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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Fifth Ward.

Thomas Taggart ani also Republican
leaders invaded the Fifth ward several
times during the dsy. This ward con-
tains large colored vote ane labor ele-
ment Pollbook holders said it was sur
prishg how rapidly tho votes were cast
during the morning. The colored voters
were out earlier thar anticipated, and
many of them stoJ6 around the voting
precincts for many hours before they went
in to vote. At MANY os tho voting places
there were a number of challenges dur
ing the day. most CT them being made
by the Democrats. y little excitement
was caused il the first precinct, 625 Agnes
street, when a Democrat challenged a col
ored voter, claiming he was nonresi-
dent He was sworn In and allowed TO
vote. The second precinct POLLS were just
across the street. and here. too, there was
considerable challenging of colored voters
by the Democrats. Republicans claimed
the Democrats were appalled, by the large
vote of the coloPed men early in the day.
Shortly before o clock Mr.: Taggart and
Mr. Healing visited these two precincts.
Mr.. Healing conferred with William Davis,
the Republican ward committeeman, and
they appeared to be in loving embrace.
OF the Democrats 20 corral colored voters
and keep them prisoners during the day
had been abandoned iu a few instances.
because of the close watch kept on the i'm
provlsed Democratic prisons by the Re-
publicans. few places were clossiv
watched. and 1T was said the Democrats
had succeeded I'm secreting a few color ia
men, and paid them money to stay there
all day but the number was COMPARE
lively few in this ward. Republican pre-
cincJ committeeman maintained close
watch on the colorcd voters, and all ri
mors of their being j-ept away from the
polls by the Democrats were investigat FL.
When Mayor Tagg art appeared in this
ward during the afternoon he held private
conferences with his lieutenants. and they
were seen 10 be so closely together that
they appeared TO lie in loving embrace.
Mr.. Davis announced that he had visited
all oil the precincts several times during
the day, and no serious trouble had been
reported TO him. He said the Republican
vote vas extremely heavy, while the Dem
ocrats experienced great trouble in getting
out large per cent of Their votes. II was
claimed Democratic money fioated in this
ward.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Ninth Ward.

The Ninth ward is heavily populated with
railroad men, and the Big Four road is
largely represented in this ward. 1t was
announced yesterday afternoon early by
Republicans that the railroad men were
generally supporting the Republican State
and national tickets. There were rumors
that Kern Vas being scratched here and
there in this ward. The railroad men. IL
Is asserted. were voting against Frank b.
Burke in great numbers One Republican
in the sixth precinct of the Ninth ward
reported gain of seven Democratic votes
that he alone knew of. In the Ninth ward
there was also activity in getting out the
vote. AS. for instance. 1t was stated about
3 o'clock at the polls in the seventh pre-
cinct of the Ninth ward that at that hour
there were only about dozen Republican
votes out report came from this pre-
cinct to the county committee rooms that
there was some trouble over the vote of
young colored man named Theodore Price,
who, the Republicans were informed. was
twenty-three years of age The Democrats
were insisting that he was not of age VIII
Beach was sent out from the committee
rooms but when he arrived at the voting
place he was Informed that Price had been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Twelfth ward.

The Twelfth ward which includes West
Indianapolis, and which is an uncertain
one politically, polled a large vote early IN
the day, but not as large as some of the
other wards. This was accounted for by
the fact that many of the voters are en-
ployed in factories. and when they at
tempted TO vote before going to work early
in the morning but few of them were able
to do SO, and they had to postpone their
voting until the afternoon. The factories
were closed during the afternoon and by l
O'Clock a very large vote had been polled.
with but a small per cent. OF the voters
to come In. DSmocratic Doodle was in evil
dence in this ward, as we'll as in some of
the others that were uncertain. The float
ers" held out longer than others, and there
was little anxiety on the part of both
parties as TO these voters, but they nearly
all voted before the polls closed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Late I'm the Afternoon the Indications
Were for an Unusually
Large Vote.
MANY VOTERS DIsFRANCHIsED
DEMOCRATIC MANAGERS LOCKED
Up COLORED VOTERS.
Open Violations of the Law Were
Frequent in Various Parts
of the City.

There was doubt about only two things
In indianapolis yesterday-the weather and
which party would profit by the enormous
vote polled. The skies were overcast the
greater portion of the day, and at times
there was a very slight sprinkle of rain.
However, the threatened fall of rain did
not come before the polls closed at 6
o'clock.
The biggest vote in many years was
polled yesterday, and the voters seemed
impressed with the Importance of having
their wishes recorded as early in the day
as possible. The Republicans seemed to
have the better organization. and I'm most
OF the precincts throughout the city their
vote was three-fourths polled by half past
o'clock in the afternoon. BY o'clock
the voters that still remained away from
the polls were understood to be working
men who would vote when they quit work
Senator Beverage traversed the city in
buggy, visiting nearly every precinct, and
expressed himself as delighted with the
way things looked. 1--WE are getting our
vote out much better than the Democrats"
said the senator, land L still believe it will
be landslide for u.s.
All of the forecasts and stories of Demo-
cratic corruption given In yesterdays Jour
nal were realized. The Democratic lead
ers seemed desperate at the prospect of
defeat staring them in the face, and threw
reason and prudence to the winds. In sew
eral parts of the city large bodies of ne
groes were kept behind lock and key in
an effort to prevent them from casting
their votes. Charley Polster disposed of
thirty in this manner. At 3lS West Six
teenth street about twenty-five colored men
were held in duress-the moving spirit in
the latter case being declared to be w. G..
Miller, the Grand Hotel barber. one of the
colored men of the city who have allied
themselves with the Democrats, and who
Will stop at nothing to carry an election.
The Republican leaders were on the alert
for trouble of this kind, and 1t is said that
the promoters Of the nefarioUs business
will be punished to the extent CT the law.
The desperation of men engaged in the
work could not be better shown than in
the fact that they pursued their Infamous
practices in spite of their knowledge that
frauds in the present election would be
dealt with by the united States courts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Fourth Ward.

Republican election officers in all of the
precincts OF the Fourth ward announced
early yesterday afternoon that the vote
polled up TO that time beat all previous rec
crds. For instance. in the second precinct
there had been POI voted at o'clock. with
but twenty-six moro TO vote. The pollbook
holders We're kept busy in the morning. as
the voters appeared at the voting places in
numbers In all of the precincts there was
more or less congestion, and in several in
stances men stood around in small groups
awaiting an opportunity 10 enter the
booths. The large number of ballots and
the smallness OF the voting booths made the
voting slow. but II was said there did not
appear TO be as much scratching as was
anticipated. Republicans wore huge smiles
In this ward and said they would show
an immense Republican gain. In "A few OF
the precincts nearly 30 per cent. OF the vote
had been polled by o'clock in the after
noon, while the remainder appeared at the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Eleventh Ward.

The Republicans of the Eleventh ward
were in a particularly jubilant mood about
1 p. m, and were resting easy in the full
confidence that they had succeeded In get
ting out the full Republican vote polled
while the Democrats were short many
votes from their poll. The vote In each
precinct showed at p. m. about IS per
cent. of the total vote of each precinct.
All of the Republican watchers and work
ers reported Republican gains, some of
them slight, and the Democrats were keep
ing quiet, though some of them said that
the Democratic vote was not coming out
as well as the Republican.
There was little trouble in the ward out
side of the ninth precinct, where three or
four fights occurred in the vicinity or the
voting place. In this precinct there were
about fifteen votes challenged, these being
about evenly divided between the parties.
Up to o'clock no arrests for illegal vot-
ing had been made in the ward. The Re-
publican vote was out early, and party
workers were active in looking after de-
linquent voters until about o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

The Third ward was behind the rest in
getting out its vote, the negroes hanging
back in the west part OF the ward. The
eastern half voted early and everything
was quiet. there being few challenges. On
the west side it was the reverse. many
challenges being made, and the Democrats
threw every obstacle in the way 10 disrupt
the colored vote. In every precinct where
the colored men have a large per cent. of
the votes work was slow, and rs late as 1880
and O'Clock as many as fifteen 10 twenty
Republicans had not voted. This bears out
the assertion that the Democrats would
play especially for the colored vote on cleo
ton day. In the eighth precinct this was
especially noticeable.
The voting place was in Battery a Ar
mory. and just around the corner, on Six
teenth street. is the room where the Demo-
Gratis had the crowd of colored men locked
up. The pollbooks showed that thirty-five
had not voted at 4:3O. and this is about
the number said to have been locked up in
the room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Tenth Ward.

The vote Of the Tenth ward was char
acterized by early voting on the part of the
Republican voters, who, after casting their
ballots. took up the work of looking after
those who had not appeared to cast their
votes. The Republican ward committee
man claimed at 4 p. m. that substantial
gains had been made and his view was
borne out by the reports of the precinct
poll checks. The Republicans made the
claim at p. m. that they had succeeded
in getting out a greater share of the votes
of their poll than had the Democrats, ana
this was in most of the precincts generally
admitted by the Democratic checkers II
was noticeable that the Democrats were
working hardest TO get voters 10 the polls
In the matter of challenges the NTH pre-
cinct led, having at p. IN. twenty-seNen
of which twenty-five were MADE by the
Democrats. The challenged votes in the
other precincts ran from one TO four, and
about evenly divided.
There was little trouble in the ward, con-
trary TO the expectations of the Republican
committeeman.
The Democrats at y. IN. were somewhat
downhearted, and were rushing hither and
thither after voters polled as democrats
who had not yet cast their ballots. Inc
Republicans were generally keeping quiet,
and were EXPIRE ssing sympathy Tor the
Democrats in their trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
First Ward.

T. NJ. Chill, eighty-nine years old, was
the first man to cast his ballot in the
eighth precinct of the First ward Mr..
Chill was at the polls a. o'clock yes
terday morning and waited until time for
the voting place to be opened. He wanted
IL said the Oldest man in the precinct and
ward was the first to vote. and in this
he was successful He voted the straight
Republican ticket and takes pride in say
ing that he never voted any other The
vote in this precinct was nearly all in b.
o'clock. both sides getting their men II:
early. The polls were so crowded that the
election board did not eat breakfast until
nearly noon. The Republican vote was not
estimated 10 be as heavy as four years
ago, as many Republicans have moved to
other parts of the city.
In the sixth precinct the feature of the
days voting was the numerous challenges
made by Democrats. This seemed their
principal occupation the day long. but Re-
publicans were ready TO make affidavits.
and not a vote was lost. 1t is said the
challenges were unwarranted. and wers
simply made to harass the Republicans.
as the grand old party has everything its
own way In that precinct and the Demo
Gratis wanted to make it as uncomfortable
as possible. According to the statement
OF the Democratic challenger, he held up
twenty-seven voters The Democrats app
peared to be weaker in this precinct than
four years ago.
In the fourteenth precinct the Republic
ans had all OF their votes in at o'clock.
except twelve. The eighteenth precinct
gave encouraging reports for the Repub.
licans. there were symptoms of much
scratching by Democrats. Some Demo
Gratis remained in the booths as long az
fifteen minutes. Two-thirds of the votes
were cast in the seventh precinct by nool.
The vote in the ward generally was well
got out and there was little hanging back.
The Democrats made many challenges, but
did not prevent one vote from being cast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Sixth Ward.

In the Sixth ward the voting started off
slowly and only about one-fourth of the
total vote was polled by noon. Rumors
were flying thick and fast that in the pre-
cincts where the colored vote is large many
ctlored men had been hidden away by the
Democrats. Some of these reports were
afterwards verified and in several instances
the men were released In ample time to
vote. In the afternoon the voting started
off at lively rate and by o'clock only a
small per cent. was still out. This is
Republican ward and the Republican or
ganization has never shown up to better
advantage than yesterday. Prominent
party men who went through the ward
during the afternoon expressed themselves
would be deposited in the ballot boxes and
that the outcome would be highly pleasing
to men of Republican .proclivities. In the
third precinct, at 500 Indiana avenue, where
the colored vote is unusually heavy, the
ballots did not begin TO come in rapidly
until about i o'clock in the afternoon. From
that time on to $40 the vote was steady,
with the result that only about seventy
five or eighty votes were out The fifteenth
precinct, sometimes called Charley Pol
ster's Precinct" IS filled with small hotels
and rooming houses and there have been
many removals. but the loss on this ac-
count was about evenly divided between
Republicans and Democrats. At the voting
place, 3l1 West New York street, 100 Re-
publican votes TO ninety Democratic had
been recorded at o'clock, and seventy-two
votes still remained to be posted. An
excellent showing was made in the fifth pre-
cinct of. the Sixth ward. Out of a total
vote of go at $3.50 o'clock 1S3 had been
polled. AT o'clock the Republicans had
los TO the Democrats 81. Ex-Chief of De-
tectives Thomas +. Colbert was at this
polling place all day. In the ninth pre-
cinct, 52l North Senate avenue 229 out of
a total vote of 2S6 had been polled by $3.50
in the afternoon. There was unusual quiet
and order about all of the voting places.
Numerous challenges were made, but in
most instances voters were sworn in. The
prediction was freely made that in this
ward the Republicans would make large
gains for the head of the ticket at least.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

Ex-Prosident Harrison voted at 1925 at
213 East Sixteenth street yesterday. He
was less than three minutes casting his
vote Senator Fairbanks and his son War
rem, who was a first voter, went to the
rons together at 1920 and voted. The SEN
ator stood about the polls for half hour
shaking hands with friends. A working
man at the head of the line offered Senator
Fairbanks his place, but he refused and he
and his son took up their places at the end
to await their turn. Senator Beverage
spent NEST OF the day visiting various pre-
cincts of the city and voted about noon.
Admiral Brown cast his ballot in the sec
und precinct of the Eighth ward at $3.50.
This is the first presidential vote he cast
since Grant ran against Greeley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

polls as soon as they could leave their
business. Both parties announced a large
poll, while the Republicans claimed TO have
the largest per cent. of their votes out early
In the afternoon The voting in this ward
was exceptionally quiet, there being but few
challenges.
FREDERICK Zimmerman. living at 1901
Montcalm street, was arrested during the
morning at the instance of a Democratic
election sheriff, charged with illegal voting
zimmerman had been absent from Indian
apolis for several months, but still retained
this city as his home, his mother living at
the above number on Montcalm street.
When he attempted to vote he was stopped
and arrested. William Perry signed Zim-
merman's bond and he was released.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Eighfh Mard.

Precinct committeeman of both parties in
the Eighth ward were vigilant and got out
nearly all of the vote by the middle of the
afternoon. Al many of the voting places
IL was said the vote was never before cast
so early in tho day. and neither side
the eleventh precinct all but six Republic
ans on the poll book had voted at las,
while tho Democrats were running behind.
At other places the Democrats seemed to
be getting out their votes first, but. taken
together. both sides came out about even.
1t was said the biggest vote was cast in
the history of the ward
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
WILL REMOVE THE HOME.
Hartwig-KaIIey Home to Be Located
in IrvingtOn.

The managers of the Old Ladies' Home,
at 25O5 Prospect street, are preparing to
remove the institution to- Irvington next
week, where the president, Mrs. Hartwig
HALEY, will be glad to meet the friends of
the home tomorrow evening, when the di-
rectors will meet The visitors will also be
allowed to inspect the large colonial collec-
ton gathered by Mrs Kalley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
Second Ward.

The Second ward was similar to the First
In getting out its vote, but, If anything, was
a little more rapid. In the third precinct
all the votes were practically cast by 3
o'clock and there was little life about the
polls. The second precinct made a like
showing. In several precincts of this ward
Republicans claimed gains in the Gold
Democratic vote. 1t is estimated that
nearly every Republican in the ward who
was in the city voted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
A Chinaman voted.

| In the thirteenth precinct of the Sixth
ward yesterday, a Chinaman, Moi Pay,
voted, no one knew for which ticket His
| az pearance caused a mild sensation. He
| had naturalization papers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

allowed TO vote. There was a rumor that
Eugene Saulcy was being scratched TO
a considerable degree in the Ninth ward.
Some said this was because Woessner was
"a good fellow" and the voters OF the
ward were not acquainted with Mr..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

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where Big Men Voted.

dent in claiming that the count would show
Republican gains in nearly every precinct.
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BIG FOUR EXCURSIONS.
Sunday, Nov. IL, to Union City. Wa
bash and Way Points.

81 90 or less round trip. Special train leaves
indianapolis 7:45 a. m. To
LAWRENCEBURG, AURORA,
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SWIFT TIME AL REAOVILLE
Anaconda Does the Nile in g: or e,
Against Bagash and SenrcnIisht

Boston, Mass, Aug. A.-The Grand Cir
cult meet at Readville closed today with
the notable feature of Anaconda, a geld
ing owned by the East View stock farm,
at East View N. Y, pacing a mile in
2:02 IL. thereby winning the 2:H class
and defeating by very narrow margin
Frank Bogash and Searchlight The
figure breaks the Readville track record
Of 2:04 IL. made in race Anaconda
was the favorite, but the public heavily
backed Frank Bogash and SearchHght,
as their past performances showed they
were fast 10 an unknown degree. The
other great race was the 2:0S trot, in
which Arion, owned by ]. Malcolm
Forbes, was brought out after six years
and sent up against Charley Herr, the
game winner Of the Massachusetts stake
last year, and Grattan Boy, the great
horse from Macon, Ca Arion was speedy
in the first heat. but fell down BADLY in
Grafton Boy and Charley Herr to fight
out royal battle. in which the Lexing-
ton horse won. Summaries:
2:04 class, pace, two in three, purse
$1,500: Anaconda won in two straight
heats. Time by quarters: First heat,
81 ga; LOO 1-2; 1:33 IA; 2:O4 L. Second
heat 30 IA; 1:01; 1:S1 ga; 200 -. Frank
Bagash, Searchlight and Chehlais also
started.
2:12 class, trotting, purse 1,5O0: York
Boy won third and fourth heats in
2:0s ga; 2:11 IL. Temple Wilkes won first
heat in 2:11 IL. Onward Silver won sec
ond heat in eli ga Ed Lock, Dolado
Wilkes, Elfrida and Don Land also
started.
2:14 class. pace. purse $1,000: Stacher
Wilson won three straight heats in 2:10;
2:lO; 2:13. Fred W. Dan Westland, Will
lam H. Moody, Prince A, Faith, Maize
Sidney and Robert B. also started.
2:0S trot, purse $3.50: Charley Herr
Won second and third heats in 200; 2:1o
Grafton Boy won first heat in POS IL
Kingmond, Lord Vincent and Arion also
started