The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-15
THE OHIO ELECTION.
An Immense Vote Brought Out, and
Great Excitement.
Some Claims That Were Made by the
Rival Parties-Much Talk of Riot,
but Nothing SeriOus-AlIeged
Repeaters Arrested.

Repeaters Arrested.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 15.-The scenes around
the polls Tuesday morning were the most
disgraceful ever seen in this city, especially
in the Sixth and Fifteenth wards. There
were disturbances at several precincts but
nothing of serious nature reported. A
gang of eleven repeaters from Lexington,
KY, were arrested Monday night by Deputy
Marshal Quilford and confined in jail.
Seven or eight alleged reporters were ar
rested and brought before United States
Commissioner Hooper examined and held
for further evidence. Affidavits
were filed that there had
been intimidation Of voters, and warrants
were issued for the arrest of the accused.
The United States court presented busy
scene, and the deputies, who had been in
structed to report any disturbances to
United States Marshal Wright, were ordered
to do their duty without flinching.
There were numerous disturbances reported
and dispatches were sent out of a sensational
character predicting a riot. There were I'M
doubtedly many "bad" men about the polls,
but the police and deputy marshals were also
pretty thick, and except in half a dozen in
stances kept things level There
were however, two or three
murders and shooting scrapes and a number
of fights, but they were all quelled and the
| shooting parties mostly arrested. United
States Marshal Wright withdrew his deputies
from the quiet wards and massed them i'll
| the turbulent ones. All agree that such an
| election Cincinnati never saw before. The
question is not of preventing fraud, but of
lessening, and subsequently Furnishing it.
The Sixth ward upheld its reputation of
| being the most desperate in the city. Early
| in the morning crowds of evil-lookng men of
| both colors began to congregate in knots
| around the streets. The butts of revolvers
| and slungshots protruded from the pockets
Of these mon. In an instant one crowd would
| run to another, few oaths and the sound of
| blows he heard, the ranks would open, and a
| bleeding man he led away. A deputy mar
shall would seize the prisoner, ard struggle
| ensue between him and the arrested mans
| friends
One report was that both parties voted at
| noon ave-siXth of the entire vOse Although
| there was no general riot, as noted above,
there were frequent fights. There was a row
in Ward Eight, PRECINCT b, at
noon, in which JOnn Dalton, Il machinist was
shot in the leg, and Jee Lowry, aged q, shot
In the region Of the spine, thought fatally.
The cry was raised that one of the shooters
was concealed in an alley. The patrol wagon
drove to the place quickly, but the mob got
| there first and found a colored man named
Kinney, whom they beat up terribly. Dur
| ing the melee Mrs Bridget Hughes, while
standing on the corner near by, was struck
on the breast with q boulder and her breast
bone broken, and a splinter driven into her
lungs, producing hemorrhage, from which
she cannot recover.
Sam Taylor, colored, was badly beaten,
and Anderson Bennett was shot, neither
seriously
The estimates on the result here were as
follows: Republicans were confident that
Rohinson's majority would exceed 10000.
The Democrats claimed the state by 1000 to
5000.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct l5.-Thc bright
clear weather indicated a full Republican
vote and the information at Republican
headquarters from all quarters was favora,
Bile to the whole ticket exceps of
johnson for supreme Judge, whom
the Germans were reported scratching
in Cincinnati AMI Cleveland Col Dudley
seemed very happy, and predicted a Repub
lican cyclone. Chairman Ogievee, of the
Republican committee, was perfectly salts
fed with the reports, and confident that the
estimates would be fully reached. Chairman
Barger, of the Democratic CT mm;ttee, still
claimed his 10000 majority.
Later reports indicate that very heavy
vote was polled all over the state. In Cleve
land the Democrats claimed the election Of
Feran. At Dayton very heavy vote was
cast; and the Democrats claimed the county
by 200. At Hamilton TIE Democrats
claimed the congressional district by 800
and the Republicans had strong hope
of reverse result. From al
points the news came that the vote was unpre
cidentilly large and both parties were claim
ing the victory Betting men at Youngstown
were Offering two to one on 10000 Republi
can majority. There had been no seriou:
disturbances, although there were many
fights, some shooting and intense ex
| element
, CLEVELAND, Oct 15.-The day was very
beautiful one, the sun shining brightly. ant
very heavy vote was pollcd. 1t was sale
that at 0 O'clock there had been more vote
, cast than there ever had been before at noon
The absence of ward bosses" was feature
of the election.
There were no serious disturbances 4
large ut mber of the business houses in tn
closed in the afternoon, and every one wa
working as he never worked before at a.
| election
Il Two alleged rcpeltcrs wcie arrested in tn,
, Sixteenth ward bcfora O'Clock. One o
them swore in his vote, and when accused h,
, ran down the street \ mob seized him anC
would have hung him had no, the police one
respectable citizens interfered
In Ward Twenty Councilman Schugg de
: cided Republican elected Judge of election
The Democrats swore they would tear dow
the building and mob Schugs;, and had he
, gun the work when the police interferad an,
, Schugg declared Democratic judge elected
In the Tenth ward the contest was so no
: that men were pulled out Of bed and hustlet
to the voting places. There were half a doze,
men who were SO sick that they had to b.
carried on stretchers to the polls. Advice
:: from YOUNGSTOWN stated that everything wa
l passing off quietly and large vote hein,
polled
TOLEDO, Oct 16-At 8 p. m well-in
formed Democrats were claiming q Demo
cratic majority in this lucas county O
. 1000 Oh the state ticket. Hurd was running
sArqewhat behind his ticket, but il wa
thought not enough to cause his defeat Ii
was being cut badly in some of the stron,
German precincts. The saloon element wa
making desperate effort Ia defeat Robinso
and Johnson on account of their temperate
record, and were, to Il great extent, carry in
1 the German population with them.
CIRCLEvTLLE, Ohio, Oct. ia tremer
dous crowd gathered arouad the polls be
n fore they opened Voters dill not leave 70
their homes after depositing their ballots, a
formerly. Everything was very orderly
: but the work done was terribly in earnest
At the early hour of $50 more than half tn
full vote of the village had been polled.
al West Virginia.
. CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct 15.-The bull
of the vote was cast by 8 o'clock and shove
heavy Republican gains, estimated at 100
In %b;e oorp+,r D{cnotchac from Favatta