Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-06
TIE CITIZEN.
THE ELECTION
Fa>SeS on Very Quietly in Tucson Heavy Vote POlled-No Definite Returns yet in from the Country
From Tuesday'. Daily.

from IueHOaF Daily
 Election day in Tucson passed ofl
 very quiety. It was expected that
 the total vote Of thls city would reach ! eleven hundred. and that consider
 able difficulty would be experienced
 in getting all the votes polled 4
 large nun Der of voters Were accord 1 ingly sent 10 San Xavier precinct
 by some stated To be as high as two
 hundred. In anticipation of a rush a | large number of voters gathered at
 the polls carly'in the morning. The
 arrangements for polling were excel lent, a rope being stretched around for a considerable distance from the court house door, inside of which space suf- ficient special policemen were sta-
 toned 10 keep it clear for "business." From early morning uDul noon
 a long line of voters was kept well
 filled with men, but during the alter
 noon the rush gradually subsided until
 late in the afternoon not more than a
 dozen could be seen around the
 polls. Voting at times was very brisk.
 On two occasion as many as l3 votes
 were deposited Tn the box inside of five minutes. Al noon 600 votes had been deposited, and at three o'clock 1S0. There was only one arrest made for disOrderly conduct at the polls, but there was enough drunkenness around town to make an ordinance closing the saloons on election day ex- tremely desirable
 There were no complaints whaieye- made that there was any fraud or un fairness in the election Tn this pre- cinct, and but few attempts were . made 10 cast illegal votes. The per son making such attempt was in every instance promptly arrested and put in 1 Jail. Up 10 three o'clock but four ballots had been rejected for techni- calities or other cause.
 The result in this city it would be almost impossible to predict. But few ballots were cast straight, " and in some instances the scratching" was carried to such an extent as 10 ir effect change the ticket from Republi- can 10 Democratic, or vice versa. Both sides claim the victory in the ;ity, though the Republicans are not % confident of majority as are the Democrats. The former claim that if hey have kept the Democratic ma orty anywhere under 200, they will Je the victOrs in the county.
 From other parts of the county and Territory no definite returns had been eceived up to the hour of going tu ,ress. At 10 o'clock in the morning he CITIZEN received dispatch from 'amp Grant stating that up to that our Oury had received two votes in hat precinct, one of which his oppo- ent, Hon. NJ. W Stewart, had cast. | short time after Francis Fitch re- eived a telegram from Phenix stat ng that Oury was 200 ahead of Stew 7 Tt in that city. It would be impos ble to hazard guess as 10 the re- llts. Certain it IS that, even if de- ,eted, the Republican have reason to e proud of their achievements, when is considered that this is She first . in Arizona In which they resented any opposition to the Dem- crsts. Much credit is due to the officers of s le law and of the polls in this city n IT the quiet and orderly manner in u hich the election has been conduct l. If the same can be said of every g her precinct in the Territory the U eOple may well be proud of the rec D -ds of this contest. Following are a ames of the officers of election in K ls precinct: nspector-Charles Sl udson. Judges-C. II. Meyer and | OrOney, Jr., <. Goodfriend, E. W. q hillip Drachman. Clerks - Paul isley and Harry Lewis
 Later-At 4:3O the total vote was ., 70, with few persons at the polls, and =, Ily 20 minutes more for voting. ei