The sun., 1903-11-04
VOTE IN AT AN EARLY HOUR.
BY NOON THREE-FOIRTHS or
THE BALLOTS WERE IN.
Fine Weather Brings the Voters Out, Es-
pecially In the Fusion StrOnshOlds
The Mayor an Early Voter. but
De,ery beat IIIm--McClellan Late.

The pleasant sunshiny weather yester-
day brought out the vote early. Fully
! three -fourths of the ballots were in the
boxes by noon, and in many Of the districts
nearly all the vote had been polled by the
middle of the morning.
This was particularly true Of the anti
Tanmany districts, where many of the
voters went to the polls early and then
took advantage Of the beautiful day for
a trip out of town. Tammanv men pre-
dicted that pleasure seekers would leave
town before voting, but the heavy early
vote showed that the prophets were away
of
The district captains We're at work with
their lieutenants an hour before the polling
places were opened, hust ling out the voters
In the Eighteenth elect ion district Of the
Invent first Assembly district, Repub-
lican stronghold ninety one votes were cast
in the first hour, and all over town similar
conditions were reported.
Mayor Low voted before breakfast
He has always been an early voter, and
crowd WAS waiting for him to appear at
the polling place at Sxty-fourth street
and Park avenue when lie arrived there at
$50.
are YOU BOUR 10 NOlt LOT SOUTsell!
asked "A bystander.
Welt" answered the Mavor, Il really
think | ought to-"
The Mayo cast ballot 81. He was in
the booth only about u minute. He had
gone half block toward his home. at 80
East SiNty-fourth street, when he turned
and walked back and asked the registry
clerk how many names were enrolled
there.
Two hundred and fifty-six," was the
answer.
Mayor Low made no comment, and went
home to breakfast.
Col George B Mcclellan, Tammanv's
candidate, was not such an early bird.
He left the Murray Hill Hotel about 10
o'clock and went to the polling place in
Forty-third street between Madison and
Vanderbilt avenues, A crowd of photog-
raphers followed him into the place to get
hashlight pictures of the candidate casting
his ballot, and Col. Mcclellan waited
patiently, holding up ballot l27 until the
flash.
An inqnisitiv,e person asked him if he
had voted for himself.
THAT is nothing 10 you," he replied and |
he walked briskly up Madison avenue.
Big Bill Devery was delivering the |
goods" into the ballot box in person more |
than two hours before either of the other |
candidates. Devery spent the night in |
his headquarters, at Twentyeighth street |
and Eighth avenue, and at 5:45 went 10 the |
voting place at 296 Ninth avenue, accom-
panied by his nephew, John j. Byrne. who |
furnished bail for Sam Parks and the !
other labor man, Mccarthy.
The eX-thef put ballot in The box.
He was cheered a. he left the polls, and, |
addressing the line of voters, said;
We'll, boys. I've started the ball a-goin' |
for good cause. an it's up to you to keep |
it a-goin'"
Eddie Schneider, Big Bil's" right hand |
man, also deposited the first vote at his |
polling place.
X. Fulton cutting was out early. too.
He voted at G3O Park avenue al $40, and |
spent three minutes in the booth.
Charles +. Murphy, Tanmany's head, I
teenth street He voted AT about the time !
Mcclellan did. crowd cheered him. but |
he didn't make any remarks.