Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-30
Their Candidates Were Elected in
All the Wards.
LITTLE INTEREST MANIFESTED
Republicans Made No Effort 10 Gel Out Their
Vote and Election Goes by Default
How il Was Done.

with which those VITO dtd cast tIell
ballots seemed to agree on the caIdi
dates.
The result was complete and sweep.
ing victory for the Democratic ticket.
that party ele its candidate IN
every war in the city by majorities
ranging from IS to l2l They also car
ried everv precinct in the city with
the exception of the second in the Sec.
ond ward, where the vote was tie.
Very little, If any, effort was made by
tie republicans to get out their vote,
and il is claimed that there was not a
dollar spent by them for election DUR
poses They seemed content to allow
the election to go by default. There
was some effort made BIZ Democratic
candidates to roll np as big a majority
as possible, and III this they were ma
teriallv assisted by Republicans voters.
Manv of the latter made no secret of
voting the Democratic ticket. and es-
peciallv was this the case among the
colored voters of the Second ward.
There was not much disappointment
among the Republicans. While few
felt sore over the result, there seemed
to be plentiful lack of interest on the
part of great majority. The candi-
dates themselves didn't seem to care
verv much how the election went. and
pursued the even tenor of their way
with hardly thought as to the out
come. save an occasional expression of
curiosity
The polls opened in the morning be-
fore the voters were yet awakened
from their slumbers For several hours
the election officials loupged about
the various booths and vawned sleepi-
IL while awaiting the pleaure of the
tardy electorate The first ballots
were cast hv few workmen on their
way to their daily labor, who STONED
just long enough 10 indicate their
choice. they being DESTROYS of getting
the duty off their hands at the earli-
est possible moment. From O'Clock
on until about . the votes came in
very slowly, here scarcely being enough
doing to keep the clerks ana judge
from gong to sleen.
At about clock the situation was
enlivened bit, for at that hour the
candidates who were making any
effort at all began to get their friends
to the polls. some being taken there
in carriages and others going afoot.
The noon hour was a pretty busy one
at all the booths, and in few pre-.
cincts the bulk of the votes were east
between 10 and O'Clock. In the af
ternoon things resumed their sleepy
appearance and did not liven up until
toward ey ening, when few more
voters dropped casually iuto the booth,
YEARLY registered their ballots and
drifted aimlessly ont again. seeming to
think it was all such bother 10 vote
anyway. at some of the precincts it
was an hour between ballots. and as
no official announcement has been
made of the presence of anything to
enliven the wait. the judges and clerks
were compelled to lounge around and
swap stories to keep things moving.
In the First ward Z +. Willard and
j. Ike Mcdonald were the nominees.
Mr.. Willard was nominated by the
Pr0hibitionists and endorsd bv the Re-
publicans. From the returns both
Republicans and Prohibitionists were
scarce ever there, for Mr.. Mcdonald
emerged from the battle somewhat
Scared but smiling and victorious bv
a majority of 66 votes. The vote was /:
Willard. 76; Mcdonald. 142.
In tho Second ward the Republicans
were voting for c. 9. Cline-that is,
some of them were. d. H. Barry Was
the Democratic nominee, and the re-
suit seems to indicate shat a good
manv Republicans cast their votes
for him. The vote stood Barry, 22l ;
Cline, 1876. Barry's majority was 25
Down in the Third ward Lewis
Thompson Was having lead pipe
cincb. The Republicans had with
drawn early in the fight and left the
field i'll the possession of Mr.. Thomp-
son. Tie Prohibitionists had nomin-
ated Mr.. ID a. Cline and he was voted
for by most of the Prohibitionists and
Republicans who went to tho rolls
Mr. Cline made no effort whatever tt
be elected. and neither did Mr. Tho:np
son, for that matter The combined
Republicans and Prohibition vote wa
only 60, while the Democrats pollet
III, giving Mr.. Thompson ia major
ity.
Martin Brown, Republican, and A
B. Stewart, Democrat, were having {
close race in the Fourth ward. Brown
had been appointed by the Republi
can city committee to fill the vacanc,
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