The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-05
v,rn..ax A QUALIFICATION.

MARRIAGE A QUALIFICATION.
A colored boy, who. 70 all Appearances,
was not over Is years Of age, attempted 20
vote at box No. , He was accompanied oy
his father, who was posting hlin on "nat 70
say. II reply to the question II ne nae palo
all his taxes he said he was not Iaois'
having attained his majority lAst Jun=-
tInsti~s McDarmot. doubted the state
rnent vary much. and asked HIM II be
knew what year be was born The
boy reulied that ne did not know exactly,
hnt thought that il was the 'freedom
wear ON being ordered away from the
polling udsce his fati er STEPPED up and, 70
prove his age said: Boss. dat boy am shan
81; he nab wife and chile The state
ment caused quite laugh. but as the Judges
did not consider that sufficient PROOF OF the
youthls age. both were ordered out Of the
corridor.
TIE SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINGENT.
Sonth Carolina negro tried 70 vote.
tbinkinz that as he had paid all taxes in
CaroIins. be was entitled to vote in any
part of the United States. He came over
from Carolina few days ago. his illusion
was QUICKLY d!spelled, and he went away
hsmeani @ the fact that re couldn't vote
for the man ''ds- been nv friend Tor years
The crowd on the outside e. the closing
of the Us was over 1000 persons. mostly
negroes. ana rs TIE uAAGe VIC c 5b0e NAVT
gave three cheers for Capt. Doyle ana three
cheers for Mckinley OF Ohio.
A squad of policeman was on duty all
day. and OCCUPIED seats in the square. but
they we're not called upon to exercise their
authority. as the crowd behaved itself very
well.
A DRY DAY AT THE POLLS
There was very little drunkenness notice
able. and those that had little too much
''red eyen aboaid were in good humor and
not attempting 10 raise any disturpapce.
The votirg arrangements were excellent,
and officers were stationed at each box 70
keep people moving as soon as they de-
posted their ballots, and by this means all
crowding was prevented aud the corridors
were kept clear all day.
After the closing Of the polls, Capt Doyle
was escorted by cheering crowd 10 his
store on Market square, where he enter
tanned them for their hard days work in mis-
behalf
The vote was the smallest polled
at congressional election in Chatham
county since the war.
THE COUNT.
Immediately after the closing of the polls
the managers of election repaired to the
grand Jury room of the city curt with the
boxes and began the count Of the votes.
Supt Keptall announced that no one wou d
be allowed IN the room besides the officers
of the election, the representatives OF
the press and the friends appointed
by the two candidates to insure fairness in
the count He said Col. Lester had ap-
pointed Capt b. q. Cunningham and Il E
Wilson, Esq, 70 act for him, but Capt.
Doyle had made no appointments, aving
declared that he was willing TO trust to the
iairness Of the managers Parties not in
cluded in the privileged classes mentioned
above were excluded from the room.
The counting Of the votes was quick
work, there being no split tickets, as a
matter OF course, and it only being neces-
sary for the managers 20 sort the demo-
cratic and republican tickets into separate
piles. count them out and announce the
total The result was reached in about
three quarters OF an hour. AS the man
ayers Of the different boxes finished their
count, the result was reported to the tally
sheet keeper.
THE VOTE BY BOXES.
The vote by boxes was as follows:
Bcx l, u c, Lester gu, Doyle 2l0; total
81.
BOX 2, D to G. Lester $50, Doyle 1853; total
706.
Box 8. Il to L. Lester 4s5, Doyle 1877; total
$50
Box 4, NJ to Q. Lester 4sl. Doyle 1871; total
sos
BOX R to U. Lester 458, Doyle 159; to-
"a 6I5.
BOZ, g. Lester 2z6, Doyle los; total s34.
The total votes was 8, TBS, including three
blanks found in Box No. |.
The result was reached and the tally sheet
signed and all the fcrmalities Of the law
complied with before s o'clock.
HEARING TEE RHTrRys
Much interest was manifested during the
afternoon and last night in the result of the
elections tire ughout the country, and
constant inquiries were made for
the latest news. The anxiety to
hear from the doubtful districts in
creased after o'clock and men collected
in knots, and discussed the probable results
in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
elsewhere, basing their calculations upon
the brief kilograms that were beginning to
come in. Sulliva Is barroom was crowded
until late hour with democrats anxious
for information from the seat of war.
As kilograms began to pour in
with reports of democratic victories, the
enthusiasm Of the crowd rose to a high
pitch.
THE NEWS FROM NEW YORK
The news of Tanmany's speeping VIC
tory was received with cheers, and the re-
port OF the probable defeat of Maj. McKin-
ley caused responsive hope TO that effect
to be expressed by every one. As repeated
reports Of democratic gains came
in the crowd grew wild with
enthusiasm and drank TO the democratic
wave.
the news spread among the hotels, and
the prospects of a sweeping democratic vic
tory were discussed, and many were posi-
tive that such was the case. The reports
in this mornings paper will be information
Of perhaps surprising character to many
who thought they had found how things
were going last night.