Evening star., 1896-01-29

"A Lesion IN voting.
| Then three or four men, some Of whom
lived, accol ding to their own statements,
| in the sixteenth district, 22d and e streets,
| or over on Capitol HILL were turned down.
But this supervision over the voting was
continued only a few minutes and things
| soon relaxed into the old free-for- all fash
| ion. There was however. no disturbance
| OF any kind, nd the only work required of
| the four police men who were detailed for
| duty was to keep the sidewalk clear. The
judges were Chase Roys. Alexander Hooe
end William Crawford, and Lewis Lanfer-
| sick acted as clerk.
Thirteenth District.
Nothing OF a sensational nature occurred
at No. 1910 10th street, the polling place Of
the thirteenth district. The irst-foor front
room of a colored citizens house was used
| by the judges. E. Hayden. VIM. Paster-
field and Arthur E. Payne. J. p. McCar-
vey, who was appointed clerk. did not show
up. His services. however, were not neces-
sary, as no record of the votes cast was
kept by the judges Everything was con-
Quoted on a free and easy basis, and there
was no drawback to the repeaters. The
many voters who saw fit to cast their suf
frageS two and three times were not mo-
Tested by judges or challengers. A Star re-
porter observed one white man vote twice
and a colored citizen aid some candidate to
the extent Of three ballots. The judges
may net have noticed this, as they were in
small. badly lighted room. and could not
see the voters every time The policemen
stationed at the precinct say they saw
many instances Of voting often and early.
Early in the day circulars containing a
portrait and biography of Honest Andy
Gleeson" were circulated around the poll
ing place and read. The chief standby"
OF the Gleeson and Bailey ticket was George
Boston. Nauck had a friend in J. NJ.
Coombs. and one of Carson's leading sup
porters was very dark individual named
Beverly, storekeeper in the vicinity.
DShi had al
plete control of the polling place. Not over
forty white men voted.
The only one of the candidates who Wis
| ite1 the polls was Mr.. Nauck. He remained
| q few minutes
1t was noticeable that there were more
straight tickets voted for Gleeson and Bal
ley than for Saunders and Carson. Many
Of The Carson men voted for the old man
straight, scratching every other name on
the ticket
There was wordy war during the after
noon. when wagon loaded with Key vot-
ers was unloaded at the precinct 1t was
evident that they had voted at another pre-
cinct and wanted to vote again. At any
rate. several of the Gleeson and Bailey
men backed up against the window at
| which the votes were put in and kept the
visitors from voting One of them yelled,
Yer dun voted in fourteen, and no sich a
| lot oh black niggers kin vote here agin"
The police forced the wrangling crowd
from the window. and the Key men did not
get to vote.
The usual scenes of pulling foaters to the
polls was witnessed A country-looking
ooiored man, on rickety wagon, drove
| along, probably unaware that an election
was in progress The workers for the diff
1erent candidates tried to get him to stop
and vote, offering him ballots Il doan'
want no votes" he said. I'D vote to hang
er lot oh youse lazy niggers," and went on
! his way, grinning profusely. to the amuse-
ment OF the disinterested.
Fourteenth District.
With the exception of the arrest OF two
| men for disorderly conduct. William Hen
derson and Louis Payne, the voting in the
fourteenth district was OF a very quiet and
orderly character. The polling place was
| at Al n street, and the close proximity of
1t to the second police precinct was, per-
haps greatly responsible for the good order
prevailing But while good order prevailed
| it Is thought the district was not at all
behindhand In the way OF repeating A
Star reporter stood near the polling place
| FOR the greater part of the time during
which the polls were open, and he not only
saw time and again the same men vote
but he heard them brag to others upon the
frequency and ease with which they voted
| He saw. too. men fold up together two or
| more ballots and drop them in the box with
open audac!ty. A police detective who was
detailed at the polling place stated to the
| reporter that he personally knew Of one
man, white man, too. who had voted six
| times, and who was only turned down by the
judges when he attempted to cast his
seventh vote. Another policeman Informed
the reporter that he saw another man care
fully fold up together at least dozen bal
lots and then drop them In the box as one
| The repeating was not confined to the
workers Of any one candidate. but, so fa.
| as 1t appeared. was indulged in by the
workers of all the candidates. there SEEM
| ing to be a spirited rivalry between them
| as to which party could accomplish the
| most Of that kind Of dirty work.
A Saunders and Bailey worker explained
l RI tar far hnxxy nocSyx- h.
| ing could be done. 'tYo see." he proudly
| explained. "yo jes fold yer ballot up like
dis. an den stickin' yer head down so dat
| de jedges won't see who yo' is. go right up
| an drap In de box wild yer head down jes'
| as many Of desc hyah ballots as yo' wants
| to-"
How many times have you voted?" he
was asked.
well, I'll tell yo', jes' twice. But yo'
| see de jedges. dey knows me-"
But did you only drop one ballot in at
| timer"
"Only one? Well. now. what in de name
| OF Gawd does yo' spose I'm hyah fur,
mani"
One incident of the voting was the turn
| ing down by the judges of a colored man
| named Kicks. He arrived at the polling
place shortly before 5 o'clock, and when
Detective Barnes inquired il he had not
voted before down town, Mr.. Kicks replied
that he had been voting all over town. He
| then made his way to the box, but some
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/ that he did not live in the district, and his
| vote was refused although he became very
indignant. 1t was said that he lives in the
fifteenth district
The judges were Eugene Pinckney, A. H.
| S. Davis and Thomas L. Blandford. Lemuel
Pennngham was the clerk.
Fifteenth District.
The polling In the fifteenth district was
done without serious trouble of any kind
| arising, although some few men who SEEM
| ed to have installed themselves as chal-
lengers were little troublesome. The polls
closed at o'clock sharp. and not a few
were turned away with their tickets stin in
| their hands. There were many funny scenes
toward o'clock, when the votes we're be-
| ing rushed" Gleeson and Carson seemed
| to be the favorites.
The house where the balloting was done
was next to a bar dispensary and this es-
| tablishment was kept going full blast
Some of the men did not content them
selves with casting one vote. One tall and
particularly conspicuous martyr was sham
bling up to the window with a tired, woe
begone expression when one Of the watch
| full 'coppers" shouted Here, you. you've
| voted forty times already" which remark
was received with roars of laughter by the
merry crowd.
Sixteenth District.