The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-03

and then offset hy women favorable 10
one az the other tickets. ! wouldn't vote
for woman FOR Office anyway. was
remark heard often when an intending fe-
male suffraEis. was offered a straight a.
L. y. ticket.
scenes at the Polls
The incidents were amusing rather than
OF tendency 20 excite a quarrel One
gray bearded man was elDowing his way
through the crowd when a number Of
workers al the same instant caught sight
Of him. Half dozen tickets were Of
fered 10 him at the same time, but he re-
fused them all, saying with sly twinkle
in his eye:
II vote only the Lords ticket"
A time or two there were mutterings
that threatened 10 break into actual hos
Utilities. the participants nearly every time
heir. \. l.. a and Catholic. John GaGle
entered into a discussion with a black
smith named Mcdonald. the former de-
elsring that from his heart he was an
American citizen and an adncirer of the
4. r. 4. Mcdonald declared with en-
phasis that he himself was a Catholic.
Then you are 2 slave" exclaimed the
4. +. a. man.
No am not a slave. and have been
a Catholic all my life. You are 4 fool,
though" was the heated rejo.nder.
eagle raised his hand in angry mood.
not TO strike, but 10 more easily express
his feelings. when some one seized him
from behind and hustled him away. As
his antagonist disappeared the black
smith fired parting shot by calling out:
He doesn't know enough to put the
spokes in a wagon wheel.
IN another instance blows actually
were strpck. a young man named Os-
good approached the polling place ana
called loudly for an A. T. A. ticket. Il m
from Maine" he proclaimed, I'm a good
American citizen, and what's more I'm
an A. r. A.
You're an A. p A. are your" de-
manded William McArdle. who was
working TO- the Populist ticket. and with
ont further ado the two men became mix
cd up in Congiomerate mass. When
they were separated McArdle seemed 10
he triumphant, for he held pieces of Os-
goods coat collar. and the man from
Maine was in a state of greater or less
dllapdation. Osgood applied 20 the pros
ecuting attorney and II is understood will
cause McArdle's arrest for assault and
battery.
single Tax Tommy in Row.
Single-Tax Tommy Bevan. who re-
signed few days ago from the Populist
city central committee because he did
not like the way his favorite Stein was
treated in the convention. did not escape
with entire immunity. About o'clock he
came across William Burke and tn two
men engaged IN lively war one story
has IL that blows were struck. while an
other that Rowan was Knocked down. IT
such We're the case his face did not show
any marks OF punishment. The police in
terfered. and the men were taken 10
headquarters. but no charge was pre-
ferred against either and they at once re-
s1lmed their places at the polls
They Would Not Tell Their Age.
Feminine aversion 10 acknowledging
age manifested Itself several times and
the Challengers we've cruel enough to
take advantage OF that peculiarly a
number of times Are you ~" VAS a
question often repeated when woman
presented herself at the ballot box. and il
was an even chancs that the inloniing
otter would toss ne. head Indignantly
and walk away. The amusing pate was
tnat a number OF women. easily -, To-
fused 40 vat. ba,auss they would a.
dnowtdEe themselves 10 be- i. Never
theless. several good-lo1king and even
handSoma Nomc1 promptly ,ook up the
Eauut'et. confessed ttat they We're OF age
and calmy deposited their ballots.
Early i1 the morning the headquarters
of Tho Citizens committee .n tine sullivan
building We're visited by 4 youth OF -
who said De wished 20 work Tor that tick
e. Something about The young mans
features appeared familiar. ana one Of
the men asked.
~Are Won uot an \. r. A 81"
NO" replied thc applicant. "My father
IS an s T. A.. hut he's oHt NJ Gown. and
Im willing 90 10 VIVA, 7 can gov your
:. kct"
Ttc answer Vas sufficient and tho Young
uan was gwen z bJudlc ~ ballots. and
sen, out 90 che Denny school Ho h13 no