Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-01
TO-DAY'S ELECTION.
Something About the Feeling Apparent
on the Outside.
Some Legal Facts That May Prove Necessary
During the Duplication of the Polling
Places-Names of the Presiding officers.

''If everything goes like expect in the Sec
ond ward
eyes, he stood up for prayer, but guess afteI
Sam Jones goes away
Austin don't want to push this TRULY bust
ness too far. He signed with Fort Worth long
before
That's the way eople talked on the streets
yesterday. The election of mayor of the city
was to come off next day. and there was intense
interest in the event, but Sam 10 mes has been
cutting wide swath during the asst few days,
and has absorbed no little attention from many
who in former elections have been the leading
stirrerS of the political pot. And the n the sit
uation in baseball circles demanded seriou
consideration from many.
But the election was not neglected. The
friends of both candidates were hard at work,
and though the weatherwas rather too inclement
for sidewalk operating, yet other convenient
places were easily found where politics could be
discussed more advantageously than within the
range of public gaze.
The indications point to a general outpouring
of suffragans to-day. 1t is seldom there has
been more quietly worked campaign than the
present one in Fort Worth; but it is seldom there
has been brought out a more resolute determine
ton to win on the one hand and a more ground
hog' case of resistance on the other, than this
one. There has been but little public operation,
but the under current has been strong, and very
few voters will remain away from the polls dur
ing to-day.
The following may be of use to-day:
Revised Statutes of Texas, article 1857, forbids
the following persons from votlng: l. Idiots
and lunatics. 2. Paupers supported by any
county. 3. All persons convicted of any felony.
4. All soldiers, marines and seamen employed
in the service of the army or navy of the united
States.
Art. 1888. Every male person who is subject to
neither of the disqualihcations named in the
preceding article, who shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years, and who shall have
resided in the state for one year next preceding
an election, and the last six months within the
district or county in which he offers to vote
shall be deemed a qualified voter;
and evsry male person n1ne foreign
disqualifcations aforesaid who at any time be-
fore an election shall have declared his intention
cordance with the federal naturalization laws,
and shall have resided in this state one year
next preceding such election and the last six
months in the county in which he offers to vote,
shall also be deemed a qualified voter.
Art. 1889 Voters in an organized county shall
vote In the election precinct IN which they re-
side. Art. 1864 makes each ward of incor-
poraled city, town or village an election pre-
cinct.
Art. 1890. The residence of married man, if
not separated from his wife, shall be where his
wife resides. If married man be separated
from his wife, he shall be considered as TO resi-
dence a single man. The residence of single
man shall be where he usually sleeps.
Section Of the charte OF the city Of Fort
Worth says: Every person entitled to vote
for members Of the Legislature OF the state,
q. e., those entitled to vote under the statutes
above quoted), who shall have resided within
the limits OF the city for SIX months and IN the
ward in which he offers to vote tor ten days next
preceding any city election shall be entitled to
vote at such election. Therefore, only such
qualified voters under our state laws who have
been residents of this state year, of the city
of Fort Worth six months, and of the ward in
which they offer to vote ten days next preceding
April 1, 1880, are entitled to cast vote at to-
days election. a
Article 1892, Revised Statutes, provides that
when any person Offering to vote shall be OBJ
jected to the managers of elections, either of
them, shall examine the person Offering to vote
upon oath, touching the points of such objec-
qualification to vote to the satisfaction
of majority of the managers of
the election, his vote shall be re-
iected. If his vote be received the word
Sworn shall be written by the clerk upon the
poll-lists opposite the name of such voter.
Following is list of the polling places in the
different wards Of the city, with the presiding
officer at each:
First ward election will be held at the county
treasurer's office, at the county courthouse,
with a. Schwartz presiding officer.
Second ward election will be held on the corner
of Fourth and Throckmorton streets, with John
+. linn presiding officer.
Third ward election will be held on the corner
Of Sixteenth and Calhoun streets, with J. z.
Martin presiding officer.
Fourth ward election will be held corner of
Fifteenth and Houston streets, with John II.
Robinson presiding officer.
Fifth ward election will be held at Locomotive
Firemen's hall, near corner of East Daggett
avenue and Rusk street, with N. Mcnamara
presiding officer.
Sixth ward election will be held at Doray's
grocery store, corner of Jennings avenue and
Broadway, with N. R. Bowlin presiding officer.