The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-07
ALLAT SEA.
One Says Stanton, Another
Says Toffey, But Nobody
Knows Anything.
QUIET, DULL AND D0GGED
The Fair Weather Brings Out
Voters In Great Numbers.
POLLING PLACE INCIDENTS.
Stanton Ahead of the Ticket Every
where Except in the
Fourth.
Police Reserves Ready-Few Arrests
and No Trouble.
QUIET, DULL AND D0GGED
POLLING PLACE INCIDENTS.
Police Reserves Ready-Few Arrests
and No Trouble.

aud No Trouble.
Superstitious Democrats. who hopsd
that Saturday nights rainstorm would
hold ont until today and thus create an
ali around Democratic day, were not so
s;nguine of success this morning when
they rose and found what a lovely sun =
light day 1t was as they were one week
ago. They are not disheartened by any
means, however. and are one and all DO
ng- some old time hustling and the
outlook is that rousiug Democratic
majority will be piled nD for Edward r.
Stanton, the head OF the ticket. The
Democratic Asse e blymen. it is conceded.
will run ahead of the ticket. bnt not SO
far as to leave Mr.. Stanton close to Mr..
lofTey.
VERY HEAVY VOTE.
/; is noticeable fact that an unusually
heavy vote is being polied. This is par
ticularly true in Republican precincts.
New York business men who
La Eever takeu any inter-
est in local elections are out
their votes. The vnting was steady up to
tw, I've O'Clock aud the officers in the
various preci icts wete kept busy.
POLICE HELD IN RESERVE.
AS usual Oh Election Day throughout
the vsr,Cu1 ioiice precincts II reserve
force Is kept on hand in the station
houses s. The quiet manner in which the
electioh has thus far proceeded would
make il appear thar the reserve forces
;re siinply esq 'ylng a snap. 1n reality
tLey re doing don5le duty.
HEAVY VOTE IN THE SECOND.
no ~ a
district was unusually neayy THIS morris
ing, tuore tuan half OF those reglstere
having voted before twelve o'clock. In
Ih- rentn precinct for Instance $50 names
lie registered aud 2G1 votes were poiled
b, ture hYlf past ELEVEN O'Clock. Tie
Eighth precinct registers 49, aud $50 bal
lois We're cast before the noon hour. The
Repub Jeans Ia this district are confident
OF AL overwhelming Republican victory.
'fners tTEs-nevrr -eeUr IHrgs a vote
pulcd in the Secon Dsfore.
GOVERNOR WilRTS VOTED.
Governor Aerts eutered the polling
place OF the Eighth precinct. Second
Assembly district. at Grand street and
Cunmunipaw avenue. shortly after
twelve O'Clock. He received his five
tickets just as if be were an Ordinary
Individual. He was watched with interest
by every one in the peighborkood. He
entered booth, and upon emerging took
his place in line with other voters. 1t
was exactly 1918 O'clock When ne polled
his vote. lie stood by until he saw it
placed within the box and then passed
ou. As he walked up the street the
crowd that had stood around 10 see the
Governor vote dispersed.
REV. Mr.. HOUSToN'S DILEMMA.
The Rev. Thomas douston, the blind
Pastor of the Knox Presbyterian Church
IN Lafayette, had au experience at the
polling place of the Eighth precinct of the
tI1tr
entered the place he was handed envel-
ope and tickets. but there was some dis
rute as to who should accompany him
into the compartment set aside for the
preparation OF ballots. During the dis
pute the reverend gentleman walked
outside with the official euvslope in his
hand. Immedi helg there was howl
inat he was peddliug official envelopes,
and as the offence is punishable by i'm
prisonment, 1t was feared the Rev. Mr..
Houston was in a bad fix. But the mat
ter soon became known in its true lig mt,
aud Mr.. Houston was not moiested.
QUIET DOWN TOWN.
Downtown today ID observed as holi~
day The First ana Second National
Banks are closed. SO Is the ConrJ of
Chancery, and large number of the
lawyers have closed up for today. There
Is nUtle excitement around the polling
places in the lower section OF the city aud
excepliug for police or two aud Il
small group of politicians hanging ABOUT
the vicinity of the polling booths no Que
would suspect tnat hot political fight
was in progress.
A drunken man spelling for fight,
with his clothes ali tattered aud torn,
and his face battered and scratched,
rushed in and out of some of the saloons
on Exchange place shouting Come on
waDsher to fight. Bully for Toffey." As
he was about to clean out BaSsford &
along and called u patrol wagon. Tne
enthusiastic roffeyite was ignominiously
hustled into the wagon and borneaway
to he First precinct station.
The first disturbances reported to the
notice came in at seven o'clock 1t was
owing to the derelction of Republican
inspector IN not being on haul at the
time the polls opened. Tue delinquent
inspector was William Hartley of the
Seventh precinct IN the Fourth Assembly
district.
Ech The democrats being i'll the majority
hey Immediately flied the vacancy by
pu uhIecting young man named Curtis in
,bli5ector. Curtis had scarcely takeu
lis seat when Hartley appeared
'hspn the scene and demanded
n itis seat. 1t was refused. Captain "Jack'
~ Graham was on hand and distinguished
u himself by saying nothing. The Repub-
b lican clerk finding himself in the minor
ity, at once declared that the first at
tempt at funny" business he discovered
he would leave the booth and refuse tc
sign the returns. No trouble is antics
pated from this precinct,
CAPT .JACK'' WANTS TROUBLE.
AT half past nine O'Clock Captain
''Jack" Graham encountered Mayor
Wanser and few other republicans
at the corner of Montgomery aud Var
Worst streets, ana in a jocular manner
exclaimed. well am happy to say
hat up to the present time | have NOT
lseen placed behind cell bars. But there's
no telling what will happen before
night.
REPEATER CAUGHT.
At half Dast ten O'Clock the first case oil
illegal voting was discovered and the
fi.st arrest was made. Chief Murphy
20 the honor of arresting the man. a
minutes prior to the time of th
ierrest John Connolly. of No. 81 Essel
stIest, the son of an old shoemaker VIII
IS known to every police,
man presented himself at th
Eighth precinct of the Fourth dis
riict and gave'hfs name as John Halse.