The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-02
GALATIANS LIGHT VOTE.
ONLY 2,256 VOTES CAST ON A
REGISTRATION OF OVER 4 900.

and the Vote for Representatives -
The Republicans Turn Out - John
h. Deveaux Complime nted for Gov
ernor-The Vote by BOxss-The Con
solidated Returns.
The election yesterday for state officers
and members of the general assembly wa
one of the most orderly that has occurred II
Chatham county for years
The Few arrangements prevented
crowding at the polls and facil
itated matters very much for both
managers and voters. The voting stands
accommodated only two persons at one
time. and as a ballot was deposited the voter
was required to move on and make room
for some one else, and by this means all the
confusion that has heretofore characterized
elections in Savannah was avoided.
The polls opened promptly az o'clock,
and voting was rather slow during the
morning hours. Between 2 and O'Clock,
however, the business men and clerks began
to arrive and the managers and list keepers
were kept busy during that period. From
that hour until the closing OF the polls al q
O'Clock things were rather quiet
CANDIDATES on THE GROUND.
The democratic candidates for the legis-
lature were on the ground the better part
of the day. using their endeavors 70 have as
large a vote polled as possible, and MAJ.
Ryals was particularly active In this res
pect spending the entire day at the court
house, and doing good work for the ticket.
The republican ca1didat spent the day
at the polls also and, witlstheir heelers,
were exhorting the colored brother TO cast
his vote for the grand old party which had
made him a citizen and endowed him with
the right Of franchise. Very few white
votes were cast for the negro candidates,
much 10 their discontinue, as they expected
that In the light of recent events, their
white republican brothers would turn out
and show by their votes that they were still
true to the principles Of the g. o. p. Some
OF them, indeed, expressed themselves
rather openly in regard to the small number
of white republicans who appeared at the
polls, and made threats of getting "even"
at no distant day. Many negroes were seen
to vote the democratic ticket.
AN ALL AROUND SURPRISE.
The republican ticket was rather a sur
prise 70 mos people, having at its head, as
an opponent to Gov. Mortimer, John Fl.
Deveaux. the collector of the port of Bruins
wick His name, however, was on the
Chatham tickets only. and was put there as
a compliment for his services to the party
in this city. There were no candidates for
the other state offices on the ticket.
AT no time during the day were there
more than $50 or 300 persons at the polls,
and they were mostly colored.
Five policemen occupied chairs in tho
square opposite tue court house for the pur-
pose of preserving order, but their presence
was hardly required, as the crowd was very
orderly and wei behaved, no disturbances
of any kind having occurred.
Very little scratching was done, the ma
jority of the voters casting the straight
democratic ticket.
The heaviest vote was cast in box No. |,
from A to G, inclusive, at Bull and Presi-
dent streets
ONLY ONE ARREST.
Only one arrest was made near the polls
during the day. Thomas Davis (cOlored)
twice attempted to vote at the box presided
over by Justice Sheftall, although his name
was not on the registry list. Ju5sice Sheftall
ordered his arrest for attempting TO vote
illegally and he was carried to the barracks
by policeman. This event created some
little excitement and some of the colored
politicians denounced Davis arrest very
emphatically. 1t being afterward repre-
sented to Justice Sheftall that Davis action
resulted from ignorance the prisoners re-
lease was ordered.
1t was expected that at least 1000 votes
would be polled between IL and O'Clock,
as the business men aud their employees
would be going to and from dinner during
that time, and the employees of the
railroad offices, yards and wharves would
also take this time for voting,
but the vote failed to materialize. BY 3
O'Clock only 500 moro votes had been cast,
and after that voters were few and scatter
ing. Less than 500 votes were cast during
the last three hours of the election.
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announced the polls closed. the court
house windows came down with bang, the
doors were locked, and the managers and
clerks took recess for an hour, for
supper.
THE COUNT.
At z o'clock the managers met in the
grand jury room in the court house, and
began the consolidation of the vote. By the
system now in use, this is very simple work,
and the results are very quickly reached. The
managers of each box sorted out the
tickets cast at that box, divided the straight
democratic tickets into one lot, the straight
republican tickets into another. the split
democratic tickets into third lot and the
split republican tickets into fourth These
lots were counted separately and sum-
mary of the whole was made. With the
skilled assistance of Messrs. Charles j.
White, E. A Gradot and E. A. Silva the
tdAJ SueeOS were quickly COnpleC9u.
AS the managers of each box completed
the summary Of its box the totals were read
out to the tellers, who recorded them on the
sheets. The totals of the straight democratic
and straight republican tickets were re-
corded and the split tickets were counted
out separately and the total vote of each
candidate was recorded opposite his name.
THE VOTE BY BOXES.
The vote by boxes as returned by the
managers was as follows:
Box l, letters A to G, McDermott, Parish
and Jones. managers-democratic vote
$50, republican l12; total 492.
Box ?, letters d to G.. Sheftall, Desvergers
and Deveaux, managers-democratic vote
1913, republican 90; toJal 1893
Box 3, letters II to l., Naughtin, Wilson
and Williams, managers-democratic vote
277, republican 81; total 1868.
Box 4, letters NJ to l, Reynolds, eEndres
and Mcintyre, managers-democratic vote
325, republican IS, total 4l0.
Box D. letters r to V, Russell, Buckner
and Folliard, managers-1emocratic vote
329, republican rs, total 405.
Box 6, letters V to z, Elsinger, Mendel
and Buttimer, managers-democratic vote
40, republican SO, total 1879.
The total number of votes cast was 2, 266
of which l, 704 were democrats aud 5l2 re-
publicans, or nearly three and half demo-
crat votes to every republican vote.
The total registration is n few yoteS over