The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-09


/ Ehste tod al the Armory the other
rszhtz" asked man with long ghiskers
n the Second ward yesterday. The man
addressed sad ne had not. lie had not
attended tine Pop explosion "Os course II
.~s a political story that White beloved
BIT, playing 10 the galleries and tSe We
men, bas Il made votes tor uA ! heard
nat mar offered to bet a hundred dos-
Srs that the waF-hoTse couhsu't prove his
story by facts White laughed when IL
ras ali over and do npt pretend SIat there
4as anything IN It. His story was that o.,
n fs-year -osG boy whose mother. up IN
North Seattle. cent him 10 tOwn TO pay the
xaopsbly blils. u was o'clock in the morn
Ing when the boy came home with tears
IN his eyes and said: Mother. ] lost your
>aoney wens isgo gambling bel! on
Washington street and gan1bled X AL
yay. What did that mother dor asked
,fhlse. She called ia the aelghbors and
& snt down Oh her knees in the middle or
re affecting group ard what did she do2
What did she da2 She cnraea the city OF
.ses,fls She called down the curse OF
heaven on this wrstefed city
Il tell you II the women could have
voted that nhzli," continued TIE story
teller. .they al you'd have voted for Cal
derhead A. Il was. the bleary-eyed old
.nsn we're the only ones whG could stand
for e. but white made votes Tor Us among
the women
He was 4 stiff kneed cid chap. with a
rusty beaver and shiny coat, IN the Sixth
ward Yesterday. who went satO has pre-
efnct rolling place and ohtainesi his ticket.
lie retired 10 his little stall and made one
mark thag shswe d that TIE Whole ticket
I vent wsih him. tGst as the convention had
named it. Then he carefully folded II Up
| and drew an envelope from his pocket. IN
20 which his vote was slipped. He sealed
TIE envelope and handed Il ia. Yes. sir,
have done tEIS for twenty-five years and
expect 70 do II ali my life. There isn't
u neh chance 70 iuggie a mans vote now
adays anler ahis Australian system, but =
/ II habit with ms and | don't care to
change. | commenced sealing my ballot
q a time when il was not only possible,
/ bu, altogether likely that unless YOU were
I on the right side II would De liked /
/ lived In the South until s., and there are
| people Up here who remember how things
/ sssre down there as well as | do ] shall
/ also be- here tonight. again a matter Of
| habit with me. 10 see my sealed vote taken
/ ssE and counted"
Eugene Ways proclivities as an organic
or were pientifuily in evidence throughout
/ shs length and breadth Of the First ward
II
made the round Of the precincts. checking
sp the poll books in the hands Of his watch
l srs and bestowing a cigar here and a smile
l there by way OF friendly eucoura &c ment.
l Il was a typical scene in the First ward.
u, the Third precinct when Gene arrived
l 80 check over the votes east The polling
place was Il u,te sgaffy room, In which
were crowded the eiSe4i0a officers and the
ehailensers for each party. The voting
u ala in f4f he nfl oil
stables. NOW occupied by the Duwam!sh
dairy.
Outside the room where the voters depoE-
u tied their ballots stood half-dozeD men.
i mostly TN the garb OF wcrkingmen or sail
~ The typaeai ward bum was Ia evil
dsnce ~0lling cigarettes every other min
u ete with "a hat that had seen h..fer days
hung or one ear and his rlnd occupied hy
telling every ono within reach what q
J great man he was.
Mr.. Way moved piacidiy. calmly. gra-
I ciously among all the precincts. oser hav-
i ing an eye single TO the main puTpose-that
= u getting every ter in the fusion party
to the lolls. While he expressed conf
denee In the situation. the fact that in the
= toubtful precincts he personally checked
the list OF names and inquired for the
missing voters was evidence enough that
Re sat more store by winning this election
y than perhaps any other IN which he has
fgared.
4 Taking advantage or the absence or ar
ofricer. the Populists tn tho rTeth prvc'nc'
e. the First ward eounteuanced a naseanl
\ Violation Of the law prohibiting election
.ering within fifty feet ~ the polling
A tan. bewhlskered Populist. say0f af
The Tendericin stood within ghe "a. 4a
4 right I'm frons of the 0eoF 10 the g. IS
! place Ia tbs precinct. located iu a -
room on Fifth avenue and Main street
As Post-Inieliigeneer reporter entered
the place. he WAS stopped by q Popal!si
Y aeeler
l Here" no grunica. handing out an ''aa-
fseyy' ballot printed on cheap red pa
rssr ana marked with big y opposite the
name Peoples Party"
The reporter took Jock q; the ind.vld-
Ss'sl and again proceeded 80 enter The
pace. lie was again stopped by q Erufr
Herei' uttered IN a seuai-corsnan dtng
iene and again a dirty nst was stack cut
9Th a. advisory ballet.
The mar stood wtthin the railing erected
70 Keep cut election workers ana ward
sosers, Inside Eat Councilman NHIIam
Aeardle ere oC she e8leess ~ 5he eiec-
ten. II Vas learned thas the nan wra
I'D Violated TIRE law stSa7 far mere than
~ hour wish'n the pa1ler place
TIE attention u the c0}ears - ire pre-
eEaei vas called 20 the matter ana the per-
ssssat Fopu'.st was efecsEd re took a
Nssd eur on The sidewalk directly ln front
TIE polling place. ana withn the dis
Aace pres red ty law ana when last
20 WIS erUtes "A dollar sa3 six BIS ser
sV haadins oa, ais I5tie red oat,ats.
al telak thar I genld escape ga
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