The evening times., 1898-11-04
SOLDIERS FOR VAN WYCK
Men of the Seventy-first Cast
Their Ballots.
ROOSEVELT NOT In FAVOR
Dcnunciationso of the Colonel. Coup
led With Kisses for AlEer, From
Troops Who Fought at Santiago.
They Vote Two TO One in Favor of
the Democrats. q

New York, Nov. 4.-By a vote of about
two TO one in favor of Van Wyck the
Seventy-first Regiment yesterday record
ed its disapproval of the manner in which
it was treated during the war. Upon
Roosevelt was vented the pent-up anger
of months against the war Department.
Republican as we'll as Democratic SOL
diers carried their grievances to the polls.
From the moment a man in the uni
form of the regiment appeared in the
vicinity of the armory he was taken in
charge by other men in uniform who
wore Van Wyck buttons. Outside the
armory there was activity all day. The
Republicans placed a booth on the Park
Avenue tunnel arch early in the day and
distributed literature. Roosevelt posters
covered the booth. One placard read:
Vote for Roosevelt, the companion and
friend of the soldier" Another was
worded Vote for the man who was
with you in Cuba There were printed
extracts from Roosevelt's speeches. tell
ing what he would do for the National
Guard if elected governor, and his re-
marks in praise OF the Seventy-frst.
The Democratic workers had no booth,
but they covered the iron railing over the
tunnel entrance with Van Wyck posters
and pictures of the candidates for Con-
gress and assembly on their ticket A
crowd of Seventy-first men surrounded
the Republican booth and jeered at the
posted advice TO vote for the Rough Rid
err A deal table was procured and placed
close beside the booth. Soldiers mounted
this and WED with one another in cam
paign oratory.
Kisses greeted the name of the Secre-
tary of War.
Denouncing the Rough Rider.
Corp. Mcguire, Company n, who was
passing. was captured by several of his
comrades and carried on their shoulders
to the speakers table. He pointed TO the
said:
Yes, Roosevelt was in Cuba. but where
was he when we attacked San Juan? Two
and a half miles to the right
Groans greeted this sally.
| During lull in the Democratic speeches
a Republican mounted the, table and be-
gan to speak for Roosevelt. He was seized
| by the legs, yanked Off the table and
! hustled about in such a lively way that
| he held his peace thereafter. Republican
workers at o'clock in the afternoon at
| tempted to move their booth. 1t fell into
the hands of the enemy at the first skir-
| mish. There was a parley. The Demo
Gratis claimed 1t as a prize of war. The
Republicans threatened to call the po-
| lice. The skirmish line fell back and the
booth was loaded upon a wagon which
| was in waiting. The Van Wyck men ral-
| lied and made a rush for the wagon. The
driver whipped up his horses and started
in the direction of Fifth Avenue with a
score of uniformed men hanging to the
! tailboard and running beside the wagon,
making desperate, efforts to remove the
| booth. They did not succeed.
How the Voting Was Done.
Guards at the entrance of the armory
prevented civilians from disturbing the
members of the regiment while they were
voting. The balloting was done in the
company rooms. Waste-paper baskets
and soap-boXes served as ballot boxes.
To each soldier was given ballot about
seven inches in width and seven feet in
length. 1t contained blank space for
| the voters choice for State, Congression-
al. assembly, senate and judiciary Of
fees arranged accord to counties. as
| sembly and election districts.
1t would require an expert knowledge
/, of State and local politics for any man
! to fill out complete ticket without an
| error. For the benefit of the men who
| did not know the numbers of the cleo
| ton, assembly. senate and Congressional
districts in which they resided. and the
names of the candidates in each for whom
| they desired to vote, charts and posters
containing the names of all candidates
| for all the offices to be voted for through
out the State were supplied
Only 48 men Ia the regiment voted