Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-09

challenges ct the different precincts, and
some little excitement, but it soon
quieted down and there was no trouble.
In the Forty fourth precinct, Chris Han
sen was challenged. as he appeared on
the great register "a residing at Clare
mont. He proved that his residence is
really in the city, his family having
lived here for several years, al
though he has farm at Clare
mont. There was considerable OF dis
cuseion over the case, but the ballot
was finally admitted. In the Forty
third precinct, Mr.. Erhardt nearly got
into trouble by trying to vote when he
had moved out of his precinct before the
election, to another precinct. He was
not allowed to vote. In this precinct
there were alsoquite number OF voters
who spoiled ballots and were supplied
with others, as by law provided.
In the Thirty-ninth precinct several
voters who had moved out OF the pre-
cinct after registering were challenged,
and failed to get in their ballots.
A curious case occurred in the Forty
first precinct when Frank Toal came up
to vote. He was challenged on the
ground that he had been convict, and
served out his time. 1t was pretty we'll
known that the challenge was good
one, but the difficulty was in getting two
reputable witnesses to swear to it, and
in not having certified copy of the
record. After spending some time in
arguing the matter the judges allowed
Toal to vote.
The voting in the Third ward was con-
Quoted in Sunday-like style in all the
precincts, and in all the precincts the
early voters were in great numbers. In
the Thirty-fourth precinct the federal
supervisors had only two names on their
list for whom they were laying, but
they did not show up. There was one
man who was reported as registered in
that precinct and as having voted in
another precinct, but he did not attempt
to get in another vote in the Thirty.
fourth. There were some attempts al
voting in the several precincts by people
who had got into the wrong precinct
but no arrests were made in any polling
place.
/ Considerable amusement by mistakes
OF this nature was created in the Thir.
ty-sixth and Thirty-seventh precincts o
this ward. The polling places were di
rectly opposite each other on Broadway
between First and Second streets, and
a voter had only to cross the street tc
be in the wrong precinct. One vel
known insurance man, who is keen and
bright as new dollar. took his place
early in long line before the polls in
the Thlrty-sixth precinct, and edged uI
little by little until he was nearly in
front of the clerk, when he heard some
one speaking of how nearly he had got
! into the wrong precinct across the
I street. 1t suddenly occurred to him
that he himself was on the wrong side o.
the street. Not wishing to have the
laugh on himself, he quietly slipped out
of his place in the line which it haC
taken him half an hour to reach anC
hired some one to kick him. 1t tool
him one hour to get that ballot in the
| box.
The Thirty-fiith precinct, at Hazards
! pavilion, was one OF the dreamiest poll
ing places in the city. The voters were
all straight, and in the afternoon the
members of the election board had lots
of time to swap jokes and wonder how
many Peoples party ballots were in the
cylinder.
A German who could not speak Eng
lish and blind voter caused moment
ary ripple of interest in the Twenty.sixtf
precinct of the Fourth ward, but beyonC
that few errors easily explained, there
we're ne matters of unusual interest. In
the Thirtieth precinct w. ]. Feehan wal
arrested bv United States deputy mar
shall. He lives at TAI South Olive street
and was registered as at TAI South Oliyt
street. He explained the mistake to ths
satisfaction of Supervisor Flint, anC
afterwards was released and allowed t.
vote. In some of the precincts OF the
Fourth ward there were several chal
lenges on account of voters removing
from the precinct after registration ant
within 80 days before the election, and
they were refused permission to vote
but there were no fagrant attempts a
illegal voting.
The voting in the Fifth ward wa
orderly as usual and there were but few
challenges. There was very large vot
cast in the ward, and it kept PIP unit
the hour for the closing OF the polls.
In the Sixth ward the federal super
visors had just one warrant for an illeg
ally registered voter but had no chanc
to serve it. There were only few cha
lenges during the entire day in the dill
ferent precincts.
There were several arrests in tn
Seventh ward but the men were nearl
all released afterwards, it being salts
factorily shown that the errors on tn
great register were unintentional o
their part. The voting in this ward wa
much freer from exciting scenes this
ever dreamed of before in the history {
that ward, but there were no fights @
disturbances.
In the Eighth ward Edward H. Nj
Carthy was arrested about an hou
after the polls opened. He was regis
tered from No. $50 North Main street, bu
was found not to have lived there at an
time. He refused to be sworn in.
Aside from several challenges in whic
the votes were sworn in, there was littl
interruption in the business of voting.
Voting in the Ninth ward was orderl
and there were no attempts at illegs
voting.
| IN THE CITY.