The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-04
number of enthusiastic shouters for

number of enthusiastic shouters for
Hon. A. II. Connell. ="
John Demuth, one of the Democratic
candidates for commissioner, resides
In the Eleventh ward. and was much
in evidence about the polls Of that ward
during the day. When seen by q
Tribune reporter during the afternoon
he said that his neighbor3 were giving
him a handsome vote.
The South and Southwest districts
Of Lackawanna township as usual fur
nished their quota OF excitement. Many
Democrats were at work urging their
brethren to cut w. ]. Burke, one Of the
Democratic candidates for county COM
missioner. They had Il score TO settle
with the eX-incOme tax callector. and
they we're doing their utmost to settle
ii. AS on the South Side, there was
strong feeling for William Connell. and
his candidacy had many warm sup
porters among Democrats and Repub-
llcans.
While the vote on the South Side and
in Minooka was not as large during the
early part of the day as In other parts
of the city, 1t was heavy during the
afternoon, and as the time for closing
the polls arrived the election boards in
some districts were unable to take with
sufficient rapidity the votes of the
10 exercise their right Of suffrage.
NORTH END OF THE CITY.
In the Seventh ward Bryan received
a good vote and so did William Con-
nell and Hon. A. T. Connell. Many life
long Democrats split their tickets to
the extent of voting for these two Re
publican candidates. The voting was
not as lively as. In many other parts OF
the city until late in the afternoon. but
then the number of votes rolled up
rapidly and when the polls closed the
Seventh had established a new voting
record.
Out In the Thirteenth ward the vot-
ing began early in the day and was
kept up without cessation until
o'clock in the evening. At $50 the
election officers reported that the en-
tire vote Of the ward was then polled.
There was little excitement but plen-
ty of earnest work in the First. Second
and Third wards. A nrcnber OF F'arr's
opponents were hard at work all day
endeavoring to induce Republicans to
vote for La Barr. In some cases tney
were successful.
The fact that the mines were shut
down and the weather was dream
caused much the same conditions to
exist in the West Side as In the mill
districts .Of the Central City. At
o'clock there were 260 ballots pOlled In
the first district Of the Fourth ward.
where the total vote in the 1894 cam
paign was 309, and In the spring cleo
ton 1881. In the fourth district of the
Fifth ward. where the total vote In the
last presidential election was 223. there
had been polled at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon 237 votes. The vote In this
district in 1894 was $40. The board ex-
pected that fully 45O votes would be
cast. At 3 o'clock the two districts OF
the Fifteenth ward had pOlled within
l2e votes of the total number cast In
the 1894 election, which was 619 and
within 129 Of the spring vote which was
6s6.
In the first district of the Fifth. at
the same hour, 226 Of the total Of BAL
voters on the registry list had exer-
cised the right Of suffrage. This same
condition existed In every voting place.
Big vote and rapid voting was the re-
port from every booth.
The rapid voting would indicate that
there was not much cutting done, but
the returns would indicate the con-
trary.
There was little or no excitement at
the polls or on the streets. despite the
fact that the miners were all idle and
that several pay days had occurred. 1t
seemed as II the mOmentous occasion
and the uncertainty Of the result caused
each man to hold his breath.
Up in the Petersburg district. there
were over 400 votes polled, the largest
on record The normal vote there Is
about 200.
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
Telephone queries to the principal
towns throughout the county during the
closing hours Of the afternoon brought
the same response: Tremendous vote
and everything quiet" Dunmore, Tay-
lor, MoOsic. Olyphant, Peckville, Jer-
myn, Lackawanna all reported record
breaking votes. In Dunmore the legis-
lative fight was bitterly waged between
the friends OF Reynolds and Fadden, as
that territory was considered neutral
ground, geographically speaking. Tay-
lor and Moosic also had an unusual
number of workers at the different
polls. as the Judge people depended al
most entirely on this territory for their
majority and DIR. Mackey's supporters
were determined to prevent them from
making any great inroads on the Re-
publican vote. ..'.'
Up among the Abingtons 1t was the
greatest election day ever known. The
devotion of voters of the farming dis
trict to DR.. Mackey. coupled with the
knowledge that he was having hard
fight, and the additional incentives Of
good weather and fine roads brought
them out in full numbers.