Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-08
WINTERS LACKED IS.
Second Ward Must Have
Another Election.
GILL WANTED II MORE
Straight Democracy, With One E1esp-
tion, Leads the Boilers.

II was few minutes before 10 O'Clock
last night Warden James Mcvay and
Clerk Joseph McCsughey finished count.
ing the ballots cast yesterday In the
Second Ward special election after nssYiy
three hours had psssed from the time tie
polls closed.
During that time good nstursd crowd
waited outside the rail 10 hear the result,
and not once was there Q sign OF distuv.
bance OF any kind. rhe leaders were con-
spiciuons by their absence, and the only
candidate who made his appearance was
John Erwin.
He was anxious to know how the vote
stood, but thought there would be no
election, and he was right. There was no
choice again yesterday, and until snothsr
trial Is held, the present inoumbsnts,
Messrs. Winters, McDuh, MoCsbs aud
Lennon, will hold over.
II was very quiet election, bot the vote
WAS got out just the same. In all there
were 734 ballots cast. OF that number 5l7
were personal and real estate. At the last
election the number OF personal and real
estate ballots were 548.
30 II can be readily seen that although
the work was quietly done IL had its
effect, for there is rarely the same inter
est In second election - In the frss
trial. The result was not . surprise 20
many, for alt hough the Winters men said
all day that they were sure to win they
did not believe themselves.
II was . very quiet contest all the way
through, and unlike the Second Ward Il
was free from personal disputes which
generally occur on an occasion OF that
kind. The rush Was between I and Q
O'Clock and then the clerk and checker
were kept busy.
The rumor that was circulated during
the day to the effect that the Winters men
had received orders TO hold back until 6
O'Clock was proven unfounded for there
was no rush at that time and everything
went of smoothly. About an hsur before
closing q crowd began TO gather. On,ceys
Smith, Black and Donnelly were on hand
and kept gangway opened aud NO one
was seen who arrived too late to vote. To-
wards the last II was rather exciting
Everyone wSo'-spproabhsd the ward
room was accosted by 1rst one and then
the other with the queries: "Do you vote
heref" aud "Have you votedf" The ThI-
BuNE man was mistaken for Q Second
Wardite and was battonhoied by two Of
the Smith men before he got to the dsoE.
The only unpleasant feature during the
day was the episode In which william n.
Hughes and Warden Mcvay agured. Af.
Hughes Is . personal property voter and
there 10 another man OF the same pame
who Is registry voter. Mr.. Hughes got .
ballot, marked IL and was about TO deposit
1t.
Here Warden Mcvay lntsriered and said
that he was . registry voter, taking the
ballot away from him and he was Obliged
TO vote on the registry list, thereby vot-
ing on another mans name. The warden
saw his mistake after IL was too late.
There were other cases where men csms
their names. There were two instances
of this kind. One was Michael Leonard.
This was done through . mistake - there
are 30 many in that ward OF the same
name.
The polls were closed promptly se 7
o'clock and Warden McVay sealed up the
list used and the work of sorting the bal.
lots began. This occupied about an hour
and half and the counting an hosr an
hour longer. Every one thought that II
took very long time.
During all the time there was . large
crowd outside the rail- swaiting The result
but during the three hours not one wss
heard to offer to bet anything. They were
as rule rather uncertain a. TO the result
and resolved TO keep on the safe side.
To the vigilance OF Supervisors Coyls
and Lynch the Democratic ticket was
saved twenty Ave votes. A package Of rs
straight Democratic ballots were counted,
but on the list they were only given 0. edit
for 1853, difference of rs votes.
The Democratic supervisors noticed this
and asked the warden to count the pack
age over. He said he wss willing and
asked Clerk McCaug hey about Il. The
supervisors insisted and the warden asked
the Republican supervisors 10 they bad
any obi ctious.
They said they had not, and then Msssrs-
Lynch and Coyle said: "Count them over; !;
II will not taRe over ten minutes, and II
you are right there will 10 no change and
II We are right We want the votes" They
did count them over and found % votes
for each OF the Demo ocrstic candidates.
When the warden announCsd the vote
he gave the 70 to O'Brien, but forgot to
give II to the rest and, with the exesptiop
OF the supervisors and TRIsurE reporter,
oil went away with wrong ngurss.
The following 10 the result:
FOR ALDERMAN.
James Ne.bit, rep. .,........."...."....... -
Edward UIirie", dem. ........'..'......... -
James n winters, cit..."... ...."....". 2sf
yoR FIRST ceUrCrLAE.
Edward Mccaughey, dem.................. IN
Edwsrd hcfun, cU....................'s.. fN
James McLav, -