The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-18
MDONOUGH STAYS IN!
Ills Majority for Mayor
623
DIR. DUNCAN Heads THE AL
DERMANIC TICKET.
Seven Members Of The Present Board
Reelected.
A CLEAN KNOCKOUT FOR HARMON.
A Day Of Fights at the
Polls.
A CLEAN KNOCKOUT FOR HARMON.
A Day Of Fights at the
Polls.

Mayor McDonough Carries the Third
and Fourth Districts and Alderman
Harmon Gets Only small Mejori-
ties in the first and Socond-Capt.
Screven Defeats Mar. Pollard by a
Small Mejority-Gr Jollificstion
over Mayor NcDonough's Victory.
MaYor-John J. McDonough.
Aldermen-Dr. William Duncan, Her
man Myers, George }. Mills, George S.
Haines. T. H. Mcmillan, David Wells,
William NJ Bohan. William g. Cam, Mer-
rift w. Dixon r. b. Harris, WI O'Brien,
Thomas screyen.
This is the result of yesterdays municipal
election which was Alderman Harmon's
Waterloo and the triumph OF the principles
Of good government as represented in Mayor
McDonough. The mayors majority was
62S out of total vote Of about 1890.
The Fourth district which did the work
two years ago is largely responsible for
Mayor McDonoughs great victory, having
given him this time 654 majority. Alder
man Harmon's expected strength in the
First and Second districts did not material~
ise. He carried both only by a majority Of
LIS, which is about 500 less than his friends
expected.
Capt. Thomas Screven is the only
Harmon man successful and IL 1t
was not for his personal popu-
larity among the young men be, too, would
have been defeated. He beat Mr.. T. A.
Folliard of the McDonough ticket.
Maj. Schwsrz ran second on
the Harmon ticket, aud no doubt
would have been elected if he had not
stated positively that he was In no sense a
candidate and could not serve.
DIR. Duncan was elected chairman OF the
council, and Alderman Herman Myers vice
chairman.
The result Of the election was crafty
ing surprise to Mayor McDonough's friends.
LILAC AbSg ACAb cdbA5tlC0 Hc hOulu W even
the most sanguine hardly dared to predict
that bis majority would go beyond
400. and most Of them figured on it
not passing 200, The election of his entire
board of aldermen with the exception OF
Mr.. Folliard was another thing which was
not expected. All they hoped for was to
secure the mayor and working majority
of the board, but the clean sweep was be-
yond most of their anticipations.
A SURPRISING VOTE.
The large vote was a surprise all around
While the registration was unusually heavy,
$500. the managers of both sides calculated
that not more than 500 votes would be
polled. But in their calculation the poll
ticians overlooked the fact that intense in
terest and feeling had been aroused. II the
polls had been open an hour longer the full
registration no doubt would have been
polled. About fifty were shut out in the
First district and about the same number
In the southern division of the Fourth.
AS early as o'clock yesterday morning.
little knots Of men began to gather around
the court house. These were the Melon
ough and Harmon workers preparing to
capture the polls at the opening. By 6
o'clock there were several hundred on
hand, and when the managers threw up
the, windows en- hour later, there was a
line extending back from each of the little
stoops across the sideN alks into the road.
way.
THE HEADQUARTERS OPEN EARLY.
Both headquarters, that Of Mayor No
Donough's friends in the vacant store al
President and Drayton streets, and that OF
Alderman Harmon in the yard of the frame
house at Hork ad Drayton streets, were
open AND in full blast long before voting
commenced, and the crowds Of negroes
swarming about each was sufficient evil
dence that persuasive" influence was being
dispensed inside to the voters who had nc
particular personal interest in either
mayoralty candidate. but might be induced
to take a "pecuniary" interest. As q
specimen Of qualification" politics the cleo
ton was decidedly a financial success tc
the hoaters.
Alderman Harmon was on the ground al
O'clock busting among his friends but
Mayor McDonongh, on account Of his re-
cent illness, did not come down until noon
aud then be spent most Of his time inside
the court house.
The candidates for aldermen en- both
tickets were there, too. chnvAssinR among
their friends for support.
BRISK FROM THE START.
The voting started brisk az all the boxes
and a steady stream Of voters was lined az
against all the boxes until after ] O'Clock
and one bad 10 stand 10 line maybe an hour
before getting ~ tbs window with bis bal