Arizona silver belt., 1900-11-01
A BIG EXPENSE.
Election in New York City Costs Nearly Sl, ,0o0, GOO.
GREAT ARMY OF OFFICIALS.
The Organizations of the Two Great Parties Are Prepared to Get Out a Full Vote at
 Any Cost.

To get the free expression of the people of Greater New York on elec- ton day, Tuesday, November 6, will cost the city more than SOC, ,0oO. These figures eau be arrived at now, but the expense to the two great parties for legitimate purposes, that of getting out full vote, will easily reach S25O,- GOO more. This means election day only, not taking into account WI at will be spent before the dawn of ti. at day, an incalculable fortune.
 The voter who casts his vote with out the aid of brass band or any in centive but the desire to act the part of good citizen and vote has eleven hours in which to exercise that right. The polls will open aJ 6 o'clock a. m. and will close at j o'clock D. m. All will be urged to get their ballots in early.
 On entering the polling place, which will be the same place where he regis tered, the voter will see eight officers of the election, a policeman, and the familiar booths, in one of which he will arrange his ballot.
 There will be six columns on the of ticial ticket republican, democrat, social labor, social democratic, pro- hibition and one blank. In the latter column those who wish to cast a vote for Bird \. Coler for governor may do su by writing that name in the place allotted, but he must be careful not to put a cross before 1t or make any other mark.
 CITY PAYS ALL THESE HILLS.
 The city pays for the printing of the ballots and for all other actual needs of the polls. Two million five nun dred thousand ballots vii Oe printed. the cost being S27,0OO Printing Of the poll lists, tally sheets, etc, m ans 5000 more; stationary, maps of eic,- ton districts, etc., foot up Sl5,OJO hibltr duu NhC NooN Ol dANeItlSiiS ls S60,OO0,0OO.
 In Greater New York there are 1 ,j22 polling places.
 The best paid army at the polls is made up of 6,OSs inspectors at s42 each for their five days of service four registration days and election day They receive s255, ,696 The poll clerks, j,O44 in number, receive sl2 for cleo ton day, making total of sJ6,5-S The ballot clerks receive s7.50 each, two to polling place, or S222, $50 in all.
 Many little store makes two mouths rent out of the city for five days partial use of the premises. Of the polling places 433 are in stores, and each landlord is paid 800 rent | 1hen there are 90 street polling booths, which cost the city g. each, after which they are carted away by the contractor who furnished them and put in stUroge until the next election. For Carting these booths and other paraphernalia S3,000 IS allowed. and for fear that there might be a deficit in some branch sl,00O is put aside for miscellaneous expenses.
 Last of all the board of canvassers, which does the official part of the pro- gramme after the excitement is all over and the election almost forgot ten, gets 5000.
 There will be no hitch on election night The addition of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond has complicated the work, however. and the returns from Manhattan and the Bronx will be learned first, as usual.
 WHAT THE PARTIES WILL PAY.
 While the city does all this as mat. ter of course, the two great parties nave an army of men at work on cleo ton day. These men are not allowed inside the polling places. They are paid by the party organizations to get slow voters to the polls. Both parties regard this work as legitimate and spend q great deal of money on it.
 The three smaller parties repre- sented on the official ballot have no money to spend. The social labor and the social defnocratic parties will have workers at the polls on the East Side, however, and in their strong dis tricts. But these workers will Bot re- ceive pay; they are all volunteers.
 The prOhibtioniSts will not even have volunteer service, but they ex- pect to have good showing. The re- publicans and democrats have a mo uopoly of banners and heavy cam paign expenses.
 In speaking of the cost of running the polls, Secretary Manchester of the republican county committee, said yes- terday:
 Ut would be impossible to give an aggregate of what will be spent. Some districts cost nothing, others seem to have no bottom"
 TWENTY WORKERS IN A DISTRICT
 At the democratic headquarters it was said that an average of Sl0O dis trict will be spent by the two great no rtiag in Manhattan and Rrnnx alpe