Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-11-10

trainmen dong their Voting at this end
of the line.
Charley Mitchell has 800 up on the
result, in sums of $40 and 800 each,
wagering that Cleveland will not receive
223 electoral votes.
Sheriff Schmltz: I found Harrison
"sucker" this morning, and bet $50
Cleveland will be elected. Jim Winslow
covered the money.
ID. E. Ruzzell brought the returns
from Windsor last night, and was GOSH
ing" the local democrats on their failure
to set swifter pace.
OF the "a ladies who voted in the First
ward for superintendent of public IN
struction, 26 cast their ballots for Devine
and for Mrs. Elsenhntb.
Inspector ice Mason, Judges w. W.
Seekins and Geo. Strong, and Clerks G
l.. Ball and VIM. Fletcher looked after a
free ballot and fair count" in the Third
ward.
Explanations are in order today, and
the defeated party is loaded with in
formation on show it happened" The
man who "told you so" is also numerous
and excitabie.
Fred Fancher received a good vote in
his own county, and was feeling good
today over the success Of the republicans
here. Many democrats gave Fancher a
complimentary vote.
Inspector W. H. Fletcher, Judges Geo.
Mccormick and Frank I1galls, and
Clerks Chas Karcher and John Flaherty
we're in charge Of the Fourth ward poll
ing place, at the police station.
George Farnsworth, inspector; Alfred
Steel and James &. Wyard, judges; r. A.
Bill, and DR.. l.. A. Moore, clerks, man.
aged the election machinery iC the First
ward. At 4 o'clock. 129 votes had been
cast, and none had been challenged.
Benton Hatch of the Gladstone has
500 wagered on New York and the
nation going for Harrison. He felt
little shaky today, but says he can stand
the loss-shouid his hopes fail of realiza
ton. Mr.. Hatch 1s also stakeholder for
bets aggregatlng $3.50.
The Second ward ballot box was su-
pervlsed by Inspector A. Blewett, Judges
Dan Buckley and E. M. Sanford. r. r.
Glese and F. r. Montgomery acted as
clerks Here fonr booths were in use
and 172 votes had been deposited at
o'clock. Three men were challenged.
Five hundred and seventy. two votes
we're cast in Jamestown, divided as fol-
lows: First, 154; Second, 1913; Third, l35;
Fourth, 40. Thirty five ladies voted in
the First ward, Is in the Second and six
in the Fourth. he Third ward ladies did
not take advantage Of the opportunity 10
express themselves on the superinten-
dency question.
Fargo Argus: Cass county gives good
republican majority. The entire ticket
is elected with possibly one or two
exceptions. In the Fargo legislative
district Haggart makes brilliant run,
carrying every precinct. Newman is cer-
tainly elected, and Southard also. al
though Fleming pushes the latter very
close.
The hottest fight IN the city was the
senatorial contest. Mayor Fuller was
running ahead IN his own, the third
ward, and behind in the first. In the
other two wards it was close. No one
could predict with confidence the result.
Several bets we're offered on Fuller and
taken. The republicans are said to have
done good deal of scratching today.
Political Hustler: If John Waugh of
Ft. Totten, was able to hold a job in the
legislature as stenographer and not
know anything at all about shorthand,
he can vote Indians all right. under
stand they have been conducting a
school at Devils Lake for a month past
trying to make the Indians know who
the Great Father is and how to vote for
him and the state ticket
Politician: The day before the cleo
tion the politician signs for the "ola
fashioned ballot" when something could
be told of the result beforehand and he
COulU ucpeuu Ol uiuu NoCius, 10 AC
wished him to- Now it don't matter
how he tells you he will vote, he is alone
with his little pencil in the booth out of
your reach an.l he does just as he pleases.
A good many straight tickets we're cast
in the city. First ward, republican 80,
democratic 8. Second ward, republican
46, democratic 80. Third ward, republi-
can 30, democratic 26 Fourth ward, re-
publican 25, democratic lS: Besides
these ballots, marked only with an X op-
posite the party heading, there were nu-
,nerous tickets marked for all the repub-
can or democratic candidates except one
or two.
A republican made the following fig
ures this morning on the national result:
For Cleveland, the solid south, l53; New
York aud Illinois, 60; New Jersey TO-;
total, 223-just enough 10 elect, without
carrying West Virginia. Montana or any
other doubtful state. There is no ques-
tion about democratic success in the
natioa. Stevenson's popularity carried
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