The record-union., 1899-09-06
POLLING PLACES SELECTED,
CITY TRUSTEES NOMINATE
ELECTION OFFICERS.
A Miniature War Over the Se1ec-
tion Of Two Of the Places
for Booths.

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met as a Board of Election Commits
sioners for the purpose of perfecting
arrangements for the holding of the
coming primary elections.
During the meeting w. M. Sims,
Chairman of the Republican City Cen
tral Committee. objected to a polling
place in the Second Ward indicated by
Kent. The latter named Crocker's barn
at Third and 0 streets. as proper
location for the polling place, but Sims
suggested that the vacant building at
20f * street be selected. advancing as
reason that it would be easy for the
business men, shop men and others to
reach.
Kent, on the other hand, contended
that he had selected the polling place
because of it's location in the center
Of the Ward, and he protested against
it's being moved up on K street where
he said, voters could be given the elbow
when they went to vote.
Devine contended that the Trustee of
the Ward had right to designate the
polling place, and advocated approving
the locations selected by Kent
After considerable discussion the poll
ing place was located at Crockers
barn, Tebbets, Paine. Douglas and Nc
Kay voting no.
Mr.. Sims also objected to the loca-
ton selected by Devine for a polling
place in the first precinct of the Sixth
Ward Deyine requested that 706 K
street be selected as the polling place.
and Sims suggested that S04 K street
be chosen, contending that it was more
centrally located
After a Wearisome debate in which
city politics crept in. Paine's motion
that S04 K street be selected, was car
ried by the following vote: Aye-Teb-
bets, Paine, Douglas. Dolan and Nc
Kay. Noes-Devine. Kent, Brown and
Bentley.
Then Kent rose in his wrath and ac-
eused Mckay with ingratitude to the
Democratic party which, he said, had
elected him. He was sorry, he said
to see the Chairman fall down.
THE spot sticks out" said Kent
fand it looks bad. and you don't need
to be surprised if the Democrats re-
member it when it comes to voting
some time
Mckay and Kent were yelling at one
another at the top of their voices, the
one accusing, the other denying and
for few moments it looked as though
a small-sized riot would break out.
Mckay finally sat down from sheer
WEAKNESS, and Kent soon afterwards
suoslded. @s8ss
But Devine said not one word. 1t
was evident that he believed he could
not do his feelings justice, and so the
tilt passed, Dolan suggesting that he
was unaware that there had been any
politics in the matter. and that if he
had he would have voted to put Kent's
polling place on K street instead of
Third and O.
Devine, for the Sixth Ward, handed
in the following list of election officers
which was approved:
Sixth Ward-First precinct: Inspec-
tor, Henry Meyer CD. Judges, E. r.
Tie1 R), w. H. Devine CD; Ballot
Clerk, Charles II. Holmes (R.); Tally
Clerks, George A. Crapen (R.), George
J. Johnson CD
Second precinct: Inspector, Emil
Steinman (R.); Judges, John Blair (R.),
F. c. Knauer, Sr. CD; Ballot Clerk,
Mike Fay (R); Tally Clerks. Ed J.
McCabe CD. Charles Weinrich CD
Bentley for the Eighth Ward sub
mltted the following list of election off,
GERS, which was also approved:
Eighth Ward-First precinct: Inspec-
tor, NJ. f. Beard; Judges, S. Dwyer and
M. j. Curtis: Ballot Clerk, A. H.
Griesel; Tally Clerks. G. S. Turner and
Robert Martyr. Polling place, south
east corner Eighteenth and D streets.
Second precinct: Inspector, u c. Bill
Kingsley; Ballot Clerk. F. O'Brien;
Judges, p. A. Byrne and w. II. Sutter;
Tally Clerks. E. A. Nicolaus and w.
II. TTeichlor.
The following changes were made in
the lists of election officers handed in
and approved at the last meeting of the
commission:
First Ward-Precinct /. J. T. McNif
instead of Seth Gainsley.
Precinct 2, L. A Mclean instead of
George Ebert
Third Ward-Precinct /, E. J. Figg
instead of Ed Sheehy.
Fifth Ward-M. Murray instead Of A.
Toomey.
Seventh Ward-Precinct /. VIM M.
Henderson instead of c. w. MeKillip.
Precinct 2, George Murray instead of
Harry G. Soule
Polling places for the several pre-
cincts throughout the city were chosen
as follows:
First Ward-Precinct /, 214 J street
Precinct 2, 1915 Sixth street.
Second Ward-Crockers barn. north
east corner Third and o streets.
Third Ward-Armory Har, Sixth and
L streets.
Fourth Ward-Precinct /, 613 I
street. Precinct 2, Ninth and I streets
(Wagner's building).
Fifth Ward-Precinct l, northwest
corner Eleventh and J streets. Pre-
cinct ?, southeast corner Twelfth and r
streets. Precinct 3, 1915 Fifteenth
street.
Sixth Ward-Precinct /, SO4 K street
Precinct 2, 1014 K street.
Seventh Ward-Precinct l. Twelfth
and streets CHanlon's barn). Pre-
cinct 2 Fifteenth and N streets CQueen
Ann Cottage).
Eighth Ward-Precinct 1, Eighteenth
and / streets. Precinct .. northwest
corner Twenty-fifth and streets
Ninth Ward-Twenty- street, be-
tween O and P.
The Clerk was instructed to have
published the necessary election proc
lamation, and was authorized to hire
such help III arranging for the coming
election as he deemed necessary.
The Finance Committee was author
lied to make arrangements for the
purchase of supplies for holding the
primaries, and were instructed to rlotify