The sun., 1900-11-07
ABOUr 200 lost VOTES.
Cnsa tsfsctory Result In an overcrowded Part
Of Col. Gruber's District.


Because OF the inadequate fncilltie. for vot-
Ing, It is estimated that more than 100 electors
Of the Thrty-fourth election district Of the
1wenty-llrst Assembly district lost their votes
yesterday. This election district lies between
West illth street. seventh avenue, West 10th
street, Manhattan avenue and Columbus avenue
Tho polling place vRs Mt the northwest
corner OF 18th street and Eighth avenue 1t
IL part OF Abraham Gruber's Republican
stronghold and had tho heaviest registration
In the city. tie number OF voters registered
being lbs Last year the registration was
500 Had It reached 900 year ago. tho dis
trlct, according to law. would have been di-
vided II Was taken for granted that the dis
trict would be divided after the registration
this year, but nobody dreamed that the figures
would show such an enormous Increase
When the facts became known the leaders
Of both parties asked the Bureau OF Elections
70 make such provision as was necessary to
accom- odate all the voters An iros oyster
bar was hauled up into Llghth avenue and
placed at the corner of li3lh street, In this
were placed seventeen voting stalls. When
the poius place opened at O'Clock a line OF
men extending from une door down Ia. nth
avenue ai.i around the corner west into 18th
street Aai fOrn-i man VINO counted them
SIiu iIat th"T. were m,Ee .han one huAIIeI
III line when tue polls opoued
lblFlIE Nllc IO'FslpN u WAS e~IIubFl Iit
about ,lguty votes sn hour were rccriv"d.
When r"p"rter II IHf SuN got 70 the poll at
o'clock, ITO mon ~er, In line and an hour
T. sprCtuTs Of EJECT ions, for sons reason not
explained lGs' night held the voters IN ltne
irsid,. the voting place until twenty ballots
WAS allp ned to deposit Ids ballot The fe
pIn.ian, watchers i-rot".,ed against this
that eavn ele"tor should I've allowed to deposit
ris ballot aS soon as ms name and ballot num-
bcr had been properly recorded he pro-
t"''ations were of no avail. however, and In
blocks ~ twent! the voting WIS carried Oh
from about noon until ~" roll. closed
The EepuhlIcan watchers, IA s o'clock drew
near demanded that all those IN live in front
oi the polling place when the uine for closing
tho polls arrived should We permitted 10 vote.
The majority os the inspectors. however. de-
cid,d that only those actually v thin the build
inc ~ o'clock could cast their ballots. In
cered after o'clock BY actual count forty
two were In line and unable TO vote when the
= Ven oAt and voted was 30 s7S so that the
nImper Of ballots cast was 2?5 short o. the
registration lt,wss said that dlnnS N. day.
probably $50 OF those In line dropped out, either
because 'hev couldn't or wouldn't wait. 30 tAat
somewhere in the vicinity Of 2o1 voteS that
might have been poled with adequate ia Ill
Notwithstanding all the Disadvantage, and
the annoyance 10 which tho voters OF the dis
and there WAS \" brawling or disturbance dur
ing IN" day. There was one striking instance,
however, OF peinocThtic spleen Charles X.
trCt, living at 2l03 Eighth avenue, imInedi-
atay in front Of which the polling r.ace
wa stationed MIR Blaise ey has been
cripple sine. last Fe5ru ary, unable 10 move
about without the ana OF crutche'. lie hobbl.d
out u HI, Residence and took Ia, place IN tho
long line at $40 O'Clock y.stnrday morning
The Republican Gartain saw him and arranged
with a man near the hoal of the line to ex-
~ tnye pla es with the cripple Mr. BlaiSelev
was Just about u go into the voting booth.
wien a man named ESer the Democratic
captain ~ the di trict, who had seen the change
was compellei to return to the foot OF The line
again. II took him two hours, but he got
HIS vote In for Mckinley and Roosevelt