The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11

divided as follows.
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s5ecund district OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SlZ
Third district OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3l4
curtin district ........................... 463
ELtu gisIict ......s........s'......... 10
SiAtn Q4s.Ilct ...-....-..-........... II
Seventh district OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IA
Total ............. ....-. I 625
A few more votes might be allowed for
scratching, az each legislative candidate
was scratched one or two votes in each
of the city districts, and the above is the
candidate IN each district There was
very little scratching Of the legislative
ticket and what there was was about
evenly divided between the candidates.
Gordon ran TWO votes behind Tiedeman
and kolshorn in the Fourth district
while kolshorn was one vote behind
Tiedeman and Gordon in the Third dis
trict The results In the other districts
Kept things about even between the three
candidates. Mr.. Tiedeman has 1921 votes
so far, while Gordon and Kolshorn have
There was slight scratching OF the dele
cations, and the delegates VIII average
about five votes each behind the legisla-
tive vote. Considerable scratching, com
paratively, was done. on the. executive
committee, and the ticket Will probably
average ten votes behind the legislative
ticket. Fully 80 per cent, however, Of
all the tickets voted were straight
About the only thing Of interest about
The polling places was the presence Of the
watchers Of the Liberal club. half a
Aney We're equipped with copies OF the
registration list, and each mans name
was checked as he voted, provided the
watchers could ascertain the name, which
they usually did. Tally was also kept by
means of automatic counters Very little
cham was passed between the watchers
and the managers Of the booths, the latter
affecting to regard the former with great
contempt. The watchers claimed to be
Keeping an exact count on the voter
which was ridiculed by the managers
Many of the men who voted, the latter
SAID, were unknown to the Liberal Club
watchers, and consequently It was impOs-
siole for the latter 10 get the names of all
who voted. They also pointed out that
the watchers sat some distance from the
booths, In some instance as far as fifty
Ieet away and that II was impossible for
them 10 tell when a man came up to the
window whether he voted or simply chat
ted with the managers. This being the
case they declared that the claims Of the
watchers to be keeping an exact account
We're all rot, and they charged further
that the watchers were deliberately keep
1hg down their count Tor thslr own pur-
posses. Statements secured from the tab
berS at o'clock showed a difference of
only nifty votes less than the total re-
ported BY the managers in the boxes. The
Nlnerence between the two counts deVel-
oped after that hour.
The Liberal Club watchers apparently
knew what they We're about and paid
strict attention to business keeping a
lst OF every man who voted, checking
his name on the registratoS list and put
t'N@F'N3'aA'AA
information that was to be picked up
very little escaping them.
one Of the surprises Of the day was
the voting Of Mr.. p. Gefcken, one of the
members Of the minority of the demo-
cratic executive committee. Mr.. Geffcken
voted at the Fourth district box at $50
CLOCK. he had voted with the minority
on the main points of the difference be-
tween the minority and the majority Of
the executive committee as to the pro-
visions Of the primary, though on some
~
majority. He acted with the minority in
signing the call for the mass meeting
at the theater Monday night and was
elected member of the executive COM
nittee chosen by that meeting. Mr..
Mr.. Gefcken stated to a friend, who spoke
TO him at the box, that his name was
placed upon the committee without his
consent His action was an unpleasant
surprise to the Liberal Club men who
heard of II. They took it for granted
that MS signing Of the call for the mass
meeting Monday night was sufficient evil
dence that he was in sympathy with its
purpose.
The polls closed at o'clock. The mana
gers proceeded to count the votes which
took them less than half an hour. The
ballots were then sealed. the returns GER
tined 70 on oath and carried to the office
Of the chairman of the executive commit
Zee, Hon. f. @. duBignon where they
We're delivered into his hands.
The returns of the seven districts given
We're all received before o'clock Mr. du-
BignOn stated to a Morning News reporter
mat ne would compile the returns at his
leisure to-day and announce the result. He
did not consider il necessary, he said. TIC
foot up the total Of the vote of each of the
IS candidates on the ticket as the election
Of each candidate on the ticket was eVi-
dent without doing this. The vote for the
candidates for the legislature will be foot.
ed up, however. Mr.. duBignon will fur
nish the delegates elected to the seVera
conventions with certificates of election
prior TO the assembling of those conven-
tons.
The leaders of both sides professed tc
be more than satisfied with the result oil
the primary. q only predicted a vote OF
100 said President Osborne of the Cftt
zens Club. mo effort was made TO brina
out the vote"
1t was stated by several Citizen Cml
leaders that it was not considered desfra.
bic to urge men to vote as there were
many members of and symDathizers win
the Citizens Club who did not care to h,
put under the ban by the Liberal Club p-o
pie, believing that If they were seen TO vor,
az the primary it might result in injury
to their business.
The report made by the watchers of IN,
Liberal Club shows discrepancy of 1r
votes as compared with the ofic-aI re
port OF the managers for The four CITY dis
trlcts. The following is the report Of RI.
LaDpers ana the comparison with the I'D
fetal returns:
Tabbers Official
rr4 a., count Discrepancy