Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-14

The republican ticket is white on the face.
with irregular white and blue dotted sections
outlined with blue on the back.
Latest News from all the Precincts
The following are the returns from the sew
ersl districts up to the hour of our paper going
10 press:
First District.
northumberland Douglass IT, regular
republican; Joseph Brooks, boiling republican
First Precinct-B ladensburg toll gate.
The only indication Of its being election day
here was the presence of two policemen, and
the judges and clerks inside waiting for the
tardy voters. At 10 O'Clock, only : votes had
been cast, and OF these were for Douglass.
Second PTecinct-Martin's hotel, UniOntown.
1l:S0 a. m, voting very slow here; total votes
Polled q, with Douglass a little ahead.
1:50p. M, the voting here is lively, and bets
are offered two to one on Brooks.
Third Precinct-LOudon's shop, Cniontown.
11:JO a. m, voting quiet and slow; II votes
polled, with Douglass ahead.
lbs p. m, the voting lively here, with Brooks
supposed to be ahead.
second District.
Candidstes-O. b. s. Wall, regular repub-
lican; q. A. Peck, boiling republican.
First Precinct-Tth street toll gate.
At O'Clock about $50 votes had been polled.
Second Precinct-1th street toll gate.
Up to O'Clock $50 votes were polled.
Third Precinct-Hsrrys carpenter shop.
about 40 in the LIST and ID precincts, but the
Peck men claimed that, counting the Sd, they
were from % 10 50 anead.
Third District.
Candidates-wm. X. Collins, regular repub-
hcan; T.. p. Berry - democratic.
First Precinct-59 Market street, Georgetown
At II O'Clock, only rs votes had been cast in
this precinct, and voters were coming up SLOWLY
At the hour named, Collins was conceded by
the tallymen to be ton or fifteen votes ahead
The total vote in this precinct last year was a
At 100 p. m, 1872 votes had been cast, and the
contest between Collins republican, and Berry
(demOcrat) was very close, although il was
generally conceded that Collins was ahead by
few votes.
Second Precinct-lSO Bridge street, George
town.
At II O'Clock, about 9j votes had been cast
about equally divided between Collins (repub-
hCanl and Berry (dCmOcrat) Voting was pro-
crossing slowly, and everything was quiet
around the polling place About 500 votes were
cast IN this precinct last year.
At l.30 ?. m, in this precinct, i79 votes had
been cast; OF which it was believed Berry (dem-
oeIat) had small majority. The contest at
this hour was very close, and the taIlymen were
unable TO decide who was ahead.
Fourth District.
Candidates-JOhn f. Cox, regular republican
John f. Gormley, independent candidate.
First Precinet-105 Washington street.
At ll:i9, but 80 votes had been cast at this
| polling place, all of which, with the exception
| of six or seven for Gormley, were for Cox, the
republican candidate. There had been no dis
| turbance whatever at this point, and voting
was progressing slowly, not more than two OF
three persons being around the polls at any one
/ time.
At 12:40 p. m, but 40 votes had been cast in
| this precinct. "Two solitary policemen" were
the only persons in the immediate vicinity al
| this hour, and they sat on adjoining porch
swinging their legs and wondering why the
| unterrined voters didn't come up ''to exercise
| their right of suffering" At the hour named
| Cox was far ahead OF Gormley, his democratic
| opponent.
Second Precinct-116 Congress street.
| At 1880 q. m. As votes had been cast: O.
| which Cox had about 80 and Gormlev Is. VotinG
was progressing very slowly. About 500 vote
| were polled here last year.
| Al l;Oo p M, 63 votes had been cast, anC
| everything was quiet around the polls. Co,
vas away ahead, Gormley having received bu
| about 20 votes out of the GO cast.
Fifth District.
Candidates-Charles n. Thomas and Georg,
| b. Wilson, republicans, the former Endorsed a
| the regular republican candidate by the repub
| lican central committee.
| In the 9Th district the advocates of Wilson haG
! out several tickets One was a yellow ticke
! 18th plain back: another was plain whit
| IIcket with white back; another was a tickle
the face of which was white with blue an,
another Wilson ticket was blue, with piail
| blue back.N
First Precinct-22d and street northwest.
| At 1910 a. m. 50 votes had been cast, but n
tally was kept, and the proportion for each can
/ dlcate could not be ascertained. Everythin,
was progressing quietly at this hour. A groui
OF voters, mostly eolored. we're gathered on tn
body seemed good natured.
AT noon, i29 had voted here, ana eyerythin
was quiet. Although the contest was close,