Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-11-04
BATTLE OF BALLOTS
IN SEVERAL STATES
Heavy Vote Is Polled In the
State of New York.
SOME ILLEGAL VOTES CAST.

Principal Interest Seemed to Center In
the Result In New York and Ohio.
Weather Conditions Were Reported
Good In Many States.
New York, Nov. 3.-Election day in
| this city dawned clear and bright
| ideal weather for getting out a heavy
Vote-and the early morning polling
was especially heavy, not only in the
Democratic strongholds down town,
but IN the uptown precincts, where
the Fusionists are strong. Intense
districts long before the polls were
opened at o'clock waiting voters
stood in line.
Mayor Low voted early, going to the
voting place in Park avenue near Six
ty-fourth street
The election was very peaceful
during the early hours and every nre-
caution was taken to keep it so during
the day, policemen being stationed
at every polling place and heavy forces
in reserve at all the station houses.
During the night 20 men suspected
of being thieves were arrested and
they will be held at police headquarters
48 hours as a precautiOn.
Reports from the state indicated that
the vote would be heavy, the early
morning vote in all cases being large.
No stormy weather was reported, but
~, a. h
cred and gave warning of possible
rain later in the day. Some districts
reported a third of the vote cast in
the first three hours.
At Troy, shooting affray occurred,
Philip J. Reilly being shot by spe-
cial deputy sheriff during an attempt
to keep Reilly the prescribed distance
away from the polls. The bullet en-
tered Reilly's side, but his condition
is not considered dangerous.
Arrests for alleged illegal voting be-
gun early, but in small numbers, eight
arrests in Manhattan and two in Long
Island City being reported during the
first hour. At the police courts the
ordinary cases were disposed of early
and the courts we're held open for
prompt action on election cases, lat
torneys representing the fusionists and
Democrats being present in each court.
State Superintendent of Elections
Morgan denied the report that he had
evidence of illegal registration against
5000 men.
He said, though, that he had clear
cases against only 1900, while 300
others were under suspicion.
William S. Devery was one Of the
first to vote in his district, being in
line before the polls opened.
George B. McClelland waited until
rather later in the morning before vot-
ing. Most of those arrested early
were quickly discharged, their arrests
being explained as due to misunder-
standings and mistakes. Senator
John c. Fitzgerald, Timothy L. Su1li-
vans successor at Albany, was arrest.
ed in the polling place of the first
district on complaint of a Republican
watcher, charging him with disorderly
conduct. The watcher alleged tn
Fitzgerald followed a voter into "a
booth and tried to talk with him and
refused to stop when ordered to by the
election clerk. Fitzgerald, who denied
the charge, was paroled until tomor
row In a number of assembly dis
tricts in Manhattan from Thirty to fiji
ty per cent of the total registration
was voted in the first three hours
was estimated that half the vote OF
the Bronx was cast in this period
big vote is being polleG in Richmond
borough which comprises all of Staten
Island. Up to 1870 more than hal
the total registered vote had been cas~
During the morning arrests averag.
ing 20 an hour for alleged illegal vot.
ing were reported. Of these about
one in ton were held for examination,
the magistrate discharging the others
Seth Sprague Terry, chairman OF
the Citizens union committee on
watchers, said today:
There is much less trouble over
watching the polling places this year
than there was two years ago and
much less attempted illegal voting"