Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-14
INCIDENTS DE THE DAY.


in Precinct by the Rev. Thomas Filben,
for attempting to vote under the name of
William Brannigan. He was taken before
Justice of the Peace c. n. Post, where he
confessed that his name was Abbott, that
he just came from Los Angeles, and that
he had been paid 50 to vote under the name
of Brannigan. He was held to answer
A man was arrested at the Third Precinct
polls for attempting to vote under the name
of John t. Carey. r. S. Carey, father of
the United States District Attorney, who is
in San Francisco, happened to be standing
near, and at once caused the mans arrest
He was taken to the police station, and was
soon after released on deposit of $50,
put up by parties whose names were not
learned
Deputy Sheriff Sullivan arrested man
named Albright for attempting to vote lille
gally, and took him before Justice of the
Peace Post who held him to answer.
A man attempted to vote at Precinct l
under the name of Thomas Reynolds, and
was arrested and taken to the police station
by Clinton L. White. He fought desper-
ately on the way to the prison, but was
finally safely lodged, and did not succeed
in getting bail
After the man arrested for attempting to
vote on the name of John T. Carey had
been discharged on deposit of $50 Judge
Buckley ordered that the bail in the cases
illegally be fixed at $500. The action of
Judge Buckley in this matter was warmly
commended by good citizens.
City Justice of the Peace, Charles n. Post.
promptly committed to the County Jail all
who were brought before him on charges
of attempting to vote illegally.
Men giving the following names were
arrested for illegal voting and locked up in
the County Jail during the day: William
Redding Charles r. Henry, Thos Delaney,
Frank Abbott, Eugene Latour, James
Turner, alias James Ogellen, Oscar w.
Stafford and James Morrison.
Oscar w. Stafford, who was arrested for
attempting to vote illegally, had Just ar
rived from Ell Dorado county, with his
wife. His baggage was still at the depot
and he had to send an order from the
County Jail so that he could get it. He
had taken his wife to the Dewitt House
and then started out to vote. He admitted
that he came down here for the purpose of
taking part in the election.
Lincoln White did good service at the
polls in the Fourth Ward.
One Morrisey attempted to cast an illegal
vote at the First Precinct, and was stopped
by Thomas Fox, Chairman of the Demo-
cratic Central Committee, who afterwards
swore out warrant for his arrest. He was
taken before City Justice Post, who fixed his
bail at $3.50, in default of which he went to
the county jail.
RECEIVING THE NEWS.
A large crowd assembled in front of the
RECORD UNION Office soon after the polls
closed and remained until the last returns
were in. AS the news was received from
each precinct and was read off from the
desk in the business office, the widest en-
thusiasm prevailed, and at the end ringing
cheers went up for reform, for the RECORD
UNION, for the Independent Republican
Committee, for the Democrats who stood
up in the fight, and for George w. Ficks,
for his brave services as challenger at the
First Ward polls, and Rev. Thomas Filben,
who stood as challenger in the Second
Ward, was cheered as " the smallest man in
Sacramento-who stood off the biggest
crowd of roughs San Francisco ever sent
here"
FOR THE HowARDs.
The collections at the polls for the ben
eft of the Towards were as follows: First
precinct, SIS 05; I'd precinct, $40 o.; q pre-
cinct, So 10; Sd precinct, 81 10; 81 pre-
cinct, 81 20; 4th precinct. So; Al precinct,
81 So; total, S3S SO. Eight persons put in
81 each; % put in 90 cents each; Al put in
| 25 cents each; 80 put in 10 cents each; Al
put in cents each; 4 put in l cent each;
| total, 156 persons contributed.
In the box at Third and K streets were
seven silver dollars, swelling the contribu-
| tons in that precinct to $40 OF, and making
it the banner precinct for the Towards.
NOTES OF THE BATTLE.
quiet vote is dropping in at lively rate
| for Huntoon.-Bee.
Yes, it was quiet enough, but where does
the lively" part come in?
| There seems to be practically no opposition &c
E. C. Hart for City Attorney, and no doubts are
heard about his election. Church, his oppo
nent, is comparatively unknown, notwithstand
/ ing the fact that he has lived here long enough
Bee.
| Well. the people of Sacramento seem to
have struck up pretty lively acquaintance
with Mr.. Church all of a sudden.
A number of disaIected Republicans having
allied themselves with the Democrats max e.
the result doubtful, even in the banner Repub
| lican city of the State.-Bee.
"A number eh2 1t looks as if the ter.
rible throes of maternity of late had had 8
bad effect on the Bees diminutive brain.
It's all matter of taste" said the OLD
woman when she kissed the COW. WbaI
| do those citizens who trained with the Tai
| Flat rowdies yesterday think of the taste
displayed by them?
The thug who sought to murder citizen