The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-13

Miss Kate II. Bevard.................. ,141
Miss NJ. w. Garges. es.......................1,64 ,642
Miss A. NJ. Wilson.................... 413
Counting the Ballots.
Tuesday last, the day on which the balloting
closed, was a busy day about THE HERALD
office. Friends and representatives of the can
didates were on hand from early in the morning
anxious to see how matters were going, and as
the votes came pouring in during the afternoon
there good deal of suppressed excitement.
AS indicated in THE HERALD from time to time,
large numbers of votes had been prepared and
held back for the close by the friends of differ
ent candidates. Those were turned in during
the day, the great bulk of them within the half
hour before ) p NJ, the time at which the polls
closed.
Mr.. P. NJ. Hough, paying teller of the Colum-
bia Bank, member of the committee selected
to count the votes, was on hand to witness the
formal closing of the polls. ''The time is up"
Mr.. Hough exclaimed at exactly 5 o'clock, and
the representatives of the candidates present
were informed that no more votes would be
received Then, at the request of the latter,
rough estimate of the result as far as known
was made. This showed that Miss McCauley
had won the prize, and at once her representa-
tive was warmly congratulated by the repre-
sentatives of her rivals and all the others
present.
A committee consisting of the paying tellers
of six of the leading banks of the city had been
| selected to count the votes and they kindly
consented to act They We're Mr.. Fred. c.
Giesekng of the Central National Bank; Mr..
P. NJ Hough, of the Columbia National; Mr..
r. E. White, of the Bank of Washington;
| Mr. Irving G. Ashby, of the National Metropol-
| Ranl, Mr. Rrine i Moses Of the Rank Of
the Republic, and Mr.. Harry c. Towers, of the
| West End National Bank.
| These gentlemen, whose known integrity and
| high standing in the community formed guar
| antee of the absolute fairness of the count, as
| did their expertness at figures of its accuracy
| gathered at the Office of THE SUNDAY HERALD
| shortly after o'clock Tuesday evening to dis
charge their important duties to the contestants
| The piles of votes, done up in packages of yari
Gus sizes, that lay on the tables about the room
| looked very formidable. The evening was the
hottest of the year, and this did not lessen the
| apparent difficulties of the task. But the gen
tlemen did not hesitate, and quickly began their
| work. The envelopes containing the small votes
polled for the minor candidates were first gone
| through with and checked off. Then the great
piles of ballots cast for the leading contestants
were tackled and carefully counted. Many
| blank votes were found in some of the packages
| and these had to be thrown out. AS the votes
| of each candidate were counted the result was
marked on the list opposite the names of the
different contestants. When the count was
| completed the results were all gone over again.
verified, and properly checked off.
| In about two hours from the time the work
was begun it was completed, and the six gentle
men drew up and signed the certificate to be
| ,,Ial& &<tI tI,a.1 fs11 alNT
Although it had been announced long in ad-
vance that the contest would close at 5 z. NJ
on Tuesday, July s, few votes were received
in the evening mail and on the two following
days. Five votes for Miss McCauley, fourteen
for Mr. B. T. Janney, five for Miss Kate H.
Bevard, and one for Miss Garges came in late in
this way, and, of course, were not counted.
\ Fine Showing for THE Herald"
THE HERALD feels that it has just cause for
| pride in the result of the contest. The number
of votes cast shows that the paper is not only
widely read, but that its readers take pleasant
| interest in its undertakings. Although the
contest was begun rather late in the season,
when the approach of the close of the school
year kept both teachers and pupils unusually
| busy preparing for the annual examinations and
! commencements, it at once excited genuine in
| terest among all who were connected with the
schools as we'll as among the public generally.
The pupils of the schools appreciated the appre-
priateness of the prize which The HERALD
offered, and Immediately began to work with
the generous enthusiasm of youth to secure it
for their fayorite teachers. That the pupils and
other friends of the candidates entered into the
| friendly rivalry with spirit is shown by the
| handsome total of votes polled.
total iS D6 QS1 This Mt first sioht NAV
not seem extraordinarily large, but little con-
alteration of the conditions will show it to have
been SO. The contest ran for eight weeks, and
the average vote for each issue Of the paper
during its continuance was nearly $500, or, to
be exact, 3,372 votes. A thing that must be
borne carefully in mind in estimating the
general result is that the selling price of THE
HERALD is five cents per copy which is two