The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-04

was spared by either party to get out its
vote. Inc Democrats were. however, placed
the uncertainty OF a number of former
Ienlocrats They did not know whether
.ney were hauling a Mckinley or Bryan
man TO the polls when they brought man
from MS work TO the polls. In the third
precinct IL was estimated that at least one
| third OF the Democrats were voting for
Mchiniey. In the fifth precinct colored
| man was challenged late in the afternoon.
ana though freebooter was present to
swear MIN in he had not voted at D o clock.
me Inspector was afraid OF the threat
made by the Democrats TO prosecute the
coiored man, though the latter was legal
voter or the precinct
In the Second ward the organization OF
me two parties was splendid That of the
TTsPuoiic.i rs was as perfect as IL could be-
mere we're bicycle courierS for each pre-
cIhct' ava several at the service OF the
ward committeeman. The couriers sue
ceeded in locating and sending 10 the polls
several careless voters who had to be
prodded a little. There were very few OF
TINS Kind of voters yesterday, however.
| The bicycle couriers i'm this ward kept the
ward committeeman and the county chair
| man informed from time 10 time how the
| vote was progressing. At 10 o'clock they
knew that the Republicans had half their
votes out. and that there were Republican
gains all along the line At O'Clock
comparison of the vote with that or two
years ago showed that there were already
cast as many Republican votes as were
cast in 1894 At this time a total of 2025
votes had been polled, and 1t was figured
that 1,545 of them were safely Republican,.
This showed a Republican gain over the
total vote of two years ago amounting to
over a hundred
There were some disputes in this ward
about pastors. They had not been put on
the tickets. and there was no disposition
on the part of the election clerks to do this
work unless they had to. Ex-Judge Nc
Bride advised that IL would not be neces-
sary to put them on except when the voter
called for them This rule was followed
throughout. but none were used so far as
could be learned, no one calling for them.
In the second precinct there was delay
of half an hour in opening the polls. There
were no pastors on hand at the time for
opening the polls, and the Democrats
thought they saw chance to turn num-
Der of Republican votes away by delay.
They insisted upon waiting for the pastors,
but the Republican members of the board
insisted upon going ahead. and were about
to organize without the Democrats, when
the latter came TO time and let the polls be
opened.
Probably 80 per cent. of the vote in the
Third ward was cast by o'clock in the
afternoon, and in every precinct heavy
gains for the Republican ticket were re-
ported. The gold Democrats were unusual
ly active in this ward, Otto Frenzel. Fred
Gregory, George Wolf and other Palmer
and Buckner men working like beavers
were supposed to be for Mckinley sur
prised their friends by announcing after
they had voted that their ballots went for
Bryan. In the fifth precinct all of the
votes but four were in the box by 2 clock
and the four absent voters were expected
in late afternoon trains. There We're
2O6 voters in the poll book. In the sixth
precinct all but two of the Republican
votes and every Democratic vote was in
the box by 3 o'clock. In the seventh pre-
cinct POP out of the 256 votes were cast by
The votes in the Fourth ward did not
come i'm SO rapidly. This was partly due TO
the fact that there are so many men living
here whose work require them to start
from home before the polls opened. They
were SO scattered over the city 1T re-
polls. and the work was necessarily slow.
In the first precinct was the exception TO
this rule as there was an early rush 10 the
polls, which kept up steadily until little
after noon when most of the votes were
pooled. At noon pa out of go votes were
cast. In the third precinct 2SS votes had
been cast at 2 o'clock; out of a total of 800
of these 1S3 considered Republican.
The fourth precinct was very SLOW. The
voters here are scattered. only 10 votes
were i'm at 2 o'clock. The loss was to the
Democrats. for of the 120 votes 104 were
counted by the Republican committeeman.
The sixth precinct was b aho'ie ecn s1E@ o the
cerealine mill and the suburb known as
''Cerealine Town.
enth precinct. This is a heavy colored pre-
cinct. and there was good deal or delay
in casting votes here: Men would remain
in the booths unusually long. ana severa!
spoiled ballots were returned to the clerks.
1t was the lack of knowledge of the man
ner of voting that caused the delay mere
throughout the day Later In tne a liter,
voters were waiting in line to get a chance |
to cast their votes, but there seemed to
be a hitch in the proceedings; IT was
claimed that the Democratic election Of |
ficers were taking all the time possible for |
their work in the hope of shutting out a |
lot of Republican votes.
In the eighth precinct there was the same |
delay though ii was not SO aggravated in |
character There was fast work from noon |
until 4 o'clock. however. and at that time
only eight of them were Republican. In
this precinct Harry Phillips presented MINI |
self to vote. and was challenged by the |
Republican committeeman. He CLAIMED TO
live on West Second street, but the agent |
who has the renting of the house iii which |
he claims to live says he does not live |
there. The mans mother. with whom he
claimed to live. also denies that his resi- |
dence is at her house Edward j. Sherer |
Democratic councilman at large. made the |
necessary affidavit, however. and Philips
voted Other affidavitS were made, and IL |
IS probable that the matter will reach the |
The Fourth ward has probably made a
slight Republican gain. There are many |
cold Democrats in the ward, and it was |
Generally supposed that they were voting |
fO- Mckinley. Few Democrats were |
thought TO have voted Tor the hepuplcan
who seem to have forever forsaken the |
party which has married Populism. They
stamped the eagle on both tickets. ~
the Republican ticket in the Fourth ward |
on account of gold Democrats who voted |
the Popocratic county ticket
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