Arizona republican., 1900-11-07
THE FIGHT IN PHOENIX
It Was a Swift But Good-Natured
 Struggle.

The elecla.on in Phoenix opened wf.h snap. Under the system which pre- vails In this territory there could be
 no disorder about organization and. in- deed nobody of either side seemed dis posed to create disorder. There was d conflict in the afternoon between a prominent democratic worker and q colored man. There was the flash Of a knife, but ID consequent flow of blood. Quite early in the day q discovery was
 made Of some spirits wnich had been been cached. The find was conflScatcd. | Everybody was generally in good hu-
 nor. but very busy
 Voting proceeded rapidly. Mere than | ha!f the vC:e was In at noon and at 2 o'clock more ufan three fourths of il
 had b ycn cast. Though the only thing that human eyes could see about the
 election was that i,nmoderate scratch ing was going on. an impression spread that the town was going heavily for Governor Murphy. IL was generally
 Ee.i,=ycd tlIt hnt tl.- greater part or
 ths- county tickOc was going through safely with hlm. The deIn1crltS after rl)C:l, claimed nothing With confidence
 except the electi3n of Stout for sheriff.
 Tcsrc was vsIy little betting on either
 the county or the territorial ticket. The most extraordinary bet of the day was
 made by A. r. C. Riroihoff. who am
 nouncad that he had $100 to bet flat on
 Bryan John BaggiMe heard Of 1t and
 werIa arourt To see what WaS the mat
 ter with Mir. Kirchoff, who was his
 friend. He was apparently all right and responsible for his octgons. There
 was a great deal of 1 to 1 Mckinley
 money in town, hut Mir. kirchoff didn't want to take the trouble to
 hunt iit up. Mr. Baggioro took hls $l0O and said h. felt as if he were picking
 lis friends pocket MT. Kirchoff said he had another $1G0 to burn the same way. It vas at h3me and he would go and get 1t. He went away and Mr. Bagg.OTe sp4alSing of his long absence, sald: "I guess he don't come back any more"
 As the day grew tfe confidence in Murphy grew and wonder increased at the enormous vote Ehat was being cast. In spite of the poll tax law the vote il the city reached 2.10S just ten less than two years ag'O. 1t was divided us fol- lows: First ward. G10; Second ward. SIT! Third ward. 423; Fourth ward. 49S. The surprising thing abOC.a this was that ths. Third ward. long the largest in the city. had become the smallest. The vote by wards. however. indicated nothing sinca on election Gnys thcy have no lefnitr boundaries. Under tine foolish laws of this territory q voter may vote wherever he may hap pen tlo bs- in his county.
 At the close of the polls in the city the leading democrats conceded that Murphy had carried the city by zoo. the by 100 and uhe territory. They were impelled to the latter concession by reports from different parts of the territory. notably fom Prescott and Jerome, where it was said that Murphy was leading SGnlh ? to 1.
 The first fruits of the ellctlon were gathered about 6 o'clock. They came | fr.m Hot Springs. 1t was a 16 to victory; not silver or democra tic--stx- teen votes for Murphy and one for Smith.
 Latter reports from the northern min Ing camps were encouraging. smith at the same time showed q falling off in the southern counties. where it was eN- pected that he would develop the greatest strength. Later in tha night | though there was an apparent turn in | the tide which threatened to convert republican victory into defeat.