Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-05
TIE NATIONAL ELECTION.
CHATHAM GIVES A HANDSOME
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.

TIctet-an Earnest Contest anu
-, Vote PoIled-A Quiet Day so
- serious Disturbane- kspOI
S,.rss and Incidents Abous the rum
No. election Yesterday was one OF the
- s,+busiastic AMI exciting eiectlons
So has been held in Chatham county
-, -. carly DAYS Of the reconstruction
- L Uas a weU-known fact that \
the Republicans were exceedingly aAA-
80 ~ secure the First district, and every \
rerva was strained 10 that end. The |
Radical satellites were on hand in force. |
II was understood that they were furn- |
isned with ample means and were In /
s-ructed 10 leave no effort untried to carry /
tleir ends. hut the gallant Democracy 4
bv the united efforts OF its Lead
els. who lad0red earnestly and zea-- /
OusIv. maintained Chatham county 4
ia the nigh position she has always Occu-
pied IL the district and State
OPENING THE POLLS.
The dsv dawned clear and bright. At I
6 o'clock Superintendent MollEar VIII
some II the officials, arrived al the poll
Ing place and began administering the /
oath 10 the supervisors anu mana /
GERS. At Gas every official was 10 MS |
place ready for business. At O'Clock |
the polls were opened and the voting be
ran- The streets in the vicinity or the
court house and the square were thrOnged
with people. About 200 colOred men ana
perhaps - white men were gathered
about the court house and n the loooies
ready 70 vote The majority OF
he former were from the country districts,
and mad their days ratiOns with them.
The boxes were arranged so as 10 give
four voting places. While this gave the
SUPERVISORS an opportunity 20 supervise
the entire ballot. il allowed great deal
OF repeating. Many colOred voters
soon discovered how easy II
was 70 vote as often as they wished,
and il was impossible for some time 10
prevent i. This repeating was carried
/ on for awhile, until the Democratic cnai-
/ leugers took their positions, which cheek
"a the illegal work. The crowd Of col
/ or=d ueople increased very rapidly, CON-
I fug in in detachments OF from -t0- -. W MI
/ marsh. Wilmington and SkldaWay Islands
I were represented by their entire voting
/ population, as were the various otneE Ne
/ gr0 neigh bOrhOOds.
THE OGEECHEE CROWD.
The old followers Of Bradley from
tbs Oreechee were on hand. In
/ fact. from every direction the
I coiorel voter came 70 vote accord
\ inc n command and for his color.
i Pleasant. the Republican candidate for
I Congress. DelamOtta and A \. llson
{ were active in giving directions 70 tner
i followers For three hours there was
/ very strong Republican vote ana then II
4 Stacked OF. The cOlOred people, how
/ ever. had come out for holiday aud
F l0itered around the voting places, making
I il aup-ar a. though there was a constant
I stream OF Republican voters. The Demo
I Gratis. as usual. voted. and having 0usl-
ness on hand. went their way, leaving the
I work Of tie party 10 b. done o! lew
/ This gave out the impression that the
col0red voters had things all their own
way.
The AFTERNOON vOTE.
In the Tax Collectors Office Collector
/ Mc(TOwan and his force were arduOusly
/ engaged in filling out receipts and taxing
/ money from the opening OF the polls until
their closing. Up to , o'clock 3,5JO votes
had been cast. The voting had been oTlsk
/ from tue start.and was going on up 10 ms
I time at tie rate OF 500 an hour. AFTER
dinner a great many Of the cOlored people
/ Of the CITY followed the example OF tue
/ whites. voted for Mr.. Norwood and went
their wav. Several white men, hereto
/ fore supposed TO be Democrats, voted Tor
Blaine and Logan, but the number was
! very small and less respectable.
QUIET DAY.
Considering toe excitement that pre-
! vailed the day passed very quietly, ana
/ the election was one Of the most orderly
! that has taken place IN the county fOr
wears. There was very little qUarreling,
/ and among the white people the greatest
/ forbearance and good humO- was eX-
/ hibited. The force OF Deputy Marshals.
/ numbering about fifty, armed with clu0s,
was marched up TO the court house by
! United States Deputy Marshal Hall
/ shortly after the polls opened and turned
/ on duty. = large number OF them were
/ negroes. Generally they were We'll be-
I baTed. and carried out their in
[ structi0ns. A few cases o. OT1clous-
/ ness called for the authority OF
Z the Superintendent and his officers, but IN
[ most cases there was no necessity Tor
/ more than hint TO keep them in place.
The only case Of violence was exhibited
during the early hours Of the election. A
[ straDpiHg negro deputy in one Of the cor
I ridOTs became offensive in his manner
/ and was ordered TO leave the building.
| He backed up his intentions by what he
| seemed to think was his authority, but
! was 0usted BIZ Constable Burke and hus-
I tied into the street, where he had time to
/ read over his instructions and get IN
/ prOper trim Tor duty. With this eXcep-
( tio1 the force performed the duty ID which
il was assigned.
THE POLICE HAVE AN EASY TINE.
\ special detail of police was stationed
I IN the square 70 preserve order IN the
I vicinity OF the court house, but had very
iiitle u do. TIE morning detail was
I relieved ut / o'clock bT the afternoon de-
/ tail. which remained on duty until the
I polls closed. During most OF the day the
I men had an easy time, and occupied
Z row of chairs facing the court house,
! moving around in the shade as the after
. noon advanced. The square was filled
| with veODIe during the entire day. The
90 hf-#h
bringing in their adberents, and watching
I them till their vote was safe IN the ballot
I box.
/ SCRATCHING THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
4 large number of Republican ballots
| were cast without the name Of the Con-
| gressiOnal nominee. IL was understood
/ that the Republican anti-Pleasant faction
I had sent into the interior counties tickets
I with Peasants name erased. Inc oppo-
\ sitiOn element was at work all day. and
! pulled strong against Pleasant, damaging
\ his vote heavily. Many negroes voted
/ what appeared 20 be the straight Demo
/ cratic ticket. The prevailing impression
/ at one time was that Pleasant would be
| heavily scratched, and. although the half
| tickets had been distributed, many mis-
carried through the vigilance Of the Re-
/ publican candidate and some Of his active
I white partisans.
BLAINE AND LOGAN ENTHUSIASM.
Acrowd ofwhite men,apparentlys sailors,
caused some amusement early in the az
! ternOOn by shouting for Blaine and Logan.
As soon IS the people discovered that the
en- thusiasm of the mOuth-pieces OF the
plumed knight was cOlOred with whisky
their ardOr ceased 10 attract notice. The
incident led to 10 confusion, and the YO-
ting progressed without interruption.
The precautions taken by the State and
city officers TO assure order seemed al
most superfuOus in view Of the
good feeling which generally prevailed.
The only arrest for illegal voting was a
negro named Joe johnson. LODGED in the
barracks on a warrant issued by Magis-
trate Naughtin.
PROGRESS OF THE VOTE.
At2:I5 O'Clock .. III ballots had been de-
p1sited. and though the supposed Demo-
cratic vote had been coming in quite
radidlv during the preceding hour, il was
feared that the Republican vote for the
CONGRESSMAN was larger than it really
was. At that hour ballots were being de-
posted at the rate Of nine minute, and
| il was estimated that if the voting should
| be Continued at that rate until the polls
were closed the total vote would APP
proximate $500. Messengers were sent TO
/ different portions of the city TO summon
some Of the spathetie Democrats TO the
polls. At 4 o'clock the employees in the
/ workshops Of the Central Railroad and