Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-06
ELECTION DAY.
Scenes OF the Confiict-Twin Bands
The Fight in the Fourth-A
Lively Contest.

As early as hall. past 8 o'clock yes.
terdsy morning the flare of the horn
and thump Of the drum we're publish.
ing the facts that 1t was election day.
Crowds of ldlers swarmed to the con-
junction Of Pearl and Broadway, all
the promiscuous CANNES In q dozen
| blocks raised at once q tumultuous
howl, and one miserablel little "6ce" sat
down in the mud and walled and
sobbed ~psssionately. The COWS down
In the shady avenues Of Streetsville
heard the prophetic sound, and no
doubt kicked and beloved not q little
that they were not permitted to attend
to their interests at the polls, as well
as the whisky men, or the Improve.
,ment crowd"
Vote for Vaughan and Improve.
ments," was the motto on band wagon
No. l, and the dispensers of concord
and sound were the members of the
Juvenile City Band. For hat ali
hour they had the field to themselves,
but ct the end Of that period the rival
notes of the Bsvar an band began to
call on the faithful and unterriied to
cast their ballots for McMahon, Keat.
ilg and James.
The number of men at the n
who seemed to have all of time and a
large slice of eternity lying loose on
hand, increased; the blare of the
bands, the splashing of mud and the
hubbub of humanity wsxed. In truth
there was n deal of turmoil over O lit
tie municipal election. Voting did
not progress very fast In the forencon.
The inclination of the crowd ran more
to talking and showing each other
about in the mud. Down In the
"Bloody Fourth" there was a crush.
Vaughan, aud Gilbert, and James,
and Kenne have made qusdrilsteral
fight and the excitement wss intense
all day. In the First ward there was
little of q crowd and three or four
young hummer seemed to be running
the election. As soon as the casual
voter came within q block of the polls
he was hustled to the window, q ballot
thrust into his hard and showed In to
the Off GERS inside. We watched the
process with interest for ssme time
and left the young strikers In full pos.
session of things. A company of
coons banded themselves together and
paraded the streets with great gusto.
By noon 227 votes were cast In the
first ward, 200 in the second, ia In
the third and about the same number
In the fourth-in the last named 1t
waa nearly impossible to got up to the
voting window, 80 great vas the jam
THE RESULT. :
Gamblers and the lower elements
found In the saloon business controlled
at the polls yesterday, and won a
large victory, and they have reason
to be proud of it. Low license or no
license will now be given to this city.
Gambling dens will flourish undis.
turbed and every mar who preys upon
society by confidence for others gains,
will be entitled to be "let down easy"
The women of the town have, through
their ''solld men," shown their pow.
or, and they will be protec ed. Some
day this may change-some day all
this may change; but the status now
Is as stated above.
OFFICIAL VOTE,
The following is the official vote for
councllmen, 81 cast yesterday:
For alderman at large, p. j. McMa.
hon received; In the Ftrat card, TIA;
Second ward, 247; Third ward, 234;
Fourth ward, 400; total, l,145; ma.
jority, 610.
O. A. Beebe- First ward, 1874; Sec.
ond ward, 10Y; Third ward, 8; Fourth
ward, 116; total, $50
4. r Fonda First ward. =; Sec.
ond ward, 43; Third ward, 81; Fourth
ward, "a; total, 1853
For Alderman of Third Ward M,
Heating, 211; majority, 45; L, Kir-
sohe, 121; @ Spies, 45.
For Alderman Of Fourth Ward
w. O. james, 800; w. r Vaughan,
1872; Lawrence Kinnehan, "a; John
Gilbert, 100.
On the Bond-For, 1,455; against,
"a
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