The morning times., 1896-01-29
PAT WAS RED HOT.

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PAT WAS RED HOT.
And there were voters and tickets galore
and combinations that would have puzzled
Matt Quay OF Steve Elkns. The COM
binations have been going on for two
weeks, but late last night the tall sycamore
OF the Potomac. Col. Perry Carson, whose
handsome picture was presented in The
Times yesterday. took IL upon himself to
print an original ticket with the old V or-
horse Andy GleesUn. as his running mae
This was n keen play very much like a
timely placing of the Joker in a game OF
euchre. 1t is not known that Andy had
anything to do with the combine. as he had
been slated to run with L. C. Bailey. who
represented clean and pure politics and the
aristocratic element of the cplured folks,
probably meaning the yellow culured folks.
Butthere was alsu the Rev. Walter Brooks,
who also represents the reputable colured
classes and pure politics, probably the black
aristrocracy.
1t has not been definitely ascertained who
represented the razor brigade or the der
ringer crowds. As a matter of fact these
crowds apparently did not vote, or If they
ulu. liitE ltll tHeEt UldBdLliltS dJ uOIbt III
their other pants pocket.
YOUNG BLOOD FACTION.
Another issue in the election was tue young
bluuds against the old bloOds. This mixed
things considerably SO far as designating
the young blood candidates by their personal
appearance.
Bailey has a bald head, Col. Carson has
a bald head Andy Gleeson has a bald head.
Rev. Mr.. Brooks has bald head, and
several OF the other young bloods had, or
still have, bald heads. This fact sug-
gested the probability that Mr.. Bailey had
given them all close crop, and Il top o the
head shave for the campaign.
Apart from the sentiment of the election
and the photographs OF the candidates
heads, the real issue was who was TO be
elected.
That story was concealed in The Times bal
lot boxes in which the first dash for liberty,
free ballot a nd a fair count was run. They
hung their ballot boxes on the outer walls
just before 2 O'Clock, by which time the
whole population, in expectancy, had been
mobilized towards and around the twenty
six polls.
1t was not the Australian ballot exactly,
but rather the drop-a -nickel-in-the-SlCt style.
The voters passed in front of the booths, and
were asked the usual questions of age and
residence, and if everything was all light
the ballot was fired in.
If everything was not all right the candi-
dates for voting privileges are said to have
moved on to where the rules weren' so strict.
1t was expected that there would have been
a great deal of repeating. but that fact
was not demonstrated.
GIVING GOOD ADVICE.
Gleeson and Carson were undoubtedy
the candidates whose names We're most
freely in the air, and there was an i'm.
preston all day that they, at least, would
have big ma ajorlties.
The special reason for the quiet at the
polls was that all OF the candidates and
speakers had at every meeting impressed
on the voters that the country was watching
them and that their request for suffra ge
would be regarded proportionally as they
demonstrated themselves to be fit for the
rights of the ballot bos Consequently there
was anything but war at the polls. Good
humor and good sense prevailed at all the
voting places; the story OF the day being
told below in the various chapters of the
districts. The police had a very easy and