The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-09

All Was Quiet and y Full Vote Poiled-vot-
ing Places Not Opened on Time
Everything seemed as aulet as a Sabbath
morning on the North Side. The little pre-
cinct bonfires blazed merriIy. and were
Rugged by shivering groups all day long.
One of the features that tended to turn
some of the less enthusiastic away from
tie polls was the slowness of the voting.
which compelled many to wait for hours in
the chute before getting chance 10 hand
La their ballots. The polls at Precinct 3S,
In the Third ward. were not opened
until after o'clock. The gentleman
who furnished the pollroom. and who
owns the building. stated that every thing
was in order at o'clock in the morning
There were very few challenges made In
the northern part of the city, and in nearly
81 precincts the full vote was polled.
The thIrty-third precinct in the Third
ward. which was not opened until o'clock.
Was visited at q o'clock in the afternoon,
at which time oct of poll of 236 votes 160
were in. Early III the morning all the
Democratic votes were polled. after which
. blockade game was played. IL Of
ten required twenty-five or thirty MN
ntes for two men to get their bal
lots IN after they had entered the
poll-room. This kept men who were back
IN the waiting line for hours III the cold.
In several other North-s;de precincts the
Democrats seemed 20 have taken the same
tiD and voted early, while the Republicans
were Kept waiting IN the afternoon. In
the First ward all but thirty votes Dad
oeen poled early in the afternoon. with
but one CHALLENGE. which wss withdrawn.
In the second precinct zoo out of poll OF
zs< had been cast before o CLOCK. ne
iooTth precinct had polled 100 ouE OF 81.
the sixth lS5 out of 2l5. and the seventh lS1
out of 2l0. One Republican vote was with
held on challenge. The Second ward pollcd
20 votes out of Al by ? o'clock. The iif-
teenth precinct was all III but fifty.
The eighteenth badall In but q, the twen-
ueth lacked 80 of having al n. the twen-
ty-nrst showed $50 votes out OF precinct
poll or 20, the twenty-second ls1 ont or
81. with everything quiet The twenty
taird lacked * votes of being up with
s sne poll-hOoks. anu the twenty-fourth cast
zc5 oat OF 80 by o'clock The Third ward
vote went in in solid pbaianx.
The voting In the Fourth and f1ith
Yards proceeded with much quletness.
tnets were groups OF men standing abont,
Dht there was none OF tho old style Ot pull
ing and Jerking of voters. There we're sever
carriages TO each precinct, about eqnaily
divided IN political interest. The voting
vas slow. owing IN several precincts 10 the
nren OF Instructors 10 col0red AMI other
lhserste voters. The only incidents IN
usual are noted elsewhere.
.ine twenty first precinct poiied l5p out
oi 40 by l:30 liz the afternoon. The twenty
sxtn was all IN hut three or fcnr votes by
eocloek. In this precinct the poll-room
vas olockaded IN the Third-ward pre-
s,nef. and. although the voters were there,
.ney had ar all-day wait for their trouble.
All votes except Is. were In in the twenty
sIshfh precinct b. o'clock. and IN the
,"shty-ninfh 10 out of 242 were cast
DY o'clock. In the tbirfy-third pre-
sshff. which Is the biggest one
70 ne city. with a large Republican ma
loFity-only 20 ont OF go votes had hes
s1st mp 10 10 In the fifty-slxth precinct.
rnih ward. ls0 votes ont of I'D were
poIi-d by $50. Some commotIon was
ranssd here By the Democratic Judges AMI
ltspeeior Johnson. who woeld not giye the
seeond ticket 20 a man no mufilated his
tseNef- lie was not allowed - vote. fre-
5.a0 '
Tho sixty-eirbfh precinct ia the seventh
yard. l55 votes out Of $50 were polled by
30. and the sevenfy-lirst precinct poiled
~ ont Of ls5 by 3 O'Clock.
IN the Eighth ward things were quiet as
sae crave about tho polling places. and