The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
AT THE PRIMARIES.
A Heavy Vote PoIied in ALI the
City Precincts.
EVERYTHING PASSED QUIETLY.
Much Interest Taken. q Good Amount
OF Quiet ElectloneerIng. bat No
Bitterness Displayed.


ing work 6oae. bat shafever conflicting
Interests and facfIouzl difficulties maj
have been concealed behind the activity
apparent everywhere. there wax certain
- Oh the surface nothing appearing 5at the
utmost good hur1or and good feeIsng
one feature of TIE primaries which ex-
cited much comment vas the appearance
81 many OF the polling places Of men Who
have heretofore bees recognized as Demo-
eTats Of long stsnafng. who announced that
they proposed 70 hereafter wosk IN the
Republican ranks. ard who cheerfaIfy fgek
their oatfIs % thar effect when the7f rlght
20 appear ia she Republican primaries y as
challenged
There zss tot the suspicion Of Z dIfFTrsgIty
fn any OF the precincts. EXCEPT one. and
Notwithstanding the heavy vote pofed
there we're no crowds congregatef aro.ss.a
the polling places. The voters appearing
casting their cAllols and going shofst their
private business without delay.
Do2a IN the First wzFd things were 40
quiet as possible ~ the polls in each
oFscinct there was not a disturbance OF
sny Kind reported. and II there aas a.
tempt AZ illegal voting II VAS not brought
% the surface. IL Ft.e FIRST precinct OF the
flfss ward TIE advice of Central Com
Inatteenasn A. y. Mlsten thar candidates
Tor eiecti0a should aot act a. Judges ar
Clerk was nos followed. The same IA trsse
% the hfih precinct
The First q ire Second ss.ovpd .h,. 49,
siderable work had been expended ~ s,TIs,x
Ell the ful voting strength OF the rsYaelnef
Every thing Mas quiet however ara 49,.
Aere NJ surface Indications " a fa..tionsl
contest
IA the SecoaG precinct Of the Second vva,s
the heavy voting occurred late ir, the aftsr-
boon A fairi5 fun vote was posled. ueys
also several former Democrats took tar
n toe primaries
IN fne Thsrs4 ~ g. rs-4.ts
tshteF Tran some Of the more ardenf yvors-
&c expected, bat stilI was more than a
normal vote in primary election
an the Second ward the voters were "a
a4tn'ea - express their choice for rnarnhsr
y t,se house Of delegates. with a view 10
ss.s'As sassT representatives. Ia the conven-
tsen TIE result vas In favor OF n q
hgdy ~ vote OF 10 70 lIs for A kis.ler
ige second precineT OF the SECOND uars
IN when Alexander Anderson reeides IL
sasa 70 have returned a solid degevation
against him for mayor
an me Second precinct OF the Third ward
t"o tickets Mere actively ueddisa one IN
favor q the may0ralty asnirsttons - a. -
aerspn. toe other in Opposition. ana snsf-
aentsiiy 10 favor OF Frank W Csoodh,.s for
treasurer The last-named ticket Vas ina
successful one sS
IN me sixth precinct Of the Fourth ward
one or the leading men or the city earns. 1,,-
name Was not on the register Of voter
lie at first seemed indignant ana ~,
thoroughly ashamed. lie had fevgs.,.yag
Tor the November election. ana fhan,vhs
that sufficient to vote AZ this election This
vas pfohaosy the only case of the Kind
A1ist saJna W during the day There were
many who at first held this view In. -
faai.inteliigsncer 50 often pointed out that
the iaw required voters al the Navepat,er
election TO register again for the N,ygh
election. that the fact had become geusr-
ally known.
IN the Fourth precinct OF the Fourth
ward i. W. Baker end T. a pa.ns w..
tied for position on the Ticket s,-s.s, -
votes They matched Tor IT, ard Baker
won. Prior TO tho commencement OF bal-
loting A. j. Ballet posted a notice stat
.ng that his name was withdrawn as a
candidate FOR delegate. For tina reason
his vote was light.
In thu Fourth. Fifth aud Sixth precincts
of the Fifth ward the bulk OF the vote
was poiied early IN the day In all Of
these precincts there were quite a number
CT votes cast rs men who have heretofore
aesed with the Democratic and papiiilst
parties AL took the 'oath OF allegiance
cheerfuily. when IL was required OF their.
There was some trouble ga The Fifth pre-.
cinet over the fact that quite a number
who came 20 register Ga not have their
names or tie poll books. The omissions
u
ard the votes were accepted
In the First precinct OF the Sixth ward
four candidates for delegate tied with a
vote o - for each They viii have a
meeting and settle Il among themselves
by lot or otherwise which viii have he
seat. In the same precinct, there was a
small amount uf uupleasantncss. which
eroee from the discovery that the Judges
through a misunders tandiug OF the law
hal numbered ihe ballots as they were
cast from IS So This. OF course. destroy
81 All secrecy - the ballot The Judges
when The effect Of their action was ex-
planned 20 them. erased the distinguishing
marks There was no suspicion OF wrong
motives on their part
In the seventh ward the vote, "a an pre-
cincts came n en even way until between
the hoars Of ane Z. when there was a
decided impetus eiver "a the operations
~ swarm of business rsss wba came "a
after the closing OF stores ana asaces
IN All precincts during the das the vote
was large There were az least seven EGGS
hleAtions several or which had printed
tickets The workers were all good ma
tured and hantered each other freely dur
fns the lullH 81 voting. ard storytelling
ard staging served 20 enltVen the proceed
.ugs when fheee was 30 huftop Aoiinr Sc
do The complexion - the voters was "a
surprise politically. IS maay who have
heret 0fere been tdenuaed with parties
other than the Republican were voting.
ana IN scFre cases working.
~ the FIRST prrciBct. held IN Pinckney's
hau corner OF Broadway sna Depot way.
there was az all times lsrga ard inter
estnd crowd who Watched the votieE
closely In tie Second precinct. az BLEW
enth ARD Howard streets. TIRE early vote
came En- slowly, but later IN the Gay there
was boom ln delegate making tast lasted
until tie close ~ the polls
The Th!ri u~ecinct election was held IN
the pavilion near the end % tas Thtrd ave-
nue railway llne. at Lake linton. Being
the heaviest precinct. in point % can8I-
dates. ~ the ward. there was an atu}oe-
phere % greater excitement about TIE poll
tnE place than 81 any ere Of the other pre-
esucts, and deSrate ire fact that the p8scc
was almost inaccessible owing 70 ERE mus
ana washouts there was az all times an
earnest ana hAr3-worklnS crowd aro3na
ths building.
In the Fourth precinct ihere were uufgs-
Der OF weil-kDcwn pol1ieiaus Who ieas
theig presence 20 tas occasion ans fsr-
ntshct rudders and steering gear % the IN.
certain ones,
The Importance ~ = primary electlon was
not censssliy appreciated fu the F{ghth
ward, and tAe voting was llxAf and staS.
xssh. During the early part cg tire after