The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-16

with the setting Of the sun last night
,toro closed one of the most exciting
-,uoicipal campaigns through when
richmond has ever passed. The heh'
beear months ago. and as time wore on
Fl Increased i'm intensity until it assumed
persona! aspect which eliminated yes
,.rla, in number of alterations IN
whi.. blows were passed.
Weeks ago it became evident that inc
fse,,. fu the campaign was 10 he Wht'"-
cr the Democratic League for Goou NO'-
srnmcn. which two years ago "oH 4"
sweeping victory. should continue 10 'on-
rrol lhe affairs of th' city d"u ~5"''-'S
t,i. rroposition the Democratic Ciuos ol
.,+ ,,t, .arraved themselves almost solid
lv TbeIr sneakers night aver hshI
cook The stand and assailed the Leagu' $
lnonae,mtrt of affairs saNaseiy'
The League had little to say publicly
1u+ AID "a great deal of work IN qulet
manner They placed tickets in the neid
fr cltv Madison Monroe and Mursn"l
,yerfs and also privately endorsed some
80 tna candidates in JEFFERSON NaIu.
rhoir tickets were announced almost at
the eleventh hour. but those whon lh'y
had selected in Marshall ana JeueIs"i
wards arose almost as one man ana useo
tho short time remaining in Iepuu'"'i"e
that endorsements ,..
Thus the campaish came 20 C'oSo
Monday night and when the sun "losS
Yesterday morning che League men ana
tnc ClubItes were at tho po"a pIep"' -"
10 renew the struggle.
& HEAVY VOTE.
Completo returns VIII probably snow
fbaf tho vote cast yesterday was about
the LARGEST ever pollcd no municipal con-
test in This city while there was never
"a great number Of voters massed AROUND
mo precincts at any one time yet there
Was steady buslncssiikc stream CONE
Ing nnd going an day and considering
.hc number Of nam ON the various
tickets and their cumbersome length' oul
few mistakes in scratching them were
made. ,o,t..
,ctive I'm CLAY and Jefferson Wards. AS
each voter approached be was handed
ttuo sin of paper containing The names
of thc candidates endorsed hy the League
,vith the request not TO scratch any Oh
them. ,..
For the nrst tme So the history of the
citv'e primaries booths were used, ana
The voters went into thsm TO mark the'r
tickets. although there was none OF 'ne
air OF secrecy which always SURROUNDS
general election under the Australian
.yqt,m I'm front ot each precinct the
ueuoi space was marked OF and a police
officer was on duty TO see that there was
no loafine within the charmed circle
Tbe rattlo grounds vos' erdev we're In
cav Nsrshan and Jefferson Wards but
only in the former did the intense r'NaHy
rriuiratc in blows. Al the foufih re
oinct In that ward John Boyden ana
charles Ostrandcr became involved IN an
eitcrcation which lod 20 their arrest by
fhc Third district police.
at 'ho Fifth Precinct Of the same ward
,he~o was trouble between W. O. Bur. .N'
~ / smith ard ". H. Du1rawav. The
prace of the preoinct was stwh0c i0r
while. but the mon were ori" ky arrested
and taken 90 the Third S'o'on.
IN CLAY WARD.
Aporf fron, these outbreaks tho d9N
v,as "A remarkable quiet one, considering
the state of public fec'ne Mr. = \.
Cauln. president of the Good Government
League was carly 40 the polls yesterday
morning. He spent most ot MS 'me IN
clay Ward. as thai was Acknowledged 10
he the section IN which there was the
,,,eqtesf danger Of the defeat OF the
Teaeue There were MANY who voted
for Inc League ticket sOlidly. while sim
others supported the men nominated by
the clubs but 81 large element scratched
thcir baiiote considerably cn0os'ng men
frora each ticket. The anti-l.eaeue men
were handicapped 10 some extent bv the
feeling. Of ialousy existing between those
living north and residents of the section
south Of broad street The nofthSiuefs
ciaimcD that they had not been iafly
treafcd. lnasmuch as all of the men nomi-
mated by the anti-League men came from
IN. sou,hside. save one. This. Of course.
cat down the vote OF the clubites.
Az had bean anticipated. the exlraordi-