The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-03
READY FOR THE BALLOTS
THE RANKS CLOSING UP FOE THE
GREAT BA TITLE.

Winchester's-A Big Election Mail Yes
terday,-Last Rally of the Campaign In
Fair Haven Last Night-Gold Democrats
Are on the Alert
At last the wires are all laid, the
finishing touches of the campaign have
been made and to-day the nation
speaks amid the storm of ballots.
Every citizen has to-day resting upon
him great responsibility and from
this fact it behooves every person in
whom is vested the right of franchise
to be sure that he is voting for the best
interests of the country, which also in
cludes his own best interests. In other
words, don't fail to vote for Mckinley.
Judge Sheldon and Mrs Elizabeth
Observation-Disclosures addressed a gath
ering of about 500 persons in front Of
the Winchester Repeating Arms com
pany's shop yesterday noon. Bryanites
We're scarce in the crowd and cheers for
Mckinley drowned the free silver ut
terances of the speakers.
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free coinage on the Winchester work
men and said that with ten more years
of the gold standard the company
would be compelled to start a branch
in some silver producing country. He
then began a general talk and the crowd
at the same time began a general yell
ing. Finally it became quiet enough
for Judge Sheldon to tell of the dire
consequences which would follow if
Bryan were elected This was another
signal for CALCULATIONS of a humorous
nature. Finally Judge Sheldon was
forced to sit down and Mrs. Filling
hast began to talk. She said:
IF any of you believe that it would
be more profitable for the mine owner
than for any one else to have free
coinage of silver why don't you go out
and take a mining claim? There are
no strings on you"
At this point some one yelled: "How
many does the judge OWN" After a
few more futile attempts to be heard
Mrs Tillinghast gave up in despair and
sat down.
Chairman Troup of the popocratic
the police for not preserving better
order. He threatened to prefer charges
against the officers detailed at the
| meeting. While he was protesting
some one yelled: Go back and edit
your newspaper" This was too much
and Mr.. Troup did the disappearing
| act.
MANY SHOPS TO BE CLOSED TO-
DAY
| New Haven voters who work in fac
tories and shops will have ample OPP
portunity to vote to-day. Many of the
big factories will be closed all day on
account of the election and most of
those which do not close will allow
| the employees ample time to cast their
| ballots Among the big shops which
extend this privilege to their employees
is the Candee Rubber company. Among
the factories which will close are the
| following: Winchester Repeating Arms
company, New Haven Clock company
| the Mallory Wheeler company, the
| packing house of Sperry & Barnes, and
the New Haven Wheel company s
works.
| Sixty-five thousand election envelopes
were distributed by the mail carriers of
the local postoffice yesterday. The sill
yer men were indignant that their en-
| velopes containing tickets were not de-
| livered before, as they were mailed last
Thursday. The matter was explained
| to them at the postoffice by the fact
that the government allows but one day
on which extra carriers may be en-
! ployed to deliver election mail and tbs
postoffice authorities in view of this
selected yesterday as that day and
election mail of all parties was then de-
| livered.
Official envelopes for the election were
yesterday distributed by Town CLERK
Brethauer to the envelope booth tend
ers of the various wards. $4,000 OF
these envelopes were sent to the towr
clerk by the secretary of state. The
booth tenders, to whom they were
given, were required to make oath as
to the number they received and eacf
one of the tenders must after election
make oath as to the number used ant
mutilated and returned. A failure tt
do this is punishable by law.
A UNIQUE BET MADE
A unique bet has been made by twc
employees of Stevens 4 Sackett's shoI
on Union street The loser is to draw
the winner Thursday noon in an oper
carriage from the corner of Union anC
Chapel streets to Church street anC
back, being literally horse on tn,
| loser,
TO RECEIVE ELECTION RETURNS
Every opportunity will be given tn,
anxious populace of New Haven thi.
evening to get election returns. II
several places in the center of the cit,
returns will be displayed by bulletins
as fast as received. Special arrange
ment has been made by Chairman
James II. Macdonald of the republican
town committee. A large screen will
be stretched between the trees in from
of Center church, and the bulletins will
be thrown upon this by a stereopticol
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