The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-07

wbo hsd charge Of ths precinct, assisted
By Oascers IS Villains and Bsrhee. SAID he
never ssr sach qaies time. When asked
what ves the reason hs replied that be
rue1se6 10 nuxs be the rain. Even the
chsnauaen noticed that things we're dead.
for one of them walked up TO Oascer VIII
fsrns and said. NO aghts today; what's
natter7" ". H Morris was the leader
OF the active Republican workers. and be
was ably assisted By w. r. Codrick and
William Belond.
Contrary 20 general expectations. when
the polls were opened in the morning
there Vas no rush OF voters. This Mss
not only true os the First. Second,
Third, Fifth and Seventh. but also OF The
FouTtn precinct, where the registration Is
So No objections we're made 20 the
officers Of the day. and with the exception
Of the substitution Of J. II. soonan as
Judge for NJ. s. Bstscncourt. who was ao-
sent from the city. no changes we're made
in the board. C. u. Sweeney and George
Hobson were selected IS clerks The cnal-
iengers were, for the Peoples party Louis
Husy. for the Republicans VI. Lewis. and
for the Democrats Andy Kehoe. Up to
the middle Of the afternoon there were
OILY four challenges 81 the Fourth pre-
cincf, and al Of them were By the Popu-
lists. Ed Pincgs, the prixehghter, was
the frst challenged on the ground of nom
residence in the precinct. John Mclean
vas challenged on the ground that be
moved out OF the precinct on October %.
u. Gaulson was another OF the men chai-
ienged by the Popalists on the non-resi-
dsnce ground All OF those mentioned
swors in their votes and went on their
way rejoicing At 5 o'clock in the after
noon only 40 votes had been cost. 1t was
evident TO any one acquainted with the
First ward that there was no money IN
circulation, and consequently tho vote
would be extraordinarily light
BALLOT Is STOLEN.
At the First precinct the only excite
ment was caused by some man walking
into the polling place. calling for a ballot
and, after marking or attempting 10 mark
nc, walking out. The thing was done
in so deliberate q manner that /. was
question whether he acted from ignorance
or carefully laid plans. he made his es-
cape up the street and was not captured.
John b. Hart and his brother, Lee. were
working the ward hard and had big
posters requesting the voters to stand by
Hart for prosecuting attorney. When he
appeared at the First precinct and wanted
TO show voters how 10 marx ballots In
spector Corbett objected. and Hart with
drew. Then in walked Henry Watson,
the restaurant man, and wanted TO vote.
Harry A. Lake, the Republican chal-
lenger. objected. aud Inspector Corbett
commenced questioning him. Watson
could not tell where he slept. and his vote
was rejected. g. Steiner, jr.. was chal-
Ienged.
At the second precinct Officer Laub-
scher had hard time TO keep awake, and
when about 5 o'clock John b. Hart. John
Considine, A. G.. Lane. Tom Quigley and
Frank Pierce were all in front of the vot-
ing booth. he Strengthened up and declared
Ii was the first crowd of the day. The
only change that vas made at that pre-
cinet in the officers was the substitution
of William shannon for Thomas MiIburn,
Judge. Ii was current talk in the Seventh
precinct that Single Tax" Tom Bevan,
who was on hand in the morning to act as
challenger for the PopuIists. changed his
politics foer times to get no a discussion.
and returned to the more populous Wash
ington street
In the Sixth precinct at 42s South
Twelfth street there was no changes in
the officers as published except that g. w.
Bacon and NJ. +. Ahern were acting as
clerks. This polling place was incon-
yeniently small. being small business
office in ara old factory building too
"A Al, t.~ fl.
voters; the light was poor and there were
not booths enough TO accommodate the
crowd. The challengers were, W II.
Johnson, Republican; Robert Fitzhenry,
Democrat, aud G.. Giibertson, Populist.
Ex-Police officer George sheehan was
there rs worker with poll book TO
check of the votes. Only one vote was
challenged but not rejected. il being that
of man who had been away TO San Fran
cisco. The complexion of the voting here
wss strongly Populist. but at 3 80 in the
the afternoon only los votes had been cast
cut of a total of 40s registered. The
bulky ticket was puzzle to those not
eonversant with il and am average of ten
minutes was consumed by each voter in
filling out his blank.
In the Third precinct nc 620 South
Eighth street one vote Was thrown out on
account Of change Of residence, another
was challenged but allowed 10 vote. These
were the only incidents TO mar the fune-
real quietness of the day. The officers
were the same as already published, with
A. Raymsnn and A. c. Rumble as clerks
The ehallengers had an easy time of ii.
being John Byrnes and John Langley,
Republicans; III. l. Conroy. Democrat.
aud John HarvsyAnd John Miller, Popu-
lists. The vote was slow and quiet. only
S. having been cast at I rs out Of 80 regis
tered.
In the Fifth precinct at Seventh aud
Jackson streets at o'clock in the after
noon only i53 votes bad been cast out Of
SO in the precinct There vas no change
ia the officers originally appointed and J.