The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-05


slight kxeteeDene - the Etrse Ward
Apa&ny 10 Freveet1ng 1eesangs
Apathy waa the characteEio610 Of tho v0terf
attitude towards the election yssterdny. They
ssemed % feeafd the result - fofsgone rom
c1pston. and theFoeoge little mogo than half the
number regiateFed Naet their scteA
Qoietposs reignsd around almost 40 the poll
Ing placeA the only bfeak In the monotony
baing N OCCASIONAL rush OF voters or the visit
u oome az the candidatoe IN the city Gener.
any The enle in1icafions that an election vas In
progress Wer6 ths closine Of the saiooue and the
scarcity q hacks and eufneys Tor general uses
while those adorned With partisan strsamers
wore peopostjouateIy abandant. A commenda-
bl3 foAtufe of the election wAs the absence OF
attempn 10 vote Illegally. the TACT being emphs-
aixed ~ one arrest. and In that case the pris-
onef seemed TO have erred more through igno.
rance than evil intent
The polling place o. the First precisct Of the
First ward Wns tool house at the corner Of
Jackson ana Commercial strsst& There :
crowd Of "hobos's gathersd ana made the air
blue with their vile Language, but did not other
Wise disturb the peaoe. Tho vote was light,
befuR only ~ Ct b M. and 10 q 5 o'clock, and
nttls scrstchtag was done.
One Of the lev exciting Incidents Of the day
occurred in the Second precinct OF this ward, Of
which he polling place was Il Yesler avenue
and eouth Third street When the polls opened
the Democratic clerk, was not present, and .
tuhssituts was voted 70 take his place and
sworn IN. protest was entered BY some by
stauders who Gained that the clerk was
rot ( Democrat aBill" Cochrsne Joined
IN tho protest and entered the booth
followed by members OF both parties.
The Judges ordered the intruders 70 leave. but
ia vain, and call was mad for Chief Munroe
and Sheriff Nc0raW Meanwhile J. B. Net
caife. candidate for senator. appeared, and
after questioning the clerk, said he
vas satis6ed q to the man's Democracy.
Another brief spell of excitement was cad ed in
thia nrscinct about O. clock By the arrest Of Ala
II. Patterson, waiter, for Illegal voting He
entered the booth, ana without asking for .
ballot, offered regular sficial ballot, properly
folded rusl etamped He said the ticket was
given him by man outside, whose name he
did not know He was arrested. but was after
ward released. the election officers havine con-
Guided that he simply offended through ig-
porance.
Mr. Metcalse's friends claimed that he was
running ahead Of his ticket, bat could not prove
this to be any more than guesA
In the Third precinct. where the polling place
was at the Main street schoolhouse the vote was
very light, being far behind that cast at the city
election. and no incidents occurred worth
noting.
The day was ~ uueventful At the Fourth
precinct polling place. n Eleventh aud Jackson
streets. the vote was light and struggled in
throughout the day. and at :. m. only l2l
votes had been polled, and at $3.50 p. m. only
lei votes.
The First precinct OF the Second ward polled
only lac votes MP to o'clock, out Of q regslrar
sion OF over 800. Workers were few. and tn.
only sign Of interest was the occasional visit Of
candidate. The same statement applies to
the Second precinct OF this ward. The recent
change In ward boundaries puzzled some Of the
veters IN these precincts.
In the Third ward precincts the election
efiloers had little 70 do besides kill time, swap
arms ana smokc clesA an inc second precinct
9hss % soses we're po,lee ~ " ?. M, ana ~
sso 'ns nau .e. ~ o. wnne sne
soss - noon ou sne osy VI sne oa'y eaecuon Wa
e'
IN us sou , III la vac so.s IN none o. the
tdSc'ucss Aauen tASsees nht sae Nksstrauon
o,anu - ~ oo,n p.ecinetA
s...as s.so ~ .ne rA'n war 4
80 Nss aoae ios
800 :, 40 me
rws.a,, o. IA 'sr,. = .ne en''sacs