The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-13

Commercial Club Regular Ticket
Elected by a Big Majority.
pendent's 0ne-A Heavy Vote
The Clubs Finances.

The great struggle between the two fac
tons OF the Commercial Club. the regulars
and the Independents. was ended by yes
terday's annual. election Of the directors of
the club, when the regulars, with Colonel
Lilly at their head, were victorious by e.
large majority OF the votes cast. The reg
ulars had a number OF men in the ballot
ing room long before the polls were opened,
and they remained unit. the last ballot had
been cast. The Independents, on the other
hand. since the nomination Of their ticket,
allowed no stone to be unturned. The
workers were not seen around the ballot
ing rooms, but were out busily engaged in
getting their supporters to the polls, and as
soon as these were seen to be fairly within
the confines of the Commercial Club Build
ing the workers departed in quest of others
who had not yet cast their ballots. This
caused an uncertain feeling to como over
the least sanguine of the regulars, and they
were kept under the influence of this feel
ing until after the announcement OF the
voting.
The polls were opened at exactly 10 o'clock
in the morning, and from this on there was
a small but steady stream Of voters. Pres
ident Lilly announced at the last monthly
meeting of the directors that he had ap-
~ q oPCNAoA ClCSthOh I1Ou.
Smiley N. Chambers. Mr.. T. E. Griffith and
Judge r. n. Lamb. 1t was a matter of
discussion whether voting by proxy should
be allowed in the election. AS all condi-
tons and rules of voting rested with this
special election committee, these gentlemen
held that voting by proxy was not accord
ing to the bylaws of the club. The Aus
tralian system of b~alloting was used,
though 1t may be stated that the rules of
the system were not obeyed in every in
stance, as the members had free access to
the booths.
me morning and the early afternoon
hours gave indication that an unusual large
number Of votes was being polled. The
regulars were much gratified during these
hours, as the ballots cast I'D to the hour
OF 3 O'Clock in the afternoon had undoubt-
edIy been those of regular constituents. Aft
er this time the work of the Independents
began to show, and the majority of the in
dependent votes were cast after that hour.
rms caused great uncertainty as to the
result. The polls were closed promptly at
Q % CLOCK. The election board, consisting of
William Cochran and F. w. Hamilton as
Judges and Louis III. Levy and l. A. Share,
Jr, as clerks, had much detail work to
before entering on the counting
OF the ballots, and it was about 7:30 o'clock
Whcn they commenced their count. The
number Of scratched tickets was so large
that the counting proceeded slowly, and it
was after 1890 O'Clock when the result was
announced The first question asked when
IL was found that the count had been made
was as TO Colonel Luly's vote. The reply
being given that Colonel Lilly led the en-
tire regular ticket by a two-thirds majority
OF the votes cast, there was a storm of ap-
pause from those gathered in the assem-
Oily rooms waiting TO hear the result. Col.
Lilly was the recipient of many congratulate
lions, and a speech was loudly demanded
from him. He smilingly refused, saving that
ne was anxious to hear the detailed ac-
count or the vote.
RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
AS soon as order was secured the official
count of the vote was announced, which is
as follows:
Regular-Eli Lilly, $50: Chaplin c. Foster,
S47; Albert Lieber. S32; Chas. E. Coffin, 3D.;
Nathan Morris, 1913; w. B. Burford, 337; DR..
w. N. Wishard, 32S; James r. Carnahan,
Independent-wm. H. Armstrong. 1877:
John j. Cooper, IA; j. S. Lazarus, 15l; John
W. Hoffman, 179; N. F. Dalton, 14S; A. z.
HendriGkson. 2o5; James r. Carnahan, S45;
Tn number of ballots cast was 49,, of
Wnlch 23 were scratched. The largest vote
In an annual election heretofore was 13l
votes. The announcement of the vote was
received with much enthusiasm by repre-
sentatiVeS of the regular faction. The regu-
lars were happy in the hour Of victory. The
Independents were proud of the strong bat
tie that they had made for supremacy.
The present board of directors will meet
thiS dACSInOOH " erect the cluD OIlcerS. IT
was rumored that Colonel Lilly intended 10
resign as soon as reelected, but in an in
formal talk, not intended as an answer to
this question, he stated positively that he
intended to abide by the decision Of the
members of the club. If he had been de-
feated he would not have sulked, so to
speak, in his tent, but he would have worked
diligently as "a high private in the ranks.
There was some complaint by independ-
ents during the day that some men who in
tended to vote the independent ticket were
followed TO the voting booths; and when it
was seen that they were voting the indie
pendent ticket, efforts were made to have
them vote the other way. 1t is taken for
granted that the directors will re-elect
AIocSrc IiIrr and Eortr1no fhir 4ornoo