Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-27
THE CITY ELECTION.
Complete Official Returns from ALI the
Wards.
Morton b. HOWel's Majority for Mayor
SIO-Our New COuncil-A Full
Vote for a Rainy Day.

The weather Yesterday was horrible. As
a bright and balmy day it was miserable
failure. From about ten o'clock the rain
fell steadily. and soon there was an active
demand for umbrellas, rubbers and water
proofs. The faces of the dealers in these
articles frightened as the skies darkened,
and as they filled their Golfers to overflow
ING with the wealth wrung from disap-
pointed, growing public, they rubbed their
hands together with glee.
Owing TO the disagrceable weather the
vote pOlled yesterday fell considerably
below that Of the county election last
month. As predicted in our issue of yes
ter,Iay. Sc .eral cOlOred friends of Kercheyal
who were not entitled to vote attempted to
exercise that privilege, and found their
way to the lookup in consequence. One
colOred man soh his vote at the Tenth
ward voting place for two dollars, with the
understanding that the purchaser would
meet him Immediately at a certain point.
This agreement the latter complied with,
but found that the other had become
alarmed and slipped of.
Another colored sovereign was detected
in an attempt TO deposit a couple of ker-
cheval tickets carefully placed together and
held in hat position by being mOistened,
the suppositiOn probably being that they
would be dried enough to separate before
the ballots were counted.
Although some of our own citizens man
ifested an apathy deserving of the severeSt
censure, property owners from adjoining
places did their duty in the premises.
Among the latter our reporters noticed resi-
dents of Brentwood, Gallatin and Lebanon.
For this manifestation of a desire to look
after the best interests of the city, these
gentlemen are entitled to the thanks Of our
people.
During the day the polls were well at
tended generally, and some of the most re-
liable of our business men remained at the
various ballOting places until the polls were
closed at 4 o'clock. Then an intense de-
sire 10 know the result was manifested. 1t
was reported. on what seemed good author
itv. that the First ward would give Howell
a Slight majority: that Kercheval would
carry The Second ward. but had lost 200
votes in the Fourth. The Third, Fifth,
Sixth. Seventh and eighth were claimed by
HowelTs friends, and il was thought by
them that the vote in the Ninth and Tenth
would be close.
1t was feared that the proposition tOmake
an appropriatiOn of 100000 in aid of the
watefwOrks would not be carried, partly be
cause a great many voters did not fully I'M
derstand the proposition, and partly because
others thought the times too hard just now
for any increase of city taxation. 1t was
generally admitted that new engine at
| the waterWOrks was an absolute necessity,
and that an outlay in this direction would
soon be required, but there seemed TO be
disposition to postpone making this expen-
dIture. as long as possible. However, as
will be seen by our recapitulatiOn, the
proposition was carried by handsome ma
iority, and we congratulate our citizens
upon this result.
As night approached, a crowd gathered
| about the UNION AND AMERICAN Office,
knowing that they could there learn the
result of the voting about as soon as it
could be obtained by the official count.
| Bets were freely offered that Howell's ma