Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-21
THE COUNT UNFINISHED.
THE REGULAR ALDERMANIC
TICKET PROBABLY ELECTED.

Col. Lester Receives run vote TOT the
MayoraIty-The Count Incomplete,
but Enough TO show what the Result
will be-The Vote of the First and
second Distriets-The Third and
Fourth Districts to be Counted To-
day.
The municipal election yesterday re-
suited in a probable victory for the Regu-
lar Democratic ticket. Nearly !, 400 votes
were pOlled out of the 1854 registered.
While it was one of the most spirited it
was at the same time one OF the most quiet
and orderly elections that has been held
in the city for years. There was not
single arrest for disorderly conduct dur
ing the day, and the special detail OF po-
lice stationed opposite the court house
had very little 10 do except to keep under
cover from the rain and watch the crowd.
The polls opened at I O'Clock ana
voting began brisk. From to
/ and up TO and 10 O'Clock, those
who were waiting an OppOrtu-
nifty, among them many downtown
business men. voted on the way to their
/ offices and places of business. After that
hour the voting was comparatively
/ light until afternoon, when it
/ picked up again, and for
| while a steady stream of votes was
| dropped into the ballot boxes in each
district More than half the registered
vote Of the city was pOlled before noon.
| At this hour the crowds around the court
house were smaller than at any time
/ during the day. The workers were on
/ hand with their hands and pockets
| fun Of tickets, but for once they
/ did very little service, as nearly
every voter had made up his ticket before
| coming to the polls. Col. Lester, having
no OPT OsitiOn for the MayOralty received.
so far as has been counted, a full
/ vote. II was pretty generally con-
ceded that the regular Aldermanic
/ ticket would be elected, the only
question being the majority. There
were some who intimated faith in
/ the election of the Citizens ticket,
/ but before noon nearly every one
/ whose name was on it except those who
were on both tickets had dropped the dis
| trict cause and gone 10 work for himself.
| No one appeared, however, to have any
| doubt as TO the result except in the con-
/ test between DR.. Fallicant and the regu-
! lar ticket. Or. Falligant's friends worked
/ hard, and a good deal Of scratching
/ was done in his interest.
HARD WORK Al THE POLLS.
There was a GOOD deal of hard work in
| fact done on both tickets. The friends Of the
! Independent candidates were by no means
! iiIe. and when there was chance to Sc
/ cure vote il was not allowed to slip by.
/ Dr.. Falligants friends did effective work
| for him, and il was evident that outside
/ # the regular ticket he would receive the
| largest vote of any candidate in the field.
/ The doctors friends fought hard and
| sacrificed any and everything for him.
| They gave ont any ticket wanted pro-
/ yided 10 had Dr.. Falligants name on 1t.
/ The doctor received strong
/ vote i'm the First and Sec
| oud districts, and was followed by
/ George 4. Hudson. Major Schwarz, DR..
! kiefler, &. +. Wakefield, q. W. Allen,
! W. r. Reid, and VI. A. Cohen. Major
I Schwarz. Mr.. Cohen and Mr.. Reds
\ vote was i'm the face of their destinations.
! Notwithstanding the apparently strong
I vote that was being cast for the indie
pendent candidates the election of the
] regular ticket was counted upon as a
/ certainty when the polls closed.
COUNTING THE VOTE.
/ The counting was begun a few minutes
after O'Clock i'm the Superior Court
room. The four boxes were first opened
| and tine ballots counted and assorted for
1 convenience in handling. The straight
tickets were punched together and
| the '.sVlits" in punches of p.
The count was then begun by boxes. The
total vote pOIled was about 1850, falling
I about 32j short Of the registration. The
First district polled 800 votes, against a
| registration OF 100; the Second district
30. against registration Of 303; the
/ Third district 400. against 461, and the
I Fourth district 40j, against jl4.
The First district gave the regular
/ ticket - votes and nearly a unanimous
1 vote for the MayOTalty. The rest of 6e
vote for the Aldermanic ticket was split
up between the regular and the independ-
| unt candidates and outsiders. A few
scattering votes were cast for cOl0red
/ ticket. The Second district voted % regu-
| lar tickets. a larger straight vote than in
! the First district III comparison with the
I number of votes pOlled.
The split tickets were called of sepa-
I Tate!v, thus making the count exceed
/ iugly slow and tedious. The courtroom
I was we'll filled with spectators until mid
1 night, when they began to drop out.
The count of the First district box was
completed at II O'Clock, and Of the second
district box about O'Clock this morning,
/ when the managers adjourned, leaving
the Third and Fourth district boxes to be
| counted to-day.
HOW THE VOTE STANDS.
The following is the vote as far as
/ counted:
FOR MAYOR.