Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-06-04
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
II Passes of Quietly. II Looks Like
a Republican Victory. APull
Vote Cast.

All things have an end, and s
did the most interesting politica
campaign seen i'm Oregon for som
time, come to its close to-day. Tn
day opened pleasant after the recen
rains, and it was evident from tn
time the polls opened, that a larg
vote would be cast. OF course on,
thing that lent additional interest {,
the campaign was tile fact that tn,
election held to-day was to be Tn,
opening gun Of a presidential cam
paign. As Oregon went to-day, Sc
will one or the other ofthe two great
political parties feel more jubilant
and aggressive in the presidential
fight.
1t was quite easily to he seen that
all three parties, if the prohibition
lists will insist on being called a
party, intended to make it a fight to
the finish, and this, at an early
hour, caused republicans, especially,
to drop the pencil, and begin "send-
ing 'em in straight" withoutany
other marks on their tickets then
were placed there by the printer.
The recent rains were favorable to
the republicans in more than one
way. 1t put all the farmers i'm good
humor, and man Is more apt to vote
right when he is feeling that way,
than when his prospects are poorer,
and the voters of that class certainly
turned out EN- masse, and nearly all
who ever felt the least bit like re-
publicans poted straight ticket that
counted one for each republican
nominee. The democrats and the
prohibitionists each worked like
tigers in the interest of oftheircommon
cause, the defeat Of the republican
party, and one rather interesting
sight at the polls at South Salem,
was the chairman Of the state DEM
Dcratic central committee, and an
earnest leader in the prohibition
party" in close communion. =.
OF course this paper went
o press too early to get
he entire vote of the city,it not hav-
ng yet been cast. At 2p. M, how
'ver, South Salem precinct had east
I57 votes. Total vote in 1886, 272
L was said that the vote was fully
up to that of previous years; and
he report was that very little
was being done except
mong the democrats, and pruhi-
'itionists.
At 2:l5 p, m, 255 votes had been
asst in Salem precinct, where only
50 were cast all told, two years
20. That Is distinctively town
recinct, however, and ii is likely
oting was early there. Here the
anne report in regard TO the use of
ne pencil was heard, and in fact, at
very one of the four voting places
Salem, IL was said that "never
ere so many unscntChed
publican tickets cast"
AT East Salem, where COS votes
ere cast in 's6, at go p. m. ISL |
otes had been deposited i'm the box.
In North Salem, the democrats
Il working like tigers, hut the re-
lbDlcans appear TO be holding them
vel. There is said to be consid-
able falling otfin the prohibition
'te of that precinct too. At $50
m, 2l5 votes had been east: i'm
50 the vote was 294.
Taken all in all, through the
~ Il looks very much rs though
le republicans would have even
little more than their usual major :
es. Fears were entertained by
me that the republican nominee
school superintendent was run.
ny behind, but they were not
urn by any majority Of the work -
J at the polls.
The election up 10 the hour Of our
ing 70 press has been very quiet
rows, no disturbances. The
uRNAL bcgs 10 say; 1T looks like
epublican victory" 90