The herald., 1898-11-09

around the polls was that the campaign COM
mittees of all parties this year avoided, as
far as possible, in selecting their workers,
men who were noted for Their ability to
cause trouble rather than for their know
ledge of the election laws and the rights
of citizens. In this way more than one
ward ''bruiser" found his occupation gone.
and in consequence peace and quiet reigned
about the polls.
THE CHALLENGING.
There was considerable challenging done
yesterday, mainly upon the question of resi-
dence. The supplementary register proved
almost useless. They We're found faulty
and incomplete, and fully justified the at.
tacks that were made upon the work before
election. From all the precincts reports
are received that but very few, colonized
votes were offered.
AT THE HEADQUARTERS
The headquarters of the union parties at
the Nadeau and of the Republicans at the
Hollenbeck hotels were crowded by an ever.
coming and going throng all day. The
union parties were without funds and con-
sequently suffered in the matter of workers.
Every man this election wanted to be paid
and men who were counted upon to help
the party because of their fealty to the cause
refused to turn hand unless paid for their
work The Silver Republican workers were
more than scarce, while the Republicans
had more men on the pay roll than they
could use In the majority OF precincts in
the city up to as late as noon there were no
tables with union party men in charge at
the polls, the Republicans monopolizing the
work. This was not the fault of organiza-
ton, but was due entirely to lack of ready
money.
THE VOTE
The heaviest voting of the day was done be-
tween 6:34 and 10 o'clock in the morning.
From 10 until 3 o'clock the votes came in one
at a time about every five minutes. A rush
was expected about the time the polls |
closed. but it failed to materalize
From newspaper point of view the cleo
tion was worse than quiet The count. !
there being eighty names on the ballot. was
tedious. There was hardly a straight ticket
on either side voted. Some few tickets |
went straight so far as the state Offices |
were concerned, but when it came to coun-
ty nominees the ''scratcher' was abroad in /
all his glory.
It's all over for four weeks but the city
promises to be even more inter-
esting than the campaign just closed
FIRST WARD
In all the precincts of the First ward the |
vote up ITO noon was unusually light, but |
rapidly after the closing of the
railroad shops. In the Fourth precinct,
which has total registration of 465, at noon .
only l62 votes had been cast. The Sixth
precinct led at that time with total of 172
votes. the majority i'll favor of fusion can
lidates. Two years ago the total vote of
this precinct was 297 This year it will be
less than 270. Precinct two, with registra-
ton of 3S9, cast only ll6.
SECOND WARD
Voters reported promptly at the polling
places, nearly half the voting strength ap-
pearing before IL a. III. In the residential
districts the movement was especially no.
lceabe, the great majority of the voters
having deposited their ballots before noon.
Few challenges were interposed, and those
few were due to the failure of voters to
record among the precinct transfers the
act of their removal from other precincts
such applicants for the privilege of voting
were sworn in and, having resided in the
precinct for at least thirty days they did
not lose their votes, though not regularly
recorded among those entitled to the fran
;hlse In the precincts to which they had
Their names being on the great
register, the only issue raised was that re-
gardlng the proper place ior depositing
their ballots. There were no unseemlv oc.
everything being done in an open
md above-board manner, even the appear
ince OF fraud being wholly lacking.
Illustrative of the manner in which the
votes came in, few precincts NAV be men. s
loned. In Precinct nine, eighty votes had
oeen cast at ii a. IN. Two Years ago the 5
vote for mayor was l39. and the
5otal voting strength of the precinct was {
to be lS0. In Precinct twelve
Ia had voted at 10 a. m. and no cbol. {
enges had been offered The total mavor. 1
vote in 1896 was 235, nearly the full vot. /
ng strength of the precinct. Precinct four. ,
cen reported only 100 votes for mavor two c
ears ago. Yesterday at l:03 D. m. liz votes t
lad been cast This precinct is in the busi.
less part of town, but the votes had been ,
oming in with steady flow since sunrise.
There was no rush and only two challenges I