The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-09

TENTH WARD.
The center of attraction i'm the Tenth
ward yesterday was the third precinct.
The voting place was in the rear room of
the police station. At every election there
is some annoyance TO election officers there.
because the precinct includes the blocks
on the south side OF Washington street.
Transients are many. James l.. Reach,
the potato king" Councilman Jim
Moriarty and Emil Mantel and Louis
Traugott spent most of the day at this
pace Mantel and Traugott have been IN
the barrel-house' business for wears:
gang of questionable men that had been
loahng about the saloons of the vicinity
for some time turned up at the polls in
the morning, but soon discovered there
was nothing doing" The Republicans had
anticipated the difficulty and had made a
perfect poll of the precinct. The Demo-
cratic poll, 1t seemed had been carelessly
made. Moriarity attempted bluffing. but it
got him nothing. and the men at his back
that had no right 10 vote did not try to
force their way TO the booths. Two years
ago the Democratic majority i'm this pre-
cinct was 63. but late yesterday afternoon
the Republicans felt that their advantage
of an exact poll would reduce the Demo
cratic vote greatly.
ELEVENTH WARD.
The Eleventh ward, just west of the
Tenth, furnished excitement in the morn
ing. Jacob Cullen approached the ninth
precinct voting place, at 329 West Merrill
street, and was challenged by Louis Trau-
gott, who using his ability on behalf
of the Democrats in both the Tenth and
Eleventh wards. Gustave Joseph. a trav
cling man, living at e9i South Illinois street,
said he knew Cullen and that he had a
right to vote A quarrel began and Joseph
said he had protection. Some one said he
had revolver. and several men ran toward
i'm Al 1,..~ hf nd
he was one against many he was beaten
One man, said to have been Michael Trau-
gott. struck him in the eye Joseph had a
revolver in his pocket. but it had no shells
In ii. He was arrested on the charge OF
carrying concealed weapons, and his re-
lease from the city prison was obtained
by Deputy Prosecutor Benedict.
which was at 4S Kentucky avenue, the
Republicans We're puzzled by six strangers
who said they were peddlers. Three OF
them. who said they lived in a stable on
South Illinois street, were permitted TO
vote. The three others said their home
was at a Kentucky-avenue saloon. After
they had been challenged by the Repub,
lIcan pollbook holder they went away and
did not return. A number of men living
at the Lorraine Hotel did not vote because
OF doubt as to their permanent residence.
TWELFTH WARD.
In the Twelfth ward the greatest inter-
est of the voters was in the election of
councilman, the candidates being James
McGrew and Henry Freedman. The follow
ers of both men were working with their
utmost energy to get out a full vote. In
many of the precincts the men were loath
to go to the voting places after the wagon
men had called for them This fact de-
creased the showing early in the day COM
Jared with that of two years ago. In
some OF the precincts in the extreme west
ern part of the ward the men about the
polling booths had very little work to do
until late in the day. At some of the pre-
cinctS crowds of men We're about the
booths from early in the morning, yet the
vote cast was very light Some challeng-
ing was done in several of the precincts.
THIRTEENTH WARD.
The voting was unusually heavy in the
Thirteenth ward and the workers in both
parties exerted the greatest vigilance dur
ing the entire day. No trouble of any kind
was reported and the indications at
o'clock were that the Republicans had
made gains in nearly every precinct The
Republican ward manager said that unless
all signs failed the ward would show Re-
publican gain of more than zoo.
FOURTEENTH WARD.
Republican precinct committeeman in the
Fourteenth ward yesterday were jubilant.
In every precinct the Republican vote was
out early, and by o'clock in the afternoon
a much larger proportion of the polled Re-
cratic. Every precinct reported gains of
from five to twenty. and in some of the
heretofore Democratic precincts the Re
publican committeeman were positive they
would have a majority. In the third pre-
cinct 152 out of a possible OBS had been cast.
OF these the Republicans claimed Ill with
only "a not cast at that time. ]. @. Hardin,
the committeeman, said he was then sure
of q Democratic votes for Bookwalter. In
the fourth precinct 125 votes out of pol, the
vote of the precinct, had been cast at }
o'clock. SiXty-one of the 81 Republican
votes polled had been cast then, and there
was said to be many Democratic votes go
ing to Bookwalter. 1t was thought the
chance of the Republicans carrying the
preci met were very good. Most of the other
precincts gave equally as encouraging, re-
ports. Much interest was taken in the vote
the North Side. and it was said if the
North Side precincts were doing as well as
those of the Fourteenth there would be a
plurality for BoOkwalter of 1000 or more.
There were only a few challenges, and
most of them were because of voters haV-
ing moved and attempted to keep a resi-
dence in the precinct for the purpose of
voting. There were no fights although ar
guments at the voting places on Shelby
street became quite warm on several occa-
sions.
FIFTEENTH WARD
The Fifteenth ward yesterday, up TO 4
o'clock. surprised most people. Up to that
time not a fight had been reported. Every
thing running smoothly, and although
the ward is heavily Democratic much to
the satisfaction of Republicans the Demo-
Gratis were having a hard time getting out
their vote. In nearly every precinct the
Republican vote was cast early, and by 4
o'clock the Republicans had at least two
thirds of their vote in, while the Democrats
generally had less than half The twelfth
precinct. which is said to have the largest
vote of any precinct in the county, report
ed AS possible votes. OF these the ReDub-
leans claim IS. and at $3.50 o'clock "a of them
had been cast. At that time 81 votes had
been entered, and the Republicans claimed
a very large gain. Other precincts were
reported in as fourishinE a condition. There
were very few challenges on either side
One arrest disturbed the prevailing quiet
ude. Jacob Bernstein of No. SD South I'LL
noS street. standing the voting
place and Patrolman Matthews walked up
to him and asked what he had in his
pocket. Bernstein replied that he had a re-
VOVer and he was sent TO HEADQUARTERS
charged with carrying concealed weapons.
Bernstein said some friend had tipped
him Off as there were few persons near
there who did not have a weapon of some
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