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

quietly conducted. although over 500 votes
were cast The primary organized with
Morris J. Colbert Chairman; J. J. Col
Inns. Secretary; Charles A. Green, j. J.
OLeary. and J. J. Mccarthy. judges The
judges threw out two or three wads of
ballots, claimed to be fraudulent. on either
side. and announced that the Connor. or
Norris. ticket had won by vote of 4l2 to
| i20. The delegates claimed to be elected
| are: Thomas L. Connor, James 0Donnell,
and John d. 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 small crowd. The
primary elected E. H. Neumeyer, Chair
man: j. Hamilton Smith, Secretary; ].
Brecn. +. S. Newman. and Charles Can
non, judges.
The Norris ticket won by vote Of 81
TO 60. The delegates are: J. W. Thomas.
c. c. Rick. and Patrick Kyne. Alter
mates, p Bennett, Z. II. NeumeyeT, Jr-'
and J. F. Craven.
The voting proceeded quietly in the Sew
enth district. The polling place was at l4lO
Fourteenth Street. John Boyle presided as
committeeman. The vote was declared 10
be g. for instruction and 162 against.
In the Eighth district the Norris candi-
dates were declared elected, the vote being
6e5 to e18
The voting in the downtown districts
progressed quietly. At the polls of the
Tenth. Twelfth. and Sixteenth precincts,
located respectively at 1926 f Street
northwest al 4G5 Eighth Street northwe {,
ard 81 476 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest.
"a light vote was polled. According to the
re turns. these districts gave the Norris ele-
ment a majority Of 1.i21 votes out of a
total of ,2e9 ballots cast.
In the Tenth district William Harley,
Claude Jones, and John Hayden presided
over the ballot box as judges. Charles A.
Senseney, Henry d. Hayden, and Adolph
T. Poetzmsun. candidates of the Norris
-faciion. we're elected by a majority Of 172
out Of a total Of 1e0 votes cast. William
j. McGirr. candidate for delegate on the
anti-Norris ticket. received votes.
Julius r. Fsuth Joseph d. Burns, and
William O'Meara were Judges at the rolls
OF the Sixteenth district. Here a majority
of 425 votes was given the Norris ticket,
a. represented by John A. Clarke, J. c.
Whittekindt. and z. F. 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 l5s
votes for the Norris ticket and 1876 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 a vote Of POI. against 1G7
votes to the crodis OF the opposition. Those
elected we're: Delegates, James WoTden,
Michael j. Mccarthy and Andrew E
Douglas. sltcrnates, Cornelius B. Sullivan,
Brysou Tilly. and John Collins.
In tie Eighteenth district the candidates
fayoring instructions TO vote for Bryan re
ceiyed 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 VI and
Seventh Streets southwest. The meeting
was called 10 order by " l.. Wells.
The opposition TO The regular Bryan
ticket was very quiet and after the an
nouncemeut 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. \. }. San
ford Martin Horne. and Richard Ryan;
each eC0 votes: altCrnates. William Rear
don. Fred r. Walters and Tim Richardson;
each 2fO votes The Norris ticket-Dele-
gates William II. McGhaB. James b.
Archer. and John II. Lipphard; each 81
votes. aiteuates Robert Hurley. Bernard
-. Gallagher, and John =. Deitz: each 81
votes.
In the Nineteenth district the election
passed OF quietly. The polls were held
at % 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
sides working hard 10 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 a 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-
tion until all had voted then Withdrawing
and giving the other side a chance The
count occupied about an hour. The result
as announced by the judges was Total
vote cast. 603, OF which John A. Babbing-
ton. jeremiah Walsh, and William Wor-
den Norris delegatesD received 352. and
Thomas Ryan. J. A. Quill. and J. T. Glea-
son Bryan deleEatesl received Pol votes
majority for Norris delegates, 10l.
Trouble in the Twelfth.
In the lNenletn district there vas
some trouble. The polls were held at
22G Il c Street northeast Joseph Tor
rance. William o'Brien, and E. J. Fergu-
son were the judges. Scarcely had the
voting begun when a large delegation OF
Bryan workers arrived on the scene, led
by Cotter T. Bride They marched TO 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 il impossible
TO deposit he votes. while the Judges
say they discoyere a wholesale stuffing of
the box and were forced TO interfere At
al 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. aud established a separate
place FOR voting at a livery stable. select
ing rs judges James CoHnor. J. p Baker.
and William l.. Kmmcl After the split
voting az both places proceeded quietly,
and the count in 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 T..