St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-03

get an opportunity to drop his ballot into
the box. At the court house Dick O'Ccnnor
ran with all his native strength and Bell
showed up weakly, while Rice ran ahead
of his ticket and was closely followed by
Ames The race between O'Connor. Bell
and Nichols for clerk of the courts was a
close one, but indications up to an early
hour this morning are that O'Connor is
elected, though his majority will be small.
Bell and his helpers worked assiduously
at the polls, and succeeded in getting in a
good many votes in the downtown pre-
cincts. Charley Dana, Rchter's clerk. at
tempted TO challenge the vote of several
men in the court house precinct, but he was
informed that he was interfering with the
voters and preventing them from voting,
without any apparent reason, and he was
soon removed.
Richter, fer sheriff, ran well, although
he was scratched by the Americans, who
cast their votes for George Allen. The
Germans, naturally enough, voted for Rich
ter, while the Irish voters cast their ballots
for Allen. Richter had his men
AT THE POLLS.
They worked like Trojans to win votes
for their champion. The friends of Allen
were not slothfuL, and the fight went mer-
rily on with Richter in the lead, and proba-
bly, winner by a small majority.
NJ. j. Bell, the Republican candidate for
register of deeds, played subtle trick to
catch the voters. 1t is said that he had
100. 600 tickets printed. headed Demo
cratic ticket" containing the names of
Democratic nominees, with the exception
of the candidate for register of deeds.
where his name, in the place OF P. j.
Geisen, the regular Democratic nominee.
was inserted. He had every polling place
in the city stocked with his fishermen"
and they thrust these crooked tickets Oh to
unsuspecting voters.
Indications at 8 o'clock pointed to the
election OF DR.. j. A. Quinn over Markoe
for coroner Quinn's popularity among both
Republicans and Democrats brought out
heavy vote in his favor, especially in the
rural districts.
There was a triangular fight over the
county auditors Office, with Kahn, O'Brien
and Sandstrom contesting. Kahn is the
nominee Of the Democratic convention, and
representative of the workingmen.
O'Brien sought reelection as an indepen-
dent candidate, and it is no sure thing that
he is not elected. although Kahn made
splendid run, especially in the country.
L he CHdncSS On lH6 ECluIuS COuHIcQ dl .
o'clock were that he has been elected, al
though his majority can be but light one.
Headquarters.
The excitement was apparent at both
Democratic and Republican state headquar-
tiers last night The pitch of enthusiasm
arose and fell correspondingly with the
bulletin estimates Apparent at the Re-
publican state committee rooms, where
Gen. Mark d. Flower read the bulletins
was a sert of gloom. The bulle-
tins did not come in as desired.
Stanford Newell, joel P. Heatwole and
Clerk Norelins kept tally Of the estimates
sent in from different sections Of the state.
Invariably bulletins showing great DEM
ocratc gains came in from the Fifth district.
Gains were bulletined from all the other
districts with an alarming increase from the
First and Third. Nothing definite from the
Fourth was reported until late hour.
At Democratic headquarters, in the state
committee rooms at the Ryan, large
crowd had gathered around table where
W. P. Murray neted down estimates and
kept tally, and Col. O'Leary read the
bulletins. The greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. Michael Doran sat calmly by. All
the reports showed great Democratic gains,
and when bulletins were read showing that
in NieolIet county DR.. Ames had run away
head of his ticket, there was shout of
exultation.