The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-06
Contests I'm Several of the Wards tO
BE Settled This MOrning-Inci-
dents at the Primaries.
GEN. HARRISON'S BALLOT
1T WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE CAST
IN THE THIRD WARD.
A Primary Election I'm the Fourteenth
Ward-SOmc Meetings as Big
as County Conventions.

Never in the history Of Marion county
have such primaries been held by either
party as those of last night. The meeting
I'm each ward assumed the proportions OF
county convention. and had all the votes
cast been Republican the percentage of the
total Republican vote of the city out last
night would have been very large. The at
tendance ranged all the way from 800 to
1000, and very few wards fell below 500.
The methods that had been employed in
the effort to capture the county for an out
side candidate had aroused much anxiety
among the indianapolis Republicans. and
the desire to sit upon this sort of campaign
brought out hundreds of substantial men
who never dream of attending a primary
on ordinary occasions In all the northern
wards Mr.. Griffiths's friends won out handi-
ly. Mr.. Shockney got the Ninth ward
practically without opposition. and there
are contests between the Griffiths and
Doxey states in the Tenth. Fourteenth and
Fifteenth wards. In the Tenth ward Ma
jor Doxey's interests were handled by Ja-
cob Bieler and Robert Martindale. ably as
sisted by Goose" Eden, George Har-
ris George Rhodius, Dick Brown, Earn
est Kitz and few other bright and shin
withoff, the ward committeeman, called
the meeting to order in the Criminal Court
room. Mr.. Martindale was nominated for
chairman by the Doxey element, and NJ. G..
McLain by the Griffiths element. Mr.. With
off first put the question on Mr.. Martin
dale's name and declared II carried. A di-
vision was demanded and Mr.. Martindale
had large majority of the votes, includ-
ing, nearly as could be figured, about 100
Democrats, mustered I'm under the general
ship of Goose" Eden. There was
split then and there and each crowd
held separate meeting and elected its own
slate without trouble. and then referred
the controversy to the credentials commit
tee. In the Eleventh ward an effort TO in
troduce some nonresident voters caused
a rather warm dispute, and it looked for
while as though there would be hot blood
upon the part of some of the co.ored voters,
but pacific counsels prevailed and nothing
more dangerous than words was used.
The Third ward had the largest primary
tending the meeting. The total vote cast
was close to- this estimate and it was di-
vided among host of candidates. General
the first vote. There were half
dozen or more states, but not one of
them went through in its entirety 1t was
after IL o'clock before the laborious work of
counting was completed and there was a
slight discrepancy between the talles kept
by the tellers. The seven receiving the
highest vote were II. II. Hanna, 327: l.. G..
Baker. 312; Gavin L. Payne. 322: Merrill
Moores, 290; Harry Gates, 321 Bruce Will
liams, 2S5. and A. p. Hendrickson. 331. The
discrepancy between the tellers led to a
doubt as to whether Joseph B. Healing or
John L. Benedict was elected. the tallies
differing. The decision was finally given in
Mr.. Kealing's favor by narrow margin.
A motion was made by w. III. Craft that
the delegates be instructed to vote for Nc
kinley instructions, but this was voted
down by a shout that could be heard clear
In the Fourteenth ward the contest was
very closely fought. A primary election was
over 300 voters, something never before
heard of in a primary in that ward. There
were two straight tickets and several others
with changes in single names. The straight
Griffiths ticket won by a good majority.
The next highest ticket had two Griffiths
men, one for Doxey and one. for Shockney
sonal fight. 1t was not a victory without
work. The polls were open from to 9
o'clock and during all that time j. A. Dynes
and Robert McClintock stood at the voting
place challenging for the Grifhths ticket.
There will be contest, the mixed ticket
claiming that twenty-five of their voters
were challenged who should have been al
lowed to vote This will not interfere with
the other ticket. for the lowest man on it
received twenty-eisht votes more than the
highest on the other ticket
AT the primary of the Sixth ward in which
Mr.. Grffitns resides the delegates were
elected by acclamation. and resolutions were
adopted heartily indorsing his candidacy
and asking the hearty support OF the coun-
ty. The delegates were not instructed, but
Pledged themselves to use all honorable
means to secure his election. The eleven
votes of Johnson county are solid for Grif-
fithS. In a number of wards resolutions
were adopted expressing the hope that the
State convention would decline to instruct
A careful recapitulation OF the result by
wards and townships shows that Griffiths
has captured at least s. and possibly 20 o.
the 105 votes in Marion county Mr. Shock.
ney has 8, Mr.. Griffin and Mr.. Doxey IL
with a possibility of 61s. Mr.. Griffin has
some friends on the delegation who have
solemnly pledged themselves to vote 70,
Griffiths right along.
While there are twelve contested dele
gates. only five of these contested wards arr
In doubt as one of the two contestants in
the Fifteenth, all four in the Fifth anc
both those in the Fourteenth Griffith.
men.
The friends OF Mr.. Griffiths feel particular
ly gratified at the handsome result which 1.
considerably beyond their expectations Ir
view of the cosmopolitan character of Ma
rion county its habit of splitting it's vote
all up in State conventions and the desperat.
effort made by the friends of an outsid,
shey woud be doing %e If the,
| got as many as So votes. After the result
became known at the Denison House las
| night Griffiths stock went up rapidly in the
| gubernatorial contest.
First ward-Delegates: John B. Glover
William Jackson. o. NJ Murphy, w. II
| Kelley, Pearson Mendenhall, William Alb
| sten. Alternates: Clarence Means, r. p
Algoe. Fred Miller
| Second wari--Delegates: Wesley Gerard
| Robert Oliver, W. III. Nickerson, W. 5
| Lockman, J. j. Higgins, X. w. Mcbride, Il
F. Davidson.
Third ward-Delegates: H. H. Hanna
| Louis j. Blaker. a. p. Hendrickson, Gavir
! l.. Payne. Harry 3. Gates, Joseph Il. Keal
! ing. Merrill Moores and Bruce Williams
| Fourth Ward-Delegates: Charles Cheat
| ham. e. J. Robson, Harry s. Willard, F.
| Armstrong, A NJ. Glossbrenner Georg,
| Bauer. Alternates: j. +. Valladin. Johr
| Montgomery, c. J. Clark, John Bowlus. II
c. Jordan.
| Fifth Ward tcontestl-Delegates Hanniba
/ Rankin. Richard Wells. Albert Kerr c. W
| Brown, J. II. Ringgold. Webb Hurt Al
| ternates: Major Gardiner. Alien Simms. DIR
/ Elliot. ". Francis. John Williams. Charlie.
/ Sweeney. The contesting ticker Il
Robert Locklear. w. 4 Davis. II