Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-09

The Judges and clerks assembled yes
terday morning Mt 2 o'clock to continue
the counting Of votes Tor the CITY
officers OF Oak Cllif After about three
hours OF steady brain work and lots
OF figuring, the task OF counting was
completed. From the time the Judges
went into their room until sitter the
vote had been declared counted. tie
front OF the building was surrounded
by a large crowd, eager to hcnr the
finale. After II was declared that some
OF the favorites had lost the pie"
the crowd began to scatter cut, and
certain gentlcmon(0 who had aged
their favorites hard, did as the TURK.
folded their tents and YAM )osed. feel
ing very much disgusted with the zeal
Gus work they had done the dry be-
fore. Yes, their hopes We're shattered
and the "alr castle they had 50 OK
pectedly hung on the hinges Of prosper
ity, have been shattered All butted.
and many OF the election warlSers. as
well as some candidates. wondered how
that fellow got so d. many votes.
But wonders viii never cease. aud some
of the defeated candidates are figuring
on building Themselves q Loaf, TO ac--
commodate about eight persons, nrd
they VIII embark in Il IN the 'urbld
waters OF the Trinity and glide sf1ooth-
~ on the bosom OF that piaci1 stream
10 q rtry where the aws-in.i,.lingy
nnn UNliD~llAt EtallIltrh - 'AA"AAl ~ .
turbec Ny the preSe.ice Of man TIN !
was grabbed by tile fctalock. nnd .
defeated candidates now rcniHe tniH'
and wlA thew Md only "huatled'
little more lively s2rt some e the sue
cessful ones escaped by only n few
vote. Grigaby hosted Foster only four
ballots. and Dormon reaahad the al
dermnns chair by the same amount
over steinman. while Whitaker re-
ceiyed only II over Hort for the ofiice
OF marshal. Fournker ran like
scared wolf" hosting MORE ~ 80
votes for the city attorneys 2liiee. or
the seven candidates In the Mold for al
dermanic honors three 20 90 elected,
q. N. pullman received :66 votes, pc,
ing as ma,;r as Bright. Smith ind
Price received altogether. w'.h M over
surplus OF IA: Iennison fln.shcl unnl
second with 2SG, while Dorlon 'l0ssd In
with 2l1, winning by ivotes over Stein
mann. Everything passed off very
smoothly at the polls. Colonel $. A..
Erwin carried out his office as presid-
ing Judge most nrdently, with ]. ii.
Burt and r. NJ Campbell as associates.
Mr.. H. Harris and NJ. +. Minter acted
in the capacity OF clerks, and the Ga
zette reporter wlahes to thank the
apove body for favors shown him.
There were only three voters cbal-
ienged, and one was qualified. The
negro voters turned out In a body and
voted uninstructed, and were not in
fiuenced by any OF the candidates or
workers at the polls. The total Of
votes counted, 5O7, show as follows;
For City Secretary
/ T. A. Spencer. ..,.. .................. 20
NJ A. Posten... ..... ...... 293
II. Johnson. 49,. -. -..............1 2S
For Attorney
]. w. Moore..... ....... .... I3a
j. d. Fouraker..,... .............. 36S
For Treasurer
O. r. Buddy.... .................. b0f
For Marshal;-
T. A. Hord .. . l78
II. ]. Tennlson. ...............12T
T. ID. II. Whitaker. 1875
For Assessor and Collector
S. j. D. Foster. 237
o. w. Grigsby...... ............... 241
j. ]. I.edbettcr.. .................. "a
For Aldermen
G.. I. Dormant. Northumberland
Chas. steinmann....... ..............237
j. NJ. Price. ...... ............... GO
A. Ham Smith... 173
A. p. Tenison... Observation-Disclosures G
i. II, Bright. .................... 10
C. N. pullman. .............a6 G