The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-07
Weather WAS fine.
VOTING WAS HEAVY

Never in the history of the city has
there been a quieter election than that
Of yesterday; never has there been an
election conducted under more de-
lightful climatic conditions and seldom
before has such large percentage
OF the registered voters Of the county
turned out to cast their ballots.
The day dawned bright and clear
and when the polls opened at Z o'clock
there was hardly a cloud in the sky.
There was just a wee bit of SNAP"
in the air and old inhabitants looked
wise and said they couldn't remember
of pleasanter election day.
The weather continued thus all day.
Never did Old Sol hide his face for
more than a few minutes at time
and there was never a moment when
one couldn't have gone without an
overcoat and not felt uncomfortable.
This is responsible in a large measure
for the large vote recorded. 1t had
the effect of bringing out the stay
at-homes" in large numbers.
These are the voters who are always
looking for an excuse to prevent them
from coming to the polls and If the
weather Is the least bit disagreeable
they generally decide not to come out.
LARGE VOTE PoLLED.
The vote polled was extremely large
in each and every ward of the city.
Especially was this true in strong Re-
publican strOngholds like the Ninth,
Second and Seventeenth wards, and
this fact was especially agreeable
news to Republican workers in those
parts of the city.
The largest part of the vote was cast
between and 3 o'clock in the morn
ing and between $50 and Z o'clock in
the evening. In many of the districts
half the total vote was polled before 8
o'clock. The fact that all the mines
are working caused big vote in many
OF the wards after o'clock, the men
returning from work stopping to vote
before going home, many appearing
with their coal-begrimmed hands and
faces
AS early as $50 o'clock acquisitions
We're made for extra ballot boxes for
Republican districts. The Second and
Third districts of the Ninth ward
made calls for extra boxes before 10
o'clock. In the afternoon similar re-
quisitiOns We're received from the fol- |
lowing additional districts: Seventh
ward, Second district; Eleventh ward, |
First district; Fifth ward, Second dis |
trict; Sixteenth ward, Second district; |
Thirteenth ward, Second district; Sec.
ond ward Second district.
Next to the large vote cast, the most |
feature of the election as |
far as the city goes was the vast |
amount of splitting done. That few
straight tickets were being voted was |
1iscernable in many of the districts |
before 8 o'clock. When a voter votes |
a straight ticket, if he il an intelligent |
voter. he generally spends little time
IN the BOOTH
EVIDENCE OF SPLITTING.
half minute generally suffices to
mark a ballot with a single cross, the
method adopted in voting straight
party ticket. When an Intelligent
ooking citizen spends two. three or
'our minutes in the booth it's reason
lble to assume that he is doing a little
'utting on the side, and this is exact
y what scores of intelligent looking
citizens could be seen doing in every
part of the city yesterday.
Chairman Davis, OF the Republican
ounty committee, was at headquarters
III morning. but started out early in
he afternoon for personal tour of
he West Scranton and North Scranton
districts, returning to headquarters
hortly after Z o'clock. He was espe-