Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-21
THE ELECTIONS.


IHE ELECIlONS.
Ex-MAYUR srAUFFEk BADLY BEATEN.
The CON n:ests srouun Town-HOw They Were
HaSed-Dcmocratic Losses In Com
mon Council.
Tho municipal elections yesterday, the
PROGRESS Of which was reported last even
ing. wers SO far concluded that the results
Were known by 10 p. M, and lett the con-
troi o; the city government III stdfa quo.
the Democrats retaining control Of select
council and the Republicans Increasing
their majority i'll common council aid on
joint ballot. The present common council
stands IL Republicans to IL Democrats ;
yesterday the Democrats lost , in the
First aud in the Ninth, reducing their
strength to in the lover branch Of the
city government and making tho Repub-
iican majority on joint ballot 10. The
Democrats lost the assessor in tue Ninth
ward and gained al aide. lnan in the Sec
Oud.
In the First ward it was apparent eacly
i'll the day that the Republicans were
| making desperate onset and were flush
| with money to accomplish their purposes.
A prominent Republican official in this
ward was heard to say that they had as
| much money as they had at the presiden
tial election. How this money was used
may be readily seen by tho following Cir
cular which was issued by c. F. Eberman,
deputy collector OF internal revenue, and
distributed among voters who were
deemed to be purcbasa5ie
| FIRST WARD, Feb. 10, 1885.
| Nh. --:
DEAR SIR.-You have been appointed
| on tho Republican poll committee for tho
election in the First Ward tomorrow. L
will be at the poll when it opens in tho
morning, aud you will please report to mo
there at as early an hour rs possible. L
will want your services to help bring out
every voter in the ward for our ticket
and you will bc paid q reasonable amount
for your services and time lost from your
work or business. Yours, &o.,
C.F. EEERMAN.
Chairman OF Poll Committee.
T. S.-Bring this notice with you to the
election and present it to me.
Clayt Myers, the heavy weight city
treasurer, who expects to retain the office,
was treasurer of the fund in this ward.
The night before the election he was very
busy exhibiting around town a large roll
of money, which he let his admirers un-
derstaud was to be used Oh election day.
; This money was secured in several differ
ent ways. Each OF the candidates Tor
Office paid an assessment, which was by
no means small, aud although some Of
them pretend to Be terribly opposed t" the
use Of money in elections, they paid their
: shares like little men. Old politicians of
the Republican side, who visited the polls
Yesterday, looked Oh with amazement at
, the manner in which money was spent,
,, and with wonder as to how it was So
cured.
In tho Second ward every thing conferred
, in the contest for alderman, though tho
+. Democratic candidates for council made q
good fight and A. J. Dunlap came very
|, close to election. Al. Schenck and Jake
Halbach were Stautfer's S hcnchmen and the
, most desperate tactics were resiorted to
20 win for him. John Smith alias " Balti-
, more Schn,itty." who is in Jail for cutting
' Ga0rge Kline so feariully, was brought out
of jail on ilaheaS corpus upon the pre-.
> tense thai be was to De taken before Judge
> | Patterson, to be admitted to bail As he
was brought past the polls with his hand
; cuffs on, he was voted, and though taken
. before Judge Patterson III chambers, no
J body appeared to bail him and the
L desperate trick was fully exposed. When
= the polls closed the result was known to
be vory close, but when the returns were
= announced it was obvious that many OF
: the better cllss of Republicans, who did
= not want the aldermanship to be factory
q for criminal business, had voted for Ford
y ney. The friends of S.autfer affect great
:. Indignation at what they allege to be the
. detection of some oi the Staiwarts OF their
party and already threatentO '' get even y
= by pitiing Stautfsr against Amos Ii
MyIn for the state seGatOrSlIip i'll 1854.
In the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth ant
, Eighth wards there WAS little exctemen,
;. and little variations in tho results from thu
= !, usual success OF the dominant parties. The
Alderman Barr factions kick against Ben
:, jamin Henry for council in the Third ware
decreased his majority slightly; III th'
Fourth ward W. III. Scheurenbrand, DEM,
. got number OF Republican votes for con
" stable; in the Fifth Sam Lentz pulled uI
u handsomely on WinUWer in the Sixth u
u Il. Frailey and Martin Daily ran far aheat
:: of their ticket and were elected: ID TIT
% Eighth the Republicans made no contes
and the Democrats pOlled light vote.
In the Seventh ward, early in the day,
. it became apparent that there was an
I organized effort to defeat George NJ. Bor-
: ger for select council, and that Democratic
u treachery was relied upon to aid the plot
The progress of events confirmed this ide;
= without disclosing who the traitors in TIM
camp were, and even yet it is uncertain
Luckily Berger pulled through by one
majority, defeating the conspirators an'
saving select council to the Democracy.
n In tho Ninth ward the Republicans
Q were exceedingly "flush with money
n and used it To SONG advantage. The.
e secured one common councilman and thu
n assessor, according to the return made by
k the officers Of election but the Demo
Q cratic officers signed the return under
' protest, because there were seven iu!
Q Republican tickets voted and counted tha
D did not have printed on them the words
Getty officers" as the law requires. Ii
these tickets had been thrown out, GeOrg'
a Scheetz, Democrat, would have been
d elected assessor, and the majority OF the
other Democratic candidates would have
been Increased by seven. Despite des-
, l perate efforts to elect Dana Graham Il
select council, Philip Zscher defeated him
THE CITY RETURNS.
FIRST WARD.
COnluOy, (oUnciL