The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-04
TESTERS WINNING DAY.
TIE ELECTION ONLY TO SETTLE
HIS MAJORITY.

Everything Ready for the Bsllotting
to Begin-The Arrangement Of the
Polls-Precautions Against Illegal
Voting and Repeeting-A Caution
TO Voters-Registrati Not Neces-
sary for To-day's Election-A Voters
Qualifications.
Voters should escdmine their tickets be-
fore voting, and be certain that they rOte
the correct ticket Tickets hare been seen
IN E6inghdm printed for Forty-second
Congress. Be sure that your ticket reads
for FIfty-second Congress.
The polls will open at the court house
promptly at Z o'clock, and the managers
will be ready for the reception of votes at
that time at each one of the six boxes. This
number of boxes is two more than were
used last time, and no difficulty Is antici-
pated in receiving all the votes that will be
offered The boxes are easy of access and
there will be no excuse for crowding.
Lester stock was selling high yesterday,
and Col Testers friends were making esti-
mates as to his majority. The democrats
were calm and confident, but anxious that
the day should come and pass and the mat
ter be settled. While they are figuring on
Ut least 900 majority in Savannah, and at
least z, 900 in the district, each man Is anx-
ious to form a part of that Majority and 1T
will be a poor democrat who does not cast
his vote for Lester to-day.
One frantic democrat informed a MORN
ING NEWS reporter that he had just heard
of club of 400 Irishmau who were going
to vote for Doyle. He was Gained when he
was told that he was slightly mistaken, that
1t was Lester the club was going 60 vote for
and not Doyle-thst is if there is a club.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE POLLS
Under the provision OF the federal law,
which requires that all the ballot-boxes Of
an election precinct shall be in full view OF
the federal supervisor, at the san time, the
county commissioners have arranged the
boxes in the corridor of the court house as
follows:
Box No. 1.-Letters A to c, inclusive; on
the Bull street front, south side.
Box No. 2.-Letters ID 20 G., inclusive; in
the same corridor, on the north side.
Box No. 3.-Letters H to L, inclusive;
President street, western door.
Box No. 4.-Letters NJ TO Q inclusive;
President street, eastern door.
Box No. 5.-Letters r to U inclusive;
Drayton street entrance.
Box No. 6-Letters to 2 inclusive;
York street entrance.
To insure ready ingress and egress to and
from the polls the sheriff has received
special orders to keep the corridors free Of
idlers and lobbyists, and every effort will
be exerted to prevent crowding or detention
in voting.
TO WATCH THE BOXES.
An earnest effort will be made to prevent
illegal voting, and detectives have been en-
ployed TO watch the polls closely and arrest
anyone who attempts to cast an illegal vote;
and. besides this, the managers have been
furnished with official lists of all who have
qualified to vote by paying the taxes re-
quired by law. The time for Importing
colored voters from South Carolina and
Bryan county to help elect a congressman
has long gone by, aud the Ogechee negro who
attempts to earn an honest dollar by selling
his vote to-day will meet with Sod fate
The vote will be counted jr the grand
jury room of the city court, and as the
space in this room is worry lin ted the
superintendent has been instructed to allow
no one in the room during the counting of the
votes but the managers the officer on duty,
the tally sheet keepers, the two candidates
and two friends to be selected by each of
the candidates, and the press.
NOT NECESSARY TO REGISTER.
An impression has gotten abroad that
voter is required to be registered to vote at
this election, which is a mistake. He must
have paid all taxes required of him, be a
citizen Of this state and county, aud over 81
years of age, but he is not required to
register.
There are various estimates as to the
probable total of to-day's vote at Savan-
nah, the estimates running from $500, to
5000. An old democratic wheel horse said
yesterday that the vote will reach about
400, of which Col. Lester will receive
$500. This would leave Doyle 1,400 votes
and would give Lester a majority of 1000.
From reports recei ed from the district, it is
haliaVad
than three counties in the district, though it
is acknowledged that the vote will be close
in the majority of the counties