The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-10

The election yesterday passed Off unusually
quietly, the vote being light in all the wards, as
compared with the election of last fall, although
1t was nearly one-fourth larger than that cast at
the last municipal election. The Southside pre-
scented the liveest appearance, but contrary to
general expectations the vote in that section
was comparatively as light as that ON the north
side The Republicans suffered largely by the
light VOTE the falling off being
heaviest in the Republican precincts. The Ger
mans and the so-caled 'liberai element voted
with the Democrats almost unitedly, and in the
brewery wards, notably the Fourteenth and
Twenty-thrd, Mr.. Peter Lieber and the Maus
brothers spared pains to contribute to the
success of the Democracy. Mr.. Lieber was
especially enthusiastic, and worked with a will
The Democrats resOrted to more than the usual
amount C: meanness. and particularly in
the precincts where there is large col
Ored vote. used their utmost endeavor to
prevent voters from exercising their priv
iege In the second precinct of the
Twelfth ward Fl. g. Bigham adopted the plan Of
challenging every colored man who entered the
chute, and not less than sixty Republican votes
were kept out in this precinct alone The Re-
publcans finally succeeded in pulling him off
by threatening to resort TO the same policy In
heavy Democratic precincts
On the north side the fight was wsrmest in
the wards constituting the Second aldermanic
district, viz: Third. Fourth, Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Fifteenth, and no little money was
used in the interest Of the Democratic
candidates, Notwithstanding which Messrs
Pritchard and Cox were elected. There
determined fight made against Mr.. Tucker in his
district by number of disgruntled Republicans
and the district is, under the most ia vorable
OlN
cessful, and that gentleman retires from the
city government In which he has had a hand for
the past seven consecutive years. The hardest
fights were made on the candidates for Council
in the Third, Fourth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Six
teentb, Seventeenth and Twenty-first wards, the
Democrats gaining six members of that body, aud
tieing the vote in the Fourth ward, where Mr.
Theodore F. Smither, the Republican candidate,
made gallant fight, almost without assistance.
On The SOuthside the johnson street car mo-
nopoly was Jealous In the support of the Demo-
Gratis, and. but for their determined stand,
Mr. Cornelius McGroarty, the Republican candi- |
date, would have beaten Bowling handsomely. |
AS it was he was only defeated by very meagre
majority in ward where the preponderance of
Democratic votes is in the proportion of
three to one. Every mule in the Johnsons' sta
bles not engaged in hauling bob-tailed car was
employed in transporting Democratic voters to
the polls But for the action of the monoposts |
the Republican candidates for Aldermen in the |
X
teenth ward would have been returned |
The election Mr.. Trusler in the Twenty-irst |
ward is triumph of which that gentleman may |
well be proud, as a number of dissatisfied, not to
say "sore-headed" Republicans labOred untir- |
ingly to compass his defeat Especial credit is |
also due to Mr. Johu r. Clinton in the Twenty |
second and Mr.. F. p. Benjamin in the seven
teenth wards for the creditable work done by |
them
were refused over which a dispute arose Men, |
living south OF Wisconsin street, who had been !
voting at Belmont, in the county election, came |
tin When the judges refused dS Guy to cree rec
for Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, who went down
and endeavored to bluff the officers of the cleo
ton by demanding that one of the votes should
be received, lntlmating that if it was refused the
judges would be prosecuted. They were not |
Overawed by the statesman. however, and the
votes we're not permitted to go into the ballot
william Dyer, a negro, was arrested on the
charge OF carrying concealed weapons and at |
tempting. to vote Illegally Several persons
whisky on election dav. The names registered |
for this violation of law were Joseph Martin,
Willer Mrs. Luella Murphy, b. D. Rice and
Robert Kempf
The excitement about the newspaper Offices
and on the streets after the close of the polls
last night, and until the result definitely as
certained this morning, was greater than was
mar TED ABOUT the polling places during the
jubilant as the returns came in,
seeming to base their hopes of success on the
light vote in the northern wards which were, as
usual the first to come in. About O'Clock
some enthusiastic citizen got out Bets
senherz's band, and stationed it in
Weilachers saloon, adjoining the postoffce,
the intention being to serenade Mr.. Schmuck at |
his residence as soon his election was posi-
lively assured, but at a late hour the musicians
were dismissed and retired in sorrow 10
their respective homes. crowd of |
and boys principally the latter
collected about the Sentinel office and vented |
their enthusiasm in eXultant shouts and blasts OF
discordant tin horns, but the true state of af-
fairs was revealed they quickly dispersed and |
Joined the band on it's winding way homeward.
Mr.. John P. Frenzel, of the metro
poitan police commissioners, spent the |
day at the polls in the Seventeenth ward, |
and If he allowed the police as much latitude as
be exercised for himself they could not DO |
aid to have not interfered with the election.