Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-04

Il "HN viz SfeSsOu, WHICH, was spirlttu,
passed on without disorder. Mr. Lawrence Gard
ner was elected chairman, VIM. o. Halliday secre-
| tary, ana EDWARD McLelland, Samuel Rabbit
and 7. II. Mclaughlin judges There We're two
tickets In the neld The Gardner and Dickson
ticket bore the names OF b. F. Lloyd, A. s. Dent,
and l. 5. Butler. aud the jackson Association
| and 5: c. Carter. The frst-named ticket was
| elected by vote OF 2Oo TO 60
TIE TWELFTH District.
The meeting was held at Cosmopolitan Hail. Mr..
| C. W. Darr. president, and s. " Neely, secretary.
The te!lers were WIN. Smith, H. p Con and II Doyle
The regular Dickson, ticket was successful. viz:
+ r. buckley, Z. W. Darr and J. Rutherford, dele
gates; henry Lewis and W. b. Lttleton, alternates
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
In this district the meeting was at the National
Rifies' Armory. Mr.. George T. Langley presided,
with DR.. NJ. A. Leary secretary. CIV Petit II. O.
middleton and Charles Larner were the judges
Inc ticket known as the Norris and DickSon-GT.
stewart, J. Fred Kelly and James ward-were the
aIternateS on the opposition ticket +. ii. Young
ana Jonn l. Burkhart were elected
IN TIE FOURTEENTH.
In the fourteenth district crowds congregated
about the street corners and discussed the stua-
ton until nearly the hour set for the meeting in
LOchbG HERS beer garden. few minutes before
O'Clock crowd or about 100 persons from Ger
mdntown marched In with q transparency on
! which was inscribed "I4th District Cermantownn
| They carried the meeting by storm. There were
about 300 persons present when the voting began
Many challenges were made. Several boys
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closed before the appointed hour and many who
came late were unable 10 vote While the ballots
were being counted free beer was placed on tap
and grand rush was made for the Counter Sew
eral policemen were on hand, but no disorder
CURED, except loud singing by some who had I'm
quietly and resulted In the choice OF the German
town ticket. as follows: Delegates-Wm III. Moh-
Ter, julius Hugle, b. b. Whitney; alternates-P
ii. KRAFT, Frank Brahler. This ticket favors Dick
son and Gardner, and received 2sO out of 337
votes, the Norris ticket receiving only AZ votes
SILT IN THE FIFTEENTH.
In the fifteenth district there was a split The
primary held in Majors Hall partly I'm
ished building, az 4le New Jersey avenue. The
meeting was called to order by Mr. Mills Dean
who said he had authority from the central COM
lnittee. Messrs E. G. Davis and Joseph Burkhart
were named as opposing candidates for chairman.
the former being for Norris, and the latter for
Dickson. Upon a viva voce vote Davis was de-
clared elected. The Burkhart men protested
against this decision and demanded division.
Mr. Dean persisted in counting Mr.. Davis elected
oy b TO %. This was not satisfactory to the Op-
position and both factions rushed for the platform
Mr.. Davis did all within his power obtain ORDER
but the opposing faction answered his calls with
deriSiye laughter and shouts. At one time
free hight was imminent, but was prevented by
the interference OF the police. Each faction held
TO its chairman and pretty soon two ballot boxes
were In operation. For the Davis element Mr. j. L.
Combs was chosen secretary, and MesSrs McGloin
Wurdeman, and Risdon teliers For the Burkhart
faction +. j. Madigan was chosen secretary and
&essrS. Redding, E1munds, and Williams tellers.
Mr. Davis, stu no ding himself TO be the regular
was irregular and would not be recognized IL was
nearly O'Clock when Mr.. Davis proclaimed that
the polls We're open The opposition also an
an improvised box, and for half An hour the rival
factions voted and yelled against each other and the
aggregate number OF votes cast looks as II some
Of them paid their respects to both boxes. There
were several tickets The Burkhart men completed
their count first and they announced the follow
Ing result: j. +. Collins, $50: p. +. Cuslck $50:
Chas- III. Rowe, 1856; r +. Croggan, 800, and some
scattering. The BurEhart men left the hall the
h.N fact ct llr-a
nOunced the result as follows: Mills Dean ISL: c.
a. Ball, $40; StOlpp 3Is; Collins, rs: Cusick, ST.
WITH the Dean ticket We're Messrs. Walter and
kloU The two delegations will hight for seats IN
Dickson feel confident OF being admitted.
TIE SIXTEENTH.
The meeting In the sixteelth district was held
in Monument Hall Long before o'clock large
crowd had gathered. There was a spirit OF har-
mOny prevailing. which manifested Itself in the
unanimous election OF MI. James T. Brown as
chairman, alter the meeting had been formally
called L. order b. Mr.. j. L. Norris. Frank Gait
was chosen secretary, John Harley judge, ana
RoOt. l.. Frazier and A. c. Armstrong teers.
Two tickets were being literally distributed. The
Dickson ticket was printed on pink paper and was
a. follows: For Delegates. Ed. +. Hughes James
Hughes. G. G. Beyeridge; Tor alternates, VIM. H.
Brown. Joe MarineIli. The Norris ticket was on
white paper aud contained the following names:
For delegates James l. Norris, VIM. A. OMeara,
James Hughes: alternateS, &. W. Howard. stephen
q. Casassa- The hall was small, while the
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until the voting was done. The Dickson men
were In the ascendant, as most o; those who came
Ia asked for Dickson ballots The count showed
that the Dickson ticket was elected having re-
celyed $50 votes. while the Norris ticket, except
James Hughes, who was On both tickets got only
50 votes. The delegation Is understood to be for
Dickson first OF all. and for Norris as the other
delegate 10 st. Louis.
THE SEVENTEENTH.
il looked for a time at the seventeenth district
meeting at Beckers Hall, on Virginia avenue,
"a lFh rnttlh IAsa
were dissatisfied with the way in which the cleo
ton was managed the polls having been closed
before the hour for voting had passed. Dr. Ham
Leach was elected chairman, with NJ. J. Colbert
as secretary. The judges were James Lafontaine
NJ. DOYLE, j. NJ. johnson and Barney Pagan There
were three tickets In the field. The Dickson ana
Gardner ticket, which was declared elected con- |
sisted Of jackson Yates ThoS. Kelly and H. G. |
NcCIuley, with Ed j. Lynch ana &. A. Hammer
a. aiternateS- Another ticket was the same as
this except that +. ID. Wright'5 name was substi-
tuted for McCauley's The otherticket, said 10 be
In the interest OF Norris and Davis, bore the
names OF Frank p. Carr Geo. Dent and Chas NJ
Mclaughlin. The bailOt-box was placed near the
door, and the voters were expected 10 enter the
narrow door, deposit their ballots. and, counter
marching, leave the hail. However voters did not
carry out this arrangement There was a Jam in
the hall, and new line OF voters began coming
In through window. IL was claimed that many
who haG gone out the door returned through the
window ana voted twice. A little after O'Clock
the door and window were Closed and no more per
sons were admitted TO the hall. The ballots of
those then In the hall were taken. During the
sons who claimed that an injustice had been
done IN closing the polls.
THE NINETEENTH.
The contest in the nineteenth district was live
iy one, and attracted several hundred voters.
Geo. killeen was elected chairman and VIM RYAN
secretary. When Mr. killeenS election as chair
man was announced an objection was raised ne
cause he was candidate for the convention The
bowling alley In which the election was held was
crowded with voters While f1ye policemen Kept the
pavement clear. The chairman nnaIly Oyerrued
the Objection motion 10 give the chair the
power 10 appoint the judges was carried but sew
Grad objections were made by men VINO were under
tn influence OF liquor and the chair Announced
that unless better order was maintained some one
would set put out, but the chairman Was Informed
that lie 100 would be treated in The same manner
Inc rights OF the police 70 enter the meeting was
discussed, ana some maintained that the place
was not nall because there Were only three sides
10 the Enclosure and persons could lump over the
Ddch fence The discussion was ended by the an
pontnenJ OF Jno Mcnamara sergeant-at-arius
The voters then passed down side OF the bowl
ing alley, deposited their ballots jumped over the
rail and went GA the other side some OF The Old
men who were unable 10 jump the fence were Der
United 10 pass their ballots across IL aud this gave
chance Tor great deal OF repeating. The cleo
tion resulted la the choice OF the following dep-
gates: i. Il. Dowell, Pau ,,gan and Geo. killeen.
allernateS, Jno. Mack ana 1hos. BaObIngton This
IL Is SAID, Is DICKSON ticket with Mr. Norris as
second chance.
THE TWENTIETH.
There was no contest In the twentieth district
The polls were at Macauley'S Hail. on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, between "a and Sd streets southeast One
hundred and ntncty-nne votes were cast for the
following ticket, which was declared elected: