The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-25


ing a Dinner Hour at n Previous
Election and Carried His Lunch to
the Court House-Ringer Who
Wanted to Vote n Managers Name.
HENRY McALPIN .2,227
JOHN KELLY 21o
Total .2;446
The above was the result of the cleo
ton for ordinary of Chatham county
yesterday. The election passed off
quietly enough, the chief incident of
the day being the frequency with
which ringers were voted. 1t was said
that no more votes of this sort, how
ever, went in the boxes than is Gus
tonary where there is little or no op,
position to a candidate. The vote by
districts was as follows:
2 8 and s
McAlpin 300 S99 SAB 665 12O
Kelly ..... Al 81 Is 1873 8
All of the Kelly votes went in dur
ing the morning and at one time it
was claimed that he was in the lead.
His candidacy, however, was looked
upon more as joke than anything
else, and the friends of the Democratic
nominee were not worried at any time.
In the Afternoon they began piling up
votes and the ballots fell in the boxes
thick and fast for McAlpin. Kelly was
not seen around the polls then and the
crowd that hung around was a good
natured one.
The workers began amusing them
selves late in the day by voting ring
ers and the names of quite a number
who saw no use in visiting the polls
were voted by obliging ringers. These
individuals were not paid for their
services, but they appeared to take
delight in what they were doing, and
seemed anxious to keep their hands in
One of these nervy individuals ap-
preached one of the boxes and made
an effort to vote the name of the man.
ager whom he was addressing. He
was promptly turned down, and it was
remarked later that it was his first
failure.
The polls opened at 7:24 o'clock and
closed at 6:24. During that time there
was scarcely any disorder. and only
once or twice did the detail of police
have to leave their seats in the square.
Not an arrest was made during the
day as the result of the election. The
only real fight, and it was little more
than a scuffle, occurred when Deputy
City Marshal ]. Robert Creamer
struck an unknown man a singing
blow in the face. The man had been
following Mr.. Dreamer and had been
rather offensive in the language that
he used. He claimed to have per-
formed some service for Capt. Meal
pin at the primary election. and said
that he had not been paid. He was
persistent in his demand for money.
until the deputy marshal became weary
of his actions and talk. and put him
out of business. The man left the polls
and no arrests were made.
IT was past o'clock when the result
of the election was announced by Supt.
IWickham. This was due to the fact
that the Fourth district was out about
fifty votes. Manager j. r. Saussy. Jr..
insisted on getting the count straight.
and the ballots had to be gone over
the second time. One of the men in
this box remarked on the fact that
Manager Saussy never left his box
from the time the polls opened until
the tickets had been counted and sealed
up. All but two ballots were put in
the box by him, and not once did he
leave his post. Mr.. Saussy said to
some one who remarked on his STAYING
abilities that he recalled an incident
when he was a manager at another
election. There were only a handful
of votes in the box when he went to
dinner at that time and upon his re-
turn, an hour later almost half of the
residents of his district had been voted.
ticket bearing the words, "Ogee-
chez Rough Riders, organized Oct. is.
1901" and marked blank was noticed
around the polls. Six of these were
voted in the five boxes. Mr.. Walter c.
Hartridge, who was a candidate in the
primary election, received one vote in
the Third district. These were the
only scattering votes.
The certified returns were signed by
the managers and clerks and Supt
w lChlldlll, anu Will DS lOTWdTOeu 10 AL
lanta at once. Capt. Alpin's commits
sion will arrive some time next week,
and he will be sworn in by the County
Commissioners to fill the unexpired
term, caused by the death of Mai
Thomas Screven. Capt McAlpin was
around the Court House during the
day and furnished the police detail with
cigars during the morning. AS usual.
the front doors of the bars were closed
in compliance with the law.
Kelly called up the Morning News
last night by telephone and asked for
the result of the count When given
the figures he declared that in reality
he had gotten more votes than he had
been allowed. He did not appear sur
prised at the result and did not seem
very sore. BY his defeat he gained
the distinction Of having run for an
important Office and the cabman who
ran for ordinary will probably be point
al 80 a.