Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-09
THE ELECTION.
RETURNS HEARD LASTI
NIGHT AT THE

I
9 Phillips Opera House With tn
Usual Crowd Present The Re
turns at First Had the Repub
licans Little on the Blue Order
But L ter They Were All Tha
Were Expected and Then Some
Everybody Glad. and the Re
turns Very Satisfactory-Un.
thank Running Away Behind Hi:
| Ticket All Over the County With
But Few Exceptions.
II The election yesterday passed off
quietly, but, considering the quietness
OF the day, a very good vote was
gotten out. Good precinct work was
done, but the voters themselves did not
make the effort they should have made
to get to the polls. They seemed to
| regard voting as some sort of
vague accommodation they might be
able to do for some one else, and not
as duty as well as privilege they
owed the country as intelligent
citizens. The county committee was
| considerable disguised at the manner
in which some did not vote and the
reasons given for not doing so. One
man, prominent physician, start ed to
crawl under the ropes to get to the
polls When told that this was con
trary to the law he became indig-
nant and went away without voting
There were others who did not vote
simply because no one took the trouble
10 20, ha Ir
ers who. alter having seen nothing but
election In the papers for weeks, for
got that it was election day, and went
out of town on business. Still others
went away without adequate excuse,
and thereby missed their votes.
When the returns began to come in |
last evening the indications were hKl
no masas- -fANpsresfcarne ffoM New
York, indicating that tho Democrats
we're carrying the city with good sized
majorities. The later ones, however,
told of Republican gains and cheerful
ness reigned instead of gloom. Ihe
further the report went, the better IL
got, and ere the people began to dis
perse about midnight, the Republicans |
were happy over the general results. |
all the states that had caused anxiety |
having gone properly. The county
vote was the center of interest
all the way through, Il turns
came in very meagerly and unsat.
isfactorily, and nothing was reported
upon except the head OF the state
ticket, the congressional and sheriff 8
vote. The head of the ticket and the
congressional vote ran about togt ther,
and the indications still are that Wat
son, Republican, will carry the cosnty
over Robinson SINE ZOO to 2,o0U.
while Unthank, for sheriff. carries
over Slower, Democrat, by greatly
| reduced msjority. The vote OF
| Unthank ran away behind the
rest of the county ticket all the
way through, and at the latest
report the indications are that he will
run nearly a thousand, In majority,
behind his ticket. Slower ran ahead
of his ticket, which almost doubles the
showing in majority or plurality, the
difference between Mr.. Untha1k's ac-
itual vote and sthat of Stover being
but about 400 or 500 votes.
Returns from the district indicate
that Watson will carry it by a good
safe majority, perhaps 1000.
| THE PARTf NOTE.
Appended is the Wayne county vote
tby precinct on the head of the state
} ticket:
i ARLINGTON.
i Republican 90.
| Democrat 1l9.
Democratic majority 81.
BOSTON.
Republican 80.
Democrats 50
Republican majority /.
h cENTER-FIRsT PRECINCT.
II Republican 1o1.
Democrat 43.
Prohibition ).
;. Peoples /.
Il Republican majority 80.
SECOND PRECINCT.
Republican 104.
l. Democrat 6S
II Prohibition /.
II Peoples L.
Republican majority "a
= THIRD PRECINCT.
Republican GO.
Democrat 81.
Prohibition D.
Il Republican majority %.
,- CLAY-FIRST PRECINCT.
Republican 90.
Democrat 81.
Republican majority 6s.
ie SECOND PRECINCT.
,. Republican 19.
OF Democrat 81.
Republican majority As.
DALTON.
. Republican 81.
of Democrat %.
= Republican majority %.
NEW GARDEN-FIRSf PRECINCT.
nd Republican l0i.
Democrat 81.
"a Prohibition IL.
he Republican majority 80.
II SECOND PRECINCT.
m Republican 81.
es Democrat %.