The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
TO-DAY, THE ELECTION.
The Voters Were Delighted at the
Beautiful Sunlight.
A FAIRLY HEAVY VOTE.
How the Prospect Appeared In. the Va
rious Wards I'm the Middle sf the
Day-Incidents About the City-The
Fight Lively in the Tenth Ward.

The beautiful sunlight which beamed in
at the windows of Providence citizens
this morning awoke them TO the realiza-
tion that it was a momentous day in the
political history of the city. The great
storm of the evening had left a bad inn
preston on the minds of many, and some
feared that the weather was going Demo
cratic if the city did 90 Republican.
The candidates and their friends were
out early, and the usual interest and specu-
lation as 20 the reSult was heard and seen
on all sides.
The polling places were most of them
rather quiet, hut the voting was steady.
The vote in the First ward at noon was
223 in the First district, and $50 in the Sec
ond. Everything was working smoothly.
In the Second ward the vote in the First
district was 30l at noon and in the Second
197
About the usual vote was reported from
the Third ward.
The old school house on Fountain street
presented "a very quiet appearance this
morning. just eight men including two
reporters and policeman stood outside of
the rail- Up TO 1l;40 o'clock about 210
electors had voted.
Steinway hall is being used as a voting
precinct for the second district. The vot-
ing was as slow as in the first district and
possibly slower rs about 200 had voted up
To noon time.
A fun vote is the indication i'm this ward
as the noon returns show a total of nearly
$50 and the noon hour swelled the num-
ber TO over 500. The fine weather is bring
ing out the Republican element in large
numbers. An amusing incident in this
ward was when blind man came to vote
lie stated that he wanted to vote for
Henry &. Clark, and if the supervisor
marked his ballot as he directed, Henry
will have one vote, at least
At the Sixth Ward the voting has been
steady, and slightly in advance of the vote
of last year. The ward committees are
working quietly, and the general opinion
is that the fine weather will bring out n
very full vote. At IL o'clock the whole
number of votes cast was 4S3.
At IL o'clock the vote in the Seventh
Ward was 200 in the first precinct and 227
in the second.
In the First district of the Eighth ward
the vote at o'clock was noticeably behind
that at the same time of day in the spring
election. OF the 600 voters in the district
only 40 had voted up to O'Clock. In the
Secon1 district of the same ward 4l3 votes
had been cast up to l o'clock.
This is far behind the usual number at
a corresponding hour in previous cleo
tions. During the afternoon the Repub-
lcans were busy sending carriages for
voters who were slow in getting to the
polling place.
III tue NluIu w dTu tnlDRS were moving
along slowly. AT 10 o'clock only 200 of
the 900 voters had voted at | o'clock, and
in the second district about 500 of the 200
voters had been to the polling place.
Democrats were working hard against
George X. Phillips, Democratic candidate
for alderman, and turning their strength
in favor of Daniel IL. Ballou the Republi-
can nominee. The same voters wore knit
ing George c. Phillips, Democratic candi-
date for school committee and the opinion
was expressed that when the ballots are
counted, the two Phillips will be found
TO have been scratched vigorously.
In the Tenth Ward, where the most ac-
tiyity was anticipated, the voting was de
cidedly slow, the number cast being much
smaller up TO II NJ. than that of previous
years.
The early morning vote was affected by
the opening Of the polls too late TO catch
the working class. At noon the vote at
the first district booth on Florence street
was $50. At the same time at the Mount
Pleasant district there were $50 votes,
the Smith Hill polls showing l25.
IL is intimated that "A surprisingly large
vote is being cast for Smith in this ward,
considered the stronghold of democracy.
The West and anti-West factions claim
that each is trading off Potter votes, for
the support of the ward ticket The West
side maintains that the anti-West party is
endeavoring To stab their hopes for elect
ing the ncau OF the DelnOCfdtlC ticket, ana
vice versa. IL looks as though each is
hoping that Smith will get a big vote i'm
the ward, TO use il as q cry of treachery
against the opposing clique. There being
no regular Republican ticket outside Of
mayor, both Wet and anti-West factions
claim support from the Republicans for
their candidates for aldermen and coun-
cilmen.
Confidence runs high among the anti
West voters, for the defeat of West for
alderman, and McCaughin for council
man. lhe same spirit Is manifested Tor
the defeat of the anti-West nominees.
The rest tney are not 50 sure of. Up TO ~
O'Clock nothing definite is known. a
large noon vote is eNpec ed.
Al $50 the vote In the first district OF
the Tenth Ward was "a nearly as could
be estimated, the West ticket led. Mt.
Pleasant at the same hour 215. Smith
Hill poiled in the third district so.
In the third district of the First Ward
at 1880 o'clock about 800 men had voted
and everything was going along quietly.
Ina the second precinct, Wickenden street,
at 1 :ij o'clock 40 men had voted and no
disturbance had occurred.