Daily Globe

:: ;": DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES,

Animated Contest Last Night—Sheriff King Secures the Majority of the Convention.

The Democratic primary meetings last night were quite animated and the voting was quite free. As at the Republican primaries last week, the great contest was for the sheriffalty, the candidates being James King, the present incumbent, Martin Delany, Jacob Heck and J. C. McCarthy. Heck and Delany are understood to have pooled their issues. There was a good deal of lively button-holing and caucusing, and teams flew hither and thither carrying voters to the respective precincts:

FIRST WARD,

There was no particular excitement in this ward, but there was some lively voting, and the King ticket swept the field high and dry, the vote standing 253 for the King ticket, to 49 for the combination ticket of Heck and Delany. The following is the King delegate ticket which was elected:
John Dowlan, John X. Davidson, M. Lyons, Chas. Leidman, Wm. McTeague, B. Linstead.
The following was the combination ticket which was defeated:
David Burke, Geo. Roeller, James Mitchel, Anton Roehl, Michael Roche, E. Johnson.

SECOND WARD.

There was a good deal of excitement about the old court house, the poll of the Second ward. The King men were out in force, and from the start poured a steady stream of ballots into the candle-box provided for their reception. There was some loud though good-natured bantering among the ticket peddlers, and all passed off pleasantly. There were 666 votes cast, of which the King delegates received 484 and the Delany-Heck tickets 155, the balance being scattering, quite a number of First and Third ward tickets being among them. The delegates elected were: John Bell, F. A. Pietch, Henry Bourchier, John Ahern, James McPartlan, William Byrne, Fred. Guion.
The defeated candidates were: John O'Connor, John Wagner, Frank LeClair, Wm. Delany, John F. McIntosh, John Larkin, John Klein.

THIRD WARD.

At the police station, the center of interest in the Third ward, there was a close contest. The King and the Heck men stood shoulder to shoulder through the whole evening, and there was a rigid examination of all who offered to vote. There was some anxiety, and considerable chaffing between the workers. Thos. Grace and Edward H. Schliek were on both tickets and were therefore elected. They may therefore be classed as doubtful. Of the total of 352 votes cast the following received majorities: For King—R. L. Gorman, John Schillo. For Heck—Dr. G. Stamm, Joseph Dreis, Paul Faber. Doubtful—Thomas Grace, Edward H. Schliek. The closeness of the contest was a surprise to nearly all, as King had but little hope of carrying the ward. Following were the defeated delegates: H. H. Miller, Hy. Steffens, Joseph Hardy, Mark Castello, J. B. Dow.

FOURTH WARD.

A goodly crowd assembled about Ramsey street engine house yesterday evening, and the primary election almost assumed the dignity and proportions of a regular affair. The voting commenced early, and was kept up very lively until the hour of closing the poll arrived. There was a decided rivalry between the three tickets in the field, and canvassing was more or less the order of the day. The rivalry partook of the genial sort, and throughout good order and a cheerful enthusiasm prevailed. The poll was closed promptly at 7 o'clock, and the count commenced. Before 8 o'clock the result was announced. Messrs. A. S. Elfelt and T. D. O'Brien had charge of the ballots, and by their expeditious work and good management won the satisfaction of everybody. At the other precincts the vote cast was small, and the work was done speedily and without trouble.

First Precinct—The election was held at the Ramsey street engine house. There were three tickets in the field, for King, Delaney and Heck respectively.
The vote resulted as follows:
Votes.
W. L. Banning .155
John Horeish. .152
P. Eagan 153
John O'Donnel 57
F. A. Brom 205
Of these Brom ran both on the Heck and King ticket. The other four are Delaney men.
The King ticket was as follows and received 84 votes:
R. A. Smith, John Miner, C. D. O'Brien, Charles Faber, Frank Brom.
The Heck ticket received 116 votes, and was as follows: Fred Weber, John Picha, Thom Bowers, Jacob Haas, F. A. Brom.
On the Delaney ticket F. Poff was defeated he receiving 151 votes.
The splits were as follows: Smith, 8 votes; Miner, 9; O'Brien, 7; F. Brom, 5; O'Donnel, 9; Weber, 2; Banning, 8; Bowers, 1; Haas, 5; Horeish, 2; Eagan, 5; Poff, 3; Faber, 5.
These votes were cast indifferently on the three tickets, and in noting up the result made the several majorities given to the elected delegates over what the straight ticket got.

Second Precinct—At the voting place in this precinct, about forty votes were cast. The following were elected, both King delegates: E. Hollenshead, Julius J. Williams.

Third Precinct —A small number of votes were polled here.
The result was as follows:
F. W. H. Gilderman, Nick Rauen, Ed. S. Shields.
Of these Rauen is a straight out Heck man. The other two were on both the King and Heck ticket.

FIFTH WARD.

In the Fifth ward the primary was organized with Wm. H. Shelly and Con Toomey as judges, and Jas. H. O'Farrell, clerk. There was a good deal of good natured rivalry and a total of 259 votes cast. Of these the King ticket received 148; the Delany-Heck ticket 101, and the Heck ticket pure and simple 10.
The delegates elected were as follows:
Dr. Wm. Richeson, P. Eagan, B. Scheffer, Ed. Rice, Jr., M. D. Kelley, M. Mullane.
The combination ticket, which was defeated, was:
J. J. Egan, John Kiemen, John O'Brien, August Moline, Michael Muilane, H. C. Ehrmantraut.
The Heck ticket was:
Cornelius Casey, Henry Hinkins, Patrick Brown, J. J. Egan, Hermann Trott, G. W. Turner.

WHITE BEAR.

The election passed off quietly, and resulted in the election of King delegates, as follows:
Albert Clewitt.. 56
Antoine Labarre 98
Leopold Auge. 92
The defeated candidates were Paul Labarre, 55, and Felix Labarre, 12.

SIXTH WARD.

There were two tickets at this precinct, but they only differed by the change of one name. The winning ticket bore the legend, "for sheriff. J. C. McCarthy." This ticket received 53 votes and was: R. N. Hare, John Burch, and Alphonso Farrell.
The other and the defeated ticket was,
A Farrell, John Burch and John Nornman.

RECAPITULATION.

The delegation are reported to stand as follows. 54 votes in convention:
King. Anti-King,
First ward. 6
Second ward
Third ward
Fourth ward
Sixth ward.
Third ward. •.C 6
Fourth ward
Fifth ward
White Bear. 28 14
The twenty-eight votes are a bare majority. but it is probable he will have more when the convention assembles at the old court house at 11 A. M. to-day.

AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE..

At an early hour last night, quite a crowd had assembled here to wait for the electoral returns. Friends brought in word as fast as the result was made known at the precincts. Each new arrival brought satisfactory news to the assembly. So as he announced his good news, "all for King,' he was heartily greeted as "good boy." Then turning about in a body, Sheriff King received the warm congratulation of friends, and the most cordial expressions were made, "You are all right King, I am glad of it." etc. To all of which the sheriff responded in good form and seemed to partake of the general jubilant feeling. If the gathering last night be any indication of what's to happen, Sheriff King has a coterie of friends, who mean to see him elected. The crowd hung about until a late hour, and left in high good humor over the result