The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-05
VOTED QUICKLY And QUIETLY.
THE CITY NEVER SAN 4 WORE
ORDERLY ELECTION.
VotinE Machines Give Good Rcsults-Ma,Or
Low Tries One Police Arrangement
Elaborate Precautions TO Guard the
crowds About the Bulletin Boards.

The election in the city Yesterday was
one OF the quetest in years. There were one
or two little scraps on the East Side, but
they amounted 10 nothing. and were speed
iv Guelled. The activities Of the Met nj
lagh men resulted in some little friction n,
some Of the polling places, but the prompt
ness..of the police saved many n street row.
The early morning vote was very heavy
The hustling of both Democrats and Re-
publicans during the past few days 10 get
the vote out. seemed To have borne fruit.
During the afternoon there was little &C
tivity at many of the polling places due
10 the fact that the greater part of the reg
istered vote had already been cast
There was no trouble over the prompt
closing of the polls when closing time came
Those who had balo's in their hands were
allowed To cast them Those who came
scurrying mp AZ the last moment clamoring
loudly for ballots we're not allowed TO vote
II il doubtful. however. If fifty votes were
lost 10 either side by this restriction
The voting machines worked well, 223
votes being cast on he one in the Tweft h
election dist riot of he Twenty-ninth Assem-
bly, district. where Mayor Low voted. II
took the Mayor Just about ten seconds to
vote and he seemed TO have a perfect I'M
Outstanding of the machine.
Az all places where the machines were
used dummies were exhibited out side cf
the booths. where the unnitiatcd could
practice before goinc in TO vote. 1t didn't
TAX" more than couple of demonst rat ions
to teach a voter how Ia use the machines
The vote on the machine in Mayor Lows
election district was $50 for Odel and "a
for Coler
The police arrangements for the dav
We're moro elaborate and involved the shift =
ing about of greater number Of patrol
men than IN previous years. But there
wae nothing unusual about them except
the Wholesale transfers between the Fact
Twenty-second and West Thirty seventh
street stations.
The precincts that contain few polling
places, such as. for instance, Old Slip. with
only four, have always been compe He'd
10 send their extra men to the precincts
which are short.
This year the transfers were more nu-
merous than usual because there came
extra large calls for reeniorcements from
the other boroughs. Brooklyn made an
urgent request for 400 men and got them.
100 men were sent 20 Richmond and 20 to
Queens.
concerning his motive in making the
change Of the East Twentv-second and
West Thirty-seventh street men. Commits
siOner Partridge -ald:
II was done simply to secure fair
Election. The men were shifted not to
keep anybody from voting but to insure
the night Of voting to every one entitled
10 II When the men are placed in strange
surroundings there can be no combinations
The same thing has been done In previous
Neers although perhaps not on such a large
scale All transfers ordered outside Of
those two precinct, were made TO get the
men from precincts whore they could be-
spared to others where they were needed"
In the evening almost all the men used
during the day TO relieve the policemen
at the polling places we're massed at points
where large crowds We're expected The
largest force was At Madison Square where
Inspector Brooks bad 1000 men In
spectors Clayton and Donald Grant were
in charge at the City Hall Park and News
paper row with 400 men under them.
Capt Titus had his whole force of men on
duty all day looking for crooks, Twenty
were rounded up at an early, hour yestesday
morning and taken TO various police courts
where they were held for examination,
Most of them will be- turned loose to-day.
Commissioner Partridge remained at
Police headquarters until nearly mid
night, watching the returns. The re-
suits from outside the city were received
on ticker which was put into his Office
for the occasion. Asked what he thought
of the election. he said
IF you refer to results have nothing
10 say. | am not a politician. But II
you ask about the police management
~ the day. I'll saw that think the police
have given the city as fair and honest and
quiet an election as could be had l be-
lieve the election has been a clean one. and
have not heard single complaint against
the police