Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-09
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIEs.
Animated Contest Last Nights Sheriff X
Secures the Majority of the Conventio

Animated Contest Last Night Sheriff King
Secures the Majority of the Convention.
The Democratic primary meetings last
night were quite animated and the voting
was quite free. As at the Republican pri-
,raries last week, the great contest was for
the sheriffal,y, the candidates being James
King, the present incumbent, Martin Delany,
Jacob Heck and j. G. Mccarthy. Heck and
Delany are understood to have pooled their
issues There was good deal of lively but
-holing and caucusing, and teams flew
hither and thither carrying voters te the re-
spective precincts:
FIRST WARD.
There was no particular excitement in this
ward, but there was some lively voting and
the King ticket swept the held high and dry,
the vote standing 253 for the King ticket, to
80 for the combination ticket of Heck and
Delany. The following is the King delegate
ticket which was eected:
John Dowlan, JohE x. Davidson, M. Lyons,
Chas. Leidman, VIM. McTeague, B. Linstead
The following was the combination ticket
which was defeated:
David Burke, Geo. Roeller. James mitchell
Anton Roehl Michael Roche E. Johns IN. !
There was good deal of excitement about
the old court house, the poll of the Second
ward. The King men were out in force, and
from the start poured steady stream Of bal
lots into the candle-box provided for their re-
ception. There was some loud though good
natured bantering among the ticket peddlers,
and all passed off pleasantly. There were 666
votes cast, of which the King delegates received
484 and the Delany-Heck tickets l55, the bal
ance being scattering, quite number of First
and Third ward tickets being among them.
The delegates elected were: John Bell. f. A.
Pietch. Henry Bourchier, John Ahern, James
McPartlan, William Byrne Fred. Guion.
The defeated candidates were: John O'Con-
nor, John Wagner. Frank LeClair, Vim. De-
laney, John F. Mcintosh John Larkin, John
Klein.
THIRD WARD.
At the police station, the center Of interest
in the Third ward, there was close contest.
The King and the Heck men stood shoulder
to shoulder through the whole evening.
and there was rigid examination of
all who offered to vote. There was some anx-
iety, and considerable chatting between the
| workers. Thos. Grace and Edward Fl. Schliek
| were on both tickets and we're therefore elected.
They may therefore be classed as doubtful.
| VI JIG OoLd1 " ooA VOGeS CdSG GQe
| ceived majorities: For King-R L. German.
| John Schillo. For Heck-Dr. G. Stamm, 10.
| seph Dreis. Paul Faber. Doubtful-Thomas
| Grace, Edward II. Schliek. The closeness OF
the contest was asurprise to nearly all, as Kline
had but little hope of carrying the ward. Fol.
lowing were the defeated delegates; q. H
| Miller. by. Steffens, Joseph Hardy, Mark Cas-.
tello, J. B. Dow.
FOURTH WARD.
Agoodly crowd assembled about Ramsey
street eagine house yesterday evening, and
| the primary election almost assumed the dig.
nifty and proportions of regular affair. The
voting commenced early, and was kept up yer,
lively until the hour of closing the
poll arrived. There was a de-
cided rivalry between the three tickets in the
field, and canvassing was more or less the
order of the day. The rivalry par
took of the genial sort, and
throughout good order and cheerful enthu
siasm prevailed. The poll was closed promptly
at O'Clock, and the count commenced. Be
| fore 8 O'Clock the result was announced
Messrs. A. s. Elicit and T. D. O'Brien had
charge of the ballots, and by their expeditions
work and good management won the satisfac
ton of everybody. At the other precincts the
vote cast was small and the work was done
speedily and without trouble.
| First Precinct-The election was held at The
| Ramsey street engine house. There were three
| tickets in the field, for Kiag, Delaney and Heck
| respectively.