Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-13
HEALTHY INTEREST
 IN TIE ELECTION
Muscular Arguments Over the Merits of Policies and
 Candidates

innumefople. Dht HkntSS lndt t9pt cal American form of argument marked the progress of election dag yesterday and the night before. These incidents conclusively proved nothing more than a healthy Ameri- can interest in the affairs Of govern. ment, and little or no attention was given to them. as their consequences were slight No arrests for fighting were made up to last night
 As a matter Of fact, the night force of the police department would not have been able to handle the situa- tion had the night cops been dis posed to class every fistie argument as a breach of the peace. for these political orgasms burst on every hand. A duet occurred in the post office lobby yesterday morning over nothing. In front of the first ward el@etion booth a republican attempt. ed to take a candidatorial card from a democrats hat band, and the demo crat resisted the deadly insult with straight left to the lamp. A few minutes later each was in the hands of friends" and the merry business CT argument went on.
 Hoyal A. Smith appeared at the election booths yesterday afternoon in the hands of B. Caretto. and Go the miners who were brought up Co shake his hand, Hoval recounted in eidents of the days when he was an humble mucker at the Irish Mag Mir. Smith shook the hand of. the larger part Of Italy in Bisbee in the course of fifteen minutes at the first ward booth.
 The negro voters were the most important I.eopie in the election day crowds, iu their own estimation. al least. Although there are not more than fifty negro voters in Bisbee each of the voters carried several hundred cards which they exchanged between themselves probably half z dozen times. At the close of ths polls. consequently. each negro had the orig nal number, if not the iden tical cards, that he began the day with The majority Of the negroe. voted the straight republican ticke as a token of their bondage to "Abe Iinkum." who freed them from bond age.
 The voting grew heavy yesterda; afternoon early. and. especially 1T the first ward, long line of suirra glsts were waiting in line.
 The small boy. with trust-like bust ness sagacity. coined money. out o the Ralph Cameron buttons. They would don these emblems in { prominent place. and see that tn, buttons came in the line Of yisior Of more enthusiastic than sane re publicans The small boy woulS then give a neat little song ana dance about being a republican ever at the tender age of ten. etc The stunt was usually worth dime oi a quarter.
 There was little business done yes terday. despite tse fact that electioI | day came in the midst of T1e holidal | trade season. Except for furnishing the necessities, the stores might wei | have been closeH- The post office banks, courts and city hall wer' | closed.
 Judge T. D. Burdick. of the jas l tice court of precinct No. 3. was ou ! in his chair-on-wheels in the morn 1 ing. circulating among his fri ends i and received a warm greeting. The republicans put on few Chi cago stunts in the way of carriage 1 decorated with banners, ani violat ed the child tabor law in sendint miniature editions of Eumanit, ! around town with banners. from earl morn to dewey eve. tMeanng stag | dewD
 The saloons opened at sundown yes terday afternoon. and offered an or | portunity for losers to settle bets i Notwithstanding the fact fhat Non day was pay day, there was littl | drunkenness seen on the streets, an,
 on the whole Bisbee pulled af tn
 election in a manner as orderly al
 they do back east