Of
this KIDD does not show the vital cLarac-
ter Of McCIella.'s popularity At > time
when Other unemployed Generals are
forgot en.f - should IKE - kros what
evidence q ~an,ed on that s6tject.
(1roa The n. Y. World April 81
The notor'ety gwen by the press to
the novel cord vote led large number
Of ladies and gentlemen TO visit the de.
par,meut shorty after The doors we're
opened yesterday.
At one time in The day. the bueiness
seen,d 70 be 10 tho maj ,rity 1t this dee
eastmeot, and exercised the right Of
1tsschise on the sword preston. One
Of the lair daughters, emerging out OF
her teens, heard 10 reply toa query
that Mcclellan was losing the day; but
che contributed her greenbecks 70 put
different aspect on the question. Other
ladies followed her example, and Nc.
C'elIan was soon semi.officaIly dee
clared about Q SEQ re Of votes in the ma.
joriy.
The news spread like FIRE 10 the grand
hall. that General Grant was rising and
McC .ellsn sinking at the polls, and soon
ter the vote came in steadily for brie
period fos Mcclellan.
TIE Grant mes then mustered theft
forsss,and LED macy Of bic friends to give
him their solKi sgss.
At 8 O'clock in the evenings dense
MACS Of humanity beseiged the buildings
and the department OF arms and trophies
contained . more numerous concourse,
than had previously filed at any time
The everchanging results OF the votes
Ms declared BY the official in charge
Of the pole, created considerable excite.
meut. 20 81
Mcclellan is ahead on the last two
pages" he exclaimed.
1--WE must do better than than that,
eaid prom nent member of the Cham.
besOf G imtnsrce, who bad viewed thu
matter with uomistakab g and ill.con.
cealed feeling.
"Now is your time," suggested the
official to the spectators, who stood
around the books "Where's the Gan,
men," ss=aa
"They will come time enough" was
the reply Of profe.scd friend Of the
loHn. cand date. Aud they son ape
P AIRED, b, their representatives, g. W.
Blum
"Aere," said NJ. Blunt 10 some-
what excited manner, - he held some
green baUks 10 his rixh hand. .hese's tor
the .uccsssfal General" Then taking
up tho pen, he wrote down the name
"R SchelI," ard gavo City dollars toI
fifty votes for that gentleman, which
were duty deposited for Grant.
Alta quarter 70 eleven o'clock the
votes were counted, AID the following
Official announcement VAS made, shOws
ing the result Of the canvass since the
looks were opened
For Gen. Mcclellan. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lilo
For Zen. Grant. ........ W.
Majority for Mcclellan ................ lS
Gen. Fremont received three votel
and Gen. Fi,x John Porter four.
The book for Subscribers to the nava
sword is but occasionally patroniscd.-
The vote ~ it closed last night, was
Admiral FArragut. ........................S
CommOoOr0 Rowan. .......... ,....... 81