Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-05
THE CI1Y'S ELECTION.
Brown foT Congress in The LEAD by a
Large Majority,
The Largest Vote Ever pollcd Ia
Douglas County, Amounting 10
Over 7,7Ot,

The election in this city, which many
thaught would be exciting and hotly con.
tested, passed or very quietly yesterday.
BY far the largest vote ever recorded in
the city was polled yesterday, and in not
single instance, 80 far as could be
learned, was a duly qualified elector de.
prived of his right of franchise. The
election was particularly noticeable for
the quiet and orderly manner in which it
was conducted, and for the absence of
drunkenness, attributable to the
fact that nearly every polling
place was at respectable distance from
from the nearest saloon. The summary
of the Jail record yesterday showed orly
one man arrested for drunkenness, and
but few drunken men were seen about
the polls. The point of great interest
with all democrats and many republicans
was the election of Hon. @. III. Brown as
congressman from this district. In every
ward in the city he has run far ahead of
his ticket, and his friends in their eager.
ness to secure his election forgot all
other democratic candidates. A few
members of the bar were distributed
about tho several voting places
to work for j. H. McCulloch, republican
candidate for county judge, and a few
were also at work for Lee Estelle, repub.
lican candidate for district attorney.
Owing to the numerous tickets in the
field, the great amount of scratching done
by the voters aud tho difficulties under
which tho clerks and judges in one or
two precincts labored the work of count.
ing the ballots is proceeding very
slowly. The following is summary of
the countup to clock this morning:
Firat ward: Total number of votes
polled 1866. OF these Blaine gets 53l
Cleveland 700. Charles II. Browns ma.
jority over Weaver, on the republican
and democratic tickets is between 400
and 500. Besides the regular tickets
there are 9S workipgmen and anti.
monopclist votes which it is claimed will
bring his msjority in this ward to fully
600. On state officers there are Gl3
straight democratic tickets and 29i ro.
publicans.
Second ward. First dirstrict. Total
number of votes cast, G94. OF these
Blaine gets 32l; and Cleveland, $40;
Brown, 505; Weaver, 1874; Dawes, 29l;
Morton, 396; Pace, 394; Shedd, 298;
Clancy, 29S; Roggen, 800; ;Babcock, PIG;
Beneke, 40; Bonestece, 39S; Willard
29l; Leese, 282; Montgomery, 406; AL.
berts, 415; Scott, 274; Jones, 294; Dean,
800.
Second ward, Second district-Total
number of votes cast, 7G5. OF tho repub
licans and democratic of these, both
straight and scratched, Blaine gets 854
and Cleveland 326, leaving 105 anti-mon-
opolists and workingmen's tic cts to be
counted; Brown, 478; Weaver, 2S7; Nor
on, 352. Dawes, 334; Goodwin, $50; KS.
ellie, $50.
Third ward--Total number Ct votes
polled, 1915. In this ward tho work of
counting progressed very hlowly. The
whole republican ticket was being first
gone through with and was not nearly
completed at 3 o'clock this morning OF
the first seventy five ballots headed by
the Blaine electors, Brown received
twenty-five votes. Browns majority in
this ward is estimated at about 800.
Fourth Ward-Total number of votes
cast l, 141. OF these. Blaine receives 725;
Cleveland, 3o5; st. John, II; Brown,
674; Weaver, 454; O'Neil, IL. The vote
on the legislative ticket in this ward was
as follows: I'll f. Clark. G33; A. NJ.
Ferguson. Cos; e. +. Smythe, 439; John
Banner, $50; j. A. McShane. G30; Fred.
Metz, 400; G. S. Specht, 569; Morris
Morrison, G38; j. G.. Jenkin-
SOB, 600; Brunner, 7l0; w. III. G.
G05; Pat McArdle,
7lO; w. G. Whitmore, 7l0; A. @. Troup,
80S; Rasmus Rasmussen, $50; III. G.
Clark, 542; George w. Gelston, 376;
Adam Stringlein, $50; j. Il. Riley, GGl;
John MulvIhill, AGO; James H. Winspear,
4G9; William Turtle, 452. The canvass
ing board adjourned at o'clock this
and will resume its labors ct
q. IN.
Fifth ward, First district-Total nun
Der of votes polled, G55. Nothing def.
rite here could be arrived at. There
were l07 straight republican and oil
straight democratic tickets voted.
Fifth ward, Second dstric.-Total
number of votes cast, 9C5. At three
o'clock this morning nothing had been ar-
rived at that would in any way indicate
the result. In this ward there was
an even 100 straight republican and 12l
straight democratic votes. Exclusive of
both the anti 'monopolis. and working.
mems tickets Blaine received 313 votes
Sixth ward-Total number of votes
cast, l,198. OF these Blaine ro-
,eives 730; Cleveland, 453; st. JOHN
The tickets headed by Blaine in this ward
gave Weaver 526; Brown, IA; Dawes,
ia; Morton, lG; Shedd, G7l; Pace, ]
Roggen, G73; Bonesteel, 2 Babcock,
jl9; Beneke, 81.
From the above nothing definite can
20 arrived at concerning tho city but the
'otes on the presidential candidates and
IT, is estimated that
3rown will go out of Douglas county
With 5000 majority.
'"That tired feeling" from which you
uffer 80 much, particularly in the morn,
g, entirely thrown off by Hoods Sar-