The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-08
StoPV Of The DaV.

N ARELY one-third of Lackawan-
IN mas $4,000 registered voters ex-
ercised their right of suffrage.
Comparatively speaking, it was about
as light Il vote as was ever poled at
a general election Reports were alike
from every part of the county. In the
city districts there was very little evil
denCe of an election being in progress
Where usually there is to be found a
gOod-sized group gathered about poll
ing place on fair election day, one or
two loungers was the most to be seen
yesterday up to the closing hours.
One of the principal reasons for the
light vote was found in the fact that
the mines were working full time. On
the West Side where the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western mines are
mainly located, it was practically a
physical impossibility to poll the vote.
The collieries worked ten hours, and by
the time the miners and laborers could
reach home. wash uD and get to the
booth, 1t would be within a short time
of the closing hour. Many realized
this, and thinking that there was little
chance of getting their vote in, did not
take the trouble to make the attempt.
The general lack of enthusiasm char
acterzing the campaign Of course, was
primarily responsible for this.
IDEAL WEATHER.
The weather was ideal, and the losers
| must find other shoulders than those
| OF Brother Moore upon which to rest
! the cause OF their defeat The day was
| bright, clear and like Hoyt's widow,
| mot too hot and not too cold" All
| conditions considered, it was a day of
! exceptional opportunity for the COM
! mitteeman to show the stun that was
! in him. ard as 1t was understood for
| days in advance that the fight prac-
| tically had to be made on election day.
! the results, generally speaking, are TO
be attributed to him.
AS the afternoon wore on and reports
piled in. telling of an extremely light
vote, all over. the leaders at both head
quarters began to grow extremely anX
ious, the Republicans worrying over
| the possibility Of stay-at-hOme de-
feat, and the Democrats grasping at
the hope that the same circumstance
would possibly work to their good
County Chairman F. j. Fitzsimmons
and Treasurer ]. ]. Fahey were two OF
the most looking men that ever
took hand in politics, until their lieu
tenants began TO tell Of light vote in
Hyde Park. Providence and the rura
districts. At o'clock, when a report
came from the Eagle engine house thai
the First district of the Sixth ward
Mr.. Regans home-had cast 337 votes
they frightened up to the jovial point
and Colonel FltZsimmons even went 81
far as to remark, "Who can tell?"
VISITED THE DISTRICTS.
County Chairman Vosburg was about
the central city up to o'clock p. m.
when he started for tour of the Nortl
End to urge upon the workers the ne.
cessity of getting out the vote.
To a Tribune reporter he said he wal
we'll satisfied with the prospects at tina
hour. The vote was only fair in the
Republican strongholds, according tc
the reports he had received but on tn,
other hand, the Democratic wards were
doing little or no voting at all, as
rule
In the First district of the Eight
ward at $50 o'clock only llS votes ha(
been recorded. Major Millar w. p
Boland and Captain Raub, who are per
manent boardsmen in that district
agreed that it was the dullest election
day i'm history and that the vote wal
the llghtest ever polled. The registra
tion there is $50 and 2S5 would be abou
the normal vote.
Practically the same story was tolC
at each Of the central city booths. TIL
Second district of the Eighth ward a
645 o'clock there were only LAG OF tn
AIS registered votes cast. The norma
| vote is between $50 and 800