The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
HOW THE DAY
 PASSED AMONG THE
 VOTING BOOTHS

It was a peaceful election yesterday, except in one or two precincts, and the active partisan was more conspicuous for his quiet demeanor than for his aggressiveness Tales of riot and al- most bloodshed came from the voting booth of one of the downtown precincts and rank inebriety was reported from another, but in the main the day passed quietly. It was only after the count began that the real excitement com menced.
 The voting was heavy in the morn ing, in some of the precincts over half the votes being cast before 12 o'clock and the usual rush just before the polls closed was not apparent. How the hours passed at the booths follows:
 The Twenty-Eighth-
 The Twenty eighth District was unusu- ally quiet yesterday. In not one of the sixteen precincts was there as much ex- citement as there has been at any time since the nominations. Early in the morning the men began to vote and by noon fully half the ballots had been cast. By D. m. three-QuarterS Of the voters l had visited the polls and at closing time nearly the entire strength of the district had been voted.
 There was strong anti-Phelan feeling around the booths and throughout the dis ITlCI, put III no ulSCrlcl was 9neldn N1lu- out a following ready to shout for him on the slightest provocation. Very few of the candidates visited the Twenty | eighth. Dr. O'Donnell was out in force, i but no one treated him as a serious fac l tor. Still, in many of the precincts he boiled heavy vote and in others ran Dr. Ed k. Hill close race for first honors.
 The Twenty Ninth
 Long before the polls were opened crowds of workingmen gathered before the booths in the Twenty ninth Assembly District and awaited the arrival of the election officials. For two hours after the balloting began the voting was heavy; then 1t began to fall off and gradually ing the noon hour there was another rush and then the voting seemed to be over
 Judging from expressions by the voters indications were that the Republican ticket was receiving greater support than two years, ago. Most of the voters cast There u were no disturbances nor arrests Mest 1 In the district during the day.
 The Thirtieth-
 Over 50 per cent of the ballots cast yes terday in the Thirtieth Assembly District were deposited in the ballot boxes before noon Unlike former elections there was preached The election passed off quietly and there were no unusual incidents Very few voters told hoE they had voted and they went their way as soon as their ballots had been cast. Republican gains are looked for in this district. Registra- ton was much lighter than two years ago. and there was also a decrease in the number of votes cast.
 The Thirty First
 Almost a Sabbath quiet prevailed throughout the Thirty-first Assembly Dis trict during the balloting yesterday, and but for the hurrying and scurrying of candidates and their friends there were no outward indications. that a State and municipal campaign of Unusual interest and bitterness had reached a climax
 The police officers on duty at the vari- ous precincts had nothing. to do except stand around and chat with their friends about the probable result. About three fourths of the usual vote was boiled in this district Voters naturally expressed a beIief that their favorite candidates were sure winners. No accurate esti-