Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-04-02
Each Ticket Elects Four Aldermen
i Judge Fort is Saved From
~ the Wfeckage.

two, the Third and Second, and the
Citizens ticket carried two, the First
and Fourth. The Fourth ward, with
Mayor Patterson and his workers
working tooth and nail against the
republican ticket, was conceded to the
citizens ticket by a good majority, but
the First ward was not expected to go
for the citizens ticket by more than
ten votes, if that many. The major
lty OF over twenty in that ward gave
Register enough votes to defeat Don
nelly by three votes. The actual ma
jority for Register was one vote. since
there were two republican ballots cast
In the Third for Donnelly that were
not counted, as they were ballots of
other wards. u They should have been
counted for every candidate but the
aldermen, as two or three citizens ball
lots in the Fourth ward were Second
ward tickets, and they were counted
for all the candidates but aldermen.
If the two ballots in the Third had
been counted for Donnelly, Register
would have just one majority in the
city-which shows how close was the
election.
1t was the hottest kind of an elec-
t1on. Each parity had it's workers
out In force and no opportunity to
score was neglected. From the time
the polls opened until they closed there
was q constant struggle between the
opposing factions. It was fair cleo
ton probably as fair as ever held In
the city. The number of illegal votes
cast was small. So far as known
there was only one illegal vote cast
in the Fourth ward and few, in any
Of the others. The total vote is.
little below what was expected but is
about an average total for the city.
The Second ward was the scene Of
the hottest fight In the city There
was a large crowd about the polls in
that ward and the scrapping between
the challengers and workers for each
side was constant. In half a dozen
instances there were heated discus
sions and on one or two, occasions it
looked as though there would be
something more than g words spilled
but better and cooler counsels pre-
vailed and the damage was confined
to punotmring the atmosphere with
extrayagant Language. > q s.} :. ~ 4 sI +.
In the Fourth ward, which is usually
the scene of the hottest battle in the
city, there was an atmosphere Of quiet.
The work seemed to have been done
elsewhere than at. the polls, for there
everything was quiet. Il There were
one or two little tiurries but nothing
to mar the serenity to any great de
gree. n e %5 y. 81 ! &. y u
There was a hot fight in the Third
ward and the First was also the scene
of5a good deal Of activity. Since 1883
1T was stated by those who have kept
tab of city campaigns, there has been
nothing e, ,7tt like the battle that was fought
Yesterday. l.3s
Some queer com hinations were seen
on the streets. as former members off
the repub blican organization and men
who have always affiliated with the
republ blicans were seen working arm
|iin arm with dem mocrats and the sup
Eporters OF the Baker offet ticket
Mayor Patterson was back again with
his old comrades in arms and the pres
ent city admin inistration was well rep
Iresented sin the Citizens camp
The Interest IN the outcome 81 the
battle was intense as the returns from
the First, Second and Fourth wards
came IN and showed Register on the
lead il the total count Of these three
wards by twenty ONE votes. with the
Third ward To hear from When the
returns of this ward showed Donneily
Ito have us majority. the battle was