The record-union., 1895-11-05
TIE POLLS TO OPEN At SUNRISE.
Election Officers Must Then be on
Hand.
Regular and Special Policemen De-
tailed for Duty at tho Various
PoliinG-Places.

| The proclamation issued by the City
Trustees calling the election for to-day
has not a word in it relative to the
hours for opening and closing the polls
and the chances are that some of the
election officers will get left" Several
have been to this Office to inquire al
Wllat hour they are expected to be or
duty this morning, frankly admitting
! they did not know. All that could bs
| done was to refer them to the State
law. which defines the time of opening
polls as follows:
'"The polls must be opened at sunrise
OF the morning of the day of election
and must be kept open until 5 O'Clock
On the afternoon of the same day, wheI
the polls shall be closed"
As sunrise is at 6:3S a. m. the polls
| must be opened at that time.
Following is the detail of regular po-
| lice officers for the various polling
| places:
ond street, w. l.. Talbot; second pre-
cinct, 2l6 ] street, D. W. Higgins; third
precinct, 403 j street, V. f. Taylor.
Second Ward-F'irst precinct, Front
street, between + and L, Ct. W. Hayes
second precinct, Second and n streets
j. P. Bagley; third precinct, 306 NJ
street J. A Wilson.
Third Ward-First precinct, Fourth
and l. streets, Martin Pennish; second
precinct, Armory Hall, w. P. Ruther-
ford; third precinct, Seventh and n
! streets, G. w. Maley
Fourth Ward-First precinct, COG
street, James Douglas; second precinct,
91S Eighth street, j. F. Logue; third
precinct, $40 Ninth street, Matt Kar-
cher.
Sixth Ward-First precinct, 7OG K
street, NJ. Fisher.
Following is the detail of the special
First Ward-second precinct, 216 ]
| street, ]. J. Clark; third precinct, 423
j street, H. Messenger.
Second Ward - First precinct,
Front street, between K and L, Ed FL
land; second precinct, Second and n
streets, T. c. May; third precinct, 30G
NJ street, c. P. Castleberg.
Third Ward-F'irst precinct, Fourth
and L streets. Henry Betz; second pre-
cinct, Arnlory Hall, W. p. York; third
precinct, Seventh and n streets, A W.
Stinson.
Fourth Ward-First precinct, sos I
street, NJ. +. Shelly; second precinct,
916 Eighth street, Samuel Hendricks
third precinct, go Ninth street, James
Helton.
Fifth Ward-First Precinct, 926 EIev.
enth street, George O'Brien; Second
Precinct, 1901 II street, D. e DU
Four; Third Precinct, SIG Fifteenth
street, W. c. Hendricks.
Sixth Ward-F'irst Precinct, 706 K
street, a. II. Foote; Second Precinct, $50
y street. T. A. Estabrook; Third Pre-
cinct, iii Ninth street T. NJ Megerle.
Seventh Ward-Second Precinct, New
Pavilion, P. Fountain; Third Precinct,
Eighteenth and NJ streets, Ed King.
Eighth Ward-First Precinct, Six
teenth and streets, j. 2. Camp;
Second Precinct, Twentieth and a
streets, W. Z. Click; Third Precinct,
Twenty second and I streets, j. j.
MOrrell.
Ninth Ward-First Precinct, Twcn-
tieth and o streets, F. Manigan; Second
Precinct, Bates barn, Twenty third
street, between n and o. Len Kidder;
Third Precinct Twenty-fifth street, be-
tween 0 and P, r. L. Henninger.
Shortly before II o'clock last night
W. H. Bradley, at the head of twenty
men, marched into the police station
and announced themselves as having
been appointed by Mayor Steinman
special officers for to-day's election.
Sparrow Smith handed Sergeant Plum
hett a list OF the names of the specials,
at the bottom of which was a note to
Chief Drew from Mayor Steinman re-
qucsting Drew to give each Of the spe-
Gals badge There were no badges
on hand, and Smith went up to a print
ing office to have cloth badges printed.
Following are the names of those ap-
pointed Icy the Mayor:
First Ward-W. II. Bradley, G. w.
Farnsworth, T. Johnson, c.. " Morrill,,
T. A Twaddle, W. w. Coors, c. II. Lat
son, Jacob Miller and o. NJ. Newman
Second Ward-Jacob Hiiger, c. p.
Harper, 3. L. UIery. W. II. Russell, c.
c. Hcll and c. w Vancurren
Fifth Ward (Third PrecincD-J. T.
Palmer.
Sixth Ward Second Precinct)-M. f.
Cooper.
Bradley said the list was not COM
pleted, and that more specials would
be appointed this morning
Chief Drew admonished the officers
last night to do their duty in every re-
spect to-day. He instructed them par
ticularly to see that everybody who has
right to vote has an opportunity to do
so, and to arrest every saloOn-k keeper
who dispenses a drop of liquor
The RecOrd-Union has men detailed
to visit each pollingplace this evening
to collect the returns. and requests that
the officers of election Will afford them
every necessary facility for obtaining
the correct figures.