Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-04-16
THE WooDMEN WIN
The Piano Contest Winds Up With q
Bio Vote.

The Piano Contest Winds Up With .
Big Vote.
Last evening Jim Richardson threw
open his establishment to the various
contestants in the Biddle Piano con-
test. The store was packed from the
time the votes were cast until nearly
midnight, and the layman to witness
the sight would believe than an cleo
ton Of president was being decided
to witness the excitement that was
to be seen. The box closed at 1880 and
it was known that all of the three
lodges had held out big bunch of
votes to turn in at the last moment,
but when the box was opened. the
vote was amazing even to those who
had hopes Of seeing barrel Of yellow
paper.
When the counting was COMMENCED it
was believed that it could be finished
by 10 o'clock but it was well after
eleven before the results were known.
The plan was to appoint committees
from the Woodmen. the Church and
the Corps and they all buckeled to.
Three big boxes of votes had to be
gone through and some of the packag-
es surprised the people who had to
do the work At the conclusion it was
found that the Woodmen led by big
majority They had been in the lead
almost from the very start and main.
tanned it to the end. The result was
as follows for the vote cast last night:
WOOdmen .II,I4z
st. Theresas Church .......... go 1854
Making a total for the week ending
last evening of 146,34S. When it is
considered that the Woodmen had
something like 10000 votes, the
Church 10000 and the Corps $4,000 it
stacks up a sum total that represents
a great volume of business in this
village that is considered dull.
The effect of the contest has not
been as was first planned. 1t has made
a great deal Of hard feeling and some
things have been said that would not
look well in print and that will con.
tinue to make hard feelings. Dishon.
esty has been charged but this is un'
likely as the vote. while big, when
figured up shows that the business
transacted is possible and could have
been done. Assessor Kinney is threat
ening to set the taxes on the showing
made and believes that he can raise
enough on the proposition to build q
few feet more Of good road.
After the affair was over last night
the parties were hardly willing to give
up the contest and the few of then
hung onto the voted tickets in fear Of
court Contests. 1t is believed that the
Biddle man can ind q dozen scraps
on every street Il he you'd only show
up today, as, the merchants. as we'll
as the contestants are willing to 1umf
onto the first man of the Biddle vari
ETY. that comes across the track. The
scheme has been worked in three
towns Of Nevada and in every case
It has resulted in scraps, ard feelings
and enemies. In the future, Carson hat
better put the lid" on such schemes
) The vote as It stood at the winduI
is as follows. Taking the vote Of las
friday night with the amount vc.et
last evening added: - II =.
Woodnssn 1ee az.
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Gorps ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Carson has survived q Number o
beauty contests, one prize fight, Ca
:nival and has now lived through
plano contest it is believed that sh
might stand q baby show.
The vote may be taken by the reaf
er and some rapid calculations gon
over at twenty-five cents per, it woul
be well to discuss the results in pr
vs.c.