The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-05
PIMA COUNTY.

PIMA COUNTY,.
! The election passed off quietly in
Tucson, and resulted in practically a
Republican victory.
Inc count was not completed until
after o'clock this morning. There
was good deal of scratching, show
ing that the Individual voter played
taVorltes, but the politicians on both
sides are inclined to admit today that
there is majority of Republican
voters in Pima county.
1t is also quite evident that the Re-
publlcans were better supplied with
the sinews of war than the Democrats
ana 1t is admitted that the Republi-
cans spent money freely There were
many surprises. but the chief surprise
was furnished by Tanque Verde, which
had been Democratic stronghold
since the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary. Yesterday it regis
tered majority for every Republican
on the ticket. Bob Leatherwood had
charge of that precinct for the DEM
ocrats, and he had to work overtime
today explaining. without being able
to satisfy any one. The Democrats
charge gross fraud in that precinct.
and there will probably be an investi-
CATION.
The defeat of General Manning for
the council by Joe Corbett was also a
great surprise Corbett made no can
vass, having been in San Francisco
during the campaign. It was thought
that General Manning would run ahead
of his ticket, as it was known that he
had many supporters among the 'busi-
ness element of the Republicans. The
union labor vote went almost solid1y
for Corbett, who is union labor man
himself. and this probably explains his
victory.
The race between Began and Hawke
was the prettiest contest of the cleo
tion. Both men are very popular. and
each invaded the others party reserva-
ton. Began won, and his margin is
larger than his most enthusiastic
friends expected.
Vail for supervisor polled an i'm
mense vote in the first ward. The
early returns indicated his defeat, but
in twenty minutes the counters ran
placed him we'll in advance Of his com
petitors.
The race for sheriff was very close.
Murphy beat Wakefield 80 votes in
Tucson. but the balance of power is
held by the outlying precincts that
were not heard from until late this af-
ternoon
The election was perhaps the most
orderly held in the United States.
There was not a row during the day.
The party workers labored hard, and
the Independent voters had hard time
resisting their appeals, but the best of
good humOr was everywhere in evil
d.ance For a time this morning the
Democrats were disposed to concede
everything to the Republicans except
Bernard. After while it became man
ifest that either Ronstadt or Dachman
would be elected supervisor, and there
were friendly guessing matches be-
tween their friends as to which would
pull through. Murphys defeat was
conceded in the early morning, but
later in the day his friends began to
take on new hope, and await with pa
thence the returns from the country.
The reports from the country dis
tricts came in slowly during the day.
A crowd hung about the supervisors
Office to hear the results. The mes
sengers we're always questioned close
ly on their arrival about the sheriff's
vote. The registration in each camp
was so small that the results wavered
on hair-like balance from side to side.
The crowd had the results down to a
fine point, and Immediately an
nounced the status of each candidate
on the arrival of the new ballots. The
Democrats were completely disheart-
ened early this morning. The leaders
were chagrined. However, the lieu
tenant sgOt down to fine figures and the
possible outcome began to brighten
materially. 1t was general conceded
that the G. O. P. had routed the Dem
ocratic hosts in the city. but the fig
ures showed that Murphy, Angus and
COwan had fighting chances. They set
about at once to save the wreck if pos
sible The vote of outside precincts
was estimated to a fine point, and Fate
.his afternoon Murphy's election was
conceded on the small majority OF 20.
This news created ne little enthusiasm
about the court house. The fate of
Angus and Cowan will not be known
for certain until late tonight Angus
beat out his opponent by Is votes in
the city. and it is reasonably certain
that he will hold his own in the coun-
try.
The whole election was one big sur
prise Nearly every race formed a
little surprise by itself. The over
| whelming defeat OF Judge Blenman
paralyzed the leaders The count in
the city showed him to be out of the
race early His success was con-
ceded up to Monday evening. The
| Republicans are said to Lave ,irc@,s.t"1