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

+ Jor--g being forrv-one. in the Tenth. That
7 be- l-I nor receive a better vote 10 the
eastern districts was certainly not -le
iaa-- -l u-- captains and e-a-l gers I'D
the E.ehtn precinct Charlie Carroll and
I Manager Joe Lacey worked Ike heroes
9 ia the Fourth James Mcbride demon
+ strate- his mention TO do something 20
T turn she tide even IL he had .0 clean Ol-
Z Hne whole precinct Tire Myers men
4 crowded 20 the Fourth precinct polling
place in large numbers dug. lg tne morning
ana there was cOusideratle rough usage
b on both Sides a negro attacked young
\ white man ana In just about TWO seconds
/ Mcbride was on top of The negro. ia
/ three seconds more there was a general
T melee The Mcbride men showed mat
. they were experts in the handling Of sh.l-
4 lelahs. order was not stored uQti. As
slstant Cnief Reilly came down WIKI
squad OF police
Z The Duncan workers complained all day
/ that they could not cope with the Oppo-
+ sltioa ia handling the purckasao.e vote.
/ 1t was no use for them 10 attempt 20 buy
I a vote, they said. They were always IN
I formed that the other people We're offer
I ing double what they were willing 10 give.
I The Duncan fund was exhausted early.
I II has been claimed for tho new ballot
I law That % would do away with the pur-
/ chasing Of votes. The general impression
[ is that more money was used In this than
] in any previous election in Savannah.
The Duncan men made greater com
I plant Of the management Of the Eighth
district than an the others combined on
account Of the sloWncss with which the
I vote was handled. From the time the
polls opened until nearly time for closing
long line Of men stood awaiting their
turn 10 vote. The objurga tons that were
poured forth upon the authors of the new
I ballot law were sufficient 10 sink those
gentlemen to the lowest depths of Hades
] of O.
delay was that the registration book not
being alphabetically arranged a great
deal Of time was lost In looking for the
voters name. Mr. Gallagher the Duncan
manager. had not served on the rogisrra-
ton and was not familiar with tho book
I Everybody who remained I'M line, however.
got "a chance to vote and for the last iir-
| teen minutes before the polls closed
there was no one in line
In the precincts south Of the park-the
| Fourteenth Fifteenth, Sixteenth. Seven
tenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and TWEEN
tieth-the managers had a comparatively
quiet day Of in. The vote was in early
and after o'clock they had little to do
until the polls closed and the returns were
made up. There was considerable disorder
in some Of the precincts and residents in
the neighborhood Of the voting places pro-
tested against the continuous hghting
that went on. In the Eighteenth precinct
the police at one time had more fights on
their hands than they could attend to.
AS fast as the belligerents were carried
off others took their places. 1t was, in
most instances, Myers versus Duncan,
with honors about even. The Seventeenth
precinct had the biggest crowd. The little
shanty at Whitaker and New Houston
streets had a crowd around it all day.
The booths on the east side of the park
/ extension, in the Fourteenth and Six
teenth precincts, were comparatively
I lonely, alongside the voting places in
some Of the precincts. In the Nineteenth
and Twentieth precincts, on Tenth and
[ Eleventh streets, there was little to break
the monotony, except an occasional scrap
between overloaded partisans. Alto
gether the precincts in the southern sec
tion were orderly, compared with those
in the northern section. Most Of the dis
turbances took place around the head
quarters Of one or the other
of the opposing factions.
There We're numerous scraps during the
day. Nearly every precinct had its quota.
Some arrests We're made for lighting, and
several arrests We're made for Illegal vot-
ing The following is a list Of the arrests
as shown by the police docket:
Tom Miller, colored. arrested by Detec-
tive Kavanaugh in the Thirteenth pre-
cinct on the charge of Illegal voting.
Henry jefferson, colored. Illegal voting,
arrested by Policeman Spencer in the Sixth
precinct.
Charles Mitchell. colored, illegal voting.
arrested in the Fourth precinct at the in
| stance of Manager T. NJ. Cunningham, Jr.
Edward Nehrtens, disorderly conduct.
Henry Ralph. colored, Illegal voting, ar
rested al the Thirteenth precinct by De
/ tective Kavanaugh
William Gracey, arrested in the TWEEN
/ tieth precinct at the instance of NJ. A.
/ Buttimer, charged with false swearing
/ and Illegal voting.
Joseph Collins, colored, arrested at the
! instance of J. l.. Lacey in the Eighth pre-
/ cinct. Collins came in behind man who
1 had just voted and swore that his name
\ was that given by the man who had
! preceded him. Mr.. Lacey had registered
/ the first man and knew that he was the
right man. Collins is charged with per-
/ jury.
1 Anderson Murray illegal voting in the
! Eighteenth precinct, II. T. Beckett, wit
! ness.
! ]. c. Ennis. J. G. Harper, c. A. Harper.
/ J. II. Heaserty, charged with fighting in
/ the Eighteenth precinct by Policemen Lee
/ and S. NJ. Davis.
/ D. j. Buttmer. drunk and disorderly
! and resisting an officer
| G. s. Harrison. disorderly conduct
! D. J. Buttimer and c. W. Dyer, fight
| ing. arrested by Chief Green.
D. J. Buttimer assaulting and striking
! Frank Hart. arrested by Chief Green
Mack Scott, colored, resisting an officer.
Willie Williams striking a. c. Good
/ ing
| Mike Mcclure. drunk.
DR.. Duncans friends met at his house
! last night as they had been previously
( invited to do. They were as pleasantly
! and cordially received as if ne had been
/ the successful and not the defeated can
/ d,date. DR.. Duncan's friends seemed to
/ take his defeat much more TO heart than
/ he Gid. If he felt the sting of defeat at
all he did not show it.
/ II have no regrets to express" said
/ DR.. Duncan. The good things which have
/ been said of me by my friends and their
/ loyal efforts in my behalf are more highly
I priced by me than success itself, and will
never be forgotten"
/ Capt. John r. Dillon was asked what
/ explanation he had to give Of the defeat
Doodle" he said Simply Doodle and
/ nothing more"
/ The same question was put to Mr. du-
/ Biguon. The election of Mr. Myers"
! he said, lis due chiefly to the unlimited