Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-31
THBONDS DEFEATED
TheFail to Get the Re
iuired Majority.
AN CITING ELECTION DAY
The Unofficial Returns as Re
c'ed at the City Clerks
Office Last Night.
An CITING ELECTION DAY

| Nh9lcOliOu lOi tho bcWoI JULIUS WAb
the g. topic upon the streets yesterday
and unusual amount of interest was
taken the voting which was going ON.
Othemsiness was almost entirely sus-
pend and it was thought early in the
day tt large vote would be polled all
over le city. The count last night,
hover, developed the fact that this
YVES mistake and that except in certain
prectts in the center of the city the
voteas light. There was but eighteen
preccts in the nine wards, whereas at
the neral election there were thirty
seveprecincts, and it was claimed in
sonof the wards that voters could not
be aommodated that where the lines
wertong people could not afford the
tin!dt would occupy in reaching the
pollg place. This was the case in Pre-
cine A of the Third Ward, A of the
Sevtth and B of the Second. In a num-
bef instances voters were seen to leave
the hes, to return no more during the
day. Towards 5 o'clock, when the polls
close, quite large number of voters
visitd some of the polling places, and
thenTent away when they saw that they
coulnot get to the head OF the line be-
fore lie polls closed.
Th voting Was quite lively all over the
city arly in the morning, but in the
afterpon it became light in the precincts
farthst from the center. For time,
between 2 and 8 O'Clock, there was
scercty anything doing in the Fourth,
Fifihnd Sixth Wards, but the discussion
as to the merits of the sewer system,
was hpt up everywhere. There was not
a Minute during the day that the corner OF
SecoM and Spring streets was not occu.
pied ~ crowd of people listening to the
arguments of both sides of the question
and while the talk never grew very
warn, it was interesting to the extreme.
At otter places parties appeared carrying
law looks under their arms, and from
these they read decisions and points tc
suit the arguments they made.
1t was rumored early in the day that
there was a heavy vote being cast
against the bonds and that there was no
the least chance of their being carried
About noon the report was spread about
that the vote was changing in favor o.
the bonds, and that there was fail
chance of their being carried. At two
o'clock, and from that time until th;
polls closed, the impression gained
ground that the bonds ha'
It agsa noe uhtiKp htiKpthhi5ds thhS retEfns Sr1s beSs1
to come in that this was dispelled, ant
it became apparent that the bonds hat
been defeated, despite the hard woil
that was done in their favor.
Early in the day it became apparent
that the bond party had been thoroughly
and that considerable money
had been subscribed for the workers anC
carriages that were seen everywhere
labeled "For the bonds" II was a
noticeable fact that there wera no signs
out or carriages employed for those who
were opposed to the issuing of bonds
There we're a few in every precinct
who supplied the tickets te
those who did not favor the
issuing of bonds for the construction o.
the particular system that had been pro-
posed, but there were no employed work
ers and 70 money was expended. A
number of Santa Monica people were
seen in various parts of the city, arguing
in behalf of their city by the sea. They
great many voters that il
would be for their interests to vote against
The bonds, but the workers on the other
side Of the question were seen every.
where. Their carriages flew up and
1own the streets, searching for people tC
,ast their votes for the bonds, but after
he count had been completed it was
ound that they had not captured enough
If the floating population to bring theil
majority up to the required notch.
The election was very peaceable all
lay long. No trouble was reported in
my part OF the city, and the nearest ap-
,roach to it was at the close of the polls
1t o'clock. Some of the voters had ex
,ected the polls to keep open until
,'clock, not knowing that the law in re-
,ard to the opening and closing of the
POLLS had been changed by the Legislature.
Not an arrest was made by the police or
Jonstables for illegal voting, but in some
VI the precincts several challenges were
made during the afternoon. Some trouble
vas created at one or two OF the precincts
~ the presentation of certificates of reg
stration issued by the County Clerk. In
ONE instances the holders of these we're
efused the right to vote, and some loud
ak was INDUCED in, but there was nc
rouble otherwise.
The vote was counted very rapidly in
ii the precincts, and the result was an.
lounced on the HERALD bulletin board
.s the returns came to hand. By s &c
'clock the complete returns were in,