The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-11


! the balloting of the Fifth precinct was
| quietly conducted, although over 500 votes
1 were cast. The primary organized with
Morris J. Colbert. Chairman; ]. ]. Col
| Inns. Secretary; Charles A Green, J. ].
| oLeary, and ]. ]. Mccarthy. judges. The
| judges threw ou. two or three wads Of
| ballots, claimed to be fraudulent, On either
| side, and announced that the Connor. or
| Norris. ticket had won by a vote of 4l2 to
| 100. The delegates claimed to be elected
| are: Thomas L. Connor, James O'Donnell.
| and John ID. Gallagher. Their alternate
are: William o'Brien, C. T. Gray, and
James J. Cady.
Quiet in the Sixth.
Quiet prevailed in the Sixth precinct.
where there was but a small crowd The
primary elected E. H. Neumeyer, Chair
man; J. Hamilton Smith, Secretary: j.
Breen +. S Newman, and Charles Can
non, judges.
The Norris ticket won by a vote of 81
TO so. The delegates are: J. w. Thomas,
G.. c. Rick, aLe Patrick Kyne. Alter
mates, p. Bennett, E. II. Neumeyer, jr.,
and ]. F. Craven.
The voting proceeded quietly in the Sew
enth district. The polling place was at 14l0
Fourteenth Street John Boyle presided as
committeeman. The vote was declared TO
be 62 for instruction and 152 against.
In the Eighth district the Norris candi-
dates were declared elected. the vote being
G9a to e15.
The voting in the downtown districts
progressed quietly. At the polls of the
Tenth. Twelfth. and Sixteenth precincts.
located respectively at 1426 E Street
northwest at 405 Eighth Street northwe t.
ard at 476 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest.
a light vote was polled. According TO the
returns these districts gave the Norris ele-
ment a majority OF 1,121 votes out of a
total OF ,299 ballots cast.
In the Tenth district William Harley,
Claude Jones, and John Hayden presided
over the ballot boz as judges. Charles A.
Senseney, Henry d. Hayden, and Adolph
T. Poetzmann. candidates of the Norris
faction, were elected by a majority of 172
out OF a total OF 100 votes cast. William
J. McGirr. candidate for delegate on the
anti-Norris ticket, received votes.
julius Il Fauth. Joseph d. Burns, and
William o'Meara were Judges at the rolls
OF the Sixteenth district. Here majority
of 425 votes was given the Norris ticket,
as represented By John A. Clarke, J. C.
Whittekindt, and r. +. Hughes.
The entire Norris ticket in the Four
teenth district was declared elected by
vote of $50 to 2i6.
In the Thirteenth district the Norris
ticket was elected. The count showed 15S
votes for the Norris ticket and 136 for the
opposition.
In the Fifteenth district there was ex-
citement at times, ard trouble seemed
likely. Nothing serious occurred, however.
The count resulted in the election OF the
Norris ticket by vote OF 2Gl, against 1G7
votes to the crodis of the opposition. Those
elected were: Delegates, James WoTden,
Michael j. Mccarthy, and Andrew f.
Douglas: alternates. Cornelius B. Sullivan,
Bryson Tilly. and John Collins.
In the Eighteenth district the candidates
favoring instructions TO vote for Bryan re
ceived l.260 votes. as against 81 for the op-
position. The polling passed of quietly
The election booth was located in a room
in the building at the corner of NJ and
Seventh Streets southwest. The meeting
was called 10 order by W l.. Wells
The opposition TO the regular Bryan
ticket was very quiet. and after the an
nouncement OF the result Of the election
made no protest.
The vote cast for the individual candi-
dates on the two tickets was: Instructed
ticket for Bryan'-Delegates A. J. San
ford Martin Horne. and Richard Ryan;
each Leo votes; alternates. William Rear
don. Fred r. Walters and Tim Richardson;
each .2G0 votes. The Norris ticket-Dcle-
gates. William II. McGhap. James b.
Archer, and John II. Lipphard; each 81
votes; aiternates. Robert Hurley, Bernard
ID. Gallagher, and John p. Deitz; each 81
votes.
In the Nineteenth district the election
passed of quietly. The polls were held
at "a II Street northeast. Bartholomew
Fene, Simon Holohan. and Bartholomew
Gleason being the judges. Balloting was
spirited from the start, the two factions
having their forces well in line and both
si6es working hard to win. The Bryan
or instructed ticket was printed in red
and the Norris ticket in white. so that it
was pretty evident how each man voted as
he handed in his ballot at the window. The
crowd was large. but good humored. and
the method Of voting was for one side or
the other to form in squads and charge
for the voting windows holding the posi-
ton until all had voted then withdrawing
and giving the other side chance. The
count occupied about an hour. The result
as announced by the judges was: Total
vote cast. 603. of which John A. Babbng-
ton, jeremiah Walsh. and William Wor-
den Morris delegatcsy received 352, and
Thomas Ryan, J. A. Quill, and J. T. Glea-
son Bryan delegates) received 251 votes;
majority for Norris delegates, 101
Trouble in the Twelfth.
In the Twentieth district there was
some trouble. The polls were held at
226 IL Street northeast Joseph Tor
rance. William 0'Brien, and L. J. Fergu-
son were the judges. Scarcely had the
voting begun when large delegation OF
Bryan workers arrived on the scene, led
by Cotter T. Bride. They marched 10 the
polls and began TO cast their ballots Just
what followed Is difficult to tell. from the
conflicting accounts given by the judges on
one side and the voters on the other
Some say that the judges held their hands
over the ballot box and made it impossible
TO deposit the votes, while the judges
say they discoyerel a wholesale stuffing of
the box, and were forced to interfere at
all events, great excitement prevailed
around the window for several minutes
and the police cleared the sidewalk. The
advocates of an instructed delegation final
ly withdrew. and established a separate
place for voting at a livery stable. select |
ing as judges James Connor, ]. p Baker, |
and William l.. Kimmel. After the split |
voting at beth places proceeded quietly, |
and the count i'll each case was quickly |
made. The total vote cast at the regular |
precinct, as announced by the judges. was |
s27, of which Edward Lynch, Dennis p. |
Callaghan, and John II. Walsh norris |
delegates}. received GIL, and +. Edward |
Edward Rice, and II. J. Brown |