The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-04
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Her Steadfast Democrats Made Hard
Fight and Won a Great Victory,
Young AXl BRYAN PROBABLY WON
The Vote Was Very Heavy and The Vic
tory All The More Glorious.
THE SECOND DISTRICT SEEMS ESAFf
aon. w. a. Young IL the Congress-
man Elcct-IIe Carries the City by
over Que Thousnud Sntiounl and
District Tickets sSwcepPOrtsmo nth
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At 2:15 o'clock this morning a review
Of the returns from the Second Con-
Eressionul District leaves little doubt OF
the election OF Mr. w. a. Young, the
Democratic candidate for Congress.
Fifty-iive precincts out of log in the
district give the following: Bryan. 1879.
Mckinley, S,Sl5; Palmer, 191; LeverinE,
50: Young, 10,440; Wise, 9,705; Whaley,
1919. These figures embrace returns
from the most Republican counties in
the district.
Whatever the results and incidents 1t
brought forth, yesterday was an ideal
election day Old Sol from the moment
he peeped above the horizon at 33 min
uteS past 6 IN the morning TO the tick of
the watch which marked his appearance
in the West at five minutes past five in
the evening, its face was never obscured
FOR an instant, and all day long 1t BEAM
ed down serenely upon the moving null
ti,udes calmly careless of the issue of
of the great struggle between the forces
OF silver and the cohorts of gold.
AS in all the country, so in Norfolk, 1t
was this battle of the ballots was an in
teresting one. y great principal was at
stake and the people knew it. Conse-
ouently they voted not noisily not
boisterously. but in an earnest business
like way, which showed that here A.
least. the American nobility recognized
the fact that they We're not tritiing with
the des.incs OF the nation.
Those who looked for excitement Were
disappointed. There was none. The po-
lice say /: was the quetcst election day
in years. Indeed. go far as the city was
concerned /. was scarcely marked by All
incident. UP in the Second Precinct or
the Third Ward. Edward West, a color
ed man. got into a verbal difficulty with
one of the judges OF election and was ar
rested 70. interference. In the Fourth
Ward a white man slapped another. y
warrant was Is sued for his arrest, but
was withdrawn later in the day.
Early in the day the voters lined up
at the polling places, and at some of
the polling places this solid line of hu-
manity continued nearly the entire day.
The Vnglniau was the only paper in
the city tina: bulletined the progress of
the city election. and the eager crowds
that surrounded the Virginian bulletin
boards a;tested the intense interest
tina was felt, though the order of the city
was we'll niGh perfect.
In Brambc;on Ward the voting was
,apia and regular until early in the af-
teynOon, when there was n let up. The
total vote palled there counting illegal
ballots and all, 1:2O5, out Of reg!stered
vote pf l455 The First Ward polled
.5l2 votes all told. the Second Ward S9&;
the Third Wa.d. 1.3S9; Fourth Ward,
loss: sixth Ward. $50. These figures, of
course, represent the gross vote. from
which must be deducted 4 number of IL
legal ballots, for in spite OF numerous
warnings and instructions d!stributtd 10
the public through hundreds or chan,
nei. there were many voters VINO ana
not know how 10 cast their ballots when
the time came. For ms lance, there We're
tl Illegal ballots in the Second Precinct
OF the Fourth Ward. ana there were
more or less i'll all of the precincts:
The So. nes around the various bulle-
Tin boards in the city and the numerous
headquarters for the distribution OF
news OF The returns baitie description.
TIE -. Gets were aNW. win eSc!ted pee
ole Of al cgeeds and crafts. cheering
spasmoi:Caly or Erolning ihWardly as
the news was aEr cable or d!sappoint-
Ing. Now ard then skyroeket was
81 MT sltyward and an occasional pistol
shot smoie upon the air. fired in fun
seemingly. and simply to make a noise
The ii,s. ward Of the city TO come in