The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-13
Handshakings and COngratula-
tions ON All Sides.
SOME UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Where Gains Were Made and Losses
Incurred The Best Calculations
Were Overturned.

On Wednesday everybody got out and
worked. Yesterday they all got out and
talked The polling places seemed still
to possess some magnetic attraction for
many, and it was at these points that
most of the battles were fought over a
second time by candidates and their
friends, There was plenty of material
for discussion. Seldom has an election
been so crossed with innumerable minor
| issues as the one that has Just been
brought to a conclusion and seldom has
the vote from the various wards so upset
the predictions of the political weather
prophets. Many of the candidates failed
to size up the situation correctly and very
few of them really knew where their prin-
cipal strength lay Thus Judge Taylor
was beaten in his home ward, upsettine
all calculations on which his chances
were based, and secured majority in
uniontown, a ward where it was sup
posed by his opponents that the fishermen
would go to the polls and vote for Mayor
Kinney. The latter had great hopes of
majority in both Uniontown and Upper
town, and in both instances he was he
hind the Republican candidates. All the
wlseacres predicted that Kleber Osburn
would have an overwhelming majority in
the second precinct of the First Ward.
and 1t was in that very precinct that he
secured his NEST ignominious defeat. The
great 'Uniontown pull" of c. J. Curtis
was proved to be a myth, for a new man
got In and beat him out of sight in that
part of the city. Grave doubts were en-
tertained about the election of Mr.. Nc
dregor for councilman in the Third Ward
and. he was never approached near
enough In the voting by his opponent to
make the fight even interesting. And so
the whole thing went, with surprises at
every turn, and unexpected changes crop
ping out continually In all tile wards One
of the principal reasons for this inability
on the part of even the candidates them
selves to guage the situation correctly
was the quiet and International manner
In which the great majority of the voters
deposited their ballots. The SILENT vote
was far bigger than 1t had ever been be-
fore in the history of the city, and hun,
dreds of men went to the polls and exer-
cised their privilege without in any way
giving a hint as to the manner in which |
they were marking their ballots.
Two topics discussed everywhere yester-
day were the fine run made by Johnson
and the bad collapse of Osburn. who went
behind his party vote nearly everywhere |
The successfulc andidates were of course !
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and, from Judge Taylor down. were busy |!
shaking hands with their friends till late |
In the evening. Very few of the unlucky |
ones were in evidence. Mayor Kinney |
was confined to his house with face trou-
bles, and will not be round for several /
days The sentiment pervading every
body's talk pointed to the Republican VIC !
tory as a most popular one and the spen> I
did qualifications of the new mayor and ,
councilmen were favorably discussed by
ALL 1t was pleasing to notice the manner
in which the members of the Republican
city central committee were congratulated
during the day; in fact, they came in for
as much hearty commendation as the
candidates themselves, and they deserved
It.
Tomorrow a committee consisting of |
County Clerk Dunbar, Judge Abercromble
and the city auditor will begia checking
up the tally sheets from all the precincts.
In this issue will be found tahulated
list of the returns from the various wards
with the totals and majorities.