The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-05
THE DAY.
1t Was Democratic Weather and Every.
ono Knew 1t.

1t Was Democratic Weather and Every.
ono Knew It.
II was good voting weather yesterday.
Muddy roads and heavy rains did not inter
fere with the balloting and everything went
of smoothly. Congressman Carter was q
conspicuous figure about town yesterday.
While he did not have his coat of and his
sleeves rolled up, in reality, he was very
busy man and electioneered as hard az the
most common worker. He drove around
from ono precinct to another shaking hands
with everybody he met and was deeply
interested in every move made by his work
err. Commodore Power was to be seen only
once in while. He did not seem very
much interested in the proceedings.
First ward. Il has always been reliably
democratic and did not this time disap-
point the democrats, as it turned ont a ma
jority of rs. The majority would have
been greater had not the ransomed duke,
Joe Davis, Chessman, Thompson and
at the eleventh hour TO carry the ward for
doodle, which flowed around the slums
like 80 much water. The entire quartette
was at work buying votes and hustling men
into every ready carriage. Votes were paid
AOA nv VIC 40VO VA 80 0AO V4V 0U16C0s DUt ~
availed nothing. So confident were tho re-
publicans that their Doodle would carry
the ward for them that they made MANY
bots after the polls closed that the First
ward would give republican majority.
The same Doodle fight was made in tho
dollar for weeks were exhibiting Rreenbacks
by the handful, but despite the strong
pressure both wards where money was
placed by the z. o. p. in large quantities
failed by good majorities to como up to ex.
pectations.
confident smile all day. Everything
passed off quietly, but when the votes were
counted it was shown that the large major
ity anticipated narrowed down to GA. This
is usually republican stronghold. In the
Thirteenth precinct Scandinavian named
vote in the name of j. NJ. johnson, He
WAS very promptly placed under arrest by
order of the judges and taken to the iail.
but was afterwards released. The char
man of the state republican committee had
circulars placed at each precinct playing
the arrest of fraudulent voters. The
democrats kept close eye ON the
opposition, however, and stopped several at
tempts at unlawful voting. The election
was an unusually quiet aud ORDERLY one.
All the saloons were closed during the day,
Both parties worked for all that Was in
them. The republicans claimed the county
by from $50 to 800 majority. But they were
badly fooled. Had it not been for the use
of Doodle the city would have been safe for
Dixon.
The republicans did good deal of bluff-
ing in the second ward early in the day at
the second precinct on jackson street. This
precinct gave Dixon q majority of twelve. q
little more than standing on Carter's ma.
jority of nine in the first precinct Of the
ward. "How is she Roin91" was frequent
question about O'Clock in tho afternoon.
Estimates made during the day on reeistra.
ton ON the tally books Of the men fol- both
parties indicated that the result in thi1
ward would be close, and % il proved, The
counting in the two precincts OF this ward
was dsne very quickly. and the result vas
on TM lSDErKNDKNT bulletin board amonc
the 6Ist returns.
while tbs Judges we're counting the vot<
ct the second precinct on jackson street Z
.Was reported that emooth-faced younf
looking man had voted twice during ths
day. and had attempted to put in . Thru
ballot > few minutes before Al,
o'clock but got out of the room
be6ego - was fully recognized. or
otte0pt vas mads TO trsee him Bat failed,