Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-06
THE VOTE IN GOTHAM
Came Out Early; Was Very Heavy as
to Numbers.
THE DAY PASSING QUIETLY
Partisans Continue to Make Their
Prediction Claims.
BETTING ODDS Low WER
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK, November 6.-The two par
ties began pilng up ballots against each
other this morning with the same conf
dence that they have been opposing their
respective anu-election claims. With
perfect morning as imagination could
picture, voters were early at the polls in
this city, and there was every promise Of
a heavy vote. At nearly every booth
considerable number of voters We're assem-
bled before the polls were opened and at
6 o'clock the battle of the ballots began
Last night there was less than the ordi-
nary excitement in the hotel lobbes and
other public places where politicians and
partisans assemble, and bets Were few. The
democrats succeeded in hammeriRg down
the odds at the Hoffman House lobby to
31a to 1, but hardly any money was put
up at those odds. The democratic money,
which was more plenty than heretofore.
sought such high odds that 1t offered little
temptation.
The signal feature with reference to the
gamblers measure Of the chances is that
the stock market closed strong as 1t
has been at any time for weeks, and the
betting odds Wall street were kept at
high water mark up to the close. The
break that many had predicted, and which
would surely have come had Wall street
lost its faith In McKinley's election, did not
come.
Little Turbulence Last Night.
There was almost none of the turbulence
and attention of opinions last night that
usually characterized night-before-election
crowds Quiet expression of confidence
and determination to be prepared for any
result denoted the temper OF the contest.
The class of men who profess to know,
and those whose business 1t is to make
claims were very emphatic in their pre-
dictions, but altogether there was more
than the ordinary expression OF uncertainty
among the common run OF men,
About the same conditions obtain IoOay,
while the ballots are flutterng into tns
boxes that have been observable for weeks.
The weather, like other external signs, IL
regarded as favorable to the republicans,
and it Is believed by the managers of both
parties that in every part of the country
the heaviest vote known will be cast Ihls
day has been looked forward to with many
apnrshensfous of trouble at the polls, but
this apprehension has been so general anu
such precautions have been taken 10 pre-
vent clash that it is now hoped lhat IHe
election will go off with reasonable quiet
| The clash of authority here reached a Crisis
yesterday, that now a more temperate
state of mind seems to have developed De-
tween the contendlng autnoFitleS ny fedsoh
of reaction.
The republicans are waiting with conf1-
dence for a result which they believe they
had already figured out with mathematics. car
accuracy The democrats are looking 1or
the DEVELOPMENT of that ground swell IN
which they have faith, without being anle
to find its signs. Their expectations are
high because Croker insists tnat New forh
is going for Bryan, and because their cam
paigners say the people are with them, OUT
their feeling of anxiety is manifest.
Voting Is Very Rapid.
The voting here is unusually rapid. BY
o'clock it was said that above 100 votes 10
a precinct had been cast. In some pre-
cincts from 150 to $50 votes had been cast
in two hours and half. Voters waste lit
tie time in the voting booths, and there is
evidently little scratching being done.
Straight tickets are the rule, and the con-
gesti0n at the voting places is not such as
was anticipated
/ The voting before midday was remark
ahly heavy and conditions generally order
w There sppeared to be very little friction
Of anv sort practically the only demonstra-
tions being by the small boys ehgaseu III
the confiscation of barrels and everything
they could lay hands on that would purh
for celebration fires tonight. All DOWN
through the east side and along the BoWery,
the most thickly populated districts Oh the
city, 1t was almost as quiet as sunday Inc
several candidates We're hurrying from pre-
c1nct to precinct consulting with their
workers. and al each voting place the party
watcher on hand to spot illegal voters, ana
pOllce, " SSANS oiaSAs AN"fN
occupy them.
Few Arrests Made.
Arrests were made at some of the voting
nlaces but these were not numerous, and
the promise is that threatened wholesale
disorder will not occur. Each party Is am
ply provided with machinery for the pro-
lection of its voters, and to secure prompt
action where arrests are made. There is
the usual talk Of colonization, but hardly
more than usual. The attitude of the
groups of partisans about the hotel lobbtes
is rather conservative while waiting for the
ton to indulge in predictions is not pro-
nounced.
That Mysterious Silent Vote.
All efforts to get a line on the sentlments
of voters at the polling places here today
have proven an utter failure. various
schemes have been resorted to, but the
silent vote has been as hard to locate At
the polls as 1t was In the canvass. One
scheme resorted to was to have men at the
entrance to the voting booths with partisan
buttons which they offered to pin on the
coats of voters. This was tried by both
parties but 1t would not work. The pro-
nounced Bryan men took the Bryan but
ton and the pronounced Mckinley men took
the Mckinley button, but considerable
number took both, and went to commune
on one side of their coat and one Of Nc
Kinley on the other.
About 20 per cent refused to permit either
button to be pinned on their coats.
]. P. M.
NEW YORK.
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