The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-09

John ii Lyon ..-......-.-..-..-....-.. as>s
Majority ....-t.+-... ..-s....--s...-. sss
For cogaciim@n-at~lsFse-
IL +. Rude ........-.-......-.-- Zfis
i. II. Muldoon .......--.-.......-....-.. 1ss
II. II. kaiIes ..............-,.-......-... 2s9s
Dr. william Chapman ...s....-....... zlss
Eutes majority ...-................ 10
AaldoDns majority ........-..*-... y
The registration by wards for the cleo
ton yesterday was as fellows: First,
Ia. Second. ss2. Third. sss. Fourth. i.0ss:
Fifth. i.ossi Sixth. s4s. Seventh, s2s.
Eighth. ees. Ninth, svs: total. s.5sl- The
total vote 81 wards was as follows: Flrst.
ss@: second. soi: Third. Ga. Fourth. Sc.
FIFTH. So: sixth. rs. Seventh. esT: Eighth.
e.: Ninth. Az. total. e.sss.
possible test Of TIE strength Of tbs
labor unions Ia this city is shown Ia tho
vo,e on charter amendment NO s. inersas-
irg, the salary Of the city engineer from
$3.50 to sa.eoe year Members os the
unions were almost without exception OPP
posed TO the increase. nevertheless It car
risd.
Charter amendments Nos. ! and 2 csr-
risd BY almost 90 majority. Since M.
j i in favor OF licensing the sale OF liquors
a. $50 year and No. would license theu
at si,ee. the fact that both have carried
By an almost equal majority eomplieates
matters 10 i great degree. Il woald seem
from the vote tAas maay voted 10 t.iyor
cf-a sl.0e0 license and followed It up ~ith
How the matter VII be settled Is a~alf s.
ton resting with the rev administration.
Twas "a quiet Day.
The one striking feature Of Inc voting
throughout the city yesterday was the
quietnasa with which IL progressed dur
!ng the day. With no fighting or Drawing
about the polls. the election officers sat
at their desks az sereBely as the tallymen
stsa school directors election In some re-
mote rural precinct. and IN most eases jus;
as slespliy. when there was a aearth Of
voters the officers and various Checkers"
stationed az the polling places in the tn
terest OF each party would swap campaign
stories or indulge In mild banter as to the
probable result OF the election. Each
newcomer from the outside world was
eagerly questioned as 10 how things were
going In the other Wards and precincts. In
the majority Of instances he had little more
20 give out than mere street ramors whieA
he had caught on the tiy. or the sage COM
snent of some aStute politician whose
views were mainly influenced by his poliil-
cal bias.
Another fact about the voting which was
easily apparent and much talked aboa:
was the hardness Of voters ia putting In
an appearance. The polls opened az 8
o'clock. bat as late as D. III. Il was es-
tlmatel that not mare than oae-faufth az
,hs registered vote % the city had besa
pesled.
The scenes about the polling places were
fairly typical OF \ quiet election-ln -feoht
81 the deer the long rough railing intend
ct 20 fence ~ ths crowd which fsiled 10
nsAgerializ-s within &ne roofn tie little
group OF e.oc'ion offetse. alert tor duty.
armed with nell b0eks ard pencils. ready
to check OF TIE slecf1ss ia turn: Inside
,ao little beoths Waefa tAe bAlas wsre
made cut. a zsenr now ana then sor com
ic artist. as some sioS and obtuso voter
sgrnggled mAnfnlly With the long ballet.
sfyine 10 decipher the amendments. Nbat
they slguined. ana hew De shoald vote "a
them. These amendments we're ths puz-
sic Of the DAY. There were nine % fHem.
They had been published b. gen. ume ard
again: bat the majority 90 Hosers seem 10
need very short ass1 clear algeetlops be-
sere them even az tie niemaas * casting
taesr ballots. Ia serns Instances the
amendments were merely numbered ana
she pushed voter gased AZ tie numbers
IN hopeless despair as Sc stood ln t3e rtae
eoosh making out MS a.kat. Isl macy
cases tl9e poss.a vas solved hy simply
letting tie appointments severely alone. -
th&t the Nete on tbea Wss Tar smalter
thaa on THE candidates wh5se names az
pe@red On ;hs tA0os.
saloons " ere Chased.
Around tss little ssrcie q oHlcers ans
voters sae sTeat huu aea SIR ~ hasncss
nle ia tbe s4sy Wcas GA uamassled Tae
gfeat Supply stores IA thalF usual eusstas
tas.aeze. ana {ae saetee!es AID snlss went
sloas as asuaL IL wsas gasrsgy few ghss ses-
49, ,sst the voiios wss SEW. Msra aants.
CLERKS Nalteva. artisans. soad mes ie..e
t,seir Places 81 ageeess Tho saloons *
SEQ c,ly were elcsed et.aeut e2srnstsn
Use tescrs We hsa counted oa ar-5lae
se.ess .srsaAa tae s.1s 6eer eere a.zse-
ge.ntea. E,sa ts2se Nha 49, mta rvs-