Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-05
THE MAYORALTY.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS YESTERDAY.
SELECTION OF DELEGA rs.
HOW THE ELECTIONS WERE
CONDUCTED.
TWO SETS OF DELEaATEs PROM
SEVERAL WARDS.

W. HnlA morning. 10 Tho NNa1u
sion Of much other matter Of interest mi
reports Of the proceeding. in Tho .c,os.
wards yesterday, and the election NJ 5.,o
gates 10 the Mavornltv No,oIro,tn, O.,
tlon which meets TODAY AT Union IcoSn,
Hall. It will DO seen that in several OF m
wards two sets Of delegates claim 10 bavs
been elected, and IL Is for tho Committee on
Credentials, appointed by the Central Ro.
publican Committee, TO determine who oro
entitled to seals. Amer that Ia opco dc,cr.
mined the work OF the convention will no
short. w
We congratulate the RepublIenp. or Wash
ington upon the orderly and ouIe, nance.
In which the elections Wero conducted M.
contest was ono Of the most hitter In hin
they have ever been engaged .ra -, -
serious breach'of the peace occprroi. W.
regret that the committee did NO, 600 a, -
order the elections in such A way as 10 urs
uniformity Of action tbrouvbout The OH,
1.-THE line Of action had been plaIn,v mo,Ls,,
no ward would have had two ,ct. Of da,o
gates. But as II was, in some ward. m,
delegates were elected bv mass ,n.o,In, aas
In others by tellers or by baIIot
Tho First ward voted BY ballot. and II /.
admitted on all sides that IA b.d ro,,,.,,s
fair election, and one which brn,.b, a., ~,
correct expression Of The vim ~ m. -.
IfJustlce and faIrness ia N mccall ~ T.
we have no doubt IA IN The rcsnI,
In Tome Of the wards tborc wo. Tho ,..,,
outrageous cheating and GstnfIng 81 49,
ballot-boxes," to use n oomron evnro.,,,.,
and the evidence Is clear that vbo,s,,or ~,
occurred the Bowen men nro rc,non,Isis
for It.
Take the Sixth ward for in,tapc. 1D,o
election yesterday there were N a vo,o. 80
cast, by ballot, for the Richard. da,ora,ar,
while at tho samo time tho ~ 80
claimed GG5. which worIa - 49, 'uou
Republican vote Of N. 80 as' ' 'u,a'
entire vote NJ Tho wa,d Ia, i,-oi' rue
- 10. ' 's"' was l,o-l,
W "n'eh mr. boswell received CSC, and
Mr. Scmmes received SOS. In 1868 Mr.
Do"eu 'oto was pSo, over zoo less than
Mr.. Boswell'e. Now. wbenc. cor,o. ,,,.
Iargo increase, noes an, 90. '"''
that Mr., Bowen haa that str.,,,t = =,
CIR -, A., o"s'n ~ the
SNu anu "here The fraud
-, -, ~, NJ, = $500, men LOT
o'oIJ Note ioI MN was closely scrutlnlzed.
The election at which the Richards mo,
49,, a.. ..I.-t,. 70 'n'u
oolalheu the h'Jorty was conducted at a
poll which had been prevlonsIy ,,,,,..-,,.-
f''J mutually
agreed upon, Out the Bowen men boltcd
from the place. Would thew hav, do,o All.
:, uOno TINS
II they had haa tue least nope OF succeeding
Not Mt all. Rat their cansc WA h.,.I-o
TSs. s.,, +, 40 anS h.,S - was nopeie's'
,wn, I'm violation of n solcmp ooraars,
they hoped that they could succeed through
.he naninuinliona oF th.,s ,...t,s
William A. Cook.
I, tho Third and Fop,th ,,..,.
iu 'uo A"iu anN hOui'h "Atua tue Bowen
delegates were elected, and must be recog-
niLea' IN al 'ne o'net wards the Richards
delegates must DC recognized III justice a nd
fair dealing Is to prevail.
-,
first ward.
In the fifstwAta heefowdh began to assem-
BILE a. anu sIouhu the oteyena eehool-houIe
(the place OF NoVhgl some time before the hour
Tor opening the p2ls. -henry Humber, Henry
Johnson AiIsa DayS Lhomss Martin, q, A.
stewATL Ohhes SyPhAA, ana many Others. OF
ing up their men 20 the polls.
The hepubhoAh lhIineibles had their head.
quarters In the small one-story frame house
SaoinISE me 6I ISs at which t6gre
oAllotboN VS." situAied In the lower room Of
The buildlng. Inc NotSts passed around TO the
alde 1ooI sa,,sh tonr so, o. the building
passing l hIoSbh sooth anu passing through
10 the south uooI. Senetsl boiieemen were Ia
The room aha Mounu ths building,
nv btsshiy, And eoptInnsa ;Siths ~, soy meneod
tion lot thiee Fs h " n honr. At about
O'Clock theIe hAl pSen hpout ~ votes cast |
The hIs, enjopcd soy snn, ~ we Richards
,uSSion betweeq the judges his vote was re.
he challenge and the Richards Judges nro,
estinE. ,.,
At this stage o. me voting the judges on the
lhT, o. we s, 1oSeh hsn. a,ter stewart aud
o dlnfegatd the ehAIengea OF the RiohAIds'
men, and seemed TO want to have their own
way 10 me matee, ni,.,, ,
mAn prssehtea hlmseii 20 vote and at
smpted TO deposit two ballots, but was pre-
entedi both oi these were Bowen tickets.
Several partle, attempted TO dictate to the
idges, and created sueh disturbance In the
pom as to render u necessary to eject them.
A eolofea man a'smpIed TO vote, but was
lentined BY one o. the Richards challengrrs
between Doth sides his vote was
nAlly reJeeted
A eountefish ticket on that u.ed BY the
!
. they were continually presented, It was de-
ided they must be counted,
The judges had considerable trouble 10 keen |
he room clear OF persons not entitled to be
here, and ~ one time found II neeessaFy to |
all upon me police 70 project them. At shout
o'clock the balIot-boN nTst used became 20
al Of votes ~ was found neoessaryto pro-
arc another ballot-box, and One was soon J
rovided. Quite = number Of men from other
ards presented themselves, but were TeeoF- |
Eed and their votes rejected.
Outside several disturbances occurred during |
le AfteTnoon, but none OF = serious nature,
nd during the whole time the polls were opea
le crowd was very orderly, In View Of the ex-
cement.
The polls were Nisled during the day by
hief CTonin, LON b3~ls, Blu SorTell, A. NJ.
tTeen, Sydney Mcfarland, and others, from
he other WARDS Tue sWeet'VOiGed HimbeF
fAa continually hAFAnguIng the crowd 10 favor |
I Bowen, but he was a. continually sllenoed
y the cheers o. the Richards men. Up to q |
clock the voting was apparently In favor OF
owen, and his friends were very jubilAnt
Al after that hour steady stream OF Irwin
blea turned the tide, and before the hour Of I
oFnE the Bowen men had given up the fght, c
wing there was no doubt but that Richards
"a received a majority Of votes, I
At I o'clock, the line for closing, the Rich d
DIS judges refused to allow any more votes e
be cast, but stewart and SyphAx for q
. other side wanted the voting ,eontinusd. '