New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-08
NEwyORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1857.

that n IA ALWAYS auet ON election day Certainly II was
yesterday The polingplaces were opened promptly ~
O'Clock, tho policeman on duty on tue INSIDE 40
claring In each instance that 1t was time for the
voting to begin Even at this early hour there began
fling into many OF the shops, which were geneiay
the polling line OF men eager to deposit lnelr
the workers for the different candidates actively urged
the advantages 10 be gained by casting ballot 10r te
their ballots just they about TO eater tue polling
places ths way votes were gained for the iayorites
zens ticket were well guarded with inc exception OF
their nominee for County Clerk AZ od Ia'y c OF
erected for Butler were upset and the tickets
Near the Hudson River. whore this happenol there
seemed to be to look after tho matter and boys
soon carried tho boards on for bonhres In the negro
quarter or the Twenyninth Precinct the polls were
surrounded all day with motley throng The negroes
as rule voted the straight Republican ticket. AT
eeconcerlng for John j. OBuen tor County Clerk HIS
adherents were prominent at every p0lhnIpiace no
serious disturbance reported up 10 o'clock After
the pools closed the fun began Tor the boys ana
girls. The smaller scrambled for the unused Da
lots, and the larger boys IN the meantime carried on VIC
booths bodily. Soon many fires were burning brightly
IN the side streets.
great crowd gathered around little cigarstOre in
Thrdaye., near waiting Tor the airIFal
OF President Arthur 10 vote 1t had Oeen flthoaeu tt
some lrFepressiOe cltlzen possesSeo Vi oIo
than knowledge, Intended 10 challenge tne PTesid1hSs
vote: The only reason assigned Was that the FTeseht
had leased nls mousse aud dld not HYe ole a' NC We
only guest OF the family who lived there Au anxious
throng Of persons wlo had heard the runor oi'eIed
around the p0lhng-pace to see the fiesuehVs Eot9
challenged The greater part OF the afternoon passeu
and the President hal not arrived ana nam NAM
began to think that ne 1ld n0t iiiI of Il
to exercise his right Of suffrage AT IL minutes tD Ti
FROM Twenty ninth-st lie WAS dressed IN DARK SUM-
Tall hat ana Lad glove his left hand Before
he entered the polling place some one announcea 20 tne
inspectors that President was coming Let ann
come" said Or the inspectors; ne can only VoIe
hat u man with consumpuve lungs who tred 70
cheer, and then walked into the cigar store No 10
dent had tine to speak, Chester A. Arnur." That's
nght,"" responded the President Pqtting on
his Wsistcoat pocket, he handed them one by one
the Inspector. He an said The inspector and
looked astOnisHed and felt III his pocket anu finally
the inspector exclaimed on yes mere IL Is dioPpea
President SAID Thank YOU and waSed out IL tns
street an enthusiastic aimrcr SAID lieo Arthur unu
the President touched MS nat ana walked away
ABOVE FoRTY-sECOND-ST.
In the XXth and XXIId Assembly districts, lying cas-
Of Fluh-aye., between Fortysecond and Eightyt
nfthsls, there were disturbances Ihe
voting passed OF quietly with only one
arrest for Illegal voting. Patrick Quinn had
naturalization paper issued in 1868 and was arrested
and taken before Justice Kilbreth, VINO discharged him
More than half Of polling places III tue TWO districts
were In Second and the corners were nearly all
adorned with wooden booths decorated win clOh Signs
The republicans in the X&th District began reform s
year by providing their ticket distributors WIN badges
and leather bags, thus dispensing with booths. me
booth Keepers subjected the reOrer5 10 numerous JestS
the polls were closed the evil of the booth was seen as
the crowds of boys and men qIarreled over the boar
associations Tor USE next year. All the nquor shops
open and alike patrOniZed by voters, police
men, women and children. In n few cases the front
door OF the shop acked, but usually haAi raised
curtain was q sufficient closing" sign. Tue streets
1led with boys and girls. and near First-aye.a
sprnkiliug OF goats added to the thrOng Many
bontrcs Started, and picket fence was torn down
for several rods and burned. When the agent OF the
property appeared he greeted with JelI5. II was
Impossible TO locate many OF the German and Irish
voters than the fact that they lived IN certain
street between two avenues-the city never having mum
bered their shantes. There was much splitting on the
local ticket in all parties, the tickets being printed In 50
many different ways that there little chance OF ones
voting straight"
Ia Iorkvllle, Harlem and the annexed district the
election marked by remarkably good order Except
IN Harlem arrests were made Tor dlsOrlery cOuduct
Late the afternoon there quarrel between two
negroes ut East Oue-huudred and TWEEN tysecOnd St.
near Second Joseph Il. Anderson, VI No SAG East
One hundred and fOureCnth-st., hred revolver at
James VI. Williams, OF No 321 East Onc-hmdred and
twenty -secOudst., and the bullet passed though the
lapel 0f Wilnass coat, Anderson was a. rested ~ o.
ftcer Edward Herman. and Locked up III the One-hun
dred.iud -tW -sIXtiI-st. Police Station.
Considerable excitement was caused by Frank Ray
mond's being challenged when he appeared 10 deposit
his ballot The ground OF the challenge WIS that he was
Interested in bet result OF the election. lie did
not vote.