The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-03
Incidents of the Election.

Charles Lutz. was arrested. yesterday morning,
for giving away whisky in the Twenty first
ward
In the Second ward Ben Jones, who was under
suspicion, voted an open ticket to make full as
surance that he did not cut Bynum.
In the First precinct of the Second ward the
Republicans set lunch Of coffee and sandwiches
for all corners. The supply was abundant and
everybody was made welcome, regardless of po-
ltical affiliation,
Will English, after doing all that ne could to
defeat Bynum, voted for him. In deposting
straight ticket, which he held up to the view of
the crowd about the polls. he remarked: II
think this is the meanest act of my life"
That there was an extraordinary amount of
scratching done yesterday was fully shown when
the counting of the ballots began In the First
precinct of the Tenth ward twenty-five ballots
were opened before an unscratched ticket ap-
peared.
A Republican travelling man was due to leave
on his trip Monday morning, but he delayed his
departure one dav i'll order to secure pair"
He.did better than he expected. He got three
Democratic votes for Colonel Merrill, in whom
he was especially interested, and left at O'clock
yesterday morning in contented frame of mind.
Leon Bailey didn't pull off his coat for any
body. He was around the hotels the greater
part of the day, and apparently didn't care .
straw what the result was. ''You do not appear
day?" suggested reporter to him In the after
noon. ooh there are plenty of workers with
out me- was the reply. . e-i -.
Most excellent work was done in the First pre-
cnct of the Fifth ward. At a meeting of work
ers held Monday night, &c O'Clock club" was
organized, and every member was on hand
promptly at that hour at the polls. The conse-
ouence was that by 2 o'clock eighty-seven votes
had been cast, record which the membe
think was unequaled by any other precinct IN
O.. 1A.. a.
followed up by earnest endeavor all day. When
the polls closed they had the satisfaction OF
knowing that every Republican i'll the precinct
who was in town, had cast ballot.
A Democratic attorney has called attention to
the fact that the Democratic ticket is not ex-
pliclt in stating just what offices a number of
its candidates are running for. For instance, it
has no line to show where the Marion county
part of the ticket begins, as the Republican
ticket has, and that while Samuel Merrillis on
the Republican ticket for auditor of
Marion county, Thomas Taggart is placed
on the Democratic ticket lfor auditor, >
John E. Sullivan for clerk" the
words ''of Marion county" being omitted. To
the objection that this was q mere bubble he
| replied that 1t might not be too small matter to
| cause trouble and that similar trifies had been
subjects for contest. He cited the English
Peele contest case in point, calling atten-
ton to the bubble as to the kind OF paper the
| tickets were printed upon.
The voting place in the Zoo precinct attracted
larger crowd than any other in the city, and
| there was during the day considerable excite
ment There great many colored men who
| vote there and there was an organized effort to
| scare many of them as possible out of voting.
| During the afternoon nearly every colored Re-
| publican who entered the chute was challenged,
| and many Of them were put to much unneees-
| sary trouble before their ballots were deposited
| in the box Had it not been for the reliable Re
publicans on guard, good many'o the more
timid cOored men would have given up voting
rather than pass through such an ordeal, "You
are getting In some good work, innocently sug-
| gested reporter Yes" was the reply, 1--WE
| are going to give them all the trouble we can.
| whether we keep them from voting or not"