El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-11
RUNNING
NECK AND NECK
The Race Between Magom n
And O'Keeffe Very Close
DOODLE is FREELY USED

DOODLE is FREELY USED
The Second Ward AS Usual Ii
the Principal Battle GrOund,-Th he
Republican Organization Inferior
| "A Quiet Election,
Election day dawned clear and cool
with q suspicion of moisture in the at.
mosphere and few drifting clouds in
the air.
The polls opened with both sides con.
| fident and those inclined to gamble Of
! fering odds of 2 to l on O'Keeffe with
plenty of takers. Money was plentiful,
especially an Magoffin's side, and was
expended freely to buy votes and in
fiuence voters. Ill
Magoffin had plenty of conveyances
running 10 haul voters and plenty of
well organized and experienced work
ers in all the wards who stood at the
entrance of the polling places and dis
tributed tickets.
O'Keeffes forces seemed to lack Or
ganization and trained workers and
this deficiency appeared to detract
from the chances OF success of the re-
publican candidate. His followers
seemed to con 6ne their attention chief
ly to the second ward where all admit
ted that the contest would be fiercest
and the battle for supremacy the most
energetic.
The battle OF the ballots commenced
shortly after eight o'clock as soon as
organization of clerks and judges had
been perfected.
AS soon as the polls had been formal
ly declared opened by the presiding
judges, voters began to appear, evil
oently adhering to the rule to vote as
early and often as possible. During
the first hour the ballots continued to
pour in at lively rate and the receiv-
ing clerks and judges were kept busy
in all the wards.
An air of suppressed excitement
was easily felt to exist all over Town
this morning and all admitted that the
contest woulG be ose indeed, with
chances in O'Keeffe's favor.
THE BLOODY FIRST.
In the bloody first only 146 votes had
been polled at 1880 o'clock.
An air of the utmost quiet pervaded
the atmosphere in vicinity of the polls.
A string of perhaps fifty Mexicans
squatted immovably against the wall
on the opposite sidewalk awaiting the
Three or four policemen lounged .lazi-
ly in front of the polling place on dry
goods boxes while Park Pitman, Jim
Dwyer, Harry Chairman, Dennis
Storms, George Harold and others,
stood off at little distance CONVEX
sing.
The officers in the first are:
Judges: A. Lamour, A. Nuremberg
er, T. Kelly and E. G. Scott.
ney, Phil Baker, and J. P. Noonan.
THE BATTLE ROYAL.
The second ward is admitted to be the
battle ground where the fight proper is
taking place and both sides are direct
ing every energy toward rolling up q
heavy vote there.
Both have rooms across the street in
An adobe house where large slush |
funds are being ussd freely. Here
workers are lined up on both sides
ed to haul voters to the polls.
Manen Clements and Bob Ross, |
policemen, lock the doorway and fire.
luent parleys ensue, although no
lights have taken place up to this hour
10 a. m.). Magoffin and O'Keeffe are
both on the ground. O'Keeffe is work
ng like Trojan while Magoff1n is
,od uOluS ny lOOhlug on Inc W8rO
will probably go for O'Keeffe. Jim
Magoffin and Pat Dwyer are stationed |
It the inner door and distribute tickets. /
Both are noted as hustlers aud are |
about evenly matched.
At ten O'Clock 323 votes had been
,ast with large Mexican vote.
The following are the officers in this |
ward:
Judges:-C, w. Fassett, W S. Nc
Jutcheon, J. II. Catlip, Sam Dwyer.
Clerks:-T. Herman, A. B. Putnam
leo. Harper, John II. Harper.
THIRD WARD.
The third, Or silk stocking ward, is !
loted for its quietude and good beha-
ior on election day and today it was
10 exception to the rule.
The polls were opened promptly at
o clock sharp a. Charley Purtell's shop
" j. d. McKie, presiding judge, and
he following additional judges and