Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-07
CALL FOR MILITIA
COvington, Ky, Magistrate Alleges
Law is Being Violated.
TROOPS ORDERED 10 LOUISVILLE
Reports Of Fighting at Points in
the State.
BIG VOTE BEING CAST

! Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
| CONVICTION, Ky. November Esquire
| Wheeler of Covington has called upon Gov
| Bradley for militia to arrest violators OF
election laws. The governor replied that
! as soon as the required afffdavits were
hled. setting forth the necessity for mill
tia he will order out the Newport company.
Troops Ordered to Louisville.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. November Com
pany ii, 2d Regiment, now at Newport. has
| been ordered to go to Louisville at pm
! special to the Cincinnati Post from
| Louisville says:
| Judge Toney has overruied election COM
missioners and decided that Brown demo-
| Gratis are entitled to presence Of inspectors
| at counting Of vote tonight. Says Goebel
leaders now conferrng whether 90 resist
this decision. If they do Judge Toney is to
call on Gov Bradley 10 order militia 10
enforce presence Of inspectors.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
| LOUISVILLE Ky, November AT East
| Liberty the Caskeys. eight in number, met
| at election this morning and renewed an
old grudge Henry Caskey was fatally
| shot, Tom Caskey was fatally cut and
three others wounded seriously In the fight.
All are prominent citizens.
AT Beeman, a voting place near the Vir-
ginia line. James Heckrldge and son are
| reported as having been mortaIly shot dur
| ing an election row.
| Special Dispatch to The Evening" Star.
LOUISVILLE, KY. November The
weather here is clear and the vote very
| heavy. The democratic election machine
| here removed a number of republican cleo
ton officers. No violence has been report
ed. Five hundred extra police were sworn
| in by the mayor this morning,
Louisville Legion Of the States Militia
are at their armory, ready to be called out
by Gov. Bradley if needed to preserve or
der.
Day Opened Cool aud Fair.
BY Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky, November 7.-Elec-
ton day opened with cool and pleasant
| weather. The polls opened at am. and
| will remain open till o'clock. Interest In
the contest is Intense and il is thought
| that there viii be but little scratching
The armory of the Louisville Legion was
alive with bluecoats at an early hour, while
at the city hall scores of policemen were
in readiness for any emergency. There was
little excitement about the early morning
balIoting.
The voting in Louisville continued unin-
terruptedly until at noon indications were
for more than average vote here The
election throughout the city has been char
acteriZed by a quiet almost unprecedented,
| there being an entire absence Of the GUS
tomary street fights. Gov Bradley is here
and the Louisville Legion is under arms
and awaiting orders. Nearly 300 extra
police have been sworn in for special serv-
ice and are under Gen. Castleman. who
commanded the Kentucky troops at Porto
Rico.
Judge Toney Of the law and equity divis-
ion of the circuit court granted a manda-
mus shortly before noon to the Brown peo-
pie, allowing them an inspector at the close
Of the polls to witness the counting. 1t is
directed to the mayor. chief Of police and
officers OF the election.
No Serious Disturbances.
Aside from the report from Covington no
disturbances OF any consequence have been
reported from any part Of the state
Weather conditions all over the state are
favorable and a fair vote VIII be polled
Complaints continue to come in at the re-
publican state headquarters Of the removal
of election officers and the substitution or
officers unfayorable to the republican can
didateS.
The Honest Election League. representing
the ant-Goebel interests, will have inspec-
tors at the polls to witness the count.
A Times special says the repubIicans
threw out the Goebel election officers at
Bryan STATEN and then arrested Chairman
William Wiley Of the Fayette county demo-
cratic committee.
Despite the predicted trouble at the polls
over the contemplated displacement Of
election officers. there was an entire ab-
sence of any serious disturbance up To II
o'clock
An average vote is being poiled through
out the state, but indications are that Il
win fan 50,o00 short Of the vote polled in
the presidential election. Some complaints
have been made at headquarters from sew
eral border counties that the regular re
publican election officers were displaced at
the last minute and not permitted to serve.
No trouble has resulted, however