The herald., 1898-08-14
BALLOT BOX STOLEN
pIS0RACEFUL INCIDENT IN THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
THE THIRD WARD CANDIDATES
Have a Warm Time Over Personal
Differences-0therwise Serene
and Satisfactory Results

Tho Republican primaries yesterday were
on tho whole of q tame character. the two
wards in the seventy-fifth assembly dis
trict furnishing the only real excitement
reported anywhere in the county. The Sec
ond ward suffered an invasion from the
Eighth ward, in which that picturesque or
sanitation known as the F,lambeau club
makes its home. The lights of the F'lam-
beau were so much In the shade in their
own ward that they were practically
snuffed out, and voted the straight caucus
ticket. But their feelings were still hot
within them at the way they had been
treated at the caucus; so, to let off steam
they planned an assault upon their unsus-
pectinE neighbors of the adjoining ward.
Frank Townsend, Chas Wilde and A. c.
Day, the election officers, were peacefully
counting the votes just after the polls
closed. The ballot box sat upon small
packing case in the midst of these gentle
men, who were surrounded by number
Of onlookers. Suddenly some one reached
over and seized the ballot box and started
to run with 1t toward the door Charlie
wilde recovered his senses very quickly,
and exercising that agility for which he
made q great reputation when he was in
the city clerks office, caught the thief on
the sidewalk. The two were surrounded
by the crowd and Wilde, supposing that his
culprit was safe = other hands took the
box and started TO pax up some OF the
ballots which had fallen out and were
scattered around. But the thief and an
other man, evidently his companion, broke
and ran. When the number Of ballots was
compared with the tally list it was found
that about thirty were missing. The bal
lots saved showed an almost unanimous
vote Tor the caucus nominees.
Later in the evening, while Sheriff Burr
was going along the street, the two ballet
hypothecators were pointed out TO him,
and he at once surrounded them. They
proved to be j. H. Griffin, president OF the
Flambeau club, and one Edwards. a mem
Der of the same organization. The sheriff
picked up another member ramed Frank
Hurley, at the Columbia club, where re-
ception was being given.
The affair in the Third ward was Of a
more refined nature. Two tickets appeared
at the opening of the polls, one headed
Regular Republican Caucus Ticket" and
the other Regular Republican Ticket" y
The lists of names printed on each were
identical with but a single exception. the
regular Republican ticket bore the name
of L. E. Doan, substituted for that of ]. r.
Newberry. And about this substitution is
woven a tale, or rather severar tales.
Mr.. Doan claims that at meeting neld
previous to the caucus he was mer -.oned as
a candidate, and Mr.. Newber:y agreed to
support him. but did not kHep his word and
contrived to have his own name put on the
NJ
denies this in TITO and claims that Dear
has given vent to personal spite on account
of a certain business transaction. Accom-
panying these statements are the usua
multitude of rumors, giving hints of Doodle
etc. The principals in the trouble came to-
sether during the morning in front Of the
city hail. where the election was held. Ac-
cusations CT treachery and bad faith were
freely made by both, but no blows were
passed. The returns of the whole assembly
district show that Newberry received 29i
votes and Doan 200 votes. giving Mr.. New
berry the election, even granting the thirty
votes stolen at the Second ward 10 Mr.
Doan. The average vote cast for the mem
bers Of the ticket was 1913.
A remarkable nnanimty Of action ir
electing the regular caucus tickets is shown
by the returns from the remaining city dis
tricts, many OF them showing no scatter
ing vote whatever. Tom Strohm was slight
ly lacerated in the Seventh ward, while
c. J. Kubach received some thirty votes
The average vote received by each caucus
candidate in the Seventyfourth district
which comprises the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and most of the Seventh wards was 464
The Seventy-second istrict gave its nomi-
nees an average of $50 votes. This district
is made up of the First and Ninth wards
together with the three "black" precincts
of the Seventh. also the usually stormy
Eighth. where the election officers yester-
day graciously served beer to all thirsty
patriots as they came to vote
Lewis Thorne, secretary of the county cen
trail committee, received returns from only
two of the country districts last night.
One of these, Pasadena city, gave the
members of its district ticket an average
of 14s votes, and district No. of the
Seventy-second assembly, comprising
Ballona. Hyde Park, University. Howard
Redondo and city precincts Nos. II, r. "a
and "a an average of 127.
Unofficial reports show the rest of the
country to be ''all right" with no casual