The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-08
NEW YORK
Residents of the Big City Began Vot-
ing Before Breakfast

New York. Nov. 8.-Weather condl-
tfons at the opening of the day were an
that could be desired by voters ne
air was clear and fresh and the tenn
perature about IS degrees 1Ae !lls Po1ls
opened at 6 O'Clock ana many SilAZ-lit7
took an early morning walk TO Ine WI
ing places, deposited their paLols anH
returned home to breakfast with the
consciousness of duty perIorIl@5u @
leaving them free for the rest OF tne @
day for their business pursuits OF AoI
recreation and pleasure.
The early morning vote was qulIe up
to the best average. No where had any
trouble been reported during the nfSI
three hours of ballOting. There We're
comparatively few votes challenged anu
in all but a few instances the person
challenged swore in his vote and went
about his business. The DlankeI DdIlOI
has become familiar to most New 1 1orh-
ers and the marking of it occupied put
little time. At the last STATE elecIIOh
122 900 blank or defective ballots We're
cast but it is not likely that there viii
be even approximately as much waste
paper deposited in the boxes {hls yeaI, l4-,,
Party lines are more closely draWn
than they were in 1896 and when Dem
ocrats were divided on the currency IS
sue. In that year there is reason 70 pc
lieve that many ballots were invalidated
by the attempts of voters to scratch
without being fully informed as to the
effect of their marking. It can not be
said that any particular VOte-DemO-
cratic or Repubiican-showedi itself dis
tinctively in the early hours of the day
The merchant and the mechanic, the
clerk and the day labOrer were in ev1-
dence at the polls just about IN the ue-
gree that they were out at early hours
of other recent election days.
Almost all the manufacturing con-
Germs shut down for the day and the
banks and brokers and Insurance Offices
were closed. Many of the large depart
ment stores, on the other hand, were
open for business the entire day but
1nTTa n n
are voters were given time enough to
go to their several polling places and
deposit their ballots. The polls close at
5 o'clock
During the forenoon there were a
number of arrests by state deputies in
lower east side districts, on the charge
of illegal registration. At one polling
place in Christie street dve men were
arrested and one BOwery polling place
had yielded up three alleged illegal vO-
ters as early as o'clock The sections
indicated contain many cheap lodging
houses. At o'clock there had been 13
arrests in this part of the city.
The statement issued by the Demo-
cratic leaders predict the election of the
Democratic nominees for congress in all
the New York county districts except
the Fifteenth.
A ruling by Chief of Police
Devery that may affect the eff
ficiency of the state deputies was
made this morning. A deputy called
upon a policeman to arrest man ac-
cuSEQ VI AlESdl IGBlSIIallOn- Inc DO-
Hceman refused to make the arrest un-
less the accusing deputy accompanied
the accused to the station. The question
was appealed to the chief of police, who
sent out the following order:
In all cases where there are charges
of violation of the election law, the com
plainant must accompany the prisoner
to the station house, except where there
is a warrant in the case, or where the
police officer IS the complainant"
At 1O:3O o'clock over one-third Of the
vote had been cast in the city and it
was stated at both the Democratic and
Republican headquarters that the full
vote registered would be cast.
At 10 o'clock there had been 100 men
arraigned in the police court of Greater
New York on the charge of Illegal reg
tstration or voting. In nearly every
case, 1t was shown that the arrests
were not justified by the facts and the
accused were discharged.
Noon-D1SpatcheS from all parts OF
New York state received by the AssO-
c1ated Press report the election pro-
ceeding under a condition favora bic to
a large vote In some manufacturing
cities the voting was slow in the early
hours, but that condition will be re-
versed this afternoon when all the fac
tories and workshops will be closed to
give employees an opportunity to 90 to
the polls. The country roads are uni
Gormly dry and in good condition No
where was there indication of weather
that would interfere with getting out