San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-03
ELECTION NEWS.
FINE WEATHER BUT MUDDY,
HEAVY ROADS.
Light Vote This Morning-Republican
Electoral and Congressional Tick
cts All Right.

mud and SluSh under foot, was San
Antonio's election weather today. Last
nights heavy rain caused the roads to
be very heavy and will be the reason
for lighter vote than usual being
cast in this city and part of the coun-
ty, though it is thought last nights
shower was only local in its nature.
The 16 precinct polls opened prompt
ly at eight o'clock, with the presiding
officer and judges representing each
national political party inside and one
city policeman and a special officer
at the entrance to the polls.
Good order was everywhere appar-
ent this morning, though about noon
the indications were that the after
noon would see some disorder on ac-
count of several private little "nips"
taken in secluded places by the rough
err element of the voting population,
out of jugs and sundry bottles.
The indications throughout the city
is that the national PopOcratic ticket
| has a majority in the west side pre-
cincts while the national Republican
electors will sweep everything on the
east side, with the state fusion tick
ct safe, showing a very solid opposi-
| ton to the Culberson administration.
In the congressional race Judge Moo
nan is running away ahead of the
Slayden ticket all over the city, and it
is estimated he will carry the city by
from to 1 to ) to 1. All over the
city there was a good deal of swap
ping by Judge Noonan's friends,who
were anxious primarily to see that his
name was not scratched.
In the county campaign there was a
great deal of scratching, not straight
ticket being voted in the entire city
it can safely be said.
The state senator's will have a close
race of it, while for representa-
tive the odds seem to favor the Re-
publican candidates.
For county judge Bryan Callaghan
was polling a strong vote. So was
II. o. Skinner for treasurer, and VIM.
Boerner is making a splendid race for
collector.
The race for sheriff is the most ex-
| citing of the lot, both Druse and
Campbell going neck and neck. The
same may be said of the race for dis
trict clerk, between Lewis and Um-
scheid.
A good vote is being polled in pre-
cinct 10, IA, Is and 16 for Kiolbassa,
and also in number 8 he is showing
considerable strength. From all in
dications it appears that Joe Kohr will
be the next constable
BY Precincts:
At II o'clock a. m. Light reporters
called at the various polling places
and while information was very hard
to procure owing to the secret nature
of the ballot, and the law governing
the giving of information by the cleo.
ton officers, the number of votes and
other items as follows, was freely Civ,
en-:
Precinct No. 2, Tests garden
1876 votes cast. Each party represent
ed by proper officers. Democratic
national ticket, Noonan for congress,
state Republican fusion ticket and
Citizens county ticket ahead.
Precinct No. 10, Alamo and Vilitta
streets-Republicans, Democrats and
Populists had each two judges. Sew
enty votes cast; began the count at
1870 a. m.
Precinct No. 14.-Mission garden,a
parties represented; 113 votes cast;be-
gan counting at 8 o'clock; at II had
only 10 votes counted.
Precinct No. 16.-Victoria and Mat
agorda streets, all parties fully rep
resented; this was also a very muddy
precinct and the vote was light, 80
being polled at II o'clock. The count
began at 10 O'Clock and at II six votes
were counted. The tickets are be-
ing badly scratched for county Off
GERS. Opposite this poll the Repub-
licans have opened Noonan headquar-
tiers, where clerk is stationed with a
pile of sample ballots to show the Hit,
crate voter how to make out his tick
ct properly and incidentally to see
that Judge Noonan's name was on the
ticket. Judge Noonan was running
lively race this morning.
Precinct No. 15.-Santa Clara and
Peach streets. This was a very mud
ry precinct, but polls good vote and
at IL o'clock 159 votes had been cast.