Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-05


The dsy davnsd warm ana dor. sn<
~ o1sleck, sn houx bsloes shs poIls
opsnsd. the streets wers thronesd wsfh
psopas- Ayspsrtsr took : s<roII around
g ne various polling plaess ard
found csrpsntsu Al work putting %
raiiines and making prepaszsians for
- eonvenienee Of the vossrs Who vsrv
soon % doek about Mayor Lssry aEd
u Police commifts Of she Car Osup-
e'i had appsanssd three s,sciai po.ies-
men for cash polling plaos, who. With
Ne msnbers Of tie regular foroe, we're
instructed - preserve order and protecs
~ isSal votsrs in tAeir riahis, Noolv
did shess officers perfarm their autv.
and the best Of order vas u,asnt.in..s
throuRhouf fhe day.
by0s0me means. which have oct vet
come 70 tixht. an aFrancsnneut wa uer.
Iecsed With thoee Who control tI,s verv
large Hosting vote. 10 seaport Arnzxroao
and the Democratic Legislative tickef.
and m order to carry this scheme ont.
u tne interest Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. the tickets were printed an
pink paper. 20 that the voter Who VA
Escorted - the poIIs could NOT dscs Tvs
TIE striker Who led him m.
Representatives Of the YounQ Mans
independent Political Club. the Eunal
hs9nss Association aud the Repubiican
and Democratic parties, a. veil q thoee
Of othsr ofRanfxationa wero 70 Be- eesn.
armed With tickets, standing absut thu
various polling places. an busv talking
up the merits Of their respective tickets.
ooDo twenty teams we're busy sll dav
carrying voters back and forth. Il 4
tmpoMible TO tell Just hov many women
voted, bat Il II safe TO estimate the "a
male voters in this city at about 100.
Quite q number Of Illegal votes vera
cast, and there were a few instances Of
repeating, but when il il taken into
censideratisu that Ne have no registry
law this Will not BE- surprising. 10 the
Young Mems independent Political
Ctub belongs the honor Of keeping from
sue ballot boxes many Illegal votes
which, bat for the dflieerce Of the
members Of that active club. would
have been cast.
Much interest was manifested. AZ viii
DO apparent from the fact that in the
city Of Seattle 1926 votes we're cast. al
vided among the various polling place
a. follows: First Ward 9l2. Sxcond
Ward l525, aud Third Ward 7g9.
THE COUNT
Commenced al 6 o'clock and progressed
SLOWLY, owing to the great amount Of
scratching. At midnight the couut vas
about one-fourth made, and showed the
following result:
For Delegate. u. Armstrong as4,
@. 8. voorhees, 468.
Presenting Atterney-R Richard Os-
born z93, j. Il. Ronald 40.
Councilman-Orange Jacobs 1924, Jno.
Collins l03.
Representatives--Jno r. Kinnsar 3S3.
Y, n. Aivord l69. O. J. Yates $50, c. r.
Munday 566.
Jsint Representative. b. Lewis 3S2,
A. 8. Miller 388.
Probate Judge VIM. d. Wood. 273.
b. Brown, Jr.. go, Il. Scott, $50.
sheriff.. d. McGraw. 654. Robert
Abrams, 1853.
Treasnrer-Ges. D. Hill, s77. J. NJ.
Lyon. 3l6.
AUDITORS. @. Harris. 42l. W. H.
Whittlesey, 500.
Commissioners--Van Doren 3SS, Law
ton 377, Perrigo 363, Maddocks 3S8,
Bush 3aS, O'Brien $40.
Assessor-HuRhes 34S. Hopkins 396.
Surveyor-Aibro Gardner 33S, Robert
Munich 383.
school Superintendent florence
Chick 225, o. 8. jones 4S5.
Coroner-L. Il. Dawson 4i6, o. g.
Root go.
Wreckmaster-I. Waddeli 7l3.
Justices of the Peace--Geo. g. Lyon
504, O. Il. Bowman 2l4, g. A. Hill 463.
b. b. Vrooman 2l5.