New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-04
TIE LOCAL ELECTIONS.
CLOSING PREPARATIoNs-rHE POLLS TO OPEN At 8 A.
~ AND CLOSE AT 4P.M.--TDE RECEPTION OF THE

CLOSING PREPARATIoNs-rfTE POLLS TO OPEN At A.
MAND CLOSE AT M-TUE RECEPTION OF THE
RETURNS.
At the headquarters Of the various political
organizations in each Assembly District and nc The gem
eral headquarters there were. last evening. the
usual busy scenes that rrecede each election. Pack
ages Of election ballots and posters for the ticket
booths were being distributed to those designated
to receive them. During the day ID. Il. Hasbrouck,
the chief Of the Election Bureau, at Police Head
quarters was filing vacancies caused BY the failure
Of inspectors and pOlciegks 10 appear aud quany'
ana giving his closing instructions 20 such as needed
them To-day is legal holiday, and in consequence
the Custom-house. Post Office, and other Government
buildings the Civil Courts stock and Gold Exchanges
and very many OF the warehouses and stores Will be
closed The Mayors ana Controllers Offices VIII be
opcn The polls will be opened at a. m. and Will be
closed y. There SIS election districts IN the
city, At each OF the polling places throughout the city
there viii be six boxes, except in the NIh Congressional
District where there VIII be the seventh being
FOR the votes Congressman m the place Of the mie
James Brooks The labels on these boxes VIII be as fol-
lows:
General Number Two; Congress, Number Three Gn
the vim Congressional District only; senator Number
-Four; Assembly Number Five; APPOINTMENT on Election
Oh the chief judy and Associate Judges of the Conrt OF
Appeals and OF Justice, Of the supreme Court Appoint
ment or Election Of Judges Of City aud County courts;
Annexation
It's not believed that there will any serious trouble
to-day. IN OF the Assembly Districts where the
vote likely TO be close, and in the Fourth Senatorial
District where much bitter feeling between the
adhrens John Fox and Morgan Jones, there may be
small outbreaks. hut nothing approaching cldtimo dis
turbances. The police captains reported yesterday TO
superinte Matse that there wac no probability
OF trouble occurring in their precincts Should serious
disturbance take place they were ordered TO telegraph
at once police headquarters, when assistance would
be furnished. There are 1870 patrolmen Tor duty to
day OF this number l72 will be required at the polling
places, while the stau0n-hou5es and streets will
be guarded by 62T men; III men, detailed
from the broadway CITY Hal, and Sanitary squads,
and mounted from the Thirty second Precinct and
mounted squad, have been detailed for duty az Police
Headquarters, under the command OF Inspectors Wal
ling aud MeDermOtt and Capts. Copeland and Burden.
In ca services eded they VIII be dispatched
nj once In stages OF the disturbance. The
indications point 20 light vote iu the city except
few close districts. where the friends OF the respective
candidates succeeded IN exciting some interest and
enthusiasm.
AS usual the returns will be received az Police Head
quarters this evening rom all the districts IN the city.
there will be gatherings az tho Republican, Tammdny
Hail, and Apollo Hail headquarters, where the re,u rns
VIII be received and read aloud