The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-18
philadelphia ELECTIONS.
Republican Victory in the May.
orally Contest.
StokIey Reelected by a Large
Majority.
EXCITEMENT In THE QUAKER CITY.

IHLhDkLPHlA, reU. ~, 1914.
brighter. loveiier election day never dawned
upon the city than this. The cool. bracing atmos-
phere. the warm and genial sunshine, the streets
cleared from mud and the sidewalks free from ice
and dampness, encouraged an enormous rep
resentatiOn at the polls, and seemed to bring from
his home every voter. young and DID, in the city.
Your correspondent was out At an early hour. and
secured the city from one end TO the other. The
number of voters assembled at the polls was, con-
sdering the earliness OF the morning, unusual
and almost extraordinary. by the new consttu-
ton each ward is divided into districts or divisions
which comprehend but $50 voters each. This es-
tablishes great number OF ballot boxes and
renders 1t quite difficult In the absence OF hourly
returns to learn OF the result until the election is
over and the polls are closed. Pahsing at each
ballot box just long enough to catch glimpse
OF the popular sentiment, your cor
respondent hurried on from post to
post and recapitulates his Impressions as
fOllOws:-In the Twenty-eignth, Twenty mint tn,
Twentieth, Twenty sixth, Tenth, Third and Ninth
wards. despite the anticipation which every one
entertained to the contrary the election was ex-
ceedinRly quiet, and, while the numbers about the
ballot boxes were unusually great there were no
ward, however, there were several knock Gowns,
and nothing but the presence OF the police
awed into submission the rampant inclination
drearier quarters OF the city-namely, in the Sew
enth and Fifth wards-was very great, and the
negroes down there had formed long lines, and in
military manner, were going to the polls in a
solid phaanx Tor Stokley. 1t is no exag-
uv ouarr on @ in 1aese
the Germans IN the Twentynnth ward, where
Mcclure els chances were considered as certain, l
found almost all OF them voting for StOkley for
the Mayoralty, but repudiatlng the remaining
names upon the republican ticket Here
seemed to me to Become inevitable ,'s ana
that Mcclure did not stand even the shadow
Of change THIS was at ten A. Al M and
found the returns up to that hour. At one O'Clock
according to the returns received at the Mayors
through the Fifth ward / learned that Stokley s
majority there at four p. M. was July 800.
AT THIS HOUR RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS
broke out here and there. In the Eighth ward
citizen shoots an officer and an officer shoots a
citizen; both slightly wounded. neither seriously
injured. Several other shooting ARRAYS have
occurred, but have been attended with no serious
results. At five O'Clock twelve wards of the
sho wed majority Of 6,O24. The most sanguine re-
publican did not expect any such majority They
were doubtful OF even sucn large number asathis.
The result of the remarkable campaign has made
the republicans demonstrative beyond descrlp-
tiOn while the Mcclure men are prOportionally
disheartened. The large reform vote which
Mcclure hoped to gain he lost utterly, and demo-
Gratis almost innumerable were found this MORN
ing in the ranks or the republicans.
THE QUAKER CITY EXCITED.
1t is universally admitted that neither of the
the last Presidential election, created such intense
excitement that which Is raging through this
city tonight 1t Is almost midnight and yet every
political centre IS crowded and damned with vehe-
ment politicians, while on the leading thOroughares
travel OF all kinds Is virtually suspended. The fac
tories and business houses open during the day
all at this hour dusky and silent, while all who
filed them are assembled here upon the street in
wild, boiling, seething mass OF human FORMS In
front OF the Office of FOrneys Press the multitude
is packed, sardne-lKe, from sidewalk to sidewalk,
while from this point up to the Continental Hotel
hundreds OF the interested fill up almost every
inch OF space from curb to curb In front OF the
Mayors once words would fail to describe the
scene.
But not only here at these two points is the ex.
Broad street. in front Of the Union League, is
living sea-. The returns which follow
in the sequel are read here, and each
report is greeted with wild and mingng yells.
In front OF the Reform Club the multitude
Is equally intense, while underneath the brilliant
lights OF the Mysterious Pilgrims, that strange
coalition OF republicans and democrats which is
usually denomnatcd as the "ring" the street
Is filed to repletion. Everywhere about the
theatres, around the hotels, and at every point
where news can be obtained there are hundreds
excitedly waiting to hear the political results.
Municipal Elections Elsewhere In Penn
sylvania.
READING, Pa, Feb. II. 1874
each party. The Select Council stands-Repub.
cans, five; democrats, four; giving the republicans
one majority on JOINT ballot.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Feb II. 1874.
Colonel T. H. Good, democratic candidate fol
Mayor, has been elected by 13l majority. The
democratic gain in this city over last years cleo
ton Is 1861