The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-05
THE BALLOT WAR.
Goes Merrily on Throughout City
and State.
AT The POLLING PLACES
Democratic BuncOmbe Posters Displayed
In Ward Three.
BALLOTS TOO LARGE FOR BOXES.
BALLOTS TOO LARGE FOR BOXES.
The Vote I'm tho City Up to Noon Good
for an or year-scenes and Incidents
mt the Various Polling Places Heavy
Poll Mt Newport-Repubiican are Con-
fident OF Victory Ther'-How It Looks
in woonsocket and Elsewhere In the
State.

Election day dawned bright and clear
and the sharp air presented every induce
ment to the non jealous voter to emerge
from his seclusion aud HE him to the
polls.
Considerable trouble was caused In
the polling places by the length of the
ballot. 1t Is so long that when it is put
into the ballot box and the handle is
turned. the ballot Is registered twice
before it drops into the box. The
remedy is to double the ballot aud then
it. is registered only once. Nearly all the
ward officers noticed this at first, but all
did not think OF the doubling
process. In some wards several
remedy was found to be necessary
and then only when the shape of the bal
lot caused the box to fill up so rapidly
that IL clogged the ~ achinery of the reg
lister. Other wardens hit upon the solu-
tion of the difficulty at once and saved
some annoyance.
ward One.
Ward Que Is making good showing,
much better than expected. AS COM
pared with last year the vote is nearly
Tnere has been no disturbance in either
OF the precincts. At 12 o'clock the vote
was, District One, 375; District Two, 403.
Ward Two.
In the First district OF Ward Two the
vote was light. Last year there was an
enormous vote polled between IL and l2
o'clock, and at the latter hour total OF
go was poled. This year only 43l votes
had been ,st. The vote is about equal
TO last years's mayoralty vote In the
Second district the vote was running up
rapidly. being only a few behind that of
last year. The total at IL o'clock was
337.
Ward Three.
Flaring posters were to be seen in all
sections of Ward Three. They read as
follows:
Arrested for protecting your citizenship vot-
ers Of the Third ward You have been insulted
the instigation of the Republican bo- ses super.
VISOR Blodgets has shown bis animus TO the Demo
polls and resent this insult.
In District One his morning one of the
supervisors challenged j. Is. Hahnigan,
who gave his residences at 207 North
Main street. He voted over the chal-
lenge At 12:45 o'clock 30l votes had
been cast. which is about 20 behind the
number cast at the same hour at the @, &c
tion last spring In the morning mes
sage vas sent TO supervisor Blodgett
asking or Instructions.
In District Two Que of the posters
given above was hung at the head OF the
stairs in the ward room. AT l1:20 O'Clock
226 votes had been polled, which was
consdere good for the hour. These
men were challenged during the fore
noon.
In District Three at noon 100 men
had voted. This number is about
the same as the number of votes cast in
the November election at the same hour.
During the noon hour about $50 more
votes were cast. There were no cnal-
lenges.
Ward Four.
Light voting characterized the day In
the Fourth ward. Ia the First district
8ll votes had been cast at 1;.5 O'Clock.
The prospects for tho polling of about
600 votes during the day are very good.
/ he voting in the Second district was
steady and quiet with .othing To break
the monotohy. At O'Clock 36i votes had
been poll, d, slight falling off from the
vote pollec at the same time last year
Ward Five.
In this ward there was very little ex.
element. In the First district 300 votes
had been cast up to 1890 In the Second
district, which is S. ronRly Republican,
365 votes had been cast up 10 III o'clock
Que voter was challenged, but was al
lowed to cast mis- vote.
Ward six.
In the First district OF this ward there
were several challenges. ooe wouli-be
voter had failed TO file bis papers ard was
told c. wait until the nexG ection.
Four bundrtd were cast up 10 1I:l5. In
tie Second district Of this ward 2.3 votes
had been cas- at ll:40. One man was
challenged but sue ceeded in establishing
his right TO vote and was allowed to do so.
The vote ia tb,se Two wards ran con-
side ably behind tnat OF Inst year. In
tie First dis rict IL the Fifth wari u
y'Hr year ago tue y.tc up O. noon was
<25 or u gaiu Of about 100 Ia the second
ustrict of tie sane ward the vote
las year Wa o at oon, "a gain OF about
2<J In the Firss district OF the Sixth
ward last ycar he vote at 1880 u. IN.
stood '3s. a gain OF about 80. In the
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