Daily Republican., 1879-09-03
himself up out Of the gutter where he
had been thrown and quietly left.

had been thrown and quietly left.
In the upper precinct Mr.. William J.
Morrow was the presiding genius, and
from his perch in the city hall window
looked out over the empty street ~
wise and as digniasd as . hs.goat.
There we're very few around those polls,
the neighborhood being most too
healthy for enthusiastic disciples Of i'm.
maculats principles to gather. The
vote at i've O'Clock was 122, most ol
which number being Democratic.
FIFTH wARD-wBsr DISTRICT.
The polls at this district had not
been open five minutes before q dis.
tlrbance occurred between . man nam.
ed Collins, who was assistant inspector,
and George B. Roberts, the Republican
inspector. II seems that from the posi-
tioD that Mr.. Roberts occupied the tax
receipts Of the voters first came into his
hands. Collins watched this operation
until about ten votes had been receiv-
cd, when he suddenly became excited
and swore violently that he must first
SEQ the receipts, that Mr.. Roberts had
no business with them.
Hospital Superintendent Lee, who
was the Democratic Inspector, violent
ly declared that this was their election,
and that Mr.. Roberts had no business
with them.
Mr.. Roberts Immediately clapped his
hand over the hole in the ballot box,
and detsrminedly said that not another
vote should 90 into that box unless
he examined every receipt II
they put the vots in It would te
over his dead body. Collins and Les
towards Mr.. Roberts, when
he olapped his hand to side pocket a.
II to draw . pistol, and informed the
wrathy Inspectors that If they knew
what was good for them, they would
advance no farther. lI
notwithstanding that they allowed
Roberts to see every receipt and while
he would be objecting to II Lee would
put the ballot in the box.
While this was going on, Daniel o.
Nsill WAS crawling in the window
click the s.-n Of b--h, "
when Marshal McMullsn grabbing him
pulled him back again and advised him
TO let the election officers settle their
own disputes. By this time peace was
restored, but Mr.. Lee declared that he
would not take any more votes unless
Mr.. Roberts gave up his pistol. He
felt somewhat chagrined when he found
that Mr.. Roberts had NO pistol. Though
there we're many illegal votes polled
there we're no more disturbances during
the afternoon.
SIXTH WARD.
There were but very few in stten.
dance in the southern district. Moth
ing Of any merit occurred, and when
We left q few minutes after four o'clock,
the election officers were fsrvently
praying for something to happen to
relieve the montony.
At the Northern precinct of the Sixth
Ward at 4.30 but SO votes had been
polled. Everything WAS quiet and re-
.nained SO during the evening.
EIaHTH WARD.
There seemed to be more interest
in the Eighth Ward during
the afternoon, than in any other wards.
The voting place, at Eighth and Pine
being surrounded by a large
crowd, and as bad whiskey circulated
pretty freely, fights were.frequent. The
only arrest made up to O'Clock was
that of Thomas Hinesley, who was so
that couple of officers
him to the Hall. Officer Boster
who arrested Hinesley, was thrown
to the ground by the young
man, who was apparently but one half
the weight of the officer, and would
have sustained a severe beating had 1t
not been for the timely assistance Of
officer Jones.
THE HISTORIC NINTH.
A visit to the Ninth Ward at about
4 o'clock, disclosed a comparatively
quiet state of affairs. Martin Farrell,
the Democratic candidate for Council,
took his post at the window at the
opening of the polls, and remained
there all through the time the voting
was in progress, having in the mean
time his runners out on the scout for
to deposit ballots. A slight
occurred about 4.30, but
like most rows in this precinct 1t origi-.
mated in bad whiskey and ended in
smoke. A very light vote was being
polled in the afternoon, at 4.3O o'clock,
ITO votes being the entire number poll
I'd.
TENTH WARD.
As on previous occasions the faithful
turned out zen masse." They re-
NAMED very docile however; kept in
Dbeyance no doubt by the stout figures
and determined fronts of officers Payne
and Gibbons. Officer Payne brought
in q young man named Elijah Green for
conduct.