Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-29
MOORE GETS THERE.

He is Elected Alderman by a Majority
of Votes at the Election In the Sew
enth Ward-An Exciting Election.
The special election held in the Seventh
ward yesterday to choose an alderman to
fill the vacancy in the board caused by the
resignation of Alderman Sheehan, was one
of the bitterest and most hotly contested
political struggles thaIhas ever taken place
in that ward. The. "bloody" Seventh, as
the ward has long been called by local poll
ticians has previously been the scene of
numerous political battles, but never has
one been more hotly wagered by both sides
than the election of yesterday. The candi-
dates for the vacant seat in the board of
aldermen, commenced their struggle i'm
mediately after Alderman Sheehan ten
dered his resignation, and previous to the
ward CAUCUS. The primaries were very
exciting, the different men who were am
bilious to secure this nomination, all pulled
as many wires as they could, and laid as
much pipe as possible.
The bitterest fight was between Began
and Moore, and the outcome of this struggle
was the cause of the exciting times at the
election yesterday.
Moore, about the time of the primaries,
was told by Began that he was not going
to allow his name to be used as candidate,
consequently Moore, who has long fol,
lowing, smiled complacently and considered
his nomination assured. When the caucus
was held, however, Began did allow his
name to be used, finally receiving the NOM
nation. This made the Moore constituency
trifle angry, to put it mildly, and to get
even they bolted the nomination of Began
and started to work for the election of
their candidate-Moore.
Another split from the party nominated
McKeon, and still another, Mannix, and
between the four candidates politics in
the ward have borne a very interesting as
pect for the past few weeks. The contest
at the polls yesterday was fight from the
opening of the polls until their closing,
and as much hustling was done to get out
the votes, as is customary at national
election. The Moore contingent were the
first warriors on the field, but they were
soon followed by the Began wing. The
supporters of the other two candidates
started in the campaign with considerable
determination, but before the election
seeing their cause was hopeless one gave
up the battle, part of each candidates fol
lowers going over to the other two :, aspi-
rants.
The scene around the polls was one of
agitation and excitement. Both men had
large army of workers, whose principal
anxiety and business it was to keep watch
of their opponent and see that no schemes
were worked to rob their constituent of
any of the votes promised him. The Sc
cret ballot bothered the whippers in con-
siderably and made them uneasy as to how
the vote stood. This made both factions
work all the harder to get the voters to
the polls. The Began faction started off
in good style, polling more votes than the
Moore party did before o'clock. From
that time until noon there was a lull in
the Began camp, while the Moore brigade
kept putting in votes, and by noon the
supporters Of the latter claimed their man
could tell was an enigma to some of the
interested onlookers, who were of the i'm
preston that the present system of voting
was secret. Nevertheless the men seemed
to know just how they stood.
By o'clock about half of the / 300 votes
in the ward had been polled and the Moore
party were claiming good majority. The
afternoon vote was very light, few votes
being polled after 2 o'clock. When the
polls closed and it was formally announced
that Mr.. Moore had been elected the crowd
which stood around the polls gave lusty
cheer for the successful candidate.
The friends and workers of Moore are
jubilant over their victory and they claim
the work done by them has never been ex-
celled. One thing which causes them to
rejoice is the fact that their man was vic
torious even though the old war horses of
the ward we're working against Moore.
The result of the voting was as follows:
Whole number of votes cast. ................. 945
John H. Moore. Recommendations. .595
Michael J. Began. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $50
Moore'S majority PAS