Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-11-11
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TOO MANY REGISTERED
In the Second Ward, and all Of
Them Could Not Vote.
Tie First and Third
/. All Right.

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Interest in the election today was
at fever heat all the time. At nine
O'Clock when the polling places were
opened large number of persons
were in line, and SO it was all day.
Although the Australian ballot
system was used i'll the city
election last spring, for the first
time great deal Of difficulty /
was encountered today. Notwith- |
standing all that has been written
in regard to the manner Of marking
the ballot, and instructions Used,
many persons were at loss where
to place the mark, when the formid-
able looking ballots were placed in
their hands. In most of the cases a
few words of instruction soon placed
them all right. In other cases, al
though not many, the voter availed
himself of his privilege of calling in
a friend and having him mark his
ballot. This, however, was an ex-
ceptional case.
Voting at the three precincts was
very slow. In the morning it looked
as if it would be impossible to re-
ceive all the ballots on account of
the slowness of most of the voters in
marking their ballot. This was es-
pecially true in the second ward.
The first hour it looked as if it would
be an impossibility for over half OF
the ballots to be cast, but before
noon matters were in a much better
shape, and there was but little de-
lay in handling the crowds.
In this ward the registration
greatly exceeded all expectations
over 500 names being placed on the
list. This was altogether too large
a number but the enrolment was
not expected and nothing could be
done in the matter. The great diff
ficulty will come tonight, after the
polls are closed, and the work OF
counting the ballots commences.
Where SO large number has been
cast it is hardly likely that the
count will be completed until late
hour tomorrow morning.
The first ward was crowded dur
ing the early morning, and the al
lOtted time OF five minutes was TAX.
en- by each voter in marking his bal
lot Things moved SO slowing for
while that some of the voters had
to wait half an hour before the
could get into the voting booths.
In,,the third ward voting was steady
and brisk all morning mp to one
o'clock, about so votes had been cast.
All day there were men waiting their
turn, The indications were that
everyone would vote but there
would be nothing to spare
In the first ward uptO four O'Clock
over 24O votes had been cast. This
makes a very high average as the
| enrolment amounts to but 2S1.
The judges and clerks in the second
ward were given no rest all day. Up
to four o'clock about $50 names had
been checked as voted. This left Il
deficiency OF about $50, which it was
impossible to vote during the last
hour. AS is usual on all such
occasions there were Il number OF
persons who put off voting until late
in the afternoon, with the result that
! they had disfranchised themselves by
their neglect.
At Pixies Creek a Democratic
stronghold, it was expected that all
with the exception Of perhaps ten OF
twelve would cast their vote. A
feature of the voting was the scratch
ing of the democratic nominees.
From the reports received this
afternoon the Republicans will run
far ahead of their expectations.