Evening star., 1896-01-28
THE VOTING BEGUN
Ballots Being Cast for Delegates to
the Republican Convention.
Mr.. SAUNDERS COMBINATION TICKETS
Gossip of the Candidates and Their
Confidence of Success.
SUPERVISORS TO MEET

'Pll bet you hat" said Mr.. Andrew
Gleeson to an inquiring individual this
morning who anted to know what the re-
suit of the primary elections was going to
be, that 1 will get more majority than
Saunders does votes"
Such was the confidence with which the
famous contractor entered upon the day
that was to decide the temporary political
fate Of himself and several other people.
Mr.. Gleeson did not bother himself much
about the preparations for polling apparent
ly, for he climbed into his buggy and made
his usual round of inspection Of the street
ard other work he is engaged on. His
ieutehants had arranged all suchS pre-
liminaries for him, and their reports were
of the most cheering and satisfactory char
acter.
Perry Carson was smiling and sanguine
and Mr.. Saunders also seemed confident
that he would be victorious when the con-
test was concluded.
Saunders mbination Tickets.
Mr.. Saunders tickets, of which some
sixty or seventy thousand were printed,
showed wonderful amount Of shrewd
Mareuvering. Upon a sheet eight by four
teen were printed two sets of four tickets
each. The first ticket read as follows:
For suffrage and popular government
For delegate to the national republican
convention, Perry H. Carson; for alternate
John Bell; foc delegate, Lorin NJ Saunders;
for alternate, W. F. Thomas.
The others were follows:
For suffrage and popular government
For delegate to the national republican
convention, Lorin NJ. Saunders; for alter
nate, w: F. Thomas; for delegate, L. c.
Ea1lev. for TO Tnhn
For suffrage and popular government
For delegate to the national republican
convention. Lorin NJ. Saunders; for alter
nate, w. F. Thomas; for delegate Rohert
II. Key; for alternate, w. C. Payne
For suffrage and popular government
For delegate to the national republican
convention. Lorin NJ. Saunders: for alter
nate, W. F. Thomas; for delegate. NJ. NJ.
Holland; for alternate, +. ]. Edmonston,
1t will be easily seen from this arrange
ment that Mr.. Saunders had deftly arrang-
eu MS own name on the ticket with that
OF every other prominent colored candidate
LOT delegate or alternate to be voted for
this afternoon. There was some talk about
these tickets being printed Of size outside
the limits prescribed by the regulations.
ana some OF the interested parties claimed
that II such ballots were cast they would
be thrown out. Col. Parker this morning.
however, effectually disspated any fears
or this sort by stating that all tickets hon
esty cast would be counted, no matter
size or reached dimensions of as many feet
Ante-yoting Gossip.
1t was thought that there would be a
great deal of dissatisfaction at the various
polling places during the last hour on ac-
count of the intention Of the judges to take
down the name and address of each person
voting. 1t was pointed out that the delay
necessarily arising from such a system
would prevent many of the late corners
from depositing their ballots before the
time for the closing of the booths arrived,
and that such a deprivation might lead to
the impression on the part of those who
suffered that the judges had Intentionally
Wronged them. AS the day wore on there
were mahy rumors of intentions of COM
m1tting frauds on the part of this that
candidate, and those who were delegated
to watch the polls in the interests of the
several contestants were loud in their as
servations of the course they would pursue
in case such tactics were resorted to. Live
ly campaigning was done among the gangs
OF laborers and workmen engaged on va
riouS constructions throughout the city
but outside of the colored people little in
terest was taken in the coming events of
the afternoon. 1t became the general be-
lief about noon that the result of the elec-
ton, whatever the vote might show, would
not be regarded as binding in accordance
with the DEGREES Of the board of election
The friends of Mr. Saunders, Mr.. Nauck.
Mr.. Bradshaw and of all the colored can
didates declared that SO far as sending one
white and one colored delegate to ST. Louis
was concerned it would have no effect on
their claims if their candidates had the
most votes; that is. they asserted if two
white men received the majority of the
ballots they would be the delegates, while
if colored candidate led the list they would
go, and the convention itself would have
to settle the question.
1t wes difficult to find white republicans
of standing who intended to vote. A Star
reporter interrogated nearly fifty we'll
known republicans during the day, and
found only two or three who said they
might vote, coupling the statement with
the proviso, eff they could find the time"
There was a general impression that
some of the secret societies intended tc take
an active interest in the primaries in be-
half of Oscar Nauck and Rev. Walter H.
Brooks but counter rumor had it that
these organizations were really going to
give their support to L. NJ. Saunders.
Police Precautions.
In all the police precincts precautions
were taken to prevent any trouble at the
polls and to quickly allay any that might
arise. In the first precinct, which en-
braces the larger part of the business Sec
ton and the unsavory Division" Lieut..
Amiss assigned officers to duty at the three
polling places, which, as he said jocularly,
"are all at barber shops where razors are
handiest.' A platoon of the reserves was
held at the station house in case of emerg-
ency. Lieut.. Amiss said he did not antici-
pate any trouble whatever.
Mr.. Saunders Went Security.
Edward Jefferson, the colored man who
was arrested on charge of seriously as
saulting Charles Moore during a row at
a political meeting in Green's Hall last
week, was released on bail yesterday in
order that he might participate in the
election this afternoon. Candidate L. M
Saunders went security for hira.
Wanted the Crowd Cleared.
"Get cab and go straight to the Ohio
National Bank" was the order given De-
tective Boyd at police headquarters. COM
ing as the order did through Maj Moorc's
office the detectives were greatly interested
in the outcome, fully expecting there was
a bank robtsr, check forger or some other
high-class thief in the bank.
Detective Boyd hired the cab and hur-
ried to the bank only to find that he was
the worst disappointed man in the city, for
the request had come from the bank to
have the police clear the halls and side
walks of the scores of politicians, white
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