Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-17
THE PRIMARY.
The Caucus Tickets Gener'
ally Elected.
A QUIET DAY AT THE POLLS

YOlEI la III lHE IO0L-
Returns From a Number of Precinct
Outside of the City-Dele-
gates Selected.
| The Democratic Primary election
passed off very quietly all over the city
In no place was there disturbance o
any kind, although the greatest interes
was taken in the progress of affairs. Ii
some of the precincts there we're two
tickets in the field and in others there
we're three, but the contest was carried
on in pleasant and friendly manner
The polls opened at twelve O'Clock noon
and from that time until seven O'Clock
there was no disturbance, and while the
voting was very brisk in most OF the
precincts, there was no disord
erly clashing. The records of the
Police Station show that there
was but one arrest for disturbance
at the polls and no arrests of any kind
w w a Qudl tCl PdnU blA " ClOCh. WAcu d
Mexican was brought in from San Fer
imbibed too freely and had attracted
quite crowd by his noisy behavior.
This gave chance to few roughs to
make an attempt to take the ballot box
at the second precinct, but the police
were present at the time and prevented
the movement, and the disturbance was
h11f tnrp 90 fIo
various precincts was the largest ever
known here upon like occasion, and
shows great increase of Democratic
voters in the city.
THE FIRST PRECINCT.
The primary in this precinct was ex-
ceedipgly quiet. There was but one
ticket in the field, and the $50 votes cast
here were deposited in an orderly manner.
There was no rush of voters here, as was
expected after O'Clock, although a
steady stream of Democrats appeared at
the polls. The following was the ticket
elected: G. B. Patterson. Charles Hay.
den, James Hanley, r. Dunnigan, T. S.
Meredith, N. S. mbody, j. E. Frick,
VIM. Vickery and w. G. Hughes.
SECOND PRECINCT.
In this precinct matters were pretty
lively, but the presence of the police pre-
vented the attempt of a few roughs to
create distur bancc. At IL AS O'Clock
the polls were closed for short time for
the officers to arrive and preserve order,
and from this time on until few min.
utes after o'clock the voting was lively
but quiet. At about 6:15 O'Clock 8
drunken Mexican on the sidewalk Gre
ated disturbance, and Officers Fitch
Auble and Collins left the doorway to re.
store peace. This gave number o
| roaghs chance and they made dash
at the ballot box, but officers Mckenzie
Boiler and Leverich were on hand and
foiled their intentions. Officer Lynch
was severely choked by one Of the dis
turbing element, and Juan Ballestero
was arrested and charged with disturb
ing the peace for his share in the per-
formance. At half-past six O'Clock order
had been restored and voting went on
quietly until the close of the polls.
There were 400 votes cast at this precinct
and of these the following received the
majority: Walter Devereaux, G. w.
-chroeder, Chris. Hickson, Joe Romero,
J. f. Gerkins, T. McCaffery, Hugh
Sweeney, Louis Stone, G. Massey, j.
Davidson, G. L. Hargitt, r. L. Garrett,
j. H. Cavanaugh, Joe p. Rowan, P.
Keenan,, NJ. G. Fordham.
THIRD PRECINCT.
There were two tickets in the field al
this precinct and voting was very active
all afternoon. There were no unpleas
ant occurrences here, despite the fact
that the opposition to the regular caucus
ticket was very strong. After the polls
were closed there was Disagreement be.
tween the Judge of the Election and
some of the clerks in charge as to certain
tickets which it was claimed should not
be counted. Up to a late hour
this morning the count OF the 682
votes cast had not been counted.
The following gentlemen on the caucus
ticket were in the lead at O'Clock this
morning: V. Sentous, B. Arzaga, E. J
Conroy, Chas. A. Stephens, H. King,
Philip Stoll, H. B. Stevens, John Nc
Manus, P. Ballade, M. 7. Collins, Geo
Roberts. John Fenton, f. H. Perry, Joe
Maier, III. Seebeck, Geo. Stephenson, P
H. Mathews, John Moriarty, D. J. Nc
Carthy, B. Radigan, j. k. Ahren, Robt
Dominguez.
FOURTH PRECINCT.
The day passed very quietly in this
precinct, and while there were abou
$50 votes cast no excitement prevailed al
any time. There were three tickets ir
the field, none of which was regular
caucus ticket. The ticket which received
the highest vote was as follows, and wal
elected straight: Tom Keefe, DIR. JOSEPH
Kurtz, A Davis, Phillip M. Gaffey, Franl
Leaden, H. w. Peterson, Charles P
Kearney, John D. Schiek, E. S. Liver
more, John F. Schumacher, M. G. Marsh
Otto Silverberg, M. P. Snyder, Franl
Coulter.
FIFTH PRECINCT.
Matters were very quiet in the Fiitl
Precinct all day. There were 1856 vote
polled, but as there was but one ticke
in the field, there was no excite
ment at any time. A few name
were scratched on some of tn
tickets, but not enough to make any dill
ference in the general result. The ticke
elected was as follows: Charles H. White
I. N. Cochrane, J. L. O'Bryan, L. I
Fisher, G. s. Blake, w. H. Shaw, J. J
Mahoney, A. Lindenfeld, G. Stobel
Henry Glass, J. Dupuy, P. M. Scot
Theo. Frohlinger, J.. j. Naughton, Mai
Carr.
SIXTH PRECINCT.