Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-19
THE NEW TICKET WON.


Belts, Moran, Morgan and Thomp-
son Elected Members of the Board
of Education by Handsome Major1-
ties - Remarkably Big Vote
Polled and Much Interest Manifest
ed-Only Two Wards Carried by
the Old Ticket-Morgan Leads the
New Ticket and Hemingway the
Old-Thompson Gets There Despite
a Large Vote for Fitxgerald-Ftrst
Appearance of the Fair Sex at the
Polls-Over Two Hundred Deposit
ed Ballots.
The school election of 1898 is past and,
as was generally predicted, would be the
result, the new ticket, Belts, Moran, Nor
gan and Thompson, was elected BY ma
jority of about 1900, excepting in the case
of s. s. Thompson, against whom an extra
opposition ticket was run. The election
was conducted quietly, but both forces
we're hard at work, and in many of the
wards of the city the scenes about the
polls resembled those usually to be found
only at stirring city election.
As the large vote shows, there was
more interest taken in this school election
than in any which has been held in this
city in a number of years. Almost as
soon az the polls opened in tbs morning at
6 o'clock freemen were on hand ready to
deposit their ballots, and this activity of
affairs continued until the time the
polls closed, p. m.
A study of the result of the votes in the
several wards gives some interesting infor-
nation. The only wards carried by the
old ticket were the First and Fourteenth.
In all other wards the new ticket was sue
cessful by handsome majorities. Samuel
Hemingway ran ahead of his ticket, receiv-
ing 3,046 votes to Charles E. Graves 2,746.
In his own ward, however, where W. e.
Morgan, the candidate on the 'tnew" ticket,
also resides, he fell behind, the latter re-
eeiving 1888 votes to Mr.. Hemingway's 345.
Joseph D. Plunkett ran behind his own
ticket in almost every ward in the city.
Even his own ward, the Tenth, only gave
him 225 votes, sgainst 275 for Hemingway
and 262 for Graves.
The new ticket ran well In all the wards,
but especially SO in the Third, Fourth,
Sixth, Seventh and Ninth wards. W. E.
Morgan leads his ticket with 1886 votes,
with Belts close second with 4, 1888. All
three of the candidates ran ahead of their
tickets in their respective wards.
The race between Sherwood 3. Thomp-
son and the labor candidate, John E. Fitz-
gerald, for the unexpired term of the late
h. II. Strong was close, and it was not
until the last returns had been received
| that the election of Thompson was assured.
The run made by Mr.. Fitzgerald was ex-
| ceedingly creditable to him, but Mr.. Thomp.
son was too strong candidate to be
downed.
For treasurer Ezekiel g.. Stoddsrd led
Charles E. Graves by a majority of
2,505.
Yesterday women were allowed to vote
at school elections for the first time in this
| state, and about 200 embraced the oppor-
tunity. A large majority of this number
| voted the new" ticket. In the First ward
twenty one women voted, in the Fourth
ward eleven and of this number ten voted
the "new" ticket. In the Eighth ward Out
of a total registration of twenty-sever
women twenty-five went to the polls ani
deposited their ballots. Some of the ladte
advanced to the voting places with eviden
trepidstion, but after the ordeal was ovel
looked radiantly happy.
The complete returns of the election will
be found in the table on this page.