The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-06

the dispute, arranged the compromise.
There are about 700 Republican voters In
the ward. and the workers, who are put
o oans 81 n tS seme Vii SrsS So seI for every sSy 'h no@ sdnss
on the ticket.
ID. Russell Brown and a party Of gen.
tlemen visited the districts in this ward
at IL O'Clock. The next Governor said:
THE election is progressing very salts
the entire Republican ticket"
The Fourth Ward.
There was a steady line of voters In
Ward Four. both districts. q great deal OF
the time during the forenoon. At 1890
about 4lO votes had been cast in the first
district and about $50 In the second. The
ward officers were kept busy the greater
part of the time. In the first district \
heavy Democratic vote was cast between
IL and ! o'clock, but the Republicans were
away ahead. Gen. Dennis was a conspic-
Walter Is. Frost In the first.
The fifth Ward.
The little polling booth at the junction
OF Elm n Bassett streets was complete
ly filled with men anxious to cast their
votes when the NEWS man visited IL at
noon. At that time 425 votes had been
cast, very good for the time OF day. The
votes are coming In steadily n the pros
poets are good for a large number being
cast az in the other districts.
In the Second district of the Fifth
ward over 900 men had voted at 12 o'clock.
This Is a very heavy vote for the time Of
day.
The Sixth Ward.
They started in to vote in Ward six and
kept 1t up all the forenoon. OF the 1858
votes in the first district. 73S had been
cast ut 1880 o'clock, n they were still
coming il fast. In the second district
there are Sl4 voters of which number 400
had voted up to l o'clock. Last year the
total vote cast was 1876, which both par
ties expect to beat to-day by at least 500
votes out Of a possible 1850 in the whole
ward. In both ware rooms the voting the
voting was going on quietly but steadily
and everything points to q big vote.
The Seventh Ward.
In the Seventh Ward the voting was
very lively and the vote was the heaviest
up to l o'clock, ever cast in the ward. In
the first district at l o'clock the number
of votes was $50 and In the second $50.
Everything was orderly. The British
Americans voted and worked for the
Republicans very enthnsiastically-Ths
prospect for Republican success was very
good at I o'clock.
The Eighth Ware
In the first district of the Eighth ward
the voting was rapid In the early part Of
the day and continued steady. The
clerks and supervisors have been kept
busy since the early morning. The total
vote at 1870 was 3l3, an unusually large
vote for that hour.
been very steady, there having been no
tim when for five minutes the booths
were all empty. There had been 605 votes
cast at 12:45, and the stream of citizens
was as steady as ever. A vote Of more
than 1000 had been polled in both dis
tricts u OF a total OF 1850. Both par
ties, and the Republicans especially, were
making great efforts to get u their
voters.
The Ninth Ward.
In the First District of the Ninth Ward
ut 1 o'clock. No incidents worthy of
mention were happening.
In the Second District $50 persons had
voted out of a registration of over LOO.
Many were hanging back and the vote
was expected to be very heavy later in the
day:
polled than ever before.
A funny incident occurred this morning
when two Italian voters came in together
and attempted to assist each other to vote,
and II was difficult to make them under
tan that it was not allowed. Otherwise
the day has been rather quiet.
The Tenth Ward.
The vote in the first and second districts
of the Tenth ward exceeds that of any
former election. Out of q possible 1900
voters in the first about 600 having cast
their ballots tip to l o'clock, and In the lat
ter abont 400 out of q possible 1000. The
usual political workers among the Demo-
Gratis were not seen about to-day, having
been replaced by others, however, who have
spread themselves about the entire ward.
Charles +. German and William Car
roll, chairman Of the Democratic City
Committee. were lowering about the
different districts in their own interests
all day. Banigan's team was also put to
vigorous use bringing voters to the polls
to down Mr.. Mentally. The ward shows
a decided increase In the Republican vote,
especially In the second district.
In Woonsocket.
WooNsoCKET, X. l., March G.-The cleo
ton is the absorbing topic Of to-day in
Woonsocket, though the only sign that 1t
is Q holiday Is the closing of the banks.
All the party workers are out in full
force, and vehicles of all descriptions,
from the funeral hack down IN delani-