Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-08
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looked on and shouted The voting place
was then opened with the new board under
the protection of a Gordon of police. Many
organisation republicans refused to vote.
One OF the incidents OF the Fifth ward
struggle was the arrest of Harbor Master
Samuel g. Maloney on the charge OF con-
splracy to hold an illegal election. He is
the republican leader OF the ward and his
followers were ready to storm the police
station II he was not released. He secured
bail and will be given a further hearing.
Police Magistrate Fealy was also arrested
for interfering with a policeman and was
released on bail
Five Hundred Arrests.
Similar. scenes were enacted in the Sew
enth ward, the home Of Israel w. Durham,
the leader of the organization, and in the
Eighth. where United States Senator PEN
rose resides The polling place where the
senator voted was closed tor several hours
because the election officers claimed the
police interfered
Outside the centrally located and thickly
populated wards the city was comparatively
quiet The number OF arrests made UP to a
late hour tonight for election frauds was
about 5O0
Police magistrates were on duty in all
parts of the city, giving the prisoners
| hearings. The scene at the central station
in the city hall was without precedent
More than 200 prisoners were given hear
ings there for alleged fraud against the
ballot.
All day several hundred persons were
gathered in the court yard watching the
prisoners arriving in wagon loads. Every
| hat of al
| as they were led into the city hall The
| hearingroom was crowded with party
workers, lawyers, bondsmen and others.
| AS quickly as a prisoner was brought in
| he would be given an immediate hearing,
held in bail for a further hearing and
promptly released by a waiting bondsman.
! The men were then ordered back to their
respective election divisions. Among the
pore prominent men arrested was Senator
! William II. Keyser, floor leader of the
state senate, who was charged with inter-
: ferLs with voter, and John 8. Hammond
deputy coroner, who was accused of vouch-
ing for an illegal voter. A deputy sheriff
was arrested on the charge of stufflng a
ballot box while the election officers were
not looking More than ninety per cent
of those arrested today were men claiming
to be workers of the republican organiza-
ton.
Supreme Court Hears Cases.
While the minor judiciary was taking
care Of hundreds of election cases, Judges
Carry, Davis and Won Mochsizer of the
criminal court held an all-day session. for
the first time in the annals of the local
courts, and settled innumerable disputes
between members Of factions who brought
their troubles before them. The judges
also issued dozens OF writs OF habeas
corpus for prisoners where magistrates in
sisted upon sending them to Jail. The
heaviest vote ever cast was polled for the
local candidates. notwithstanding the fact
that 81 900 alleged fraudulent names were
stricken from the voting lists by the
police. In some of the divisions, where
large numbers of names were taken OF
the lists the total vote cast falls far below
that polled at former elections. In other
divisions the vote was 50 great that the
ballot boxes proved too small to hold the
ballots. As early as noon additional boxes
had to be sent to several polls, and soap
boxes were used in the meantime to hold
the ballots.
The heavy vota caused great jubilation
among the reform managers. as 1t indi-
Gated to them mat, the stay-at-homes were
coming out and voting the fusion ticket.
The organization leaders, during the day,
had nothing to say beyond the statement
that they were satisfied with the way
things were running Toward evening,
when reports began coming in, the repub-
iicans began to waver in their confidence
and many of them admitted that the stu
alton looked bad. A sign of the way the
election was going was the thousands OF
blue and gold buttons, the city party col
ors, that appeared on the streets Hun
dreds of women wore the colors.
Contest for Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Estate trea sureI
was the only Office for which there was
contest at today's election in Pennsyl-
varia Judge John W. Stewart, an APP
! pointee of Governor Pennypacker, was re-
elected associate Judge of the supreme
court for the full term of twenty-one years
President Judge Charles f. Rice and
Judges George B. Orlady and James A
Beaver, of the superior court, were elected
for a term of ten years. John b. Head
democrat, was also elected superior court
Judge to succeed Judge Peter P. Smith the
minority member of that body who failed
of denomination.
Under the law no elector is entitled e
vote for more than three candidates foi
Judge of the superior court when four are
to be elected, as was the this year
Mr.. Head was the only democratic nom
inee for this Office which practically made
his nomination equivalent to an election
! Homer i. Castle, who was brought int
prominence by his attacks on the state
| treasury management following the deVel.