The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-23

more numerous than they were before.
The carriages and hacks served the
. MYERS PEOPLE wen They had pretty nearly
evervtning i1 the city IN the way 81 d
vehicle and every precinct was secured
hv their workers 20 get out every posi-
bio voter on their side An organization
in the southern part OF the city known
as the Gamecock club, composed Of about
forty Young men OF which J. r. Timer IS
president. and j. r. Creamer secretary,
HAD charge OF several carriages. and dur
Ing the day they carried about 20 voters
o. tle polls for 1Ir Myers.
There was considerable scrappiug in
several Of the precincts but the day was
practically free from disorder and very
few arrests for this cause were made.
Dan Euttmer got into a row with Jack
sullivan FIRST and then with Frank Hart az
The lfth precinct. and was arrested on a
charge OF d-s0rderIy conduct Tie was af-
forwards released on bond. Iu the eleventh
precinct as well as Others. when The
polls nrst opened. the voters were evil
IDENTIFY sim mindful OF the court house
scenes, and they packed themselves upon
the door OF the precinct as they used TO do
around Capt. McGowan's door when they
We're trying 20 pay poll taxes.
After the polls had closed at the fourth
precinct. Maj. c. N. Ryals drove by and
made the crowd around a little talk. There
was nothing but good nature in the mat
ter. but some Of those standing around
We're "a little too much under the i'm
huence Of liquor, and they were so rough
IN handling the majors horse and buggy
that policeman had 10 get i'm with him
and drive OF before he could get the
crowd out of the way.
1t was reported that at one Of the
precincts a well known lawyer and a
contractor had a dispute with regard 70
some statement made and a blow or
two was passed. Friends interfered how
ever and a difficulty was avoided
The statement made at the Duncan
meeting on Monday night. by MIR. du-
Bignon with regard TO Col Garrard hay
ing applied TO Judge Faligant to sign Mr..
Myers citizenship papers in his private
office. is emphaucally denied by Col
Garrard, and by Judge Falligant himself
Judge Falhgant stated TO several lawyers
I'm the superior court room yesterday that
no application had been made to him to
grant the papers in any other way but the
usual and customary way which is in
open court, and that is how the proceed
ing was conducted.
The registration commission. composed
Of Judges Falligant. MacDonell ana Fer
rill met in the morning in compliance
with the terms Of the new registration
and voting law between the hours Of
of and O'Clock. for the purpose Of APP
pointing any managers TO I'LL vacancies
which might occur by resignation or
failure on the part Of any of the mana
gers 10 show up. There being no reslg-
nations and no absent managers at any
Of the precincts the judges spent the
hour in telling Jokes, after which they adj
journed the meeting OF the commission
sine Gle.
The total number OF votes cast was
ASH The combined vote Of the two may
orally candidates was only 4,513, or 1A
less than the fun vote. This is accounted
for by the number of ballots which We're
thrown out by the managers when count
Ing the vote. There We're three blanks
among this number, and several tickets
which had cross marks at the top of both
tickets. Others were scratched or had
names of candidates written, be-
sides having a mark a the top of one or
the other Of the tickets. There was only
a very small number of voters who did
not vote for one or the other of the
mayoralIy candidates. The difference
between the number of votes cast and the
number of names on the registration
list was 5l2, exactly 10 per cent less than
the registered vote. 1T is estimated, how
ever that the number Of voters who
lost their votes by reason of their ina
biity to comply with the law by not
folding their ballots properly, or by con-
Stunning longer than five minutes in max
ing up their ballots, was fully 100 This
would bring the loss down to 412, or
about per cent. of the regist tered vote
a very small decrease.
There were very few Duncan men at
the Office Of clerk of council in the city
exchange while the votes were being
received from the managers The mana
gers from the Fourteenth precinct were
Ia first to report. There were hardly
half q dozen men in the room when they
brought in their returns. This was about
o'clock. During the next hour only
half a dozen reports came in, all from
districts giving Myers maJorites. BY
this time the room had filled up with
Myers men, and the crowd was cheering.
Between G and o'clock the reports came
in with tolerable rapidity, and managers
continued to drop in up to O'Clock with
their reports by which time all were in,
except the reports from the FQth and
Eleventh precincts. These did not come
in until nearly o'clock Deputy Clerk
Hernandez would not allow the reports
to be seen after they had been delivered
into his hands but the managers made
no objections to stating the results in their
precincts when called upon. Some of them
had made out private copies Of the re-
turns. while others had not. Most of the
managers swore to the correc tness Of the
returns There was some doubt whether
this was required by the law and some
of the managers cid not take the trouble.
As fast as the returns were received
Sir Hernandez sent them 10 Clerk Re
barer at his house where he is confined by
rheumatism. The returns were compiled
by Mr. Rebarer with the utmost care, and
il is safe TO say that the official state
ment declaring the result Of the election
which appears in tO-days Morning News,
is correct throughout. Copies OF the Of
hcial returns were made out by Mr.. Re
barer. and sent 20 the two mayoralty
candidates 1t was 1915 o'clock when the
result was reached. the figures however,
had already been made known az the city
exchange, so far as the mayoralty can
didates were concerned, and the partisans
of Mr. Myers had given themselves up TO
rejoicing.
In the First district the voting for the
aldermanic candidates ran evenly while in
the second 1t was quiet and irregular Mr..
Willnk, Capt Screven, Mr., CarOlan, Mr..
Hui MIR. Young and Mr.. Hudson lead
ms The returns seemed TO show more
split tickets on the east of Bull street
than on the west the returns from the
west side usually showing that the voters
there had largely voted the straight ticket,
chiefly the Myers ticket.