Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-06-01
THE ELECTION TO-DAY.

wards. Major Richards had his police free
30 disposed as 10 concentrate IL necessary, but
1t Is not believed that there will be more DIS
order in the city than Is usual on she day Of an
election The candidates for MAYOR ar.
Republican, Sayles J. Bowen; Oonser-x, i've.
John L. Given. Below we give tie ,v,ra
tickets me Rr e,aens az y, We yotire, aad the
cinets-nve in each ward-U, "a noon ~
fIRsT wAVo.
KePatheda;-for AlderrIan-Johu r. Cook
leoiored) foT Csunciimen ID. NJ Davis, A. :.
Taylor, and Carer Stewart lcoaored. y For
Assessor-GeS. T. Moo lue
Cease, Ghas:-For Rlterman-Dr WIN. b.
$1,000, FOR common Councii-Messrs.
+. Nroe. For Assessor-C. J. Denham
lie voters were on the ground very early
this morning, formed in line. and when the
votes were kept quite busy for some time At
the arst precinct, on 1, between 18th and 2Uth
streets az u clock 2d7 votes had been poIled;
| i3 of which only were cast by white men, The
votes OF ten coIored men were rejected,
their names not appearing on the
registry. The colored men were going
SOLID Tor Bowen, and voting the ward ticket
without scratching. The Conservative
ticket was printed on white and the Rep ubii car
ticket on red paper. The voters approached
the polls IN double line. extending to 10Th
street, and We're literally supplied with water
to quench their thirst by their friends Every
thing was quiet. r
At the second precinct, street, between 10Th
and 9th. at II clock, 2c9 votes mad been east,
% only by white voters. Nine were rejected,
their names not being on the list, and one re-
Jeeted who lived in Georgetown. Five SOL
ders OF the aith infantry had voted at this pre-
cinct up TO the above hour The voting was
rapid at this precinct and at noon there were
but few about the polls. The coiored men were
voting the Republican ticket without scratch
ing. At the third precinct, west side of 2oth 81
between X and l. streets, at III o'clock, Is2 votes
haa Seer cast, II only by white voters One
eoiored man, not being registered, was rejected
Young was going on slowly; there were but
few IN line, but great many standing about
the place. The best Of orser prevail led and
there was little or no scratching of tickets.
Atthe fourth precinct, H street, between lstn
and 18th streets, At " o'clock 2s} votes had peeu
received, 45 Of which were cast by white men
about ~ of whom voted the Conser vative
ticket; were rejected. There was good order
g the polls, and put little cratching of tickets
There were great many standing about the
place. At the fifth precinct, corner OF 10Th and
streets, at IL O'Clock, there had been 2tO votes
cast, about IS only by white voters: 20 were re-
leeted, their names not appearing or the list,
One colored man in this precinct voted tn.
Given ticket. A double line Of voters presep ted
themselves at the polls most of the time All
was quiet at noon in the ward.
SECOND WARD.
The tickets in this ward are:
REPUBLICATION Aforementioned John
:. Crocker. For Councilmen-D. NJ kelsey
w. H. Chase, and VIM. Rutherford
Coaserratire-for Alderman-C. l. OinfieId.
j I'll m.
Ze, and FraEcs Miller.
The voting commenced in This ward at
o'clock with a long line mostly coloredl al each
O'Clock, had passed off very quietly. though
there was scroe h,tie disturbance in the frs
pree'nct, absuta quarter past eleven o'clock,
originating IN the effort of 4 colOred man to
force in a disqualified applicant after be had
been, refused a vote. The offender was ordered
on by the police before any collision oc
CURED. Bets were made here that AIR
u y hyf .-ah ,,r IL.
majority. In each of the precincts one
or more colored persons had voted the Cunser
valve ticket up 10 half-past eleven O'Clock
Appended is the vote up 10 half-past eleven.
allowing few minutes difference for the time
occupied in going from the first 20 the last pre
eine': First Precinct-Whole vote III, with a
majority OF from 8 TO 10 in favor of colored
Second Precinct-Whole number 2Is: colored
about 80 ahead. Third Precinct-Whole vote
~, Of which 212 were colored and 80 white.
Fourth Precinet-Total vote al: with a ma
lority for colored Fifth Precinct-whola vote
20 with about J to in favor Of colored men,
THIRD WARD.
The tickets in this ward are:
Re, uJiicGn,-For Aldermen-R J. Bell dong
term and 5. X. Bond. For Councilmeu-F.
W SeIhausen, Z. Cate. and n. Il. Clarke
For Assessor-Thos. A. Langley
CORserratire.-For Aldermen-B r. MorselI.
dong rrm:l X. w. FeDwIck, 10 succeed Mr..
Elyans) For Common Council-W E.
Brown, p. J. Bartlett and Nat Sardo. For As.
sessor-Wm. Il. Downing.
The colored voters in this ward were rallied
TO the polls under the inspiration of a fife and
drum, snd at sunrise the voting commenced
OF coiored persons Up 70 eleven O'Clock no
dIsturbance had occurred and rood
feeling prevailed. Appended Is the vote np TO
aquarter to II o'clock. First preeinet-whole
vote, l-}; OF which there We're colored Is, and
white p, with two or three e6lored votes for
Given. Second precinct-total votl, I'll: of
which there were white ias, and 1G3 colored
Third precinct-total vote, 33l: of which there
and
cinct-total vote. $780, Of which there were col,
ored l96, and white 1884,. Fifth precinct-totaI
vote, 22l, with between Is and 20 majority for
the eolored. ~
FOURTH WARD.
In this ward the tickets are
REPUBLICATION Alderman-J H. johnson
LOT roI Couneiimsn-Giayton G H. Manning, J.
CoHserrGhrs.-For Alderman-Captain W w
Moore. For Common Council-Wm. IL Nal
ley, Robert Ball, George Jueneman.
In this ward there Is another ticket which
while bearing Mr.. Giyen's name at the head
has as the candidate for Alderman the name of
Mr.. Owen Thorn. This ticket was the cause
Of considerable excitement IN the ward, many
of the Conservatives Charging tn al its oniy oh
Ject was 20 defeat the election of Mr.. NJ BORE
the nominee Of the Conservative ward meeting:
but up TO Ill O'Clock but few such tickets had
been voted.
The colored voters in this ward gathered to
the number OF 500 before O'Clock a. m i'm the
neighborhood Of 4th and l. streets, and marched
lie
font of the statue. where they were divided
into fye 50 uads, corresponding TO the precincts
at each OF which lines Were formed awaiting
the ope ming OF the polls.
There were also at this early hour some
Wn1tes out, and about sun rise the number in
creased. AT II o'clock at the first precinct
about 300 votes had been polled and it was
said that the Conservative were slightly lead.
and II was also stated that more than half the
vote was IN. At the second precinct about the
same number had been polled. At the third
precinct about 2S0 had voted mp 10 II O'clock
when ihe Conservatives were reported ahead
Atthe Attn precinct $50 had exercised the right
OF suffrage, three-fourths of whom were whites
and at the 5th precinct 300 had voted but al noon
voters We're slow IN coming up and some assert
ed that the judges would have a comparatively
easy ume this afternoon, as the vote was then
nearly all in. In this ward the order observed
was excellent, but some SIXTEEN or twenty COL
ored men having voted the Given ticket
straight, some of their friends were giving
them their minds very freely for gong back
ON then party. 90
PIPTH WARD.
The tickets in this ward are follows:
kepa5iicGn.-For Alderman-Appleton p
clark. For Councilmen--L. H. s. Miller, Jno
X Arrison, and Turner Torrey. For Asses
sor-JOseph Carroll.
Coaseruohre.-For Alderman-G. +. Gulck
For Common Council-John O'Meara, John R
Zimmerman, and VIM. p. Ferguson. For As
sessor--John w. Mead
In tins ward the polls at the precincts were
opened promptly, and some of the voters had
already under the police) formed lines; bat
aar