Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-03
Reports Of Heavy Voting Through
out the Empire State.
PARTY LEADERS WATCHING THE POLLS
Many Arrests for Illegal Registra-
ton.
POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star

NEW YORK, November 3.-Reports from
about thirty of the principal cities and
towns in this state say that the voting
is breaking all records The weather is
fine.
In jamestown at IL o'clock two hundred
more votes had been cast than at the last
election. Some republican managers tele-
graphed that the vote is running two to enc
for Mckinley.
In this city in many districts two-thirds
of the registered vote had been cast at il
o'clock. The polls arc open until ) o clock,
which is one hour later than N previous
years. The sound money sections are vot-
ing most rapidly. S. b. L.
Both Sides Claimed the Heavy Early
Morning Vote.
NEW YORK, November 3.-Exceptionally
fine weather for the season makes the cast
ing of an unusually large vote in this city
a lively probability. The 1,312 polling places
in New York city opened at o'clock, and
even at that early hour there were people
waiting at most of the polling booths. In
fact early voting appeared to be the gen.
eral rule. In one of the uptown precincts
where there We're 40 names registered, %
ballots had been cast at $50 o'clock. In
another r'ecinct out of 242 registered, 81
had voted by o'clock.
Party leaders and watchers at the polls
were making all sorts of claims as to what
the early vote meant. The Bryanites
claimed that the early vote was the labor
vote, and that it was going fer their can
didate The republicans on the other hand
saw in the rush the desire of the people
to lose nc time III asserting that they were
for the republican ticket and platform.
Throughout the interior of this state and
in New Jersey and the New England states
the weather is clear and pleasant.
AS the counting of the ballots does not
begin until o'clock. at which hour the
polls close. and the voting is under a
system that affords the greatest secrecy,
there can only be conjecture beyond the
narrow be Unds within which voters may
choose to inform the watchers at the polls
the way which they nave chosen to cast
their ballots. Up to O'Clock no word had
reached police headquarters OF any disorder.
Interest centers principally in the national
ticket. The indications are that the voting
is on lines which leave little to be told by
the records of previous elections.
Dispatches to the Associated Press from
county seats thu oughout the state, well
as from the larger cities of the interior,
Indicate that the vote today will be
usually large. The country roads are i'll
fine condition. and with the exceptionally
ldFOfdple weather lneTc Is every DTODa-
bility Of the full country vote being polled.
The poll clerks in some districts found
trouble in instructing voters, but not SO
large percentage OF spoiled ballots had
been received up to IL am, as were in
evidence at the same hour at the last cleo
ton. The poll clerks, however, are fearful
that because of the large number of can
didates and the breaches and controversies
in the several parties, the voters will get
mixed on the marking and that there VIII
lie vast number of ballots thrown
on account of errors.
Indications SO far as obtainable at this
writing are to the effect that the gold
democratic ticket is getting but meager
support and that the democratic detection
is toward Mckinley. There is also an
indication that Griffin is running ahead of
Palmer and Buckner in the state, which
would seem to indicate that Black the re-
publican candidate for governor, is run
ming slightly behind the Mckinley electors
Senator David b. Hill was down at the
polling district in the ninth ward before
100 ballots had been cast. 1t was Just 7::.u
o'clock when he entered the polling place
and less than a minute when he emerged
He declined to state how he had voted
but certainly he did not have much time
to do any cutting.
Illegal Registration.
Many arrests for illegal registration have
been made, but except in isolated cases no
intent to vote wrongfully was shown. A
Tammany precinct captain was arrested on
complaint of ex-Assemblyman Frederick S.
Gibbs, who charged him with intruding
within the reserved lines of the polling
booth, but at the police court the complaint
was dropped and the Tammany man re-
sumed his work at the polls.
At party headquarters in this city the
work of planning the battle at the polls
had given way today to preparations for
receiving the returns tonight. At the
rooms of both the republican and the
democratic committees some of the lead
ers were to be seen discussing the proba-
bilities and anticipating results. Joseph III.
Manley, Powell Clayton and Mr. Osborne
at republican headquarters were taking
their ease for the first time in several
months, and each of the gentlemen named
profesSed the utmost assurance of the sue
cess of the ST. Louis ticket. AT the demo-
cratic national headquarters Treasurer st.
John wore a cheerful aspect; and airily as
sured a ouestioner that a portfolio in the
cabinet, should Bryan be elected to the
presidency, had no allurements for him.
In the vicinity of Tammany Hall there was
considerable activity. Leader John c. Shee-
han assured all callers that the early vote
was 4 favorable indication for the demo-
Gratis. Tammany Hall will be open this
evening, when returns will be read by Sec
retary McGoldrick, and between times ad-
dresses will be made by well-known ora
tors.
Throughout New York.
ALBANY, N. Y, November 3-The
weather here is perfect, crisp and sun
shiny, and the vote is being polled in a
phenomenally rapid manner. BY 8 o'clock
in some districts one-half the registered
vote had been cast.
BUFFALO, N. Y, November 3-The sky
today is cloudless. the atmosphere is balmy
and the roads and other conditions are
favorable for a full vote. The polling
booths were crowded from the opening
hour to noon. While great interest was
manifested there was but little excitement
BROOKLYN, NY, November 3.-With a
fine autumn morning, the early voting in
this city was unusually large today. Some
thing like 30 per cent of the registered
voters of the city had cast their ballots by
8 o'clock, al the Indications point to the
total vote of the day being considerably
larger than that which was cast four years
ago. 1t is particularly the case in the pre-
cincts where working people reside that the
voting has been done early. The polls are
open from am. to pm.
No disturbances had been reported up to
10 o'clock this forenoon.
SYRACUSE, NY, November 3-The
weather is ideal for an election. The early
vote has beer unusually heavy in this and
in the towns of Onondaga county.