Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
SOME VOTERS SCARED.
A Number of Polling Places Wanting
for the Coming Election.
SEVERAL DISTRICTS OMITTED
By Sheriff McCleary When He Issued His
Late Proclamation.
POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS VERY QUIET

Yesterday was typical Indian summer
day with scarce breeze enough to watt the
thistledown-"the ghost of flowers" 1t
was Indian-summerish in politics, also, so
far as anything could be seen and heard
about the headquarters of the different or
CARNATIONS.
AT the regular Republican quarters on
Diamond street, the force of clerks had
been consolidated, and they were busy, but
had nothing of interest to say. Politicians
dropped in at intervals and conferred, but
their conferences were evidently for their
own purposes, as they appeared to be her
metically sealed when asked for news or
opinions.
The same state existed at the regular
Democratic rooms on Fourth avenue. Sec
retary Kraus and several others were mail
ing notices, directions, ETC., for the Demo-
cratic primaries to be held on Saturday,
with reference to the election of delegates
to the constitutional convention. Ex-
Postmaster Larkin stated that the arrange
ments for meetings would be considered at
a meeting to be held to-day.
The Straightout Democrats found had
nothing to offer.
MEETINGS OF THE sTRAIGHTouTs.
At Straightout Republican headquarters
the secretaries stated they had billed a
meeting to be held in their stronghold,
Tarentum, on Saturday night. They said it
would be large gathering, and j. S. Robb
and L. X. Porter and others would make
speeches in Alhambra Hall. On Monday
night the straighouts will have a meeting in
the Moorhead school house, at which Will
lam Walls, L. X. Porter and j. NJ. Foster
will speak
Commissioner Boyle says Judge Kennedy
will have 10000 majority This will be
enough to preclude contest.
AS the Sheriff's proclamation designating
time and places of holding the election
next month does not designate all the poll
ing places at which such election is to be
held, some people have grown uneasy and
are inquiring whether or not they are to be
disfranchised. For instance, there are
seven districts in the Thirteenth ward, and
the proclamation recognizes but six, and
there are some of the new districts omitted
in other wards.
NO COMPLICATIONS EXPECTED.
Deputy Sheriff Marshall said he did not
know anything about the omissions, but
that there would not be any disfranchise-
ment in consequence he was positive.
Sheriff McCleary said the proclamation
was as complete as it could have been under
existing circumstances. There are still some
polling places to be fixed next Saturday by
the Court, and it is even possible that some
may be located the day before the election,
so of course they cannot be embraced in any
proclamation. 1t is possible that case
might arise in which the electors might be
forced to choose a polling place on the
morning of the election. For instance,
should the Court designate a mans house as
the place and the man not be agreeable, he
might refuse to allow the polling place to
be fitted up in his house, and the Court
could not compel him to comply. In that
case the electors could find another place,
and the election would be valid.