The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-17
THE LAST TWO DISTRICTS.

At 10 o'clock the announcement was
made, after an informal count Of the Third
and Fourth district ballots, that Mai
Schwarz had carried the Fourth district by
4l0 majority and that Mr. Thomas IN ior-
ity in the Third district was but l15. This
insured the election of Schwar2 by a maio
ity approximating 400, and justified the
estimate in the MORNING News of yester-
day, that his majority would be not less
than 500 and would probably DO between
800 and 500
The city court room was crowded when
the board of managers convened after sup
per, and the gallery was comfortably filed,
but when the vote for mayor was announced
the gallery was soon empty, and at / 80
O'Clock there were less than forty spectators
In the court room other than the board of
managers and the officers on duty.
About half an hour after the result for
mayor was announced Maj. Schwarz came
into the room and was greeted with cheers
by his friends, many Of whom passed in
side Of the bar and shook his hand warmly.
The mayor-elect was to use common
phrase, smiling over. He was FOR the
next ten or fifteen minutes the center OF an
admiring group, each individual member
Of which congratulated him by turns
Among the first 10 exte their congratula-
tons We're Messrs. :. l.. Lazaron. Waring
Russell, Thomas j. Sheftau and Dr..
Tor him, but they watched the count mar
rowly from the time the first box was sealed
until the announcement was made that Mai.
bchwarz was out of the woods
THE THOMAS SIDES LAST HOPE.
Up TO the lime that the announcement
was made o. the heavy majority in the
Fourth district there was some hope enter
tanned by the Thomas men for the success
Of the Thomas aldermanlc ticket, or at
least portion Of it., but when it was known
that tho Third district only gave half as
large a majority for Thomas as was ex-
pecteG. and had lost the Fourth district by
more than 400 majority, all hope was abau-
doned for the election of any aldermen
whose names were not on the Schwal2
ticket, and the Thomas men. few in mum
bers at any time during the count. grew
beautifully less until they had all left the
room except H. L. Wilson, Esq, who had
stood 50 valiantly at his post as challenger
In the Fourth district on the day of the
election, and one or two Others
Mr.. Lazaron was the recipient Of as
many congratulations as Mai Schwarz 1t
was he who had managed Maj. Schwarz's
campaign, and not until Midnight did he
leave the court room, satisfied that the
aldermanic count needed no further watch
ing as the majority for the head Of the
Schwarz ticket was large enough TO cover
all contingencies Of individual scratching.
The managers Of the election had a tire
less and tedious work. After having pre-
sided over one of the most exciting elections
known TO the oldest inhabitant, and re-
naming up all night Tuesday night engaged
in count Of the worst scratched ballots
ever seen, impeded more or less by inter
ested friends Of the various candidates who
crowded about them, their task was an an
noying and thankless one. Some of them
tried TO catch an hour or so Of sleep yester-
day, but the greater number did not at
tempt it.
A MANAGERS DREAM
A good joke is told on Manager /. Dunn
Of the Fourth district by his son. Mr..
Dunn went home and thought be could get
a few hours of sleep, but the count was
uppermost in his broken slumber, and be
awoke himself calling out, wells 4, Han-
ley tally" and finally gave up in despair
The managers took their meals at the
Pulaski yesterday ut the city's expense, and
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