New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-03
SCENES ON ELECTION DAY.

THE PEACE OF THE CITY UNDISTURBED.
OCCURRENCES AT THE POLLS AND AT THE BALLOT
BooTHs--voTERs Doing THEIR DUTY EARLY
GOOD NATURE MAINTAINED DURING THE
DAY-EVENTS AT VARIOUS HEADQUARTERS -
HOW THE RETURNS WERE RECEIVED - GREAT
CROWDS AROUND TUE TRIBUNE BULLETIN
BOARDS.
Election day in this city quiet until
evening. and at no time was there
disorder Voters went to the polls early,
and maintained their good nature all day.
The polls and booths were surrounded by
groups of earnest men. but there was no
trouble. Superintendent Walling refused TO modify
the order which he issued to the police
Monday night. 1t was rumored that he was
TO be arrested. Seventeen inmates of coored
home were charged with illegal registration
In the evening the city was not quiet
Republicans were wild with joy and the respondent
Democrats retired to their homes early. Around
the bulletins were great crowds that cheered iusuy
and long rs the returns which were posted IN
dcated that the victory of Garfield ana
Arthur was certain. vast multitude renamed
until q late hour before The TRIBUNE
bnletiD boards where the earliest and most correct
returns we're displayed. The election was quiet IN
Brooklyn and other cities near New-York.
HOW HOURS OF VOTING WERE SPENT.
TIE CITY AS QUIET AS A HoLIDAY-FEARs NERD
LEssLY ExcTED-wHAT HAPPENED AT THE
POLLS AND AROUND THE BOoTHs-sCENEs IN
THE LOWER AND UPPER PARTS OF THE CITY.
"Win there be trouble ~ was a question
frequently asked during the LIST TWO or three days
preceding the election. II was the expression OF Ieu
born OF the growing out OF the forgery eA
posures the swearing In of deputy sheIhs aud speea
marsnals and like matters which had been grossly
Exaggerated; but all alarm was dispeiied
by yesterdays calm. The fact Is inc u"y
WAS as quiet holiday as thanksgiving
Or Decoration days usually aad decidedly less pro-
ductive OF disasters and fights than either the Fou IN "f
July or Chr stmas generally IL was not as generally
observed as legal holiday this year most election
days OF late been; hence open shops street tihc
and tha movements Of business deprived 1t somewhat OIL
the Sunday aspect Of former elections There were some
dIscraceful hts. few arrests and some drunkenness
but not1ns approaching riot or even concerted dis-
order.
There is an idea held distant cities that the elections
in Network are characterized no6, rs they were IN
years past by ronc repeating. fraud anf all sorts OF
"buldokrg" by party or faction against The othei'
This Is an incorrect notion There is no city, large or
small wh ere elections are more peacefully cohuucted
than in this city, That largely the efficiency Of
the police; there denying that with al IT. faults
the force has wholesome influence over the diSor!cry
clements which IN Twerds time and before made cleo
ton dly dangerous Tie city is large. but 1t is So
closely knit together all Its parts, transition from one
part to another rapid, that any mcipcnt not
rOud be crushed ou by the concentration OF the police
Women and chi oren IN The streets Yesterday
o. maxi .'em fid Fraud by repeating almost
Impossible here since the passage O. the rec rauon laws
Supervisor Davenport testified tha me Itcuol o. 1910
NE NE ,rf - is s, dangerous game here that
repcatcrs are AFRAID 10 try II. As TO build znS by
impos.Iiir b mis- OF "shoudeI-nt or hcelcrs."
as tbey .e called IN ~ are not maintained political
clubs and TARGET companies, AS ia former u nocIauc
days. Hundreds OF tI,,e cl1's ana companies We.e
supported hy the old ring chef ans they formed SORT
Of gfet nan -Ilfd 10; me il uSi ana eost lnucise
pended much as 100000 year ~ supporting TIE
snecurl>t- OF tIe tOutro " ID p4rincui alone mere
is hi e or nothing OF th, KIND Of patronage now, anu
consequently there few O sucI cuus 10 prOYoK DIS
citing paris OF local cauyss preccdc e.ccton day, and
hence yesterday was one Of the most quiet elections ever
held in the cry
IL THE LOWER DISTRICTS.
The lower portion OF alive VITA voters at
an early hour. and long before tn polls were open
groups had congresatei near them The lines
that were formed extended In many instances the
length Of tA, block. The crowds we're IN excellent
humo. and patieutly waited their turn at polls.
The braciug Of the morning possibly contributed 10
Their equanmty, and II was too early IN tie day for
either plI be dscOura ;ed al the probable outcome
The streets III which there polling places were
comparatively deserted and a passing wagon was an
episode Tie small boy carly out Of bed. and en-
gagged in a forarne tour for barrels with which 10
illuminate Tire CITY amer u-htfa In the Let Assembly
District The majority OF the votes we've pOIled before
noon The Democrats were loud II Their boasts th9t
"Nick" miller would come oul ahead in what icy
parly." Tie loudest tak was III The Ist Election ID ~
tr1ct al No. i 0he-S "h,fr te ioeai ph"I' o. 'ue
KEY and Considerations" 10 effect
change OF pohAc' opinion. oeyentynine
officers and soldiers Stationed on Governors Island
rNo,Tn ' q re- u Sc "a i 80, sisS,1 c
the I,an ana he Ier, D delUchmeuts OF ten OF uiiecn
l. was stated that tGcY were pretty tvniy divided m
political Oeci. but that nearly dozen Republican sol
dleTs stayed tnr L. and fatDe" Than ucur tue dsas
OF & NEAL Hancock, OF voting according 10 Their
conVci ohs Inc appear Ahce o. t5 sJlderS a. Tie po's
excited lively interest III the assembled CROWD.
frct. In fact rum shops we're oni5 partly closed,
and thirsty Democrats had no d,ficuIty in finding
Ordinary stinuIants for WHEN TIE ward is noled,
and sevc raj sHoutcrs for Hancock
diver, ned proceedings by challenging legal YOtes
TAey summary removed by the polce 10 ne SIDE
walk. asserted ia some of The lower wards that
friends Mailer md made advances 70 'puDhrdns
looking u ihcr support in return Tor Democratic votes
The pubic buildings were closed and Wast and !
It's vicinity tnerr was almost Sto0alh stiffness Among
the manufacturing cisrIcts however, there was the
the nrGs re overwhelmed could
theiI men only Ong enough 10 cast thelr ballOiS.
The neishOorhood OF FIVE POINTS was the scene OF noisy
'cy "a ,e lee 4 ynters cree rcd con-
side able confusion. BOnhrS started eary la he
day and TN cans filed WITT burning charcoal~ee swung
The bulletins published in Printing House Square
eagerly read. and ne erection OF The eiecric ght app1
stood front Of the Franklin statue bearing ban-
generous proportions. II bore the words Black
eyes PAINTED during The election" Several Democrats
commented tine sentence personal insult
FROM CANAL STREET TO FOURTEENTH STREET.
In the Eighth. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth,
Fourioc n, Fifteenth Seventeenth Wards.
prisng that portion of the city between Canast. and
Fourie III ST.. the voting generally done quietly
There large crowds abOut tue polls almost every
election district, and there great deal of
melt, with some heavy elcctOneerIng but there was
very little disorder In several cases arrested
Il If,sI.
made. At OF the polling places the women seemed
i.n nIdnn ln- Ill