St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-26
The Bloody Fifth.

the losing ticket: ID. ii. Moon, j. b.
TarboX, Arnold Kalman. G. j. Monfort,
George NJ. House, A. Rosenthal.
The Bloody Fifth.
There was a spirited contest in the
Fifth ward, but the Scheffer hosts were
in majority, and elected the following
ticket by aD average vote of 31S: Joseph
Picha. Peter Van Hoven, Dr.. j. Ohage,
Ben Kartak, John Hohmann, HI. l..
Shade. Robert Neiderhoefer, Robert
Seng, Philip Hoffman,, Frank Buch-
meier, Jr.
The defeated ticket comprised j. j.
Ellis, Peter Thauwald, &. n. Warren,
Walter Book, f. q. Ingersoll, Albert
Tomasek, Leo Bruggeman, E. NJ. Kirby,
Charles Mitchell, 3. G. Matteson.
Sixth Ward.
The West Side flats, which make up
the first and second precincts of the
Sixth Ward, were more animated last
evening than common. The Republi-
can ward politicians were in their ele-
ment and were hustling up the party
cohorts to vote at the primary, which
was held for both precincts On
Dakota avenue near Fairfield in
little One-story wood yard office. The
gang" were marshalled, voted as the
leaders dictated, went around the cor
ner, rallied under the Republican shib-
boleth of Doodle and returned to nobly
vote again. There were two straight
tickets in the field, one headed, For
other simply, 'Sixth ward, First and
Second precincts" The Scheffer
ticket contained the following
names for delegates: P. ]. Bigue,
E. Vanish, A. Confieldt. The
opposition, or Merriam ticket presented
for Delegates w. NJ. BOle, Nels j. Ness
and Henry Harman. To draw it mildly,
the scene about the voting place was
lively. One policeman at the window
was found insufficient to stem the tide
of opposition partisans, who grew more
demonStratiVe after each trip to
the corner. Whether the mellow
or the effervescent effects of
Scheffer beer was most provocative, GER
tain it is that the solitary policeman was
brushed aside and fight broke out.
There were several knock downs and a
telephone message to the Ducas street
station brought down several other blue
coats. The fight was between Billy
Baercher, bowling Scheffer man.
Charles JerriS and Henry Beller.
Before the police detail arrived,
the judges got into wrangle
on the inside and an attempt was made
to steal the box. The policeman turned
his attention from the row outside to
the one inside, restoring quiet. The
arrival of extra policemen and the ar
rest of two outside combatants restored
comparative order and the voting pro-
ceeded, two extra officers being detailed
for work at the window. There were
two split tickets in the field,
one containing the name of Bole.
and the other that of Bigue, but they
cut little figure. The judges were
James II. Burns (Scheffer), F. x. Fe-
roderville (McGill, Ostensibly) and
Charles Latham (Merriam.) During
the count McGillite accused Mer-
riamite of slipping tickets into the pile
to be counted.
''If you say did so you are Cd
d-n liar," shouted the accused.
81 say you did. I'll swear to it on
HONOR" repeated the accuser. The war
of words waXed tiercer and crowd col
lected. attracted by the profanity. A
peep behind the drawn curtain re-
vealed both on their feet, shouting and
cursing and pounding the table with
their fists until the different piles of
tickets joStled together. But Mr..
Burns and Candidate Bole, who
had been admitted, then went
to see that the lot in which
each was particularly interested was
not depleted. If either pile was aug
| mented it was when the attention of the
other guardian was for moment
diverted. Finally the count was COM
pleted. 1t showed that the Merriam
ticket had received 159 votes, while the
Schetfer ticket had $50. Then
there was another howl and a
protest from Bole, who gave notice that
he would contest the delegation. In
the midst of the racket, Burns slipped
out and skurried across the bridge as
fast as a talented pair of legs could
carry him. The remaining crowd re-
paired to the corner and shouted for
the former died away in the more fire.
quent ones for the cool and foaming
lager.
THIS Is DECOROUS.
The scenes in the. upper district of
the Sixth were more decOrous. Whether
this was due to the fact that the pri-
mary for the Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth precincts was held at the
Ducas street police headquarters, or
whether the Republican deni-
Zens of the plateau and the
ulll olC vi d ullitItuG OIueI 1IOlu lHOSS
below, is matter of speculation. Ger
tainly they were quiet, yet every one
was active and total vote of 526 was
polled. Vehicles of different descrip-
tions conveyed the voters to the polls,
but they did not linger long-perhaps
because the nearest saloon was three
blocks away. There were two tickets
in the field. Tne Scheffer ticket
was headed with the bankers name for
governor, and continued the names of
J. b. Lewis, F. RADIANT, John Lawton,
F. NJ. Arbuckle, c. w. McNellis and
John Arlt. The Merriam ticket pre-
sented as its choice for delegates the
following names: F. b. Doran. j.
George Erchinger, A. G. Wedge, C. w.
McNellis, f. NJ. Arbuckle and William
II. Burns. The judges were Peter Mar
tin and S. E. Forman. When the count
was finished the Scheffer ticket showed
341, while the Merriam ticket only had
1856.