The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-03
CANDIDATES VOTED EARLY
Judge Van Wyck the First One
at the Polls.
ON HAND BEFORE BREAKFAST
Low Was So Slow That the Election
Officials Became Uneasy About
HINT Only Took Tracy Thirty
Seconds to Perform the Duty.
George the Last To Vote.

New York, My. 3.-Promptness in get
ting TO the polls and swiftness in voting
were the features Of yesterdays voting.
EvaTyw here in the Silk-stockiug cistrjc s.
where people sleep late, as well as Oh the
East Side, where the necessity Of earning
a living brings them out OF bed by day
light, the voters were up early, and there
were few pjli!ng places al which a line was
not waiting before the doors were opened.
In general, the casting OF the balI0ts was
done quickly and quietly. Few citizens
had 10 call for new ballots or instructions
as to the proper method of mari1rg, and
voted. 1t was al unusually easy election
day for the police.
All the candidates voted before noon. The
first to get to he polls was Judge van
Wyck, who voted on Third avenue, between
Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth streets
The polling place is in cigar store he
came out OF his house at No 1876 East Forty
sixth street at about 6:45 O'Clock, and after
o look at the weather went hack for an
ufnbrelIa. None of the early workers whom
he passed made any attempt to talk TO hiIn
about .iis vote. He got hallot No. 10. went
into booth, and in half minute CAME
out, deposited the ballot, bade the Off
Gals good morning, and went home TO Wait
for breakfast.
Next to vote was Seth Low, who appeared
attheelection boot h, Park avenue and sixty
fifth street, at half past 8. hiding his radF
ance under an umbrella. Nobody except
the officials was IN the booth when .e ar
rived, and ballot No. e3 was Immediately
pres, nted to linn after he had given his
natre ant address. He went into Booth,
ret his umbrella down, and proceeded 10
cast his ponderous vote. il appeared 10
be a difficult process. The minute hand on
the clock moved a reg, and the SancuIled
one was still busy. Others voters came
ia got their ballots, marked them, Soted
ard went away, aud still the head Cit re-
iaainci planted Nervousness began !"
afflict the Officials.
do yol suppose he's got scared and
faintcEr asked one.
"Cou!dE't have got tangled up in the cur
tains, could ke?'' said another.
''Oh. he's all right" said a third. He's
Just II wing To- see how much he can split lis
ticket il ne tries
Aboattwo minutes later-more than three
minutes IN all since his receiving his ballot
Mir. Low emerged, wearing peaceful
smile, and deposited the slip OF paper over
which Le had 10 arduously worked. lie
got out just in time to escape a relief exPe-
d,tjon, which was about TO be organized to
&c Ia after him.
THAT was a split, sure" was the COLI
nent, as the candidate left.
by ginger! Hes done it wrong" eX-
claimed one OF the policemen, thirty se.'-
ondsIater as Mr.. Low came fastening back
to the booth. That's one on him."
But At wasn't that. He had left his uul-
brellA IN the booth, and having secured i
he departed.
IL vas ten minutes after 10 when 'ien.
Tracy came briSkly along West Thirty
ninth street, stepped into the polling ps'i"c
at No. 30, gave the officials a cherry g,Od
morning. got his ballot, No. l35, went
into the tooth. AMI stayed there just thirty
seconds. lie deposited his ballot and went
cut.
We'll, general, how about this weather
as, ed one OF toe workers on the side walk
Il ds, not heIieve that bad weather viii
keen voter indoors this year, replied Gen.
Tracy. There is too much at stake in his
election for sny nan % lose his VOTE
They are certainly turning out strong
in the districts around here, said the man
THAT - a guUd STA said the Republi
can car didate. with smile, $ he passed on
The la test OF the principal ma ayoralty can
didatestJ vote was Henry George. He voted
at about IL O'Clock in the polling place
on the Fort Hamilton road, near Ninety
fourth street. 1t took him only one min
ute TO vote, and he returned directly to his
home.
The present ma yOr, Col. Strong. voted at
$50 sixth avenue at 8 O'Clock, his son ac-
companying bin.
There's two Tamuany votes" said Some
one rs they came out.
Not fnuch'' said the mayor. Those
votes wiz never help Tammany any"
Richard Croker vU:ad at l 1 O'Clock III the
quiz time Of thirty seconds.
Its fortunate for Asi,bel p. Fitch that he
is not surerStitious. At his voting place,
sixtieth street and Park avenue, he ap-
peared just in time to get ballot No. I3.
Sorry I can't Change that number for
yu Mr. Fitch said the official.
''Oh. that doesn't disturb me- replied
tine Candidate for comptroller. 1T counts
1u>t as much as any other ballot
The usual expensive voting was done in
Central Park this year. Gabe Case, his
two employees, william Fagin and Ernest
Meyer, and James Foy, ex-janitOr of the
arsenal are an residents of the park, and
have an election booth fitted out for them,
with inspectors, ballot clerks, and police
This costs $4,000, or $500 apiece, fancy
price for votes. BY half past al four
had voted, and the officials had an easy
time for their money the rest OF the day.
Tie district returned three votes for Van
wyck ana one for Tracy.