The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-05
THE MORNING AFTER.


II Is always delightful the day after a
victory to nnger over the incidents of the
battle: but even that Is scarcely equaled
By the pleasure OF gossiping about the part
one has played in q successful election
campaign. The valor, activity. ingenuity
and devotedness of earnest partisans afford
plenty of material always, and then there
Is the satisfaction showing how nearly
every one Of Us came In our predictions to
the result.
There Is an advantage. too, In going over
the returns. and analyzing the vote II
often tells. in its silent way. what infiu-
ences are at work by the relative proper
ton OF votes cast in the different precincts
and by the varying fortunes OF candi-
dates IN the several wards.
The entire vote cast on Tuesday was
1854 out OF a regis tration OF s.22o. The Post
Intelligencer on Monday morning express
ed the hope that II would have been $500.
Based on that hope we predicted that
Black would have a majority over all.
that Jordan would come next with 1884,
and that Gilman would poll go. We under
rated the disaffection of the Fifth and
Sixth wards. which gave Jordan sur
prisngly large vote, and the result was
that he got 800 moro votes than we con-
oeded him. Gilman had ss4 votes, or only
q moro than we predicted.
Analysis of the vote proves positively
that Jordan received the full vote of tho
vicious elements OF the city. That was
expected. OF course. but ii Is to be re-
GREETED that 50 many @orkingmen were
deluded into the belief that their Interests
lay with him. Every precinct south OF the
dead lima gave Jordan more votes than
Black: the First ward chose him as tho
man most acceptable to whltechapel. The
First precinct of the Fourth ward. a water
front district, gave him eight votes more
than Black. The Third precinct Of the
Fifth ward, bounded by Union. Third and
Stewart. and the water front. partly occu-
pied by shacks. has the unpleasant dis
tinc;ion OF having given Jordan notable
majority. The First precinct OF the Ninth
ward gave Is TO Black and 10 to Jordan.
That completes the unpleasant roll. Every
other precinct gave emphatic najorf.ies
for Black. including the Fourth precinct
of the Third ward, which stood UP nobly
with 70 /.
The charter having carried. r. q. Stew
art. the candidate for city clerk. who
heads the pou with a majority OF Sc over
all. aads himself without an Office. the
charter providing that tho comptroller
shall hold Office until the end of his term.
The fire commissioners. Adams. Watson
and Hood. have only the satisfaction OF
knowing how popular they are. They ran
ahead OF their ticket. hat the charter abol-
lshcs their office.
81 ave votes II. c. GIN misses being an
alderman. although he was elected to the
Office. The charter requires that tho al
derman receiving the lowest vote shall
% dropped out. McArile. the Demo-Pop.
from the First ward, beat thu Republican
candidate. Csrstens. with 40: bnt James.
of the Fourth. becomes the dean. with a
vote Of 81: Raymond. Of the Fifth. had
ssc. Rude. OF the Sixth. received 4o7. and
GIL drops out with 80. Indeed. the entire
vote OF The Third. regarded as a small
ward. was only IS below thu, OF the Sixth
| wari.
The only Deu1o-PoPs elected were Mo
Ardie. who Is also a member OF tns leg.s-
latuve. and Tommy Navtn who was
deputy superintendent % buildings under
| tas Ronald administration Crschton. OF
she Eig1staa ward. - reelected for tha third
| time; Hlsra. q tho Fifth. and James. o,
ths Fourth. and Chapman. OF the Ninth.
Tor the second time. The old members
| who did not seek reorganization are Gies-
son. kistls-, GoosTNus. Tctgr and Little
The bosri OF aldermen - wiped OFT.
carrying with a T.eazder Miller, r. NJ.
Daulton. J. r. Brewer. J. Eugene Jor-
dan. snd n. J. P. Sweeney, the Eve Dem
o,rsts wlsose term has expired. and Il. r
else. a Anderson, II. F. Compton and
NJ ". L.Nveioy. the four Republicans wao.
bat for me aew charter woala have serve.
two yeaTs moro. one OF TIE most "
/ pieSsan, features Of that Instrument WAS
tAa: = lecsssatei four tairhs,l ard cana
bic officials en-, % o-lcs with their hans.
50 lied that hey could not BE candidates