Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-21
RrpusllcAn paimARIls.
The Result OF the Preliminary Elec
lions held yesterday.

The town yesterday did not exhibi
any great vermillion hue. and the street,
did not run blood to any great extent
The principal contests were between
Gard and Morford, white, for Sheriff
and Soares and Turner. colored. for dele
gate from the Second Ward. From late
returns there seems to be prevailing
impression that Gard has secured nearly
three-fourtbs of the city delegates
soares also succeeded in downing Turne
by a large majority. This latter rae
can have foul called on it, as Scare
was on both printed tickets, while Turne
had TO depend entirely on his persona
friends. Considerable dissatisfaction i
expressed over the result Of this contest
but very few Republicans are kickini
over George Cards success. In tn,
Fourth Ward there was only one ticke
in the field, but d. Il. Miles, the presen
gallant member of tho Council from tina
Ward, was omitted from the ticket, by al
overnight. Therefore good frient
Of Mr.. Miles stood at the poll
ing place and handed each vote
ticket with the name OF MIR. A. O
Adams marked out Of the printed lis
and that Of Miles substituted la writing
Miles was elected. Mr.. Adams has moi
yet besn heard from, but no doubt h,
endorses the action Of the party. On
this same Fourth Wards ticket there ap
peared the name OF NJ. Aguirre, whom
It is stated, Mr.. Morford had deter
mined to set down on. The sitting
down process did not operate very sue
cessfully as Aguirre got the largest vote
Of any delegate on the ticket.
The Third Ward election passed Gfl
very quietly aud there was not even O
dog fight to disturb the serenity.
The Fifth Ward was held down by
Col. Walter s. Moore, and by super.
human (') efforts he succeeded in having
himself elected as delegate. 1t cal
safely be stated that in the convention
to follow, the Colonel will be found 10
the front rank. fighting valiantly fol
himself, and it can be further stated that
the Colonel has happy faculty Of gen
orally plucking the flower that he
reaches after.
In the First Ward the fun was fast
and furious. There were three Tickets
in tho field and much buttonholeiug and
oleotioneering was done. At last ac
counts it Is believed that the Gard
ticket has the best Of 1t. This was 0
closely contested ward and great deal
Of hard work, without any foolishness
was done.
Pomona cast something over 200 votes,
and her delegates are instructed to vote
for Currer. first, last, and all the time.
Spadra is also heard from as being solid
| for the present Sheriff. Currier was seen
at late hour last night, and when
It was suggested to him that Gard had
beaten the field. he smiled Significantly
and, said, ''Wait till the Convention
meets" He was not ut all down cast,
and Indignantly rejected all offers >
condolepGe. Colonel Cnrrier will be
heard FROM when the smoke OF battle
| clears Lway.
Morford was little reticent, but con.
fdentially told reporter to reserve his
money for few days, and bet that he
lMOtiOruI Wouiu Walk On Win tue CAKE.
So far as the nomination for Sheriff was
concerned Mr.. Morford seemed perfectly
in earnest, and there was no apparen,
reason for doubling his sanity.
To sum up the result Of tho Republi.
can primaries. so far as heard from,
Gard has decidedly the best OF it. The
question now is, will the delegates
elected in his interest stick to him in the
general convention. 1t is safe to say
that there will be some defections and
Currier and Morford have good grounds
for hope.
The aspirants for the other Offices
kept very quiet and did not seem to care
who were elected as delegates. They
evidently depended on getting in their
fine work between this time and the
convention. II is safe to predict that
there will be trouble in the Republican
camp and that there will be "knifing
that will cause Tammany to hide its
diminished head in sorrow and pale its
Intellectual fires.