The evening times., 1900-11-06

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Greater New York dawned into an ideal
autumn morning. The skies Were radi-
antiy clear, the air invigorating. There
was an irresistible invitation in the
tracing weather to be out OF d2Crs.
phenomenally heavy vote is assured.
The election machinery of the mighty
municipality began moving il the five
boroughs promptly at o'clGck. The elec-
lien officials were no more prompt than
the voters. IN the ever populated districts
in the upper West Side the apprehension
that there were more voters than there
were minutes in the day to receive eir
votes caused an early crush about the
voting booths. As many as fifty men were
in line at many places when the election
officers arrived
Chief Deyery arrived at police head
quartz at 5:45 o'clock He went at once
TO his office, and had all the stations
called up by telephone. Promptly at
o'clock the chief summoned the news
paper men TO his office.
The polls are open and the election IS
on" he said The opening of the polls
has been effected without disorder There
VIII tS HO tEOuDiG uuIlLS iIit uoS, ii llia
department can help it. I will be here all
day with my carriage handy. There will
be inspectors and reserves handy to des-
patch to the scene of an outbreak.
Il have nothing TO say about Superin-
tendent of Elections McCuliagh and his
Indictment. Sheriff Greu was here early
this morning because of a communication
with some authority. Was it Governor
Roosevelt? l don't care to say. Let the
sherin tell you what he likes about it.
VIII say that his visit has not interfered
with the police plans already formulated.
They stand as they were first formu-
lated. Nothing has transptred within
twenty -four hours to cause their Inodif-
cation. Our business is to preserve order
at the polls and afford the election Off
eiais protection in the discharge of heir
duties"
Later Chief nevery said: Everything
seems to be progressing quietly There
does not appear 10 be trouble in any part
Of the city. and I do not contemplate any,
If trouble does come, however. We will be
prepared fer it
IN the Fifth Assembly district, it was
said, one-third of the total registration
had been poIled at o'cicck today. This
is the Republican district in which there
has been heavy colonization alleged The
party workers were on hand before the
polls opened with a large number of as
sistants, whom they kept il line to hold
places for business men who would have
little time at their disposal
Swarms of Deputies.
The McCullagh deputies swarmed about
the polls, having been sent out at o'clock
this morning, with the injunction not to
forget their pistols and to carry out their
Instructions fearlessIy. Five arrests were
made within the first hour, three in Man
haitian and two in Brooklyn There was
intjmation of trouble at Coney Island ear
ly today. The McCulIagh deputy there sew
eral times telephoned to headquarters for
instructions. He was told TO read the law
The early morning vote in the district Iy-
ing between Fifty-ninth Street and Four
teenth Street and east of Fifth Avenue
which territory takes in parts of the Eight
eenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty
first, Twenty second. Twenty-fourth, and
Twenty-fifth Assembly districts, as well as
several others was very heavy
In many OF the election districts in that
section of the city. fully one third of the
entire registered vote was cast before 9
o'clock. This unusually large vote for such
an early hour resulted in but little confu-
sion and up to O'Clock the police and cleo
tion officers reported that there had been
no disturbance Of a serious nature in any
Of the districts. The streets, except in the
were almost deserted and crowds were not
permitted to collect around the polling
booths.
Eight hundred of Superintendent McCuI-
lagh's deputies We're in the districts where
illegal voting was expected. Some OF these
deputies were directly at the polling places.
some OF them patroled the streets near the
polling places very much after the manner
of members of the uniformed force, while
still others did detective work about sus-
picious neighborhoods.
At the Jersey City ferries deputies had
been posted to lock out for the gangs of
repeaters which Superintendent McCuf-
lagh professed 10 expect would be brought
over to vote in the election districts in
the lower part of the city.
got Nlnd OF tliS Jhlng two days ago,
said Superintendent MeCullagh this morn
Ing, and obtained evidence showing that
repeaters were going to be brought over
here in blocks of ten. The ringieader in
the scheme was arrested last night"
There were between one and two hun
dred warrants in the hands of Superin-
tendent McCuiiagh s deputies when the
nolIS ODpned They Warn jccuad y 90 ;yct
persons charged with registering Illegally.
and were held back by the deputies in
readiness for any attempt of the present
suspects TO vote. Special arrangements
were made by the Board of City Magts-
trates to provide for speedy disposal of
the many cases expected today
All the magistrates reached their le
spectiVe courts by 1880 O'Clock. Lawyers
were on hand to look out for the interests
of both parties. They were armed with
authority from the Attorney General.
making them special deputies for the oc=,
caaion. At the Centre Street Court be-
fore Magistrate Flammer. six men were
arraigned. charged with false registration
and Illegal voting.
The ilrst word of election troubles in
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