The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-20
Quiet Election Day.

All over the city ii was unusually
quiet for an election day. Except to
voters or anxious candidates there was
nothing to indicate that an election
was transpiring. There was even an
absence of excitement and strife in the
vicinity Of the booths, save in wards
here and there where a contest was in
progress for aldermanic and council
manic honors.
The day was void of all that uncer-
tainty which usually accompanies an
election of municipal, county, state or
national officers. Excepting a few
wards there was no hurrying of cabs
to bring in tardy voters, no gossiping
throngs on the street corners, no hot
headed betting. no general, "pXiety and
but few fights which usuairy feature an
exciting election. Business men paid
little attention to what was going on
and at midnight the returns showed a
remarkably light vote.
Concerning the peculiar mayoralty
election in Philadelphia there were
more inquiries on the streets than con-
cerning the election in Scranton. The
Tribunes telephones were kept busy
conveying answers to How is Phila-
delphia going?" or "Is 1t Warwick or
Pattison?" This disinterestedness con-
cerning local returns Is due to the fact
that no city officers We're elected in
Scranton. Neither politicians nor citi-
| 2ens seemed to care what tranSpired In
| the city generally. The politicians con-
cerned themselves only with the results
in their own wards, and the public was
apparently lukewarm to everything.
Lively Fight in the Eighth.
One of the wards which showed q
marked exception to the general apathy
was the Eighth, where w. ). Millar
Republican, was elected alderman 10y
rs majority over John Fitzslmmons, the
Democratic candidate and the present
incumbent of the office. OF late years
the Eighth ward has been considered
doubtful fighting ground with chances
slightly In favor of q Republican vote
There were 56S votes polled as against
| $50 votes polled in the state election
| last November These figures best tel
the amount OF work done in the Eighth
ward yesterday.
Seldom I'm the history OF West Side
politics has there been as much un.
certainty and strife as that which at.
tended the aldermanic contest In thJ
Fifteenth ward between Daniel Moses
Republican, and II. r. Morgan, tn,
Democratic candidate. The friends ol
the candidates INDUCED in some very
warm discussions during the day, ~
no disturbances occurred. Mr.. Moses
was elected by over hundred ma
jority.
G. S. Seamans, Republican. obtained
81 majority over Attorney II. Il. Rey
nolds, Democrat. for common council
In the Thirteenth ward. Mr. Seaman,
will succeed Thomas B. Howe. Re
publican incumbent. For =. +. Smith
the Prohibitionist candidate, 52 votes
were cast for MIR. Reynolds, 297 votes
for Mr. Seamans, 3Sl votes.
In the Sixteenth ward, where all tn,
Republican minor candidates received
more votes than their Democratic op
ponents, l.. =. Zeidler. Democrat, wa,
elected to common council by 66 majori
ty over Walter Il. Davis, Republican.
Thomas Norton, Democrat. was re
elected to common council from tn,
Twenty-first ward.
In the strong Democratic Seventh NJ
l.. Gilroy, Democratic, received 1G6 ma
jority over w. II. Smallridge, to sue
ceed j. W. Mclean, Democrat, in com
mon council
Fraud Charged In the Third ward.
Considerable trouble was experience,
In the Third ward, where only Demo
cratic candidates were running 70
common council and the lesser offices
The polls were closed at 9 o'clock
Fraud Is claimed by one candidate
each for common council and assesso
of voters, and they will contest tn
result. James Grier, the present In
cumbent Thomas Hoban and James j
Gallagher, all Democrats, were on tn
| ticket for common council Accordin