New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-09
A QUIET ELECTION DAY.
,rxE WEATHER AND AMPLE PROTECTION
FOR THE VOTERS
.,s,vr ACTION OF THE FEDERAL AUTEo"l-
u,rs PREVENTED MUCH CONTEMPLATED
FRAUD on TIE PART OF
TANNfANY HALL.

Asv Of beautiful weather and OF remsrk2oiF q''r'
IT'D the election In this city ye'terday' All '.'
-. which the rain Of Monday m9ht nad ''o"N'"'
80 the elements might interfere Win 'ls Po'"o Va
Lr,. country vote. were allayed IA Inc n'"'Ii'"e
- psn,bicans went to the polls encouraged by nope
-. GOOD demonstration for Harrison and heiu "DoNc
~ Harlem River. Quiet though the campaign hau
h..n beyond precedent from Spectacular pot vo "a
SrV the deep undercurrent OF earh's' interest wa
s.vn by the early casting OF lsrge proportion OF ,Ae
,.nots In many OF the uptown districts long n''S
:. vo,.r, extended out from the polling places 10 'le
Ia.xa,k during the morning hours, and 1t was Inc
ID. for The morning voter to spend twenty minutes
IA an hour in the process Of getting from MS PiaCe
m he line OF waiting 10 the balloteo II was
t,ous testimony to the vitality OF the electoral Slt
10 see the patient lines oil men w"uhS W '"'-
thdr right Of suffrage.
The day OF course was msrrcd by some cl"cuoh
sisputes rioing and disturbance. but the intensity
n the feeling OF possible conflict at the polls was ~
great that In contrast the amount OF dsoro'r see"'u
gary small. II had seemed u short time ago lbst
the desperate methods which had been dccloeu upon
By Tammany Hall In the hope OF Manufacturing
rreat city majority for the Democratic National ucket
would eventually lead to serious collision IN many as
ttcts. But Che calm courage with which the RepuOH-
can leaders In this city prepared to meet the lrauus
and bulldozing Of the local Tawmany sang ana the
affective work OF the United States supervisor OF
rections caused decided moderation In the tactics
Of violence contemplated by the Democrats. There is
no doubt mat large Democratic fraudulent vote was
prevented from being cost by the vieor and deter
minaton shown by the Federal authorities before
ana on Election Day. Arrests made. but they
we're not on the Wholesale scale which might have
been necessary had the Tammany anteelectlen plans
been carried out.
The new ballot law caused considerable delay In
some districts in the casting O! the vote Part OF
this was due TO the character Of tie voters in some
parts Of the city, and part 10 the deficiency Of eecon
officers. As q rule, however. sincere efforts seemed
10 be made TO have the operation OF voting proceed
With little friction as possible. Good humor pre-
vailed among the crowds. too which sougth III. hotels
xd clubs In the late afternoon in the hope o. catch
ing the first straws which might indicate the result In
this CITY and State.
The election passed of with greater Quietness than
Die majority Of the public thought possible. in tile
large district living south OF CanalSt Tricky studded
Is this part OF the city is with all the lodging horse,
end resorts for tramp, and hoaters," the RESPONSE
hity Of election officers, whose duty It was 10 try
and procure an honest vote, particularly great.
In the election precincts surrounding Chatham square
tie bulk Of this floating population. on which the
Tsmmany leaders reckoning r. pile up tie Demo
cratic maior!tes. voted. If desperate measures and
wholesale frauds were to prevail anywhere in the city,
il In these crowded spots. That the day passed
OF smoothly and peacefully /. without doubt due
to the taken by the Federal officials 10 meet
disturbances. There was ample force OF deputy
all picked men. stalwart and fearless, not dis
posed TO incte strife and vet not afraid 10 arrest
repeater or 70 keep siurp eyes on the Tammany &C
don officers. 1t was early seen that tie chance OF
these deputies and tho police coming into conflict
small. indeed. snd mainly for the reason that con
6lcts between armed not likely
provoked where tie Consequences apt
tn be so serious. Tie supervisors went in and
around the bal OF boxes wherever they chose. and
though once twice there seemed to BE- hint o.
serious trouble. came from the opening 10 the
closing OF the polls.
There were the usual number OF arrests south o:
Canat for fraudulent registration. but not more than
usual In an election OF the magnitude OF Pres,
Dental struggle. There large vote polled down
town. and II was gotten out carly. The TamRany
district captains and their c;ltenants and heelcrs
took of their coats metaphorcally and literally and
they brought ont the 1bblc from the lodgfnghouses
and marched them up TO the polls Ike cattle driven
10 the shaInbes. The provisions OF tie law requiring
workers TO keep at respectful distance from the
polls dead letter In this part OF the CIV. The
Tsmmany "hustlers' worked unmolestcd In and
around the polling places. The booths for the
ballots further of than in the old times, before
tie new election law. but that was all. Every rum
shop was open and. needless 20 say, every one was
a recruiting station for the Democrats. Within
these groggeies the Democratic corruption fund
dispersed lavshly. There was no doubt about The
fact that there great sum OF Democratic mon"Y
spent in the purchase OF votes in the lower part VI
tbs city. II fact observed and commented on
by all the Republican watchers and officers at the
polls. Votes sold at 50 to slo at all the polling
places. At polling Place In Greenwich-st. cigar
store adjoned the polling phce
They are taking rien In the cigar store by dozens"
sad a Republican watcher to The Tribune reporter
on pretence of buying cigars for them In reality 1t
Is to buy their votes
rnm,nany left no stone unturred to carry out her
NJ btC afp fp
G eyeland FIXTURES OF Cleveland aud stevenson bios
somed out In al the bsirooms in the Italian quarter,
and every nu,ior deaer made TO aid the Demo
cratic cause among his cointrymen. The Behd OF
Mulberry-s, was iul OF idle pushcarts. for every
vender OF roasted chesEuts and peanuts whose permit
10 make q living came from Tanmany man, "aS
working indusriously for Cleveland and stevenson
Nor dd their efforts til the polls were cIosed
And what was true OF the Italian quarter can be sad
with equal truth of all the others below Canal ST
The battle OF the ballots began early on the west
SIDE and In many election districts there almost 'he
entire vote polled by noon. From twenty third
st. TO Forty secondst. the voters attended to the
business OF the day quietly. and went to their MONIES
without stopping long on the street corners 70 dlsc'o
the results. Tie police and United states maishas
preserved excellent order. III une l,hu''i o'
Precinct there was lile disturbance, ana the gay was
the quiet.st election day known there Tor many ye'
Within few yard, OF the police station, IA tHc rear
Oh tenement HOUSE, NO 10" w. i'''|
ReI ubcan colOre1 man was stabbed bs coioi''
Tammany Hail heeer7 Alfred Richardson who ives
at No. 307 sevenhave., got Into dlspalc over p" '
with Robert H. White who lives at No LOO west
Thiitiethst. White stabbed Richardson In the nee"
with Il clsspknifc White was arrested and taken 10
jefferson Market Foce Court. where he was held under
$500 bail. The arrests for Illegal voting IA the Ai''
XIllth. XVIII and XVIII Assembly Ns'iicto' wet
o. Nfthavo., were few. II was bad day i"f
@ncaters" and "colonlzers" In these districts Thc
election captains had the Of number oil suo'
pcieus persons but the lawbreakers kept away ron
the polls.
ThrAe men Arrested in the Nnetcenth POlcc re