Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-09
CITY AND COUNTY
The Result as Far as Known
Last Night.
A Good Showing Of Democratic
Gains.
Partial Counts Show a Considerable
Republican Loss.
Returns Up to 1 O'Clock This Morning.
Hervey Lindley Not in It-Demo-
cratic Candidates Show
Up Well.

Election day dawned fair and clear in
Los Angeles. There was not cloud in
the sky until the sun went down, while
the temperature was just crisp enough
to make it an ideal day.
It was day calculated as far as
weather went to bring out every voter
who could get to the polls, and the
heaviest vote ever cast in the city was
the result.
The remarkable features about the
day were the early voting and the sue
cess of the Australian ballot system.
By II O'Clock, and in some cases
earlier. every precinct showed that fully
two-thirds of the voters had deposited
their ballots.
There were no disturbances to amount
to anything and very little attempt at
illegal voting.
The ubiquitous voter of bygone days,
about whom it was said that he voted
early and often, was conspicuous from
his absence, and the two thousand il
legally registered voters who have re-
Gently been treated to chunks OF free
advertising, failed to materialize to any
appreciable extent.
The vote seller and the vote buyer did
not attempt to DutJ their heads against
the law, and the still, small rubber
stamps wagged busily in the hands of
the American citizen.
The situation from the standpoint o +
the class of men who are not averse to
reaping a commercial advantage from
their votes, was crisply expressed by a
double-6sted specimen in the Thirty
fourth precinct of the Third ward, who
looked morosely and in silence at the
ballot box for several seconds, and saw
agely exclaimed: Damn that box"
The great preparations made by Chief
Federal Supervisor Flint to catch big
batch OF crooked voters in his net no
doubt acted as a notice to quit, for they
did not attempt to vote.
The polls were opened in all the pre-
cincts promptly on time at sunrise, and
in a large number the opening found
long lines of voters all ready with their
numbers. The polling places were gen.
orally easy of access, and the voters
found very little difficulty in catching
on" to the system.
The election boards were composed OF
two Judges. two inspectors, two ballot
clerks and two clerks, and there were
two federal supervisors and two deputy
marshals at each polling place. The
formidable machinery proved very Sim
pie in actual use.
Armed with his great register number
and page, the voter presented himself
to the clerks, who quickly ascertained
his qualifications the ballot clerks
handed him a ballot folded properly,
with which he retired to one of the lit
tie galvanized iron compartments and
worked the rubber stamp down the long
list of candidates. When finished, he
presented the ballot, gave his name and
the ballot disappeared in the long slit
on the upper edge of the cylindrical
ballot box. 1t was as easy as falling off
log, and the pleased expression upon
the faces of the voters as they emerged
Cured to almost every voter to remark
came out OF the polling place.
But when he asked the old question,
"How is it going" no one could tell.
The booths effectually hid the secret OF
how the votes were cast, and it was
only through the challenge lists of the
challengers, which were very complete
and the men who claim to know every
man, that even a vague idea could be
formed.
There were rumors during the day
that Hervey Lindley was being heavily
scratched in some Of the precincts, and
in others that the Populists were voting
heavily, but no accurate idea could be
obtained from any OF the election
officers.
1t was also said that the liquor asso
citation was "pulling" strongly for the
legislative and supervisorial tickets, and
that John Cline was being scratched by
disgruntled Republicans who have moi
been satisfied with mis- record, and dc
not wish to see him in the sheriff'l
Office.
When the polls closed at 5 O'Clock it
was known that an exceedingly heavy
vote had been cast, but as far as any accu
rate estimate of the strength OF the can
drawing largely upon their imaginations
and groundless rumors.
The power of the Australian ballot
system to get at the true wishes of the
voters was demonstrated beyond 9
buduOW VI oOuOUS hAu Uul
good words for it could be heard on all
sides. It struck such fatal blow at the
unscrupulous politicians and bosses who
have heretofore been able to purchase
blocks of voters at 30 much head, and
see that the property was delivered, thai
they actually were not in it.
Late in the afternoon the polling
places we're crowded with eager people
who were anxious to find out about the
result, but they were obliged to pocket
their curiosity until the count had pro-
gressed.
Today was exceptionally devoid oi
scenes of excitement such as usually
characterize national elections, and few
incidents of even passing interest oc.
Cured throughout the city.
There were number of challenges in
come of the precincts, and IL persons
were arrested on charge of illegal vot.
ing. In six of these caees the parties
were released after investigation by
Supervisor Flint, it being clearly shown
that they were incorrectly registered,
but that the error was not theirs, and
that there was no intention of illegal
voting on their part.
AROUND THE CITY.
There were eight booths in Precinct
of the First ward, and the ballot
was steadily proceeded with during the
day. In all the precincts of the First
ward there were no attempts at illegal
voting. While there were one or two
cases of incorrect places of residence,
the votes were sworn in and no arrests