Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-22
A SPRING CHICKEN.
MacG0NIGLE DISTANCES SrAUFFER.
THE DEMOCRATIC MAYOR REELECTED

THE DEMOCRATIC MAYOR REELECTED
A DEMOCRATIC n;AJOEllY ~ >EEECT
CUUSClI,
Andy Filck and Charley ;:bcrman Ead,y
Beaten.
The general results OF the elections in
this city yesterday are no surprise to tho
better posted politicians. Republicans
who fully understood the main features of
the canvass fer mayor and the drift of
opinion did not expect to elect Staulfcr,
and few Democrats could be found
before election day who had much
confidence that tic Democrats could
secure majority on joint ballot
in councils in city which is gerry
wandered SO as to throw the Demo
cratic vote largely into two of the nine
wards. The Democratic committees csti-
mate for MacGonisle's majority in. the
city was 220, and though the result has
confirmed this with singular cxactuess the
various ward returns were full Of sur
prises, the Sixth and Second especially
disappointing the Democracy, the Fourth
and Fifth going Republican beyond all
estimates, while the First, Third, Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth did far better tlan was
expected of them. The securing Of select
I!n,;IoI 4
Democracy suffer some unexpected losses
| in common council. Alderman McCon-
omy's reelection and Constable Andy
Flick; defeat ale other notable features
! OF the result.
Details OF the Day.
The total vote polled, one Of the largest
ever known in the city, land by far tho great
est ever cast at !, municipal election, was
! brought out early, despite the binding.
| pclting rain which fell nearly al day. ne
blue sky or sunshine bcin" seen until j
o'clock in the afternoon. The pol! com
! nlittccs and ward workers stood the stress
! oil weather bravely, ard under umbrellas
| and with gum oycrcoats b!avcd the storm
! while carriages and every available vchi
| Gle that could be secured we're brought
! into rcIuisition to get the voters to the
! polls. The people came out unusually
early and voted rapidly.
There was little drunkenness or disor
tter ; and for tic most part COOL feeling
! was manifested by tho opposing sides, aud
! there wasn't u great amount of wranyling
and conteu:ion. Sonlc Illegal votes were
no doubt got in, and some legal votes kept
out, as there always arc &; but on the whole
there was less diSputaJiOn than usual
about the rights aud wrongs of voters and
the decisions of the boards were generally
;!cquiesccd in.
There was Il very considerable amount
OF money i'll the election and the poll com
! mittccs wcic large and well paid bui
there was not by any meaIs the pI ofust
purchase of votes that under various de
vices has prevailed upon former occasions
and no such uubiushirg bribery as can bs
seen on the cnrbstnne at any Republican
primary.
There WIS perhaps more " kickin,
ard scratching than has ever prevailed
Ut even a local election. Various causes o
a!sa1fection i'll both parties; operate! in a!
wards. Many voters. came to the poll
With their tickets: carefully "iixcd " aut
others openly and avowct'y voted a ticke
in opposition to their lifelong and well
Known political convictiuns. Some o
these changes were the result OF per
SOnal grievances. some OF factiOna
feeling, and some voters were mi
raculously and mysterinusly changed il
thetwiGkling of an eye; notably in the Six:l
ward, some who went to bed Oil Mondal
night for MacGonigle, waking up on Tues
day morning active supporters of Stauffer
The effects of these ccccntricitics ar
plainly disccrnibIe in the returns.
On the proposition for Or against th'
increase OF debt by a :67, 900 loan to max,
certain water works improvements there
was little or 10 popular interest Oihc
issues entirely obscured this, ant
Of the few voters who Thought o
it who had it forced upon thei
attention most seemed to have little
OF no understanding of the qucs:io,
and thought it safe to vote against any
increase of the debt. And so it failed b,
u large majority, and taught most forci
bly, that such questions cannot TO sub
mittei for dispassicnate settlement at :
general election.
The First Ward
Or the so-callcd Republican wards, til,
home of Commodore Hiestand, Three
llundred-and-Sixer J. Hay Brown anl
" Chronic Office Holder Charles F.
Ebcrman, makes the best showing-fcl
the Democrats. Select Councilman Henry
Doer, supposed to be uncoDquerable
bites the dust before the stout lance o.
Jolly George Brown, and the place that
has long known what the Examiner calls
"a First Ward Butcher Will know him
10 more. John Slough and Jacob Recs.
were beaten for council, partly because
OF DIR. Davis's popularity and the gen
eIai acceptabi!ity of his course in council
and partly because of 4 personal fight
made against Slough. Alderman Nc
Conomy's splendid victory over mos
inveterate politician and persistent office
holder, Collectors Clerk G.. F. Ebcrrnan
Is a rare tribute to his meritorious official
record and the signal defeat of Ebermar
has lett good deal of soreness in hi.
party. The Republicans elected thei
constable and assessor, as lad been Cx
pectcd.
Tho Second ward.
In the Second ward, where both chair
men OF the county committees reside anG
nearly all the newspaper men. and where
ex-Snperintendcnt of Water Works Hal
bach made special light, the vote was
unexpectedly large and came ou
early. Both parties were we'll organ
lied and got their men to the
polls. The voting was very straight
on mayor, and when the polls closed the
Democratic window book footed up 81
| Republican minority hrt tho uoII rucr