The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-05
By HANDSOME VOTE
IS PER CENT. LARGER THAN CAST
IN OCTOBER ELECTION.
LESTER WAS C0MPLIMENTED.
2,774 VOTES WE'RE POLLED IN
CHATHAM COUNTY.

Vote Showed AZ Per Cent. of Coun-
tvs Registered Strength-COI. Les
ter at the POIIs-Votes by Districts
in Chatham County-Rnin Inter
fered in the MOrning-POIls Re-
mained Open Until After NightfaII.
Much Interest Here in Elections in
Other states.
In the congressional election in the
First Georgia district, yesterday, Col.
Rufus +. Lester, the Democratic NOM
inee for representative in the Fifty
eighth Congress. received a very COM
plimentary vote. Especially was this
true in Chatham county, where an I'M
usually large vote was cast. consider
ing the fact that there was no opposi-
ton TO Col. Testers reelection.
out of a total registration of SPA,
there We're 2.774 votes cast, or a per-
centage of 40. In the state and county
election oct. !, there were 1884 votes
cast. out of a total registration of 6,222,
or 30 per cent.
WINS a Quiet Election.
The election was a very quiet one.
At no time during the day was there
as much as a prospect for any excite
ment. A squad of police men nodded
in the chairs in the Court House
Square, pinchng themselves occasion
ally to bring themselves to the realiza-
tion of the fact that it was election day.
The usual number of tables were to
T., 81 a..
an unusually large number of tickets,
but at only one time during the day
did the polls wear the aspect of an
election, and that was at the dinner
hour when between II and o'clock,
more than a thousand votes were cast.
PuzzIinG Proposition.
Shortly before the polls closed an old
negro wandered up. He looked about
him observantly for a few minutes.
then walking up to one of the tables,
said: wat lection dis? Who run
nin'?" The desired information was
given him. "Who else runnin'?" he then
ventured, inquiringly. mo one else"
answered the man at the table. The
old darkey scratched his head-he may
have been bordering over the etymo-
logical derivation of the word, election.
Finally, How dey gwine be a lection,
wen dey amt but one gemmun run
nin'?'' Never mind that" retorted the
man at the table. there is one" And
he passed him a ticket.
Col. Lester at the Polls.
Col. Lester was at the polls at var
ious times during the day. He met
many friends who congratulated him
upon the complimentary vote which
was being polled for him. He said
that he would remain in Savannah I'M
til Congress met in December.
When the polls closed at 6:24 O'clock
the managers and clerks lost no time
in preparing their returns. Within
ten minutes after the last vote had
been cast, the ballots had been de-
posted with the clerk of the Superior
Court, and the returns of the mana
gers filed with the clerk of the county
commissioners These returns will
be sent on to the Governor to-day.
The Vote by Districts.
These returns showed the vote by
districts to be as follows:
LIST. 3D.. 4th. I'd, 9Th, 9Th, 7th. 9Th.
The majority of these votes were
cast between II and 5 o'clock, the rain
interfering with prospective voters in
the morning, and darkness falling at
$50 O'Clock. AS may be seen from
the vote by districts, there were sep
arate boxes for the First, Third and
Fourth Districts, the other districts be-
ing consolidated.
Little Interest in Election.
Owing to the fact that there was no
opposition to the Democratic candidate
in this district, the public was apa-
thetic as to the result, but in the
elections in other states considerable
interest was. evinced here. Particular
ly was this true of New York, where
the race between Coler. Democrat, and
Odell Republican, was close. The
Morning News displayed bulletins of
the results in the several states. and
these were watched by an eager crowd.
GAVE REYNAR0 A HHhSE