The morning news., 1897-01-03
NATHANS oUTRAN GOLDMAN.
THE ONLY CONTEST FoR MAGIs-
TRATE IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.

trtct ana Magistrate WicIkhnm
Had Things His own Way-McIn-
tire Bent Shekells in the Fifth nnd
Mcintosh Elected Over King in the
Seventh District--NO Opposition in
the Third, Fourth, sixth or Eighth
Districts and the Incumbents Re-
elected.
| The election of the Chatham county jus
tees of the peace and their constables was
held yesterday at the court rooms of the
elective magistrates.
On the whole the election was quiet and
orderly, and passed off with few disturb
ances or arrests. Workers for the candI-
dates made their presence at the polls felt,
but it was only in the way Of the aid they
gave their friends and not by the scrap
ping and rows that often attend elections.
The only trouble was in the First dis
| trlct but this was early in the morning
! before the opening of the polls, and, after
the majesty of the law, in the guise of
blue-coated policeman, had taken two of
the belligerents in charge, there was no
further disturbance. The trouble was caus-
ed by party of w. f. Thee's friends 60
ing about o'clock to the court room with
the intention, as Justice Wickham's
friends had heard, of securing possession.
| Justice Wlckham, with party of eight or
nine of his supporters, were expecting the
move, and had remained in the room all
night in order to get the start of the 9TH
ers.
When the Thee party arrived those who
were on the inside said they assailed the
door with blows in order to gain admit
tance. The crowd in possession sailed
out to repel the assault and a general
fight appeared immine :. one man went
so far as to draw his istol, but the po-
| lice dissuade him from tting any rash
threat into execution. he presence of
the officer exercised a CT ming influence
over the crowd. and the ex itement grad
ually subsidized. 1t bega o grow again
however, when, at $50 O'Clock, Candidate
| Thee, with his election manager, Henry
| Garwes, appeared on the scene. Garwes
had been named by his candidate during
the afternoon as his representative on the
| board of managers, and was accepted by
| them, but on putting in his appearance
at the polls he was informed 1t had been
| decided by the other two managers,
| Messrs. James Mcclure and William Nc
| Cormick, that w. f. Corbett would be a
better man for the place
This preeipitated an argument, of which
1 Messrs Thee and Garwes semed to think
| they would get the worst, and they re
tired, leaving Mcclure, Mccormick and
| Corbett as managers and Anthony Salcedo
and James Smith as tally sheet keepers.
The polls opened at 7:24 o'clock, and the
voting was running along with Wickham
| in the lead until some time in the fore
| noon when Thee, having received 81 votes,
/ withdrew from the race, claiming that he
| was not given representation on the board
s,f,,, fafY 1a, Il
He announced his intention of contesting
the election on these grounds, and, it Is
| said, consulted an attorney
| After Thees withdrawal Justice Wick
| ham had everything his own way, and his
friends gave him rousing vote of S54
| Dan Kiley and w ]. Barrett were elect
| ed on Justice Wickhams ticket as con
| stables, receiving about the vote he did,
as there was very little scratching done.
In the Second district the contest was
! three-c cornered, Messrs. M. G. Helmkeh
! Charles Collman, for recollection, and ST.
mon Nathan were the candidates. The
| managers were Justice Waring Russell
| Jr., and Messrs. Isidore Silverberg and
| Edward Whaien.
Early in the day it was evident that
! Justice Collman was beaten, and along
in the afternoon the election of Nathans
was assured. When the votes were count
| ed they stood: Nathans, 209; Collman, 133
and Helmken, ia.
The behavior of the voters in this dis
| trict was not bad. Only two arrests We're
| made. One was of negro, who at JUS
! tice Collman's instigation, was taken in
| charge by the police for having attempt
| ed though his name was Nelson to vote
| that of another negro name Galloway.
| When taken TO the station house he main
| tained that his name was Galloway, and
was so docketed on charge of Illegal
voting. The other was William Lee for
disorderly conduct.
In the Third district there was no op-
position, as Justice Michael Naughtin is
| a tower of strength in that precinct, and
to tackle him required more nerve than
| any ambitious aspirants to magisterial
| honors possessed.
The same was true of the Fourth dis
! trict. No opposition to Justice Samuel
| Reynolds was forthcoming and he retains
his tenure of office another term at least.
The constables of both Justices Reyn-
olds and Naughtlns court We're reelected.
Justice b. ]. McIntire was reelected in
the Fifth by a majority of 40 votes, he
| having received 70 to his opponent, 7. w.
| Shekells', 40. The constables elected were:
Jos. Brown, colored 112 votes, and Samuel
| Robinson, colored, S4. John w Jackson,
| coored, received 80 votes. The election in
this district was quiet and orderly and no
| arrests were made.
In the Sixth district the election was held
dA CtuRli ltSulNGu III Nilt re-
election, without opposition of Justice w.
! ii. Mende. who received 81 votes. In the
| race for constable, T. W. McNish receiv-
ed 80 votes, Moses Saxon, 26, and George
| Hudson, 6. making a total of 81 votes cast
in the district. Presiding over the election
were Managers T. G. Simmons j. II. Tan
| ner and !. II. Hooker The tally sheet
keepers were John Wohltman, David w.
| Hughes and J. G.. Nelson Here again, the
election was without friction.
In the Seventh district the result for jus
tice was: Robert Mcintosh, 2S, Mcleod
| King, H. and Richard Adams /. John +.
| Andrews, the incumbent did not run for re-
! election. Mcintosh. the man elected, has
served four years with credit as Andrews
constable. Mcleod King was at one time
| the ex-oflicio Justice of the district, but
| he failed IN reappointment by the grand
Jury in June last. The candidates for
constable ran as follows Isaac Martins.
| 2S Harry Green, "a, and William John
son, IL. The election was peaceable.
In the Eighth district at Pooler, by
mutual agreement, Justice M. Baker re-
tired early in the morning from