The record-union., 1896-08-09
Was FUN IN THE SECOND,
Some Lively Scenes at the Armory Hall
Primary.
Frank Daroux and His Forces Car
ried That Precinct-Quiet
Elsewhere.


at Armory Hall, where Committee
ican Daroux met with opposition.
In none of the other precincts were
there any contests, and the regular
caucus tickets selected on Friday
night were elected.
But Committeeman Daroux, who,
with Rider in the First Ward, are
not in favor With the rest of the Coun-
ty Committee, determined on maintain
ing his grip on one corner OF the city
If possible. Rider abandoned his bail
iwick to the enemy and went down in
the Second to help his friend hold down
that end.
The scenes at the Armory Hall poll
ing place We're positively disgraceful.
There was gathered all the rough ele-
ment of the dive quarter-prize-figh
ers, plug-uglies and the like. The more
decent citizens of that part of the city
Eut in a few votes, but the tOughS so
sWarmed about the polling window
that scores of men who did not care to
have their noses smashed or their
clothing pulled off them walked away
and refused to vote.
There was frequent rioting, but it
was between the toughs and the police.
The officers had a hard time of it, but
some of the other fellows will have sore
heads for days to come.
Long before the hour of opening the
polls the sidewalks in the vicinity OF
Armory Hall were crowded with men.
Promptly at o'clock the window
through which the votes were to be
passed was put up, and then the fun
commenced. The ballot box was in
the hands of the election officers named
by the County Committee, and against
this arrangement the DarouX people
registered their first kick. They de-
manded to have man put inside
If not a politician, at least police
officer
Officer Hayes was put forward, but
was dragged back, and for some min
uteS things were mixed, reminding
those present of the old-time Spit
toon Convention But this was only
a starter, for the crowd surged and
howled around the window. Daroux
was in the thick of it, and before any
one knew just how it occurred, the bars
across the windows snapped and the
nearest policeman, who CHANGED to be
Talbot, was pushed and pulled and
hauled and dragged and finally landed
through the window in a heap, and the
DarouX forces seemed satisfied for
the time being.
The voting went on amid cheers and
jeers, and the mass of humanity gath
cred more closely and pressed upon the
police who formed a guard around the
window
For long hour the voting continued,
and then the DarouX men sprung sur
prise, which was very effective in caus-
ing many a sore head. They wanted
man of their own on the inside, and
when there came a lull a large
Chinese bomb was lighted and jug
gled under the platform beneath the
window.
Then, just when no one was expecting
it, that bomb went off with a force that
shook the building. Each policeman's
club-and there We're seven Of them
rose and fell with the regularity of
clockwork, and whenever they came
down some petty politician or rounder
had enough primary election to last him
all the rest of the day.
But while this battle was going on
the Daroux men were busy carrying out
their scheme A half-dozen of them
slipped in behind the wall of swinging
clubs, and in a trice one of their num-
Der was shunted through the window,
and there he remained the rest of the
day. They tried a second but it would
not go. The man was lifted and hauled
and pulled, but finally landed on the
outside, and from then until the polls
closed officer Talbot's club held the
window
Nothing of special interest occurred
until o'clock arrived and an effort
was made to close down the window.
This was stoutly resisted, but finally 1t
went down with a rush. There We're
panes of frosted glass in that window.
and something had to be done in order
TO see the count, and through the surg
ing crowd George Rider, the defeated
committeeman from the First Ward,
made his way. Then his stout cane rose
and fell a dozen times before the Off
GERS found his curves and there was not
a piece of frosted glass left in the
sash.
Then the clubs rose and came down on
skulls once more. and Rider. hatless but
defiant, was hustled out of reach by his
friends.
dozen fights were going on in different
places. officer Fisher was detailed to
settle these small disturbances, and
succeeded in getting something resem-
bling order out of the crowd Still the
demonstration continued, until finally
the insiders agreed to admit two of the
Daroux men, and the cruel war was
over.
The Daroux ticket was of course sue
cessful. and these delegates will repre-
sent him in the convention tomorrow:
w r. Jones. George Stack, John Shell
lars, H. d. Stegeman, W. Carragher, A.
Mendis, j. Hopley, NJ. II. Fetherston, F.
Holborn. H. Freund, NJ. J. eastman,
George Hotchkiss, NJ S Wahrhaftig, B.
Valenzuela, /. Zemansky, f. Ryan, II.
Lagos, II. K. Shippers, l.. Johnson, NJ.
Brazile, T. Osborn, NJ. WetZel, ]. Gagen.
When the votes were counted it was
found that Daroux's expected large ma
iority had dwindled down to l. The i'm
dependent ticket polled 235. and the Da-
roux ticket 242.
There were 40 informal ballots cast.
COUNTY DELEGATES.
In the county precincts heard from
last night these delegates We're chosen:
Galt-J. j. Campbell, John McFar-
land. c. c. Clements. f. f. McClaugh-
rey, n. A. Sparks, A. Rider, F. II.
Harvey.
Freeport-Phil Reihl, Charles Schrei
ner. W. f. Williams.
Richland-William Johnston, f.
pammon.
Courtland-Thomas Dean, Dwight
HolliSter. BENJAMIN Bates H. ISham.