The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-11-05
.TO-DAYS ELECTION IN TOWN
Everything Progressing Quietly and
Smoothly at All the Polls.
LIGHT VOTE THIS MORNING
As All the Collieries Are Working There
Will be a Grand Rush at the Polls
During the Closing Hours-The
Noon Vote.

If the vote at the close of the polls falls
short it will not be due to the weather The
politicians who hoped for clear day got
what they wanted and people who do not go
to the polls cannot say the bad weather kept
them away. A more favorable day could not
be wished for.
The polling of votes this morning was very
| light in all the wards, but the workers at the
polls were by no means despondent. They
accounted for it by saying that the people are
working steady and are not inclined to lose
any time for an election, or anything else.
They predicted a grand rush after five o'clock.
OF course, under the present ballot system,
it is impossible to say how the election will
result. Only opinions can be taken as guides,
and to accept them and build upon them
would lead one to the conclusion that both
tickets will be elected. Both sides are conf
dent, notwithstanding reports Of cutting of
the respective tickets, and the Republicans
Of town were more confident to-day than they
have been at any time during the campaign.
County Chairman Payne spent some time in
town this morning visiting the several polls
and appeared quite satisfied with the progress
Of work for the Republican ticket On the
other hand the Democratic workers, to a
man, claim they will take everything in
sight. Many conservative people believe they
are too confident.
The noon reports showed that the vote con-
tinued slow up to that hour. At all points
the explanation was that the collierics were
working full time. The votes polled up to
the noon hour in the respective wards
numbered First ward, 1sS; Second, "a
Third, 157; Fourth, 1O5; Fifth, So The
greatest falling Off was shown in the Third
and Fifth wards. Last fall the noon report
was as follows First ward, 1856 Second. III
Third, POO Fourth, 10; Fifth, 1876. BY
comparison Of the figures it will be seen that
the First ward was but votes behind
its noon record and the Fourth only
>. The Second needed II more votes
to toe the mark of last year, while
the Third ward was 43 behind and the Fifth
46 1t is evident that an attempt to poll the
full vote before the closing hour in the Third
and Fifth wards will create scramble, and
unless the men get to the polls soon after the
collieres stop working a number of people
may fail to get into the booths in time
The opinion was expressed this afternoon
that the total vote of the borough would fall
considerably behind that of last fall Such
being the case Il question arises as to which
party will be benefited. The Republicans
incline to the belief that they will, as the
Democrats have placed great dependence on
a full vote in all quarters, the Third ward
being no exception.
Each poll is well manned by both parties
and it is not the fault of the workers that the
voters were not reached earlier The men
wanted were out of reach--in the mines.
Democrats who heard of the light vote in
the Fifth ward expressed surprise, but did
not appear worried. Some of them said the
vote would be brought up pretty well to the
mark before night and the full vote for their
ticket in other quarters would more than
counterbalance any shortage in he Fifth.
One or two people who spent some time at
the different polls during the early part Of
the day stated that they did not think there
was near the amount Of cutting going ON
among the Republicans as the Democratic
leaders expected, and that the Democrats
themselves seemed to be using the knife
pretty freely The latter part Of the asser-
ton was heard in several quarters.
The election has been unusually free from
any disturbances. During the morning
hours there was a tongue match in the Fifth
but it amounted to nothing The First ward
was nothing like its former self One man
who spent all the morning and part of the
| afternoon at the latter poll said he did not
hear an angry word