The sun., 1900-11-07
VOTED FAST AND IN PEACE;
GOOD WEATHER AND coon ORDER
MARKED THE DAY Nv TOWN,
yotes Recorded With Unpreced entcd Speed
-OnIy In the Eighth Assembly District
Was There Any Violence or Disorder

-OnIy In the Eighth Assembly District
Was There Any Violence or Disorder.
In New York the election was almost as
! peaceful as the weather was perfect There
were many arrests for attempts at illegal
voting or for what were construed as such at
tempts: only ia the Ei2hth Assembly district
was there any disturbance or disorder. over
all the city elsewhere there was u Sunday
atmosphere and about the voting places there
was Il Sabbath-ike peace and calm that was
particularly impressive In view of what many
citizens had been led 10 fear might happen as
the result of Mir Croker's manifesto indirectly
encouraging violence and the bel icose order
To the police which Chief Devery ssued but ~
quickly revoked after his indictment by the
Grand Jury. supplemented ny Gov Koosevel.s
vigorous action toward the maintenance OF
the peace,
1t became evident very early IN ths day that
the vote was going to be an enormous one.
BY 8 o'clock In the morning there were ind-
cations that il would beat all records. From
all the election districts In this city there
came the saIne story Of an early morning rush
kept up with "a steadiness which meant an as
tonishing nunb Der Of ballots in the boxes long
before noon.
During the first hour after the opening OF
ths polls 1t was estimated at nearly all the poll
ono minute. Superintendent Of Elections
McCillash estimated that before o'clock
In the morning more thnn one-third ~ the entire
vote OF the city had been cast lie also ex pressed
the opinion, based on reports that had come
to him from all quarters. that fully SO per cent.
OF all the votes registered In New York would
be cast before the polls closed at o'clock In
the afternoon. 1t was not merely the number
of vote, cast but the rayidity with which voters
did the business that surpassed all previous
ccCtiou day experiences In tn" city. In some
Of the uptown districts tie phenomenal record
Of three votes to the minute twas maintained
for q considerable time Probably the banner
district for rapidly Of voting wa. the Fourth
election district Of the Twentie th Assembly
district Here So votes were polled within
half an hour and at 10 O'Clock Ia the morning
$40 ou: Of the total Sbs registered voics Ind
been cast
eating yery little scratChns and u v Gs Ire-
dl''oi that the count would show that "a Very
una-ia number Of straigtt tickets had been
voted. TINS however, did not prevent the
usual nu;nD.r Of rImors a. 70 the cutting Of
this, that and the other candldate from gsinng
currency. This applied. however. mostly
to local candidates. tor the impression pre-
vailed that neither OF the state tickets was
benz ,ampsrHd yin by re y2t%Is penels
not hard 10 sock In the first place. aside
from tAe iatense genera interest ~ the national
within tn" nust week were of a nature 20 rouse
par,y, .IHlt t" al hlSh t,ich Of - csI, ,m"pt,
OF the oldest was ther. a more Ieriect election
day II was not merely that the sky was alb
crisp adj" TO the air which put spirit and ..'e
into everybody who braathed Il. To stay
indoors on such day when there was pos
sibility Of getting out was little lcsI than SIN
ful. Nptwithsl and.ng the general closing ~
stores and business houses 81 all kinds the
publican wea,her It. was called but IN.
bemocrats, pro'essed to DO a. pleased
LAVISH IN predict ms Of tie bic vote i moan,
for Nick inev or Bryan. a tho case might be
Mr.. Croker. wh1 ha, b."n lavish Of prrtlnton-
from what he described ~ reports that have
come ~ Ia me. wS on de,k earl" with re-
atnD' ,6a n wa. a2T haT "
the ur-State Democratic vote. Long before
noon he ANNOUNCED "a the strength Of thee
filling OF in the Republican vote IN various
Republican stronghold. in the interior. But
there wer" ONLY 500" men IN limo at the sound
uOney parade on Saturdav last public faith
z ,h",r accnraoy H., hsd been en-, son"wnst .hak en-
9n Nj Cookers reports, not even MIR. Croker
Of all the local contests there wa. none which
er ted morn interest than tn. one In the Ihr- |
t."nth Concrn,- District hetw"en William \.
VII GOV. the Republican candidate, and o H. !
Farlv IN tho day reports cam" from all over !
the dl~tri that Mr.. Belmont was running he |
hind his ticket. Nobody know exactly where's |
theS' reports came or what was their value, |
hat they nevcrtlleless crnatrd the Impression |
that Mr. Belmont was dof"atad-an IMPRESSION !
WITH h several persons offered 10 back up with |
tets AZ handsome ODDS against the trOkcr- |
Bryan standard bearer There were men. for |
iHstauce. at the Wilcox haadGuarters who !
ware oNert1c S 10 that Mr. VII COY would carry !
the Tw"nty--rvrrth Assembly district the |
largest In the Thirteenth Congress district. |
by a majority Of 90. The vote IN the Thir- /,
tearith as everywhere else In the o!ty was .
enormous
In Ia" Twelfth Congress district where ,
Mr. Parsons the Republican candidate was 7
pitted against MIR Mct lean. there was also /
much excitement and many rlmors as to cut !
ting MIR MC' lsllan because Of his refusal to |
express himself either one way or the other |
on the money question.