The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-07
THE ELECTION.
Large MajOrities for Davis in Most All the
City Precincts.

Within the city the election Is progressing
quietly. Excitement is confined to lew poll-
1clunS. More than usual interest,", now
ever, is taken by the business men. Az all tne
standing with printed tickets IN thelf hahus.
The strong local democratic politicians are
working strenuonsIy in tlc lt own 1icttt al
saloons are closed, and few men under the III
tiuence of liquor are noticeable.
EARLY this morning the democrats captured
"A number OF Italians who recently arrived
from the lines of construction on the southern
Pacific and the Sunset K. H. and mad them TAX I.
out naturalization papers But the democratic
votes thus secured were few IN numper.ln
sufficient for any marked effect. up TO 8
o'clock to-day nineteen naturalization papers
were issued by the district and county
court PAYMENT FOR Them was neiitici' uue
Yesterday twelve foreigners were granted
citizenship. The new cllizcns maze no-uay
were William Bennett, Robert Scott ana charles
uuuOn d England, Antonio BlstincntL vi
Mexico; Abraham Pavoii of Austria: clemens
Richter, OF saXony; Henry Fetten, OF
Prussia, Louis Erlcr, N. Drcyfuss, George
Schuchnmn and Friedrich kosch of Germany,
and Parctti Carlo, Zurctti Natalie, GhtGono
Niclctt, AntonniclO Nincius, AVanZini Luigi
and Dominica Carmissa OF Italy. ~
The voting is steady but not very heaVy.
During the day the most votes will. of course,
he cast just before the polls close, at d ciock.
With but one exception the polling places
have thus far been free from attempts
to buidOle. This one exception Is IN precinct
No. -, at the Mission store polls, where ever.
culorcd man, German or other person VINO
seemed to be Il Davis man, had his vStG
challenged and was rudeiy huStlCu
about by democratic ward strikers.
The bull-dOzcrs, however, managed TO keep
IRON out the clutches of law officers by u Slst-
ing just when they seemed about TO commit
tiagr,tnt breach of the peace. In the other pre-
cncts quietude has thus far prevailed.
In the lirSl precinct 10 votes were cast up 10
II o'clock. At that time it was estimated Dy
careful observers that only $50 woes wotllu De
pOlled in all III this precinct, ana tiiti Oh iutsc
the democratic ticket would nave majority.
and the opinion had changed it favor OF the III
dependent ticket.
Davis is SLIGHTLY ahead in the second precinct.
There at hai'-paSt O'Clock 2S} votes Iao becn
PASSED in. The contest here is very close, Dut
viii, in an hour or so when republican work
men are through With their days labor, expe-
rience Il decided change.
Three hundred aud lwenty-Scvcn votes were
cast in the third precinct up to hal1 past
o'clock. The majority is heavy III favor oi
DAYS.
Prior to = o'clock in the twcnty-ninth pre-
,.inct .62 votes had been pOlled in the :Sth, wv
iutes: in the 9Th 400 in the .Gth rs, and i'll the
It'll 237.
in the fourth, twenty ninth, third, twenty
eighth twenty sixth, third aud first precincts
there are heavy majOrities for Davis three to
Jne il the first, and nearly rs much in the 18th
and 23th. In the 9th pre- "i1ot the democratic
votes are slightly in the majority.
1t is impossible to fOrctell the result with
respect of the county Offices but it is conceded
HomineeS, nevertheless as considerable scratch
'u% is beng done, II is probable that the indie
I,cndentS Will elect their candidates tor some
of the most important Offices.