The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-04

tempted TO destroy the registry books at the
City Hall, the particulars OF which We have
already given In tho REPUBLICAN, and II was LEFT
with the judges to decide; and they concluded
that he should not remain. He and Mr.. Green
both retired from the room, A short time prior
TO this occurrence oolored man on street, q
couple Of squares distant, was badly cut and
beaten BY party Of oolored men, ono Of whom
had used his razor freely. Lieut., Kelley arrested
the parties, and locked them up for a hearing.
The party cut was charged, welsarn, with voting
the Conservative ticket
Second Pfeeinet.--At4f p. m about 900 votes
had been polled, the list containing about 700
names No trouble occurred, the police being
on the alert all the while.
Third Preoinct-order prevailed at the polls
all day. Al the close Of the ballotng we were 10.
formed BY persons who kept tally that the vote
voting the Conservative ticket,
Fourth Precinct--Nothing occurred here Of an
unpleasant character during the day. and such
was the slowness In voting, after l D. m, that
the oballeugers passed the afternoon In cracking
jokes. The vote pollsd Is reported at 23S, Of
which only II were colorsd.
FOURTH WARD. 10
First Precinst-The voting was. M 10 /
o'clock, progressing quietly, at which hour about
$50 votes had been polled Tho line was formed
at an early hour, and was q mixed one. Several
colored men voted tho Democratic ticket
Second Precinct-Up to o'clock there had
been Stl votes polled, tho whites being In the
majority.
Third Prscinet-wh.n the polls wsr. opened
the whites had possession. and about rs votes
for the Conservative ticket were put In In one
string, after which the line gradually became
''ohecksred,p and up TO o'clock nearly $50
votes were pollsd, the whites being ahead.
Fourth Precinct-The whites were oonsidera-
bly, ahead at 12l6, when there were 2e1 votes in.
. There was very little, II any, scratching done
BY the Conservatives In this ward, and II was
generally conceded that tho Conservative ward
ticket would be elected.
Z FIFTH WARD.
Flint preoinct-At II p. m. thu vote stood 200
oolored TO 1853 white, with no voters at the
window. A few willett votes were received. At
$50 p. m there had been some $50 votes cast,
OF which small majority were oolored.
Second precinot-At tho same hour 270 votes
had been cast, with q white majority Of about
40. A fcw oolored voters voted the Conservative
ticket at this precinct. At 5 p. m. there were
some 325 votes pollsd, with a majority Of about
rs white. r
Third prscinot-At the same hour 247 votes
had been cast, Of which large proportion were
oolored. At $50 p. m. some AL votes were
polled, Of which there were some $50 oolored
and Ill white. ea... ..-r
Fourth precinct-At Up. m. 800 votes had
been cast, nearly equally divided Willet got q
few votes, and there was some scratching Of
Forsyth. AT 8 p. IN. there had been some $40
votes cast, the whites some 10 In the majority.
In this ward the election for the ward officers
was closely contested, and high words ensusd In
many cases, yet blows were few or none at all
Some little betting was going on, the odds being
with the Republicans There had been no dis.
turbanoe At the polls up TO late hour. Quite q
number In the Third precinct Of this ward were
rejected because Of their names not being on the
poll.lists, though 1t was alleged they had been
registered. Those, however, procuring a certia
cate from the judges wsr. allowed 10 vote.
SIXTH WARD.
The vote In the four precincts Of the Sixth ward
stood, at $3.50 p m, 425 oolored and 900 white,
with about, It was supposed, some 200 more votes
to be poled. There was considerable anxiety
manifested by both parties regarding the result
most sangune, and seemed to think they would
carry their ticket In the ward by from 100 to 200
majority. The independent ticket took OF more
Democratic than Republican votes Everything
was conducted quietly during the day, and but
little illtomper displayed.
SEVENTH WARD.
The oolored persons were up early yesterday
morning, being out by two o'clock with bugles
aud horns, calling out voters. At four o'clock
some seven or eight hundred colorod voters were
In line at the first precinct, and up to half-past
ten . m. the number had increased to about
one thousand. At that time not one white man
was In line at that precinct, and only about
twenty-five white votes had been received By
an arrangement entered into early In the morn.
ing the committee Of ten, vote distributors, &e.,
Of each party were permitted to vote without
waiting to fall into line. The polling proceeded
very slowly at this precinct from various causes,
not averaging more than one TO every Ave min.
utes.. 1t was proposed about IL o'clock by some
Of the white voters, that the whites should dc.
posit their ballots In . separate box, on the
ground that they could not be received at the
regular polling precinct before the hour Of clos,
ing the polls. ...'
At the second precinct about six hundred col
ored voters were In line ut 7 o'clock. Up 70
hall. past ten some $50 votes had been received
Of which not more than twenty were whites
At the third precinct (west Of Seventh street
at eleven o'clock, 40 white and 100 eolored had
been voted.
At the fourth precinct, at the same hour, 22I
votes had been cast, about equally divided.
There Is little scratching in the Seventh ward
II. A. Boswell, for register, was ahead Of th,
ticket, and few votes have been east for vii.
lot, for collector, In place Of MoNerhany
scratched. Excellent order prevailed at all TIL
polling places.
At $40 p. m, 1t was estimated that some foul
hundred votes had been cast at the First pro
cinot, three quarters Of which were oolorsd. NJ
tally was kept at this window, and II was impos
sible to tell with any precision. During the day
double line Of white voters corresponding Ia
the line Of colored voters on Pour-and. a-hAli
street was formed on y street, meeting tho other
limo at tho window. with the idea Of voting the
whites and colored alternately, and quite o num-
Der Of whites we're voted in this way; bat COM
plant having been made to Major Richards, su-
psrintendent Of police, he decided that the sepa.
rate white line could not be permitted to vote In
this way, as being unfair to the voters 10 the
original line, who had stood waiting all day
This decision created considerable feeling
amongst tho whites. D. Knox, Four.and.a-half
street, near b. Henry Groveunsr, Four.and.a.
half street, between & and T, and Armstrong,
Four. half street and !, kept their grogge'
ries open the greater part Of the day, the Majori
| order to the contrary notwithstanding.
At one time, about 2 o'clock, tho detectives
and mounted police at Police Headquarteri
learned that q disturbance had occurred at the
hrst precinct, and they hastenei towards thA
point They met Major Richards, who Informed
them that 1t was Unnecessary to proceed further
as quiet prevailed.
| IScIDEHrs.
| A number Of persons whose names were regis
| tered through some mistake did not have then
on the poll lists, and In all such cases their vote
were refused. A few, however, by procuring
certificate from tho judges, Messrs. Bowen, Gle
phsns. and Robbins, that their pamqs ware OF
the registry, were permitted to vote Whit,
Hand sol6red wert alike refused In all the ward
for that reason.
Officer Michael J. Mullins, doing duty In tn
Third ward, appeared at the first precinct Of tn,
Second ward to deposit his vote, but his nam
could not be found on the list. He procure'
the following certificate, and then was again re
fused, notwithstanding the fact that hose signinl
the certificate were In session all day to issu