Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-08
HEAVY VOTE is P0LLED
Fine Weather is General
Throughout Country.
VERY LITTLE DISORDER
VOTERS GATHERED EARLY TO
GET IN THEIR BALLOTS.
Precautions Taken Against Illegal
Voting in the Large Cities
Challenging and Arrests.

NEW YORK. November s.-Almost per
Rect weather conditions prevailed In Great
er New York and early indications point
20 heavy vote in today's election. From
the moment the polls opened at o'clock
the booths in many election districts were
filed and lines of men stood awaiting their
turn to deposit ballot. While perfect or
der prevailed in most sections of the city,
trouble began i'm some quarters almost at
the start and arrests for alleged illegal
voting began almost simultaneously with
the opening of the polls. In some cases
the arrests were accompanied by disorderly
demonstrations and at least two persons,
a policeman and citizen were injured be-
fore voting had been in progress twenty
minutes.
The first surprise of the day was sprung
by State Superintendent of Elections Nor
gan when he distributed nearly 1900 depu-
ties representing his Office through the
election districts of the greater city. 1t
had been expected that the 500 deputies
that the superintendent of elections is au-
thoriZed to appoint would be reinforced to-
day by about 30 men, including large
number of secret service agents whose at
tention would be directed toward the hold
ers of alleged Illegal naturalization papers.
1t developed today, however, that Mr. Nor
gan had found that under a section of the
metropolitan election district law the state
superintendent or any of his deputies IS
empowered TO call on any person to assist
him in the performance Of his duty. This
new law raised practically all restrictions
regarding appointment of deputies and
1000 additional me were sworn.
The men selected for this work are vol
unteers and they went on duty at the
opening of the polls to remain until the
votes counted.
Challenging Begun Early.
The presence of the deputies was early in
evidence and hundreds of men were chal-
ienged during the first few hours Each OF
the deputies was supplied with list of reg
istered voters who were to be challenged
This list Included the name of every person
whose right TO register was ch illenged
provided that challenge had not been with
drawn. Hundreds of other names also had
been placed on the list as a result of in
vestigations conducted by Mr. Morgan's
office since the registration closed Arrests
for alleged Illegal voting began early. and
the ofhcers at police headquarters soon had
all the business they could attend to in de-
lection cases alone. The first case reported
was that of Winfield Scott Moore, a Gus
toms inspector. who was arrested IN the
twenty-irst election district of the fifth as
sembly district.
1t is alleged that Moore's name appea red
on the registration lists merely as Winfield
Scott, without the Moore" Moore claimed
that the registration clerks had erred The
first real trouble was reported in the turbu-
lent eighth assembly district, on the lower
east side. At one polling place a gang OF
fifty or seventy-tive men, apparently acting
upon a prearranged plan, surrounded the
polling place and began to make ii unpleas
ant for the policemen on guard. Finally they
rushed the booth and began to jostle the
officer who stood at the door. Other police
men came to the assist nee of the assault
ed officer and the mob finally was dispersed
In the melee one of the policemen and one
of the assailants was injured. Similar dis
turbances in which the police had to drive
off other gangs occurred in other polling
places in the district.
Early Morning Balloting Heavy.
In the district in the lower part of the
city the early morning bllloting was very
heavy. Nearly one-third of the normal
vote had been cast during the first two
<Irs, and the leaders predicted a record
fe before the polls close at o'clock. Fur