Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-07


slosed earIs. the workers feeling the strain
II the long campaign and wanting to get
away from fhe scene Of battle as soon as
possible.
Where Local Interest. Conferred.
focal interest seemed to center chiefly IN
the race faf. cl6agrcss in the Second dis
rict and 4llstelephone franchise fight. The
general itaYfessiogl prevailed among all par
ties that tbe republicans would carry the
state, ana $50 interest in that ticket was
not 80 keen, The fight on county attorney
came in 'fpF a large share of interest, the
friends on English heralding his victory
with ;He utmost delight. Mr.. English him.
self was in the thick Of the fray until he
was assured OF election. Mr. slabaugh' s
friends were equally concerned.
Ehe fight for governor in New York was
The .,sub1eaG of keenest interest. Every
body who was Interested in election re-
turns wanted to kRoYe abe latest from
New York. Hearst had his supporters
out Hughes seemed to be far more popular
han the Katzenjammer candidate and
'urprisa was frequently expressed that,
Hearst, haas pade AZ good asiun as he did.
There was a great amount of betting on
this and other results p' r The betting all
favored Hughes. the rts, Aidah nominee.
The saloons having been closed during
he day they opened 70 iau eager and
liberal patronage after the polls closed and
we're popular places throughout the night
intil the hour of closing. As a general.
hing no great amount OF disorder pre-
vailed. "A ,f... -,.3
independents Celebrate.
The Independent telephone projectors and
heir friends were about the most actively
happy compalgners after results were
definitely known T. H. Pollock and Tom
Parmele of Riattsmouths. twp of the chief
promoters, with a great number OF stock
holders and directors Of independent phone
concerns from out In the state. Joined I'M
A huge spread at the Henshaw They
celebrated their victory with much en-
;husiasm. Judge Rem E3alSers ,attorney for
The. independentsk was iiot sRaarine any
mourning that could be~notieed with the
naked eye. He assured everybody that
he would have9ay phone Whether he wanted
L or,not and wore that Arizona smile that
refused to come off,l ,...-..-
IDe Bees extras went as rapidly almost
IS tlley could be placed upon the streets.
1t was a big night for the newsies
some incidents Of The Day.
AIIaincident, half amusing and half pa
:hetie. occurred, Tuesday. morning in :he
atyl clerks office, where a man giving the
lame Of Gid Sutherland decided, at the
eleventh hour he wanted 10 vote, Although
the city .opAtha three .registFa ton DAYS.
ae failed to register ana faiiiik to offer a
satisfactory feason for his failure. was
-efused a certificate Tuesday morning.
sutherland VRil1eds cut of me CLERKS once
iejectedly. l1enp he Ianirnaa and inter-
'eded on behalf Of his father-in-law.
Well II you can't do anything for me
,an't you fix me out with a carriage for
my father-lnIaw, who Is 66syears OF age
and CRIPPLE began Sutherland, whose
voice began to choke up with emotion.
THE old man only has a. few more times
20 vote in this world, and Won might give
he a c1rriege for him. I do not know
what ticket be viii vete, bgt l know hu
viii vote and it will make him happy once
more in his declining years" coutlnued the
visitor ~ @aas
The city clerk directed Sutherland 10 the
'ounty committees for a. carriage.
Hurrsk for the Secret Ballot.
A cheer for the secret ballot" went up
IN one OF the voting places o1t in the
Eighth ward this morning when maa
salled out from his booth
Say. ] want to vote against this tele-
phone franchise; how do do III"
lie was given Instructions by one OF the
election officers.
And say" he called again, II want 10
'cratcs this man Williams for railroad
commissioners What about that?"
A round OF applause Went up from the
sntire crowd giving evidence that demo
sTsts aud republicans aJke we're I!vassd
Then one OF the Judges instructed him In
he art OF scratching he rtreachcraus VIII
isms' name. - le
Amusing stunts with Machines.
An amusing Incident occurred In The
First precinct OF the First ward. The cleo
lion board telephoned to the county clerk
1alce that the machine wouldn't work at