Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-04

Ine "Reminiscences on the streets
Last Evening-The Register Bull
letins.
YESTERDAY was an ideal one for'an elec-
ton.
From morning until night the day was
bright and sunny. with a very agreeable
temperature and no wind.
1t was taken advantage of to the utmost.
and as everyone was interested in the bal
loting to an unusual degree ordinary avo-
cations were dropped by general consent,
and the entire day was given TO getting out
the vote. Business was practically total
" suspended throughout the city, and for
the most part the day was as quiet as
Sunday. Many business houses closed up
and others only kept open from force of
habit, but customers We're few and far
between. and nothing was talked over
but the probable size of the vote and the
result i'm the county, State and nation.
A larger portion OF the vote was gotten
out early in the morning than ever be-
fore. In many election districts one-hah
the vote was in the election boxes by ten
o'clock. and by noon three-fourths Of it
had been accounted for, while at two
o'clock only the flag ends remained to be
gathered up. In a few instances it was
stated that only fifteen or twenty votes
remained TO be east as early as half-past
one i'm the afternoon. and everywhere. dur
ing the early portion of the afternoon, the
election officers had a comparatively easy
time of il. There was a small percentage
Of challenges. and no trouble of import
ance at any of the polling places in the
county. There was q ripple of excite
NEXT occasioned i'm the lower precinct of
Ritchie. caused by Republican offering
a silver man two dollars for his vote and
again when the Republican workers chal-
lenged and prevented from voting Re
publican who wanted TO cast a straight Re
publican vote. except Irwin for Sheriff,
but these We're only incidents. At one of
the Clay district polls q well known Re
publican made some trouble inside the
sixty foot lire and was arrested, but was
soon released. At the Second ward polls
challenges occurring there were generally
over color.i men whose residence was at
least Omen TO doubt one colored man.
who said he worked and took his meals i'm
this city. but slept I'm Bridgeport was
turned down and his vote refused. Other
little incidents occurred elsewhere. but in
the main the voting progressed from start
TO finish without incident. and it was a
general subject of remark that it was the
quietest and best conducted election ever
hled i'm Wheeling.
There was quite commotion in Centre
district, during the day. from another
cause After the polls were opened 1t was
discovered that the name of Mr.. Hill.
Democratic candidate for School Commits
sioner. short term. had not been certified
20 the ballot commissioners through some
oversight. and that his name was not on
the ticket The affair appears to have
been simply one of those deplorable errors
which human care cannot wholly provide
against. and that no one particularly is
TO blame. Many voters wrote the name in,
after the omission was explained. but
great many cast the ticket as printed.
on the South Side generally the remark
able interest i'm the election and splendid
weather was sufficient to bring out full
vote. In an the precincts of the Eighth,
Sixth and Fifth wards three-fourths of the
vote was i'm by noon. Workers were thick
around the polls and put i'm their best et-
forts for their candidates and party The
majority of them were unnecessary, for
the voters came out without being sent
for. The number of votes cast i'm the low
or precincts of the Eighth ward was the
largest ever polled. In precinct No. 6. of
Richie district. 367 votes were polled be-
fore four o'clock. This was q big increase.
AS the biggest vote ever cast i'm this pre-
cinct mt any previous election did not eN-
coed SO I'm precincts No. 4 and .. of the
same district an increase of vote was re-
reported. The Fifth and Sixth wards poll
ed about their normal votes. with some in
crease over the vote Of 1894. Reports of
considerable scratching being done or the
Republican candidate were rife all day
Republican candidates for County Clerk
Sheriff and County Commissioners suffer-
ed the most I'm Richie district This IS the
home ward of W. c. Meyers. the Repuoh-
can candidate for Prosecuting Attorney
and he received the support of some Dem-
ocr7ts who have been lifelong acauaint-
ances. Tt was stated that the miners I'm
the Sixth and Eighth wards all voted
aeainst Richards because of some griev-
ance. Tn the Sixth and Fifth wards It
2.as the current rumor all day that Irwin
was making a big run for Sheriff. many
Republicans having declared that they
had voted for him. Otte Democratic cam
didate for County Clerk, ran like race
horse i'm the Eighth ward where he lives.
and some Republicans predicted that ne
vvould carry this ward. which gives usually
n Republican majority of over 400. 1t was
reported that White. Democratic candi-
date for Clerk of Circuit Court had lost
some I'm the Sixth ward. I'm the Fifth.
Sixth and Eighth wards it was conceded
even by Republicans early i'm the day that
irwin and Otte were making a splendid
run and ahead of their ticket. BY three
o'clock i'm the afternoon the vote was
practically all i'm and the party workers
wore Gathered around discussing the pro-
liable result of the days election. Every
ching ON the south side of the creek pass
,5 off Quietly and with one exception the
5,,. was entirely free from disturbances
A. Tbirtv-tbird street q Democrat and
r,..,,t,I,,or became involved i'm dispute
over question pertaining TO the
s,.o of the parade Saturday night
words grew hotter until they finally came
20 blows. The Republican was worsted-
An officer interfered and prevented FUR
- tropble With this exception there
vras no display of contention or partisan
, w.. While every person put in his
49, ..1icks." they were all good natured
- of both narties manifested