Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-23
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.


The" Inte;,'sencer Told you se:-Hef"r"
and .sfractical Politics" II Strong
"reminiscences and lncidents.
The agony Of the Republican contest at
the primary elections is weli-nish over: and
to-day witnesses the last pilgrimage Of the
paign. The primaries Of Saturday were
that the exciting canvass of tho
past few weeks Justified the public
in expecting, and there arc many curses
both loud and deep, muttcred by the dis
appointed and their friends against their
successful opponents and their treachcr
GUS allies C). From all quarters come re-
ports of the free use Of money, the shame
less barter and sale of the best workers,
the treachery Of tho Mulhoolys and the
corruption Of little Blossom Bricks The
rain that fell OF Saturday afternoon and the
sharp contests at many polls over the
organization somewhat retarded the vote ::
but what was lost by the disgust Of legal
voters, who staid ut homo or went away
from the voting places in disgust ut the
decentralization they saw, was fully made
up by the hundreds of Illegal votes that
were east, being bought up wholesale and
retail by the bosses and by their best work
ers on both sides Some Of the incidents
of the day in this city and the county are
reported in detail below !; and the crim-
nations and rccriminations of the next
few weeks will disclose many more.
First Ward.
In this ward the Examiner party, led by
lliestand, Brown, Al. Welcllans and
NJ <l,nir 60 S,aI can't ny1
made all the arrangements for a free
ballot and fair count " by putting elcc::
tion officers in the window to suit them
selves. They ran tho ward all day and
put their ticket through by good ma
iority ina light vote. Something over 200
were polIcd, Of which the staIwarts had
about two-thirds, and We hear no :llcga
tions Of fraud in the voting or count.
Second Wsr,i.
Al. Shcnck mustered the forces against
SenscniS Il Co., in this ward, and made Il
stiff fight. Trouble over the organization
had been avoided. however, by the preyi
Gus agreement Of all parties upon Jac.
lIalbach for judge. He was said to DC fsn
Skilcs, and with this exception for the
Examiner ticket. There was 4 struggle
for county committeeman between
al. EoHcHCh \f"IuWtHtTJ 'tuu Sici'I hcH
nedy (Sensenig). Shenck go! away
majority. but in all other respects the
SeEscnig ticket had 4 handsome majority.
Even AL. Smith bein. beaten in this, his
own and Jack Wcisc's ward. Toward even
ing, :,s the drift Of events WAS seen. Weise
came into collision of words with cx-
Mayor W. ID. Staut1er, whom he accused
of having lied to him when hc said nc
would be neutral Oh the fight for prison
keeper. Weisc damned Staulicr all up aud
down, and the placid OK mayor kept cool
and had tn take it.
Tho Third Ward.
For the first time the opponents of Me-
hellcn gave him Il very severe wrestic in
him. Sam Powell, :: Ho@gy'' Leonard.
Eph. Shaub, Milt. Falck and a goml
many other young fellows--includin,.
minors, Democrats and Seventh wartlers-
had the interests Of Sensenis, Skiles & Co.
in charge and took good caro- of them.
When the time for organization came they
named Tom Dean for judge. Boss
Dem,lth named Jake Gable, and Mcneil
lens county committeeman John Wcimcr,
put the Gable motion and declared it
carried. The SenseniG strikers had tho
lungs and muscle, if they hadn't the votes,
and they held the fort. Both judges took
the window. A fearful lOOkin. rio: en-
sued. A half dozen police present quellc.l
it and no blows were struck, but the up
roar continued. Sam Powell stood guard
over the door to the voting place and
swOrc to maintain the rights OF his si,lc,
and hc did br:svcly. McMellcn ql,aile,l
He and Mentzcr and Al. Edwards appealed
to the mayor and chief of police
who replied that their business was
to maintain order and not to decide Re
publican election contests. Tho Mcneil
len people wanted to get kahl Snyder and
AL. Edwards into the box. The other side
swOre that if Edwards went in Snyder
must come out the two knew too much
to be in there together. 1t looked rs if
the voting would never bc@in--lnd that is
what the Sensenig crowd wanted.
Finally Edwards went in; Snyder
came out both Judges sat and
each claimed to bc the lawful officer.
Both decided received votes, cl,inned "
and signed tho returns. The buyin. and
the voting went on. Fully fifty illegal
votes were polIed here, and the boys were
bought in the bar room, on the curbstOne
and in the back alley at from 5Oc to So
Il head. The McNlellcn party had n de
cided majority in the count, but Skiles
had 40 votes and ran we'll up to Fr,ly
Altogether the boss bridge builder got u
very black eye, and another wrcstlc like
this will settle him. 1t was on the whole
4 bad day for the bosses.
Fourth Ward.
The contest to secure the organization
Of the Fourth ward, was between Alder
man Sp,lrrier in the interes: of his father
Candidate for clerk Of orphans cOurt),
and J. w. Johnson in the interest Of Sen
senig and Reform. A few minutes before
; O'Clock johnson mounted chair, and
smiling that peculiar smile, SO unlike the
smile of other men, made brief speech,
insisting that none but Republicans should
be allowed to vote. He entertained the
greatest respect for Democrats, but rs this
was Republican primary election no re-
spectacle Democrat would attempt to vote
and none should bo permitted to vote. lie
then called for nominations for judge of
election, and G. W. COrmeny was nomina-
ted by the Spurrier men, and DR.. Urban
by the liefOrmers. The crowd divided and
COrmeny was chosen judge by ut least ten
to one, to the apparent discontinue of
Johnson and the great glec Of the Spurrier-
FOylney combination. 1t was observed |
one hundred in number, voted for Cor |
meny, and it was afterwartl ascertained |
that their unanimity was secured by q |
promise Of the FOrdney party that they
should receive 4 dollar 4 head Zone Of the |
faithful assures us he and others were
promised s. each) ii they assisted in sccur-
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