Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
BUSY DAY AND 4 BIG VOTE
Heaviest Polling in TIE City's History
Follows the Campaign.
JEALOUS SllyE7lTES MAKE TROUBLE
Go from POLL to Poll aud Challenge
Votes on All sorts Of Pre-
teAts-Anidnyits save
Nenrlg All.
JEALOUS suyEaTEs MAKE TROUBLE

AL records were broken yesterday .l tse
vote tn tAis city. Ta sss-s pr.s.1-; the total
vatg cast showed q -a.a over taat e '0lr
and $40 years aeE one remarkable :sat--e
o. gre lll.a..as uas che aa-.y hour q; which
mos; Of the v1.s-s came 90 the polls. IN
a'. tae precincts over hai the vote vas 10
O. noon. ana IN the Firs; qrcciac; Of the
TlLr.t warl this mark Rad been passed be-
fore 80 o'clock Taa percentage o: stay-ht-
homes was decidedly small ana ia some q
the pre-. nets did --- exceed haN 3 dozen.
There vEs also considerable Challenging. the
free silver men sAhl-s..-E every means 20
s.cq ;h- votes % any republican on TIE
slEl-,s. .slAu.eal.:v j. the frs; p-ec.nc;
o. the Second varl there we're but six cha.-
leaEss FIVE by the democrats and one ty
tAe republicans. These were all voted OF
atHiavi.s
The REQUESTS for Instruction in marking
;he hsll-.s we're more numerous than ever
before This was pgrasicuEi ty the i'm
-ue1se size o. ,he ballet There were seven
tickets in the field with an extra column
q, make room for '-e name q :. 7 Wal
ker for Justice ot the peace The general
. impression was during the day thEt ne ma
jori.y OF vo:cs would ue straight. as ths men
remained but a minute In the ho--hs. TIE
. scratching tina. was done was or the county
srl township ;leEe,. Many free s.lye. men
+ who voted for the head O.. their -rkt;
switched when Do came 20 the county officers.
as they were but poorly satisfied with tas
. fusion -icket 30 Po;tawattanie.
one man in the Second district Ct he
. Second ward created stir by bringing out
the two FIRST columns o' names from 1ls
haflo. having tom a the rest and thrown It
/ away He said tha. was all he wanted o.
! the big piece 7f paper. he was given an
. othe- ballot and Instructed how 90 uss Is.
/ Nearly ;he solid vote O! the colorsd men
| IN Council B.uss went FOR Mckinley. There
/ vas some trouble 10 the sixth ward about
] eleven O: the Pullman por;ers voting They
have been making this city their hsadQuar-
/ ters FOR Years and when registering tecl1eI
that the ward in which they had their wash
7 ing done was the proper place 10 quality.
Z They selected the Second district q the Sec
Cui ward, a. they have their washing done
i ir tha; part % the city. When their votes
were challenged they decided TO Try The
Sixth ward. Here they we're followed by
some O. the free silver men and they w.r-
! ruled out The incident created considerable
! iriIEuati-n among the Calored yo.efs and
they hustled every man left IN line for M
I Kirley
The polls closed promptly al 6 o'clo-k
/ with no one trying 10 squeeze in a late bal
I lot. The judges FOR the most pa-t stopped
FOR supper and then settled down for az
I all night JOB
The ladies OF the Episcopal church an
! n1uuCe a series of illustrated lectures on
| cooking by Mrs Harriet :. Ma-Murphy o.
| the School o. Household Economies al the
! ROYAL Arcauuu hail Beu1 building begin
/ ming November Il. Single lecture - cents;
course OF slx lectures. g-o5.
Campaign badges free a: Hughes the
mems outat;er, il5 Broadway.
F. W Dean. NJ. D.. eye. ear, nose AID
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