Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-11

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| oughfare. lined with elegant homes. There
Was no noise or confusion as one by one the
residents OF the ward quietly entered the
ously departed. There was never much of
a crowd about this booth and but few
workers were visible.
the most spirited in the election. Adam II.
Dickey and Frank L. Woods were the op-
out in force. Mr.. Dickey had a large four
seated vehicle and an immense furniture
van, in addition to numerous hacks. He
seemed to be having the best Of the argu-
/ ment during the afternoon. The regular
Republican and Republican party delega-
tons were in the field.
Eighth Ward.
The jownpour of the rain in nowiSe ter
| rified the Republicans of the Eighth. At
| both of the polling places crowds awaited
the voting hour. Many of them stood in
line for an hour or more, all the while
| becoming drenched to the skin. but none
complained. In this ward a fear existed
| that many would not be given an opportu-
were shut out it was their own fault. for
| toward night the long lines marking the
| front of the polling places early in the day
had completely disappeared. The alder
! manic contest between Frank Brinkley. the
present incumbent: Tom Boulware. the
hotel man, and Harry Harries was a spirit
out and voters were given free rides. While
the mayoralty contest was spirited. still
only the best of feeling prevailed; The
members of the rival convention delega-
tions all worked hard for the success Of
their respective tickets. Cries Of "Hurrah
for JONES' to be answered by "Hurrah for
Green" were heard all sides about the
polls.
Ninth Ward.
In this ward the contest was decidedly
| bitter and at times exciting. The friends
n ND r0d hh a M nt1f
| evenly divided when it came to workers
on the outside Early in the afternoon 1t
looked very much like it would be an i'm
| possibility for all to vote in the First
precinct of the ward. Long before the
| time for the opening Of the polls a string
Of voters extended from the voting place
at 1903 East Eighteenth street to point a
block west. This string was noisy. but
good humored. As all stood facing the
rain. rain the delay was , spent in yelling for ,
ton of things continued until along about
4 o'clock. when it became evident for the
first time that ample time, existed
| for all to vote. 1t was arranged so that
voters could be admitted to the booths in
| blocks of five and six and it was in this
way that opportunity was given for all
This ward is the home of Scott Harrison.
one Of the candidates for treasurer and
1t was plainly evident during the afternoon
II the enthusiasm of his friends counted
The close contiguity of saloons to this
voting place rendered it an easy task to
keep enthusiasm going. Toward night
some of the friends of Jones and Green be-
came. little demonstrative. but the po-
disturbance down. As the long line Of
voters patiently awaited their turn, lieu
tenants of the mayoralty candidates would
walk the length of it. cheering, the walters
and supplying umbrellas with which to
protect them from the falling rain.
:, At the other voting place in this ward
I~txrht -,
gressed somewhat in the same way: still
the lighter vote was .polled here and very
little waiting resulted. The city hall EN-
section and they did telling work for
Mayor Jones. Gould Jones: the mayor, 3
brother. was leading spirit in this work
The contest between the two delegations
for the convention was spirited. but it be-
came evident early in the contest that the
so called had decidedly the best of it.
w. II. Otto was from the outset the leader
in the contest for the lower house nominal
tlon His friends worked enthusiastically
for him all during the day; still. he was
never at any time in any danger of de-
feat. The Ninth Ward Jones Republican
Club long ago captured everything in this
they did the ante-election work was mani
fest in the result Of the vote cast.
Tenth Ward.
The judges and clerks were promptly on
hand at both polling places, and the voting
started amidst the downpour of rain. This
suffraeists. however. for at both 23Gi
Holmes and the southeast corner of Twen-
ty-fourth and Olive streets the polling
places. good crowd had assembled in an
ticipation of the opening. II became early
evident. however that ample time existed
in which for all to vote. and from o'clock
on to the close of the polls but little delay
resulted. Each candidate had delegations
of workers present to look after his inter-
ests. and. while the struggle for votes was
animated. nothing in the way of feeling
resulted. In this ward the chief interest
seemed to center in the contest for the low
er house council nomination. The opposition
to Alderman Burrows appeared to be some
what bitter to judge from efforts made by
friends of other candidates to convince the
voters that their man was the one to lay
out the member from the tenth. The
friends of the mayoralty candidates each
had lusty lunged workers present. and eIl
during the afternoon these seemed to vie
with one another in an effort to make
noise. That the rain deferred many from
voting was admitted. At both points how
ever. 4 steady stream of voters continued
to enter and retire from the voting booths
The continued fall of rain prevented any
large crowds of onlookers about the voting
districts.
The election in the outlying wards passed
OFF quietly and there was no trouble in
any Of the wards. The voting in Westport
was quite lively, tue CONteSl pel"eeT eN-
City Attorney A. s. Marley and ]. F. Weld
ermann for the council being close and
interesting one.
In the Twelfth ward the primaries passed
OFF without incident being. enivened only
by the councilmanic fight between George
Hoffman and F. W. Gremmels:
r. L. Middleton had it all his own way
fol. the council in the Thirteenth ward and
the election was depressingly tame.
- T. E. Steele and l.. D. Martin locked
horns for the council in the Fourteenth
ward.
All the outlying wards with the exception
of Westport are sparsely settled and there
was no crowding at the polls.
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