The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-09

noous $50 the vote was 49,, but IL was expected
.nat osiors the close there would be go poiled.
An the sixth precinct there was aiso . great deal
OF scratching, but NcGraw's vote was good.
There seemed to be no trading of the national
or county ticket for McGrsw, the parties keep
.ne IN line except a. to the head Of the state
ticket At4:l5 the vote cast was 22i.
Inc Fifth ward u one OF the most deussly
populated wards in the stats and there was con.
seQuently much more excitement than in most
OF the Others. In the First precinc, there
seemed TO be considerable scratching, although
mostly by the Democrats in favor of McGrsw
AT 4:l0 O'Clock there were eighty.two votes
which was IN unusally small proportion. In
the Second precinct there was a very marked
animation. w. p. MeElwain, the Republican
candidate for the Legislature, and c. Jones
and W. IL Teemer did good work in getting out
the colored vote. August Falipoyich was the
means OF persuadng many Greek fishermen to
vote the Republican ticket. j. Park Henderson.
the Democratic candidate for the legislature
naa the assistance Of B. Jeiich and J. p. Gleason
IN bringing out the Democrats. Over half OF
the vote had been polled by o'clock
Inc Third precinct OF the Fifth 10 the heaviest
ana during the whole day the vicinity of the
poihng place was thronged by hundreds. The
nrst thing to do WAS to elect an inspector, a. w.
fancy having declined to serve. According to
agreement with County Auditor Twichsll he
appeared at the polls 10 hold an election BY the
voters present The Democrats wanted him to
serve but he declined to serve. The crowd Of
democratic and Populis:s CARED the election OF
=. A. Aibrecht, Dem, over O. d. calvin, Rep
They then objected to having two Republican
clerks and elected John A. Randolph, populist,
In place OF John G. McGaughey. There was a
great crowd around the polling place all day.
fopulists abusing McGraw, Democrats "kiek-
ing" about the election bound and glorying In
upsettingtt It. The crowd was 80 close around
hiatt t,ax x~fs r.
ing the way clear and several times sent for
Chief Jackson. j. p. Gleason, George Masel and
.. Jelch paid much attention TO this precinct,
out McGraw was said to have zoo of first 800
votes polled. Paul Land and Thompson, Popu-
INST candidate for prosecuting attorney, were
working for the Peoples party Over half the
registered vote was polled at 4 D m. Many fish.
ermen were challenged. When Mr. McGraw
drove past with his daughter he was enthusiast
ucaiiy cheered by the whole crowd.
The Fourth precinct of the Fifth ward was
the scene OF considerable excitement, but all on
McGraw's side. Democrats and Republicans
were solid for home interest and neglected to
discuss national issues The vote was steady,
and every indication Swallowed big vote Me-
Graw men were on hand with plenty of money,
out no ono would bet on Snively at the big odds
OF to L About O'clock John McGraw, ac-
companied by his daughter, drove past the poll
Ing place and received an enthusiastic welcome.
Ans outUuIst was SPONTANEOUS aou 10 6ti appear.
ances unanimous. Percy Rochester and J. B.
Hart, Democratic politicians, were at the polls
several times during the afternoon.
In the Fifth of the Filth the voting was con.
Quoted quietly, but most of the voters spent
considerable time in the voting compartments.
The polling was steady all day, and at 2:45 there
were 2S5 votes cast. The party workers were
conspcuousiy absent, but the Indications were
that the voting was for straight tickets with an
exception In favor of McGraw. TIE Sixth pre-
cinct was among the quietsst places in tho city.
The Sixth ward is another of the heavily
populated districts, but although there was
plenty of enthusiasm and some fervid language,
the proceedings were quite orderly and good
natured. The First precinct is hotbed for
Populist doctrine, and early in the morning the
Peoples party workers made a rush, but they
spent their strength in very few votes, and
the rivalry was between Republicans and Dem
ocrata There was splendid feeling with re-
gard to McGraw, and In oil the disputes not q
word was uttered against him. 1t was claimed
by the Democrats that l. II. Wheeler was Deing
scratched in favor Of Lee B. Hart This was
also Q feature in the Second precinct Hart, the
Democratic candidate for the legislature, Is a
member OF tho "kid" committee, supported by
Charles O'Hara, j. B. Hart A. q. Murphy, d.
Manning, Percy Rochester and other of the
younger party workers. The precinct has 40
rcgistered electors, but at 4:3o only 27 ballots
had been deposited, and it looked a. Ii . COM
paratively light vots would be cast
In the Third precinct the only Incident OF the
day was visit from Mr.. McGraw. who was
warmly received In the Fourth the voting was
slow. and at p. m. only Ill ballots had been
cast There were no incidents of an exceptional
character. In the Fifth the Democrats fire.
quenty announced that they had case ''yotes"
for McGraw. He was apparently leading By .
great maiority.
The Seventh ward Is rather scattered and the
voting was done quietly. The balloting was in
q very fair proportion, with few Peoples
party votes. The Democrats and Republicans
seemed to be about even, but there was said to
be considerable scratching OF the county ticket.
with a registration of 299, there had been east
204 votes by o'clock. In the Second precinct it
was said to be safely Republican. with McGraw
far ahead of his ticket At $50 O'clock 1sl
votes out Of 20 had been cast
In the Third precinct there was . very heavy
Republican VOTE and 1888 ballots were cast by 6
O'Clock. There was considerable scratching by
Democrats ard Populists, but no Democrats
openly worked for McGraw. except Delegate
Brace, who did splendid work. urging the whole
Democratic ticket except snively, on account OF
Tacoma's fight on Seattle. The mills on the
the day.
In the Fourth precinct there was . registration
OF 2o6. OF which 1875 was represented by 3:l5,wi
probably 60 per cent. for the Republican ticket
Everything was quiet about the polls
The Fifth precinct seemed also to be over
wheimingiy Republican and so far rs could 10
Judged there were only three or four each OF
straight Democrats and Populists. Out of pos
sible AZ, there had been cast q votes b. 80
O'Clock.
In the Eighth ward, which covers 8 WIDE ter
-itory, the vote was fairly strong but with con-
siderable scratching, although there were no
signs of trading. In the first precinct there was
n nroSpect OF an increased Republican vote go
ballots were cast by 3:l5 o'clock. There were no
Democrats working for MoGraw, but no opposi-
ton to him was manifested except by one Pop
ulisr, and be was driven from the neid very
carly By a manifest want of sympathy. Lee b.
Hart was represented by active Supporters OF his
candidacy for the legislature.
In the Second precinct there was very little
trading. snd the scratching was mainly on be-
half of McGraw. 1t was claimed that Liehten-
berg was RAINING aeead of his ticket. Mr Nc
Cfraw drove past and here as elsewhere he was
enthusiastically cheered. Al p. IN loo votes
had been cas-. There was very little election
eerng
The Third precinct was remarkably quiet, al
though the interes. OF voters WAS shown by the
fact that At 5 n IN. there had been l67 esllois
cast. There was no soliciting OF votes, aud no
trouble 81 any kind In the Fourth, the active
fight made in every precinct OF the district in
behalf of Lee h, Hart wss noticeable. IL is his
homo precinci. aud his friends made Wheeler
THAR nrincipal object of attack Several Demo-
Gratis talked in favor OF McGraw. Dr.. Sannon's
candidacy for coroner was q marked feature
here There was very little trading or soliciting.
OF the i've precincts OF the Ninth ward, two
extend over wide territory, snd returns came
IN slowly In the FRS, precinct there are
,eyentv-uine registered. many of whom are
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