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Show IT ISGETT!NG HOT. Some Lively Voting in "The Times" Popular Policeman Contest. SERGEANT WIRE'S HEAVY SPURT. While Tom Matthews Drops Back to Fourth Place-Kslinger is Third and Cur-ran Cur-ran Fifth-The Total. The Times' popular policeman contest is now fairly on, and is waxiug hotter every hour. The friends of the blue coats woke up on Saturday, and the ballots commenced rolling in as soon as the paper was off the press. As on the previous days, most of the callers left but two or three ballots each, but there was some heavy voting, Billy Hilton receiving fifty ballots in one lump. Officer Eslintrer came next, a friend of his coming in with forty-one votes in a bunch. lorn Matthews who led up to Saturday night, soon dropped back to third, Hilton Coming to the front, with Eslinger second. Harry Currau also took; a jump and Albright received re-ceived several votes. Until noon today it was believed that Officer Hilton would be the leader for today at least but to the surprise of the voting contest editor at lunch time a friend of Serjeant Wire dropped in with 143 votes making his total 153. This changed the aspect of matters considerably and makes Hilton second. Eslinger third and Mathews fourth. But the end is not yet. At a p. m. today the voting stood as follows fol-lows : Sergeant Wire Officer Hilton 10fi Officer Eslinger 69 Officer Matthews M Officer Conan i Oilic er Albright Serjeant Randolph 11 Oilier H. F.rd 13 Officer Shaffer Officer Land 10 Officer White 9 Officer Sfegtna I Officer Carey 5 W. Carman 4 Sergennf Sheets 3 Officer Hard Officer Armstrong I Total 339 MOTES. 'Rah for Wire! 'Rah for Hilton! 'Rah for Matthews! 'Rah for everybody! Briny: on your ballots. Harry Ford's vote is growing. Lund's vote has come up a little. Hilton was the first m in to cross the 100 line. It begins to look as though sergeants are not in it. Everybody who gets a copy of the paper ought to vote. Its a fair field and no favors. May the best man win. The vote will be up in the thousands before the end of the week. Officer Carman is a little late but his backers back-ers say he will get there. What is the matter of the detective force! Nary a vote for auy of them yet. The contest editor says he must have either an assistant or an increase of salary. If John Eslenger doesn't get the prize, he will crowd the w mer mighty close. Every ballot received will be preserved, and The Times will ask Marshal Janney and Captain Donovan to canvass the vote. When Curran's friends said that they wouldn't allow his vote to remain stationary a single day, they evidently meant it. Hilton's fr.'eads say that if they cannot keep him on top a'.l the time, they will at least see that he doesn't drop far behind at any stage of the game. The baton is finished and will arrive here from the east in a few days, when it will be placed on exhibition. It is the handsomest one ever made iu the United States. . . |