New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-07

vote.
SCENES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY
In the part of the city below Fourteenth
st. the election passed without any occurrence other
than those minor which pertain 10 the quict",i
contest At O'Clock the police Of the Eighth Precinct
reported six arrests for Illegal voting and three
others for attempting 10 vote unlawfully. Al
the same hour The officers Of the Fourteenth Precinct
arrested three men for the crime In the Fifteenth
Precinct the quiet was unbrokcn aud I'm the Seventeenth
Precinct one Of the most popuouS In the city the police
reported no offence against the laws In the Tenth Pre-
cinc the harmony prevailed The event Of the day
10 the generation prospective voters was not the cleo
ton, but what the election brought forth The boys
prcycd upon the p0ithOIcs with an aNiity which
promised well FOR the number and the brancy % the
bouirc- 90 night.
In me district cast Of Tirhayc. and bo'w,cu Four
tcoDh and Forty second sf the election pt--.d quiet
The voting began Immediately after Tic polls were
opened and the great bulk % tho ballots was deposited
before noon. The greatest interest IN th" contest CON.
tired about the open doors OF the corner coggrrics,
where large knots Of citizens stood an day waiting Tor
the next treat" Occasionally citizen could ho seen
either staggering along uudor the udueuc. OF political
enthusiasm or uppor,dby twotrud, 600 ihc same condI-
ton There were 900 disturbances and only two arI SIS
were made u the strict f1r Illegal yo'ir, I'm both case.
the men arrested v.r, discharged after their cases bad
been investigated and 70 bad been proven that they were
entitled TO vote After the polls closed the crowds about
the liquor shops increased, and -warms ~ small boys
made houIrcs Of the election booths and empty barrels,
In that part Of the city lying between Fourteenth and
'y4ccoud II aud west Of Ffllayc there wa. little
Of incident Voting went on steadily from the time the
polls opened until the close. IN the XVII Assembly Dis
tIIct there sharp triangular contest for Alderman.
and the result q full vote. Along the North River
front where there Away, more or less of lighting late u
the day when the bad liquor dispensed there begins TO
take effect the election passed Oh with comparative
quict There were few black eye. AID bloody noses.
but nothing that bore even the appearance or an ucput
riot In the better neighborhood- there wa. not ripple
Of excitement ~ any kind.
The district bounded by Forty.rcOud and Eighty fourth
&c. and the East and North Rivers Was quiet one being
ud-tulbrd even by the tenth Avenue Gang" There wa,
only one arrest IN the district FOR fraudulent voting The
principal disturbance occurred at Forty.cycuth-,t and
Eirhth-ayc, where three policemen chased twenty boys
who were running away with ticket booth I'm this
district many prominent citizens live and cast
their votes At the polls at No l35 East
SiXty-lrh-,t David BOWS, John Kelly. Car scbnrz cy-
judge CarIozo Justice DouoAuc and E,rnfdrr -n,,t,
not for his fidelity to his old homo I'm Illinois, At SIKH.
ave. aud FIncih-,t. Ex-Governor Cornell and indies
usually exercise his right Of suffrage ~ Tift,thl ~
and -ixthayc., but he did not vote yesterday; Il polling
clerk said 1t because hr unable -trr In con-
sequence Of the recent accident which brf,I Inn.
In IOrlsyHc ana Harlem the election pt--,I of with
out any noteworthy incidents. The voting was heavy
in the early part Of the day and before / o'clock mo
greater part OF the vote had been cast At the police
stations II painfully quiet. " NrW-Nu isu what IL
u-ro Ia be-" monwfully said The veteran sergeant I'm
charge OF the Twenty third Precinct "Why We haven't
had today and only arrest, and thar was "a ten
ycir-oId boy who threw stone and broke "a p,ur oil
glass" "Ihls T. gcntcmcu'- day, for fact said the
sergeant in charge Of the fremont Station. don't be-.
hryc has called another laI in the precinct
Trading was carried op My In pretty nearly ali the
election districts. In one polling place
in the XXIIId Assembly District the
1ammany workers ran ont tickets Tor Cyru- o. IIubbr
for Alderman the consideration being 50 In the MINER
districts lame negro with voice Ike fog horn attended
amusement 10 the workers by singing Sweet Violet.
and we never sprakas pass by ." and rcapcd tich
harvest Of pennies ~ consequence thereof At NIGHT the
streets were Illuminated by an average OF bUuros 10
a block.
The district In which Mayor Edison votes al High Bridge
presented an animated scene during the duy ONLY
40 voters were registered and nearly the nm
o'clock The pOllngpaco was opposite
the police precinct and the crowd assembled there ns.
sailed every conner with tickets and opportunities 4
hwarthy young Italian with brlghtcOOTrd pad ON his
shoulder overwhelmed with solicitations a ne su-
blcd along tine dusty road. Me he exclaimed
In puzzled tones, "Ic Italian; Mulberry 81. snCIkl
no Lugish" There's fuss In this precinct than in
Johnny OBren'7 ward" said policeman. You'd he
thmkh' tho whole country depended on H. NJ, called
Danger town. but never heard Of any man holm ln
danger but the drunken men ia down the side of
the hills" ~ ~