The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-09

morning was very fair Many railroad men
voted in this ward and their votes came in
during the noon hour and in the evening.
Both parties were well organized and every
voter was carefully looked after E. B.
Pugh was the Republican candidate who
looked after the ward, but early in the
morning Mr.. Pugh's horse was borrowed
by a jealous worker who neglected to re-
turn it before noon, and Mr.. Pugh was han
dicapped. In the first precinct rs votes had
been cast at 1890. which was not quite one
half of the total votes of the precinct. Both
parties were satisfied with the showing at
that hour. In the second precinct 151 votes
were cast by 11:40, but it was impossible to
tell who had the best of it. The third pre-
cinct made good showing by 1:20 as l25
votes were in the box. The fourth precinct
was little slow in getting the vote out.
At 1880 but 102 votes had been cast. The
workers built a bonfire of railroad ties IN
the street and were huddled around It, 10
scatter when a prospective voter hove IN
sight: The fifth precinct made a good
showing and by IL O'Clock had polled 78
votes In the sixth precinct 96 votes out of
total of 25O were in the box by 1O:45. An
early vote was polled in the seventh pre-
An average vote only was polled in. the
eighth precinct by 9:45, as n votes had been
cast The ninth precinct made gain over
the usual vote cast by 1910 as there were
then 65 votes registered. The Republicans
were well satisfied, as they were confident
they had more than held their own h out Ct
had 100 votes, even. The eleventh precinct
polled its biggest about noon. At that hour
considered very fair. A big vote was re-
corded in the twelfth precinct and by noon
152 votes had been cast. The thirteenth had
fair vote as compared with that of two
years ago at the same time and by O'Clock
had 141 in. In the fourteenth by 1880.
heavy vote, 116 had been registered. The
out its vote At 1890 but rs votes, or not
one-half of the total, had been polled.
SLOW IN THE TENTH.
The Tenth ward in the early afternoon,
as a whole, disappointing to both par
ties and great efforts were put forth early
in the afternoon to get the vote out. 1t
was believed that much scratching was be-
ing done and the leaders of both sides were
anxious The voting places were sur
rounded by large crowds of workers. James
E. Greer was the Republican candidate Sc
lected to look after this ward and by the
middle of the afternoon he was making
every effort to get the vote out. Some fac
tional differences affected some or the pre-
cincts and rendered the efforts toward con-
certed work Iukewarm out OF o. a tot tai vote
at 2:45. The second precinct was very SLOW
and hard work was done there. At S:l5 IN
the afternoon the vote cast was 144 out OF
total of &c., The third precinct had larger
percentage of the voters in by $3.50 than any
other, and the Republican leaders felt
JuDlildnl over lHelI SllOWluS. AT llAb ACuA
the vote cast was 10 out of total of $50.
The fourth precinct at las had but 1O9 votes
out. This precinct was very slow ana was
given immediate facilities for getting the
voters to the polls. The fifth had less than
one-half out by 220 AT that time the vote
cast was 115 out of total of 2SS, The sixth
precinct was ninety short at $780, having
159 in out of a total of 249. The seventh
precinct, in which many railroad men vote,
2 1 In In the eighth precinct at 215, lac votes
out of a total of 215 were cast by 2:15 p. m.
AT the same hour the ninth precinct had In
So votes out of $50. At 2 o'clock the tenth
precinct showed 1874 votes in out of a total of
240.
NINTH AND THIRTEENTH.
In most Of the precincts of the Ninth and
Thirteenth wards the Republicans asserted
that they were in first-class condition. In
some precincts a good many votes were still
out, but it was claimed that the Democrats
were worse off than the Republicans in this
respect. The most discouraging places were
in the extreme east end of the Ninth ward,
in the territory out toward Irvington'
known as Woodside. Here both sides said
that light vote was being polled, neither
party seeming to have much advantage over
the other. Workers of both parties were
hopeful that as the railroad shops ana rae
tories closed the vote would increase. In
the south end of the Ninth ward the he
publicans were in the best of spirits. In
the fourth precinct, for instance, the party
workers had succeeded in polling forty-tWo
out of forty-seven Republican voters. or
the other five, three were out of town, and
at $3.50 o'clock it was asserted that the re-
naming two would vote before the polls
closed. On the other hand, the Democrats
had succeeded in getting out only liz or the
lS3 of their voters. An hour later, IN the
tenth precinct of the Thirteenth ward, the
Republicans had polled GA and had IL stu
out but it was asserted all would appear
with two exceptions, while 1T was asserted
that the Democrats had many votes still
not in. Republican workers were confident
frOro fhp n time T)QmncratlG
voters were taking in the voting booths that
they were doing a good deal Of scratching.
1t was thought that much of this was due
to the work of the Independent Democratic
Free-silver Club, which has grown out or
the silver push of past campaigns, OF
course, it was only speculation as to how
much il any, scratching was being done,
but the Republican workers judged from
the time taken up by many of the Demo-
cratic voters when in the booths that there
was much scratching. The Republicans,
however, it was said, remained in the booths
make one mark on each of the three ballots.
From this it was judged that they were
voting straight. About many OF the pre-,
cincts We're members of the boo gang
hanging over the fences in hopes of turning
dollar or two before voting. Everybody
that came along that had the appearance
of being a candidate was bounced upon by
these men, who wanted money, If they
could get it, and, if not, beer or something
stronger. The police were pretty busy with
such large districts to cover, but did not
seem to have much trouble with the Sa~
looms, most OF which We're closed. Inere
was suspicious activity about some Of the
back doors.
The thing that impressed visitors to the
Ninth and Thirteenth wards was the evident
thoroughness with which the precinct work
was being done in many cases. There We're
a few instances where things Jagged, but in
the main it was clear that the South Side
Republicans were aroused. Every one was
anxious to know how things were going IN
the North Side wards, where the South
siders, asserted, the election must be won
or lost -
IN THE ELEVENTH.
In the Eleventh ward the voting by pre-
cincts was uniformly slow until late in the
evening, when the closing of the factories
brought in number of workingmens votes
Throughout the day the apathy displayed
by the voters of both sides had a depres-
sing effect on the election officers who in
answer to queries as to the strength of the
vote cast would invariably say: 1--WE ex-
pected the workingmen would turn out at
noon and vote as they always have DONE
these men," Committeeman Joseph, In re-
ferring to the light vote cast by both par
ties in the Eleventh ward said: 1T is true
factories around here, to turn out at noon
has been a. disappointment all around, but
YOU see this ward is strongly Democratic
any way and the more votes that are not
cast, the better showing we Will make here
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