The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-09
SCENES OF THE DAY.
plenty of Life But No Disorder
at the Polls.
.,csAw LEADS IN EVERY WARD.
...sAsrsbis Scratching and . Very
mixed Resuis-Merchsnts Gener-
Ally CIsse Their Stores.

.,,.oueh no election has ever aroused greater
.-ss...t in seattle, the voting was conducted
aa.s -s,,srkabIe ouetness aud order. At some
!. -. ro,I,ux place. in the Sixth ward aud First
80 ara crowds gathered, but there was no
s.,u,hsnce except an occasional discussion
- a,c,e4 With more than usual animation and
80 .xchsuxs of personai comments. This
.sssrs.s. however, was confined entirely to the
sss.r,rg pisces. All day long the streets were
,Aroured With people VINO animatedly discussed
:. cattle was concerned the plurality Of Nc
- ,,ospects OF the national election. So far
go was a foregone conclusion, and the only
sa..tIou was whether he would receive SUM-
.,.ct vote In King county and other friendly
.s,,r,,es 70 Offset the antagonism OF Pierce
county.
Merchants and business and professional men
..,s,aly were out early drumming mp voters
=, .Ncf7raw and the canal" The Mc6raw
MA In A wagon bearing the famous banner OF
=. Mc(;raw Flambeau Club drove through the
sr.s.s and added TO the liveliness Of the people.
Hon John H. McGraw spent tho morning at
a, once attending TO the more pressing letters
.r,ons his accumulated correspondence. and in
The afternoon took a drive with his daughter.
ia visited several OF the polling places, and was
x1x0k
9TH . few friends receiving news OF the cleo
ton.
. Coon after o'clock the Pc sr-IyrELLiaKNcER
sf,ee became the center OF attraction, and rs
The afternoon passed and dispatches arrived
from sew York and were bulletined the crowd
suemsnted, until Cherry street from Front to
se1opd Wa . dense mass of people. On great
bullesin board the Posr- INTELLroK NICER special
dspaiehss were posted up, and leather-lungcd
srrIoyss were kept busy reading aloud tho re-
turus to those not near enough to deeper the
hulletina The first dispatches came from New
York, and the Democrats yelled with delight as
Cleveland would b elected. Until 8 O'clock
= tAe morning the patient but excited mob
~ listening to the bulletins
I>rcuxhout the day people wandered from
pdA 70, poll trying to divine what the ballot
imoly could tell In the First precinct OF
D. m ward. with registration OF $50, only
UN1s had been cast up to $50 O'Clock. There
wnB q moderate attendance around the
esaIw booth. and there was no disturbance.
sneukh toward the close Of the day there was
nasshing OF rush: but comparatively little
sseiouesrIng was done. There wore several II
tsssell.known ward leaders around, and sew
sai representatives OF the Peoples party.
.hes was very little trading, but woolery was
cut somewhat In the Second precinct very few
ncple stood around. and neither party had any
vmksn out At 4o'clock only 81 votes had been
caa, out OF q registration OF 262 In
iss Third precinct, the only Republican worker
M c D. Long, but the Democrats were very
active and they declared that w0olsry was
badly scratched Quilter was especially strong
ii tAs precinct At 4:45 o'clock there were but
IN votes cast out Of . possible 357.
ne sbsence OF any disturbance through the
city found m exception in the Fourth precinct
slths First ward. John Wiley drove around
there In buggy, and AZ soon ~ he jumped out
Junius Rochester struck at him with his cane.
Wiley took the cane away from him and struck
him on the head, causing the blood to flow
itssiy. They were then separated, and Wiley
jumped into the buggy and drove away.
waving Rochestera cane over his head.
Rochester said his reason for making
tAs assault was the statement Wiley
made rejecting on his private character. There
NJ considerable loud talk among the crowd at
different times during the day, but no other en-
counter took place. A big mob stood around
the polls all day, and workers for al parties
vsfs especially active. Mc0raw was the favor
ita At O'Clock only 2O2 votes had bsen cast
out Of registration of 700.
There was no crowd and but few workers in
the Fifth precinct OF this ward, yet by 40
o'clock al out OF S75 votes had been cast, the
largest proportion in the city.
The voting In the Sixth was quiet and slow;
Of 4:s5 ?. NJ only 2s2 votes out OF . total regis
sration Of AS had been cast. The current report
ut this precinct was that heavy Peoples party
vote was cast. On the outside there was much
discussion and wild talk, but no hostilities oc-
CURED between the parties.
The polling place of the Seventh precinct was
Absolutely free from workers. The Republican
and Democratic colored ballots, giving advice
70 voters. were nailed to an electric pole instead
OF distributing them among voters. At Sis
O'Clock ffty-ave votes had been cast out Of .
registration Of los
The voting IN the Second ward was exceed
ingly lively The heaviest vote I'm the First pre-
einet was polied early in the morning. A num-
Ger OF the candidates presented themselves at
intervals during the day. A canal poster WAS
stuck on the wall inside tho railing. but Tom
Drew, Democratic legislative candidate, OBJ
!ected. and II waa removed to another place
ensiiengsrs here were but few. After midday
Tue vote vas light and slow, and at 4:30 about
10 out OF total of 4Si had been cast No DEM
oefats were openly working for McGraw, but
many spoke Is If they voted for him. The vote
o. The Peoples party did not appear 40 heavy as
was anticipated.
The voting in the Second precinct was very
mir. AT 1885 o'clock 1o3 votes had hsen cast ont
y teSistIhslpu OF 100. A OusnDcF OF people De-
longing TO other precincts applied hero ana
were properly directed. The Republicans were
all working heartily for MeGraw and the whole
teks,
Mayor Ronald voted in the Third precinct
early IN the morning. On being asked how he
Voted he said that he had cast his ballot for his
nome This was done in the presence OF twenty
I'VE men ut least AZ $40 here f46 out OF -
registered votes had been cast
Asocloek here $50 out Of 30 had been cast in
'he Fourth rrscinct A card was found here.
pushed by Democratic workers, on which was
written. "for legislature. Gilman and White"
"o'u was quickly sent to other precincts la The
a'strict White vas seen and assured oil that
" was not by mis- authority. Gilman said moth.
.as or We subject. Some OK the Democrats here
voted ioi Knox and others for Me6raw. Lich.
"aoe'g here wss running strongly.
the Ihird ward vss quiet all day. The only
noeeeaese feature in the FRS; precinct was the
exceptionally small number of Democratic
"ofkerA Charles swenson, the Democratic
candidate. wss said tn b. working for McGraw
:, ne Peoples party did rot show up very heavily
ap essaRces inight be relied upon. A, 3
htered
Ia the Second precinct Of the Third ward. IL
vas reported that number of Republicans had
scfssehe'i HcGrsw and woolerv hut many Dem.
.crsis claimed, OF the other hard. to have voted
'"' ac1TAw. in the rh!rd, st o'clock. ~ votes
eo' OF 3l3 had been cast. IL was estimated that
mere were two Republicans 20 enc 90 the Dam
ec'sis ard People party. NcG-sw ran ahead
. ais ticket, but the voting wss very Quietly
zone n tire Fourth all iAe votes were in hv a
S1eSk, and the Ulcers had easy tine.
az The Fourth ward the polling was a Nttle
no's 'irely. tAe numbers being greater There
se several successful challenges on the
asoeai Of change Of residences. Up to 5 O'Clock
sos votes bad been cast
N the Second precinct the challenging was
~ nose general and successful The clc,iug
=. 'ae Abensare lodging house had compe lo.
-" OF forty -cnIners 10 change their abofe
- 9A tAis sccoU3t no less than twenty-t i've
s se'es wciS challenged by the Democrats and -