The Washington critic., 1890-03-27
Typos AT THE POLLS.
Annual Election of Ohicers of the Lo-
cal printers' Union.

Annual Election of Ohioers of the Lo-
cal Printers Union.
The ticket Office of the old baseball
park, on North Capitol street, was yes-
terday the scene of very exciting elec-
ton. 1t was the annual balloting for
officers of the Columbia Typographical
Union. The fight was q hot one, the
down town" and Government" men
both having very strong tickets in the
field.
The voting commenced at noon when
there was big rush from the great
whitewashed building across the way
flom the pooling booth. There were
many enthusiasts who tried to vote
early and often" None succeeded in
the latter part of Their programme, for
both parties had lynX.eyed supervisors
at the ballot.boX. The earliest voting
was done by the young women from
the Government Printing Office. This
was a scattering vote, each fair damsel
having her own favorite knight among
the many manly forms which were to be
seen about the corner of G. and North
Capitol streets.
The sterner sex loomed up grandly
from that quarter, and the greater part
of the G. Z. O. vote was polled earlier
in the day than usual. II was not until
after o'clock. however, that the
down. town" men commenced to get
in their fine work. They made up for
their unavoidable lateness by unex-
ampled activity, which resulted in the
election of one-half of their number as
delegates TO the International Typo
nj Il,
for some years when those outside of
the Government office have obtained
such recognition.
The polls closed at p. M. amid
great excitement, there having been, as
usual, large and unruly gang who
postponed voting until the last moment
The counting was a tedious operation.
There were thirty.tive names on the
ballot, and the reckoning up of results
consumed the whole night. An any
ious crowd surrounded the polling place
throughout the night, and hailed the
result, which was not announced until
GAO this morning, with loud cheers.
As the tagged out tellers emerged from
the pen in which they had been confined
all night they were taken up by the hi
larious crowd and "chaired." The
official announcement of the result is as
follows:
President, J. L. Kennedy; vice presi-
dent, Edwin Payne; secretary, f. II.
Padgett; treasurer John J. Higgins;
reading clerk, Charles III. Leeds; SER
geant-at-arms, G. G. Auracher; door
keeper, Granville Hartford; trustee, II.
F. j. Drake; delegates to the ]. r. T.,
j. 7. Clements, T.. j. Hall, o. S. MontZ
and James II. Ross.
All the candidates for these positions
were men who are a credit to the craft
and the Capital j. /. Kennedy, the
new president, is stout, darkroom
pleXioned young man, with iet-black
hair and mustachc, and has for some
time past been very popular as the as
sistant foreman in brakes division Of
the Government Printing Office.
The principal interest in the election
contest about the selection of delegates
to the International Typographical
Union "a position which is much
sought after, not only for the free trans
portation and entertainment which it
entails, but also to the kudos which is
attached to it.
The candidates elected are bustling
young representatives of the art preser-
vative. Mr.. Clements is young man,
who works on the STAR and while,
being a comparative stranger in the city,
he is spoken of very highly. Mr.. Hall
| is little brunette who is generally
known as pretty" and his ways are
said to be of that kind that will catch
the bellies Of Georgia. Mr.. Montz is an
uptown" man and is popularity spoken
of as the Pride of the Record" the
reference being to his connection with
that not very popular serial edited on
Capitol Hill.
Strange to say, the one of this
Quartette who re ,eived the largest vote
is almost stranger. Very few men
who voted for James II. Ross, or
Charley" Ross, as he is generally
spoken of, know him by sight. He
| is hustler, however, and showed him.
self to be better manager Of election
matters than many older and much
better. known candidates.
Some of the "old stand bycrs" of the
Union were elected without opposition,
among the number being Granny
Hartford, whom nobody cared to oppose
as doorkeeper, a position which he has
long filled with credit to himself and
the craft of which he is a master.