The herald., 1894-11-07
THE ELECTION IN THt COUNTY
A Remarkably Quiet and Or
derby Day.
Partial Returns from the City and
County.
a Lighter Vote Than Was Expected
Tho soratohor Cots in His
Deadly Work-rhs
Returns.


expected. The big ballot and the slow
manner in which it was counted pre-.
vented the reception Of complete re-
turns.
Partial returns we're received from
the 40 city precincts and over half OF
the country precincts.
The returns received are up to 2
O'Clock, when ths election boards had
progressed to include about half the vote
cast.
"Have you voted?"
"Very early"
ibid you vote a straight ticket?"
swell. partially So"
This is sample of the general run OF
questions and answers in the city yes
tefday. Never in its history was there
go much scratching. The independents
voter was out early and got in his work
all day long. Tho day was cloudlese
and much larger vote was expected
than was polled. Owing to the in
crease in the number of voters, many OF
the precincts were up to the vote of two
years ago, but the big new vote did not
swell the poll lists as had been ex-
pected.
1t was decidedly an orderly election
day, and the well advertised arrange
ments for catching the illegally regis
tered voter were evidently effectual.
Owing to the large amount of scratch
ing, the men who knew how the whole
election would turn out were not as
n,t nol ND al
politician could not venture many as
sertions Oh the result.
The utmost good humor prevailed
throughout the day, and it seemed to
be the principal object of everyone to
vote and 60 about bis business.
FIRST WARD.
1t was quiet around the four polling
places in the First ward all day yester-
day.
At the Second precinct polling place
ON Daily street Judge r. A. Ling held
forth. together with Mr.. Ryan OF the
east side, aud between them they man.
aged to keep the voters as they came
and went in the best of humor.
In the Fourth precinct Frank Flint
and D. X. Trask held down the seats
outside and entertained the people with
reminieceuses OF former elections and
pro2nostcations on the one In hand.
The prominent candidates had car
riages in waiting and hauled many
veters to the polls.
The entire day passed in the ward
without notable incident and it was
agreed by all the eaetsiders that no
Quieter or more orderly election wae
ever held.
THIRD WARD.
In the several precincts OF tie Third
ward the election was monotonously
quiet. The respective parties had chal-
lengers present, but there was little call
for their services. the names published
in the papers as doubtful having had the
effect OF keeping suffers away. In the
Thirty-6rst precinct Theodore Piuther,
OF Peoples party renown, and who
achieved fame during the Industrial
army excitement last May and June,
appeared early at the booth. and with
small band of what ne said were Peo-
ple's party challengers sought TO
install the men. A mild protest was
made and 1t looked as if Pinther would
carry his point, and until one OF the
election officers gave him and his fol.
: lowers the ultimatum OF clearing out or
party left without further trouble. In
the other precincts the voters came in q
steady stream and appeared to be satis.
fed with voting. There was little or nc
exchange OF badinage at the polling
places. and so far Is could DO learned
straight tickets on party lines were rare.
THE FOURTH WARD.
In the Fourth ward everything passed
off quietly, about the only comment be-
ing upon the small number of votes. 1t
wac expected there would be large in
crease over last year, but in one or two
precincts tho big increase failed to ma
terialize. 1t appeared as though oone.
body was remaining away from the polls.
and the guess was that they were Re-
publicans. The Fourth ward includes
the Twerty-sixth, Twenty-seventh.
Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth and Thir-
tieth precincts, but in none Of them did
the vote reach the expected number.
In the Twenty-sixth precinct 200 votes
had been polled up to 3 O'Clock, and
there had been but two challenges.
The ballot box was soon ''stuffed" 40
full that a new one had to be impro
vised out of cracker box. No other
complaint was made except the one OF
'dfynese," this sense of suffering seemed
to affiict all of the clerks, judges and
inspectors.
Over in the Twenty-seventh precinct
everything was remarkably quiet and
apparently there was but little interest.
There was not a challenge up to p. M,
and at that hour only 213 votes had been
polled.
The Twenty. eighth precinct. one OF
the largest, II not the largest, in the
city. polled 42l votes up to O'Clock and
were still voting 'fast and Democratic
ally"-some OF the time.
Several challenges were made in the
Thirtieth precinct. but the votes were
finally allowed. Many OF the voters got
mixed up on the boundaries Of their
precinct and had to go elsewhere to
vote.
The room at SO4 South Olive street,
the polling place appointed. was too
imall. go the election officers changed it
% Seventh and Olive streets. There
Lao been 2S6 votes up to 2:30 p. m.
THE FIFTH WARD.
AS in the Fourth ward, there was
Tito or no disturbance in the Fifth
ward. In both wards there WAS no
pup!ic discussion on any particular
suo]ect, and everybody went immedat-
eiy away after voting. There was no
taik OF the A. P. A. question, though
u made itself manifest in q quiet way.
some said that it had caused many
hepuDilcana to remain aWay from the