Evening star., 1896-11-03
Reports Of Heavy Voting Through
out the Empire State. '''
PARTY LEADERS WATCHING THE POLLS
Many Arrests for illegal Registra-
-'p.J-
ton.
POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

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 lis.
| fine.
la 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 ene
| for Mckinley.
In this city in many districts two-thirds
| of the registered vote had been cast at IL
o'clock. The polls are open until ) o'clock.
which is one hour later than ~ previous
years. The sound money sections vet-
| ing most rapidly. S. B. L.
Both Sides Claimed the Heavy Early
Morning Vote. f,rs.--
NEW YORK. November 3.-Exceptionally
fine weather for the season makes the cast
| ing of an unusually large vote in this city
lively probability. The ,392 polling places
| in New York city opened It 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 10 names registered, %
ballots had been cast at $50 O'clock In
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 for their can
| didate. The republicans on the other hand
saw in the rush the desire of the people
to lose nc time in 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
| system that affords the greatest secrecy,
there only be conjecture beyond the
narrow be Lnds within which voters may
choose to inform the watchers at the polls
the way which they nave chosen to cast
! their ballots. Up to l 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. we'll
as from the larger cities of the interior,
indicate that the vote today will he un-
usually large. The country roads are in
| fine condition. and with the exceptionally
1aVOfaDlt weather tnere is every prODa-
bility OF the full country vote being polled.
The poll clerks in some districts found
trouble in instructinS voters, but not
large a percentage of spoiled ballots had
been received up to ii am, 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 cam
| didates and the breaches and controversies
| in the several parties, the voters will get
mixed on the marking and that there will
| te a vast number of ballots thrown out
| on account of errors.
| Indie SO far obtainable at this
! writing 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
| indica ton that Griffin is running ahead of
! Palmer and Buckner in the state, which
| would seem to indicate that Black, the
publican candidate for governor, is rum
| 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::,o
| 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 Re9istrntfOn.
| 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-Assembyman 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 H.
| Manley. Powell Clayton and Mr.. Osborne
/ at republican headquarters were taking
| their for the first time in several
| mouths. 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 cuestioner 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 a 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 ore
| tors.
Throughout New York.
ALBANY. N. Y, November 3EThe
weather here is perfect. crisp and sun
shiny, and the vote is being polled in a
phenomenally rapid manner. By o'clock
in some districts one-half the registered
| vote had been cast.
| BUFFALO, N. Y, November 3.-The' sky
| today is cloudess, 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 autum1 morning, the early voting in
| this city was unusually large today. Some
| thing like 35 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-
| cncts where working people reside that the
voting has been done early. The polls are
| open from am. to pm.
| No disturbances had been reported I'D to
| 10 o'clock this forenoon.
| SYRACUSE, NY, November 3-Thc
| weather Is ideal for election. The early
| vote has beer unusually heavy in this and
! in tho towns of OnOn0apa cnuntv