Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-09
QUIET DAY.
General Apathy Feature
of the Election.
But the Republicans Win Out in
People Surely Believe in Roosevelt and
Prosperity.

I The election in this city yesterday
As quiet-probably the pulelest Pres
~ ntial election i'll many years. me
Ii West Vote was cast AT the polls pc
tore the noon hour, ana in some III
stances. majority OF the registered
ones showed up during the first hour
from 10 to II o'clock, and discharged
! the duties of a good citizen.
In Ward l. the vote east was Snlall
one. George II. Woodward as warden
and Elias ;. CoWan as clerk looked out
ior things. bur they had little 70 90.
, cyrus y. Fowler, an aged citizen, cast
! the first vote.
In Ward :. John s. ToWle, warden.
and Giles .. Hartman. clerk, had
, charge OF tn" irtlioting. street Commas
sioner Cn"ri,~ l.. Pickering cast the
first vote an the opening of the polls
in this district. and during the fore
noon, thu r'".,r- III The Winter street
school house Wtr" fairly active. The at
ternoon was N,IY quiet.
In Ward ,. Dafiti N"hbcr was ward
en- and Harry Ward. rl'rk. EN-M 3E"r
Freeman Patten WAS the first to drop
! a folded ballot iutu III" box. The vote
in III" hind was fairly l',"c" ""d c".l-
tinueG steady throughout the day. The
City hall was the r..:,rr Of what little
activity there WAS, alti groups ~ IN
I tcrrsted ones talkc'! oi a,- "hd
chances of the candidates Lnt4 The
| polls closed.
! In Ward A. William II. Oliver, ward
en-. and Charles II. Merrill, clerk. were
6 in charge of the polls. Henry J. Mcddtr
east the first vote. The voting in the
fourth was very light, in comparison to
:, nravy registration.
III Ward >. AUGUSTUS II. Jordan act
"a rs warden. assisted by CLERK Samuel
| ". Jones. Il. tl.is 'iStricf, the first
! voter on the ground 'lclc" john
. Goddng. age. i years. "Uncle" John is
the oldest man in this city and he was
very proud that he beat the young
strrs" Mlany OF whom We're only 81
I and 80 Years Odd, to the polls. The
vote. cast here was light.
Down in South Gardiner. the sixth
ward headquarters We're more busy
| than the polling places in the cen
ter of the city W. F. Eastman prcsid
ed as warden and was assisted by G.
Cobulu Lawrence. clerk. AT the noon
hour, the room in the fire engine build
ing WAS well filed with employees from
lots. Those not eligible to vote. dis
cussed the conditions with the watch
ers." Joseph f. Proctor cast the first
vote in the sixth
MAJOR Edwin L. Russell cast his one
vote for the Republican party in the
fourth ward, but the majority of the
city officials voted in the third.
The polls closed promptly at O'Clock
1at. fI,n
was announced by the various ward
ems. The count stood as follows:
i Ward 1-Repuhlican, e.; Democrat,
%: Prohibition, 4, Socialist, 3; Peoples.
|.
Ward 2-Republican, 81; Democrat,
9: Socialist, 3.
Ward 3-Republican. II: Democrat,
, 81; Prohibition, l: Socialist. l.
Ware 4-Republican, 81; Democrat.
81: Prohibition. 3
Ward 5-Repuhlican, 105; Democrat,
! .: Prohibition, ,.
Ward 6--Repu5lican, Jos: Democrat
. q. Prohibition, 4; Socialist, Sc; Peo-
pies, ,.
> TotaIs-Repuhlican, 500; Democrat.
y 131: Prohibition. 10: Socialist 43; Peo-
= pies a. Total vote cast. 693.
III IS worthy III lott ludl tiieit WIZ
- Tut very few voters who could be
! found last evening, when the smoke
Lad cleared away, who would admit
. ta;.t thcy had marked the * on the
+ Iarker-Davis'' combination ticket
The Town hall at West Gardiner was
filed with rural voters during the fore
noon. yesterday. but the afternoon was
f quiet one. The polls We're i'm charge
Of the selectmen: w. +. Fuller. T. =
Soqvey and F. f. Towle, +. NJ. Small
and +. n. Whtefeld acted as clerks
There were Io5 votes cast in the dis
, .rict divided as follows: Republican,
. u. Democrat II. one defective ballot.