The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-02
ELECTION.
|r.,uest Fight Between the Re-
publican Elements.
= osr VOTE IN SOME WARDS.
xxre<r Of Candidates stirs Up
xsss..i Tassrsss-Hss Fight I'm
ths FIRST Causes Riet.

- .hsn the deep interest taken
- usrubers Of the party IN the result
-. into confederation It vas
- wonderful the amount Of lntenss
- hat vas taken. This Vas evil
- Nv the large vote cast and the big
-. thss gathered around the polls
..ad.sd sicxeGs aud shouted for favor
~.n4iaates. The principal battle
xss the First wafd. where two
,,rhgx.ed for supremacy. One Of
/ - cart e. led BY J. ii. Wooisry vas de-
- badly, and finally became 30 dis
/ ~r-srsd that IL went OF and held
- Of lie oSn. In some Of the wards.
1 $3.50 IN TIE Second. the A. Z. A made
- Gxht They rnads BY far the
Is.u..sst hattie in the Second. but we're
1850 by . small majority.
/ rAsswo polling places IN the First ward
1--,-;bused many dramatic scenes TO the
I-<~.rsss OF yesterday. The arrest Of
/ -. and policemen. the attempt OF
\ 80. in tie crowd TO place their own
- IL control of the ballot boxes and the
l ss<x ,urn Of events by which the scheme
- oiled have yea to find q counterpart
"a POLITICAL history Of the city. The
/ ,s~sr o. the day was when the chief OF
1 .u.,ns heading bis men, rushed from
,u,ncs Humphreys court. plowed his
1 -, shrough 20 the railing ia front OF the
4 Ling Mace. faced the crowd and, draw
\ - Al. revolver, announced 10 the voters:
I sfhs polls are now open J" The defeated
.,lcsntsnts opened boiting polling
I sses. but polled very few votes sim
4 =. snsns occurred in the other First ward
4 .s..us plsce, but IL was characterized by
4 -. dramatic incidents and In both cases
I =. regular ticket won.
/ The election In the Second ward passed
I tseutstly without apparent controversy.
I i. The workers were vile awake all day.
nd two tickets were in the held. Both
4 tessts we're alike except on one Of the
/ s,s.,s the names OF II. A. Chadwick and
1TN. Carr from the Fourth precinct were
lsxander Anderson.
In the Third ward FIVE tickets were in
tie hsId--the regular ticket, straight Has
IL ticket, Neltleton ticket, Mcoilvra
teses. scratch ticket and the official
Ntske.. A good many prominent local
pallsieians busted themselves at election
sxrinr. bat everything passed smoothly
I without lar or dispute OF any kind. The
4 xsstlstoa ticket won by majority oil
I sboul three TO one.
The contest in the Fourth ward was
srong one. There were two tickets IN the
/ fed and the fight was hot one from the
/ tine the polls opened till they closed. The
REGULAR ticket, headed by Jacob Furth.
hat the opposition ticket by small ma
bfity.
! In the Fifth ward Immediately after the
| solls were opened test was made OF the
|ngistration question. the judges holding.
adversely TO Corpora ton Counsel Scott,
i ihai II a voter at the primaries possessed
he requisite qualifications of age. resi-
dsace and citizenship. registration was
Unnecessary. Under this ruling a number
81 votes we're cast There were bat two
tickets In the field. The vote Was heavy
rom the beginning. More than 100 votes
ssrs p0lled the first hour, and with the
srception Of about ten minutes shortly
afsar o'clock there was no tniermission
whatever, the average being about $50
Votes per hour. bringing the total at D
o'clock up TO GO. with the Lewis men
iablsnt over leading Forrest by an ssti-
naied gain Of 100 The crowd about the
pells Vas quiet aud orderly. and the only
threatened disturbance was caused BY the
challenging OF the men who publicly
sslhdrew from the Lewis ticket day before
yesterday. Numerous challenges were
naas. principally on the ground Of resi-
dsnce aud political faith. Almost the only
bud talking noticeable was desuiiory
DISCUSSION between German and an
Italian. each recently naturaliEed, who In
broksa English hsrangusd each other on
fAs rights and privileges of American
eiilEenship.
In the Sixth ward there was brisk vote
tuflng the opening hour. There were two
tickets in the field. and AZ the outset the
tsht between the factions looked close.
Several former Democrats were challenged.
Ut all took the oath TO support the Re
publican ticket at the coming election.
There was considerable loud talk of
downing the ring" and about o'clock
come diversion was afforded by the COM
pete destruction OF new ticket which
then made It's appearance. containing a
esnsasiag array OF names of supporters OF
both factions. The ticket was prepared
b. Charles +. Repash, who said in expia-
nation that IL only cost $50 and he had
Il printed 't6r the fun OF the thing"
The seventh ward quickly developed
pitched battle against the A L. A. fri-
car evening the representatives OF the
various factions met and. from the list
sAoseh in open meeting Thursday. selected
aeompromise ticket. which u was agreed
Should be the only one placed before the
voters yesterday. Bat each faction Was
Suspicious. aud each enc prepared 10
eAsckmAse the first move Of the others
sEi4snelnE bad faith. Before sixty votes
had been cast an "a. l.. A." ticket So
eallet. made is appearance. and thf- Was
he sigma expected BY the other parties 10
he Agreement. Who Immediately from
sons unseen quarter set out their ticket
IAs name OF ". ". kirkwood Vas on al
iAs tickets Al 4 O'Clock the 4. 4. As
ssrs reported - far In the rear that they
ceR.a net horr 90 catch az. Voting ~ss
eeasTly, and there VAS but one ehallenge.
hI being 20 the vote OF q former Fopu-
81 Who promptly took the oath. Cat OF
" votes cast the anita. T. A. ticket,
Asaiei hy T. II. Hughes. received loo
ssaleht. and a scratched: and the A /.
!. received a straight. and - scratched.
1Ae remainder q the vote Was scattered
aaeas The other tickets
Nhen the polls opened in the ktghth
sasd there VAS bat one ticket which con-
ssiaea tovty.tao names chosen by the clue
Stiore Aa boar had elapsed mao Nho
care she name Of (. F. Sem, approached
vessss and offered TIE following ticket;
= b baE.ey. c. : Gleason. NJ. III. GERM
Af. { + Rosman. {. q. Austin. J. r.
ssseaton, = ". Crzven, Z. A White,