Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-05

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 at.11 o'clock this morning so that they might vote.
 The New England, Watch Co.'S fac tory did not open until o'clock this morning, sthus giving its help an oppor- tunity to vote.
 The Brass City 'bals brought a tre- medous load of democrats to the fourth ward. They were all Lynch men and: caane=from- the spoon shop. Many of the factories did not open their gates until 8 o'clock, and some until 9 o'clock, in order to give the help time to vote. This explains the great'vote following the opening of the polls.
 A man.approached one of the Lynch workers in the fifth ward early this morning and said that he would vote for Attorney Lynch provided he was given a barrel of four. He got the f1our-nit.
 The republicans have all arrange ments made to have a big jamboree tonight if they are successful. A brass band is tuning up it's fnstru- ments this afternoon ready to fill the town with good republican music. Al republican voter raised a high old time in the fifth ward because the moderator insisted upon putting the mans ballot in the box. The repub- l1can did not think this was right, claiming that he was thoroughly con- petent to put his own vote in the baI- lot box. The law on the matter, is against him, however. a*# At last mass at St .Thomas's yester- day the Rev Father Kennedy advised all the voters in the parish to vote early and to walk to the polls. He said the man who would sell his vote is guilty of the greatest crime that the bigger in the social scale the man may be who sells his vote the bigger the crime. E."
 Thomas Flynn who made himself conspicuous all the forenoon in the first ward by peddling democratic tickets with Elton pasted over Lynch got into trouble about noon and came near being hurt. The tickets were taken away from him and he was ad- vised to play a fair hand if he desired to continue in the game. The warning had good effect. ri
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 A prominent figure in the first ward was Prosecutor Durant. All day he sat in a bootblack's chair. opposite the Hub restaurant. He claimed to have rented the chair for the day. Appar- ently he took noAhand in the election, though he may have done so under handed. On the other side of the street, directly opposite him, was his bosom friend, Tom Flynn.
 There must have been a lot of en- velopes loose about the first, second and third wards, particularly the third and second. Scores of men on seeing the lineup of waiting voters decided to come again, and, notwithstanding that the ushers kept strict watch, some of them, not knowing the law, though undoubtedly others did, many left the booths with envelopes, which is contrary to law.
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 The weather was all that could have been wished for up to about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when it started to rain and umbrellas were much in evil dence from that time on. The repub- licans must have had a tip on this, for they did most of their work during the not idle, either, and the change in the Woathor 5i6n'+ fn hova preciable effect upon them.
 John Gilmour peddled the demo- cratic board of education ticket with Walter Wooster's paster on it. Gil-' mour and Wooster are anti-vaccina- t1onists. This is not the first time that Gilmour worked against his party but he has never been successful in any of his objects. The fact that he is opposed to his party has been al- ways taken as an indication of its winning. Wooster's name was pasted over that of Francis Hoffman.
 The voting in the second ward was tremendous until about 10 o'clock. perienced in that ward. After 10
 
 o'clock it came again, when the fac tory hands began to pour in. Up to 9:3O o'clock the republicans had full swing. They had boiled the greater part of their vote, but after that the democrats began to line up and keep the checkers and ushers busy.
 Matters were quiet in the first ward until Thomas Flynn a prominent member of the Bartenders' union, John B. Porter, a member of Company A and Joseph Stanley made their ap- pearance there with Elton pasted over Lynch. They had the good sense however, to infom those who took tickets from them that they were pasted, and in this, they seem to have been informed of the law regarding the peddling of pasted tickets. Flynn was in the front rank of the bartend- CTS in the Labor day parade.