, 1884-11-05
An Unbiased Report of Yesterdays
Election in Cheyenne.
A QUIET But Systematic Purchase
of Workers and Votes.
Several Hundred Voters Fail to De-
post Their Ballots.
cleveland's Victory Ruins a Pro
lected Republican Demonstration.

pleasant and the entire day was a pleas
ant oue- The large female vote which
was polled was therefor expected.
The polls were opened promptly at Q
O'Clock. AT the Alert hose houses the
Second precinct, Messrs. W. d. Pease,
Bert Richie and Henry Conway were
sworn in as judges, and Messn. w. r.
Bryant and Robert Quhart as clerks.
The voting place for the First precinct
was ii the Pioneer hook and ladder house,
where Messrs. T. NJ. Fisher. L. w.
Warlaumont and p. Maroncy were Sc
lected as judges, and G. NJ. Denmark aud
j. I. Gross as clerks.
TIP to moor a light vote was polled. and
the interest seemed passive, particularly
90 at the Pioneer polls, where only 300
votes had been cast at that hour. At the
Alert polls the Republicans early concen-
trated their forces, and at noon 800 votes
had been recorded there. At l:45 p. IN.
$40 votes had been cast at the Alert
House, and 43l at the Pioneer
polls. By 2 O'Clock the hard
work Of the day began. BY 2;lo D. m.
1.029 votes were polled at the Alert,
while fifteen minutes later but 400 votes
were recorded in the First precinct.
The crowds around the polls increased
every momen after . O'Clock. Private
carriages and hired ones hurried to and
from the polls and especially at the Alert
house a steady stream of voters fled past
the ballot box. Before 3 o'clock it be-
came evident that Carey and Doodle
was the Issue Of the vote, and many
straight Republican tickets were CON
stantly being carelessly cast by class Of
voters who have heretofore been in the
habit Of voting mixed tickets.
BY 3 O'Clock 1900 votes had been re-
corded at the Alert polls and during the
next twenty minutes 100 more ballots had
been cast, making l.4O0 in that precinct,
to G25 at the Pioneer polls.
A rest was taken for a few minutes and
quite oddly many prominent Republican
workers suddenly disappeared. The
voting was lighter for a few minutes and
at 4:05 O'Clock 1885 votes were recorded
at the Alert house Five minutes later
1914 votes had been east at the First pre-
cinct.
Then began u sudden flood of voters ut
the Second precinct poll. The Demo
Gratis were unable to stem the tidal wave
which the Republicans had suddenly
created. Men in squads, and carriage
loads Of women arrived so fast that they
were unable to vote for some time, and
incredible as it may seem, nearly two
hundred votes were cast in the ensuing
fifteen minuets, for at 4 O'Clock I,7lG
vote were polled at that precinct.
1t was announced that the polls would
close at 1858, that being the time desig-
mated as shutdown. A wild rush was
made by the Republicans, and voters with
unknown tickets in their hands we're
unable to approach the polls. An at
tempt was also made TO pack the aisles
leading 80 the polls at the Pioneer house,
but it was only partially successful. A
wild rush and 4 jam, which practically
stopped all voting, was made at the Alert
polls shortly before the closing time. Re
publican challengers delayed voters who
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