The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-09
BROOKLYN'S QUIET ELECTION
THE POLLS WE'LL MANNED BY BOTH
OF THE PAR7IES.

No Really Exciting Incidents. Although
| Several United States special Deputies
| Managed to Get Themselves In Trouble.
In Brooklyn yesterday there were no excit-
| Ing Incidents The polls opened at u 30 A. NJ.
and closed ut 4:40 r. NJ. and from the moment
| OF opening until the moment OF closing ballots
| Kept dropping into tho boxes. Tho fine
| weather brought the voters out early. and be-
fore II o'clock more than three. fourths Of tho
vote had been poed in tho majority OF the
districts. United States deputy mnrshals. regu-
| larand special policemen were at the polling
places. but there was no important conflict
of authority.
The only grnmblng heard at the polls was
made by voters, who in spite Of q couple of
years experience and much instruction. still
became bewildercd when shut up in the booths
| and confronte ed with the necessity Of folding
their ballots. There was not q single polling
place whore such incidents were not Of fire.
ouent occurrence. and where imrrecations
| were not hurled on the Australian plan OF vot-
ing. joseph b. Morrison. n voter in the First
ward. went into the booth four times. his bull
lots being rejected each timo because they
we're not properly folded. Finally tho inspector
impaticntly tore up his ballots. threw thcm on
tho floor. and told him to go elsewhere and
seek advice II he wanted TO vote. Mr.. Morrison
Cullen what had occurred. Judge Cullen in
structed him TO 60, back to his polling place
and present himself Just as IL he had not been
there before The inspectors on his arrival
Judge cutler for further advice. Judge cullen
threatened TO issue a nandnmns holding
ssH %ssih s S%s took Hy ny
Charles Kemp OF 2US Gold street. while act
ing as United States deputy marshal Of tho
i'Tst Of III Gn
avenue ior attemp,tng.,as alleged. to vote lilo
Gally; When arraiened before Police Justice
lied citizen: and ie was discharged. The DEP.
uty marshal, while in the court room. showed
drinking, and he was 81, locked up and detained
until he got sober. There re, were various other
sa SS IL
J. AllSn sat al! daS ana slrashtsnsa out many
had involved legally qualified voters. Most Of
the court business was trivial.
voters was handed. in ~, tiovcrnment .dslsc-
tiyes in the town Of New Utrecht on Monday
Allen sent them ill to, Jail, The mon had all
been quartered in a hotel in lay Ridge and
s ssrss ssss"#S y, H. Brown of the Government
asked C9mmissioner Allen where he IND MY
residence in Whitestone. but " the advice oi
THO registry clerks had reristerc! in the dis
trict In which the reservation is situated
Commissioners Allen told them that they had
made a mista.e and would lose their votes.
There were several encounters between the
supporters of John Kelly. tho regular Demo
cratic candidate for. Assembly in the Twelfth
ward. and Bernard Murphy. tho independent.
but no one was badly hurt.
The polls were better manned by both mr.
ties than they have been in several years. md
every possible effort was made to bring ont
the voters. carriages hcing in readiness ut
nearly all OF tho polling places to 70 utter the
sick and the dlatory.