The record-union., 1897-09-29
4 QUIET PRIMARY ELECTION.
THERE WERE NO GATLING
GUNS BROUGHT OUT.
Everything Passed Of as Slick as
Creased ightning-Conven-
tion Tonight.

Despite the sensational predictions
from certain quarters, there were no
Gatling guns turned loose at any Of the
primary polling places yesterday; no
body was showed through polling
place window; no ballot-boxes were
stolen; there were no pistols drawn,
no fghts-no anything. but just plain
every day, well-lubricated, smooth-go-
ing Republican primary.
The polls opened at = o'clock p. m
and at that hour quite a crowd had
gathered at Fourth and K streets,
where the Second Ward polls We're to
help carry off the dead from the field
after the bloody battle had been fought.
But there were no dead bodies to be
carried to the Morgue.
The election officers went into their
den, which was baTTicaded inside like
a Chinese lottery-house on street but
the necessity therefor was not appar-
ent. Men were about the sidewalk
handing out tickets to those who want
ed to vote, and it might be worthy OF
remark that nobody was refused that
privilege. About the second man to
hand in a ballot was a cOnspicuously-
attired stranger whom nobody seemed
to know. After inquiry had been made
of a couple of dozen old-timers 1t was
learned that the man with the plug
hat and good clothes had been in the
city a few weeks Nobody challenged
him, and apparently nobody cared to.
Pretty soon Frank DarOuX came
along, and all eyes were turned on him
to see what he was going to do Mr.
Daroux is the man who was to lead
the opposition in that ward, if any, to
the regular ticket. But Mr. Daroux
evidently had no kick coming. He
wore a placid, even a smiling, demeanor
as he stepped up and voted. That set
tied it.
It's all right, boys" remarked one
of the push. Everything is off, and
there's no kick You may as well move
on. Frank got pretty near what he
wanted, and there's only one ticket"
Ali the same, there were a few red
tickets about, but they were not worked
off on any one. They were quite diff
ferent from the regular ticket, and were
to have been put into circulation had
Daroux deemed it necessary to use
them. The pugilistic fraternity was
well represented for a while, but their
services were not needed and they soon
wandered off.
The ticket voted in the Second Ward
was the only one that had not been
published in the Record Union" yes
terday morning, and it bore the follow
ing names: Thomas Hague, c. E. Root,
Joseph Hopley, a. Mendis, James A.
Torres, NJ. Silva, J. H. Schacht, Will
lam Ford, E. Shumeyer, E. M. Leitch,
=. Shields, T. H. Osbourne, S. Nathan,
L. c. Kroell, NJ. Radovich, John Carey,
Charles Chenu.
A perfect calm prevailed at all the
other polling places. There had been
talk of opposition tickets in the Sew
enth and Ninth Wards, but there were
no contests anywhere.
It is understood however that ]. H.
Dolan will run independently in the
Ninth Ward for City Trustee, against
NJ. Pennish, who will be nominated in
the convention to-day.
The only change made in any ticket
yesterday was in the Eighth Ward,
where the name of w. H Harris was
substituted for that Of L. Neubourg.
otherwise the delegates elected are the
same as chosen by the caucuses on
Monday night and the ticket voted in
the Second Ward.
THE CONVENTION.
The Central Committee announces
that the convention viii be held at (
o'clock this evening in Armory Hall.
The offices for which nominations TO
be made are: Mayor, Auditor and AS
SCISSOR City Treasurer, City Collector
City Attorney, five Trustees Zone for
First. Third, Fifth Seventh and Ninth
Wards). four School Directors Zone for
Second, Fourth, Sixth and Eighth
WardSl