Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-08
RESULTS In DOUGLAS COUNTY
Returns So Far Received Show Holcomb
Ahead Of His Party.
R pusLIcANs LEAD on LOCAL TICKET
Figures Favor the Election of the
Republican Candidates for the
District. Judicial and
County Omces.

At the hour Of going to press re-
turns from the city Of Omaha Indicate
substantial gains for Holcomb and smaller
gains for the fusion ticket as compared
with last year.
While the figures at hand are incomplete,
they show that in forty-seven precincts out
OF the seventy-six districts throughout all
Of the nine wards, the total vote polled for
Reese, republican is 1883, as against a
total for Holcomb, populist, of 4,6OS.
In these forty-seven precincts which to-
gether give Reese a majority of 275, Hay
ward republican, in 1898, had majority
OF 9S6, which means therefore, that Hol-
combs gains expressed in figures are III.
No sufficient returns are yet at hand to
indicate the voto on county, judicial and
school board tickets. Enough is reported,
however, to show that Holcomb has run
ahead of his ticket and that 1t is question
able whether any of the fusion candidates
for local offices have been pulled through
with him.
While the vote polled is above the average
percentage OF the vote registered, 1t Is plain
that the party Affiliations expressed by the
voters before the registrars have been belied
by their votes; to what extent, however, can
not be stated until more careful comparison
is made.
Progress of the Voting.
No off year election for many a year has
aroused the people of Omaha 10 such keen
interest as did that of yesterday The con-
ditons were all favorable to the polling OF
n full vote and the result, so far as the total
vote cast is concerned. was all that was an
tcipated from an examination of the reg
istratlon returns. The weather throughout
the day was fair and warm and the party
workers were active.
The rush at the city clerks Office of voters
who had not registered and wished to swear
in their votes was like that of a presiden-
tial year and kept up until the closing hour
Although the entire city was thoroughly
aroused and all parties kept close watch OF
proceedings at the various voting booths
the election, whole, was orderly and
there were no disturbances. AS usual, the
credulous were agitated from time to time
by alarming rumors put in circulation either
In jest or in the forlorn hope of changing
few votes. These did not attract very much
serious attention and they were not a promi-
nent feature of the day.
Reception of the Returns.
Early in the evening telephone and tele-
graphic inquiries began pouring into the
newspaper Offices and the streets in the vicin-
ity of the illuminated bulletin boards were
densely crowded. The theaterS ana otner
places where returns were received and an
ncunced were also filled with eager crowds
Inquiries came by wire from all points in
the eastern states, evidencing the prominent
part played in the politics of the country by
Nebraska this year. The returns came in
gradually at first and the watchers on the
streets saw precinct by precinct flashed on
the screen in slow succession, all of the early
ones being from districts in the city While
the information they afforded was meager,
practced politicians saw in them straws in
dicating the prevailing direction of the wind
The elaborate preparations made by The
Bee for the gathering of results, both in the
city and throughout the county and state, en-
abled it to presen. much more satisfac-
tory bulletin service than an election night
usually affords and the streets surrounding
the building were thronged early and late.
The long distance telephones and large
force of teegraphic operators received the
detailed returns as they came in.