New-York tribune., 1901-11-06
EARLY AND ORDERLY VOTE.
FEW DISTURBANCES REPORTED AND
MOST OF THE BALLOT1NG IS
DONE IN THE MORNING.

Weather had little effect upon the balioting
Yesterday Although there was drizzhns ram
in the early morning. contrary TO the weather
forecaster's predictions of the night pe1ore'
hundreds of voters all over the city were stano-
ing in line waiting for an opportunity 10 cast
their ballots when the polls opened at o ciocA'
In most instances they were obliged TO staho
in the rain as there was not room for 'hehi III
the nol)ine places but this did not abate their
anxiety to obey the injunction OF the leaders 10
get out early 1t showed the faithful work OF
campaign managers and the INTENSE ''
taken in the election.
Tho eor1, voting was not confined to the
downtown districts, but in the silk stocking
districts the business men, who are IN the hapi'
of breakfasting later than the labor1ng men,
got out early In the XXVth Assembly Dis'iio'
there were lines of we'll dressed men, oo'ii
voung and old, at the ballot boxes soon al'ei
o'clock They came in cabs, carriages ana auto
mobiles.
The balIoting was heavy all the forenoon ana
If became certain that large proportion VI ~
registered voters would make use OF theii p'
lege The early voting was one or the ied'oi Go
of the election. Probably one half OF the reei'
tered vote had been cast by 10 o'clock ana IN
many districts IS per cent OF the 'o'e hou 'e
deposited before noon
sarious brawls were reported anywhere.
In the With Assembly District. Timothy DRY
Dollar Sullivan's, Jules Gerson. of NO IL stan
ton-st Citizens Union captain OF the fIteeh'ii
Election District. at Stanton-st and the fo"eiy - y.
vas assaulted at 8 O'Clock by a group OF 1our UT
five men just outside the polling place me az
tack was from behind and he was badly peateii'
II was necessary to take him home
There was great indignation at the headquar-
ters of the Citizens Union in the XlHth Assem-
hIv District No. 947 Broadway, when 1t was
discovered early in the morning, that the big
transparency which had graced the front OF the
building had been torn down in the nlgh1. Inc
Tammany district headquarters is few doors
above the Citizens Union. and the C1tlzens
Union believed that the vandahsm was
due to orders from the Tammanyites.
There was no attempt by any party, so far
as could be ascertained. TO delay the voting
There was a great deal of care taken IN the
voting and the newspaper explanations OF how
TO cut Van Wyck evidently bore fruit Most
of the voters on the East Side carried with them
sample ballots and clippings from the news
papers showing how to mark the ballot
The Tammany leaders showed plainly tnat
they did not like this effort TO vote without
making mistakes.
On the East Side the workers for both tickets
worked hard 10 get the vote out. At most OF
the polling places long lines were formed before
the nols opened and they became longer rather
than shorter during the first three hours or the
voting In most Of the districts there were three
or fusion worker and in many OF the districts
the proportion was even greater This was es-
peciaIlv true in the lind Assembly District,
where Thomas +. Foley was anxious TO MAKE a
record a Tamnany leader since MS nght
with Patrick Diver for the leadership there
had been a certain amount OF defecton among
the Democrats. and TO offset this Foley and his
lieutenents worked hard.