The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-16
scREvEN TO BE JUDGE.
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and it was stated that the necessary war
rants had been signed. ft
-rbe opposition headquarters, however.
o.sre not raided. 1t was whispered
Nat some of the leaders Inquired that al
,os+ all of the purchasable vote had al
adv been cast and that the raid would
40 no good and only occasion unnecessary
.itimeut. The matter was dropped and
IRE was little vote buying afterwards,
rrohably for the reason that all who
desired had already sold out.
one of the most ludicrous incidents of
the day occurred on President street, near
anil late in the afternoon. Some half
len or more negro workers for the Nc
Aim faction became enthusiastic and de-
.ided TO give a parade and proclaim VIC
- large placard, bearing the in
,Crintion "McAlpin sweeps the field by an
orerwhelming majority" was placed on q
nole and used as banner The largest
zorro in the crowd carried the banner,
and he was followed by his friends, armed
Win brooms. The party made circuit
~ the Court House without mishap and
ba,anoe brave They shouted Justify for
HTcAlpin. and were making the circle for
tLo second time, when the trouble oc-
o,rred. trio of administration bruisers
rnsbed through the crowd and started the
van in motion by knocking the negro
Iii, the banner down. The card was de-
stroved and thrown in the air, and the
other members of the party were relieved
If their brooms. The negro who had the
Nc Amin placard was struck several times,
bit managed to lose himself In the crowd
+ba+ gathered, and those who had the
brooms scattered in every direction. The
administration men took the McAipn
brooms and paraded around the Court
House. shouting for Screven. The man
uer in which the negro heelers were rout-
ed was highly amusing.
Nearly all of the cabs were in service
during the day and the proprietors of that
class of vehicle probably made more out
or the election than any one else. All
manner of persons Travelled in cabs, and
some of the heelers seemed to do moth
ing but ride.
Arrested by Police.
Although there was a good deal of fight
ing but few arrests were made by the
police and only two people were in Gus
odv during the day for illegal voting.
The first arrest was made about $
O'clock. when C. D. Watkins, colored, was
sent to the police station for fighting at
the polls. watkins was working for
Screven, and furnished bail as soon as he
reached headquarters Z. H. Starr, a
charge, at o'clock, and was, Also bond
ed. George A. Burroughs was charged
with Illegal voting shortly after noon and
was arrested on complaint of an admins
ration supporter. Dan Moses and March
Middleton were arrested at the same time
for being disorderly and creating dis
turbance. Shortly afterwards a white
man named G. r. Fordham was arrested
for illegal voting.
1,ol l1fk he r,->llg rs
the afternoon in an intoxicated condition
and turned UP in the Tenderloin district
10 the sorrow Of at least two of its resi-
dents. Lilienthal demolished the contents
Of two houses and was holding full sway
when Patrolman Goodman arrived on the
scene. in answer to a telephone message
10 police headquarters. Lilienthel did not
propose 20 accompany the officer and Gre
ated considerable further disorder. He
was landed after considerable trouble, and
will answer the charges before Recorder
Nlyrick in Police Court this morning.
AS the Morning News predicted, the
font doors of the saloons were closed,
but no trouble was experienced in getting
on the inside. In the afternoon liquor
got somewhere had begun to tell and
those who had been fortunate enough
to collect the money, that apparently
they considered they had earned hon
setly, wandered around the polls IN a
half or entirely intoxicated condition.
These drunks caused several lively scraps
before the close OF, the polls. In Instances
where DRINKS were the belligerents very
little damage was done and the only re-
suit was the gathering of the fatigued
heeelers Often these gatherings were
responsible for other scrimmages.
Shortly before o'clock the tables that
ad contained tickets during the day
we're placed in wagons and carted away,
and ballots were scattered in every d.
rection.
AS far as is known only one person
arrived at the Court House TOO late to
vote. He reached the second box of the
First district just as the window was
being closed and although he made every
effort to have his vote go in he was
unsuccessful.