The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
IDEAL WEATHER
IN EVERY STATE
Prospect Of Heaviest Vote in
Years Because Of the
Good Day.
ARRESTS BY SCORE IN
GREATERs NEW YORK
Thousands of Guards Posted at
Polls to Prevent Illegal
Voting.

Young.
4 Boston. Nov. s.-The first town in tho
i United States to report the result Of to.
days election was Mashpie, in the four-
teenth congressional district. The vote
for president was: Parker. 2; Roose-
welt, So
In 1900 the vote OF the town was: Dry.
an, 8; Mckinley, 55.
New York, Nov. S.-Thruout the en-
tire east ideal weather prevails today.
From Maine down the coast line and
back into the interior it is sunny and
crisp and as a result an extremely
heavy vote is being polled. This is par
ticularly true in the rural districts,
where a long spell Of dry weather has
enabled the voters to reach the polls
with ease. In fact, up to noon today
reports indicate that the good weather
extends over the entire country and
leads the experts at headquarters to
predict that the vote cast will be the
heaviest in many elections.
| In New York state the weather con-
ditions and the earnest efforts of both
parties to get the voters out early are
having decided effect and from many
places up state it was reported that a
third Of the votes had been cast by 9
reported in every city and town heard
from during the morning. Workers for
the republicans and democrats were
active in getting out the vote, but no
: trouble was reported and little was an
ticipated.
In this city perfect weather brought
out large early vote and the voting
continued heavy during the morning.
At Tammany hall it was estimated that
the vote in the city during the morning
was being cast at the rate of 100000
, an hour. -.,.s
i Voting Quietly Done .
Altho a number of arrests were made
on charges of illegal registration and a
fight occurred in one polling place this
morning, voting in general in greater
New York was quietly done.
The first surprise of the day was
! sprung b., State, Superintendent Of
> uted nearly three thousand deputies,
representing his office thru the cleo
tion districts of the greater city. It
l! had been expected that the 800 depu-
ties that the superintendent of cleo
lions is authorized to appoint would
dred men, including large number
, of secret-service agents, whose whole
attention would be directed toward the
= holders Of alleged illegal naturaliza-
= ft1on papers.
: It developed today, however, that
7 Mr.. MORGAN had found that under a
I section Of the Metropolitan election
7 district law the state superintend-
Z ent or any of his deputies is empow-
$ cred to call on any person to assist
him i'll the performance of his duty.
: This law RACED practically all restric-
o ties and 1000 additional men were
sworn. .'t.+
d The men selected for this work are
volunteers, and they went on duty at
J. the opening Of the polls, to remain
q until the votes are counted.
= Arrests Began Early.
Arrests for alleged illegal voting be-
gan early and the officers at police
headquarters soon had all the business
n they could attend to in the election
e cases.
e The first real trouble was reported in
8 the turbulent eighth assembly district
It place gang of fifty or seventy-five
o men, apparently acting upon prear-
ranged plan, surrounded the polling
d place and began to make 1t unpleasant
Il for the policeman on guard there.
d Finally they rushed the booth and be-
y the door. Other policemen came to the
le assistance of the assaulted officer and
n the mob finally was dispersed. In the
r. melee one Of the policemen and one Of
# the assailants was injured.
n Similar disturbances in which the po-
% lice had to drive off other gangs oc-
Cured in other polling places in the dis
b. trict. 5ese.
In the districts in the lower part Of
s, the city the early morning voting was
n. very heavy. Nearly one-third of the
\. normal vote had been cast during the
"a first two hours and the leaders predicted
> a record vote before the polls close at
,r 5 clock. At the West Forty seventh
re- street station fourteen arrests in cleo
Ia tion cases were made before o'clock,
H. but the deputies were not able to pre-.
IT sent sufficient evidence to hold any OF
t. them and the prisoners were discharged.
Re > At Political Headquarters.
70 Very few persons connected with the
national and state committees were at
the different headquarters. today. Vice
Chairman Delaney Nicoll, Secretary
'' Woodson and August Belmont were at
the democratic headquarters shortly be
fore noon, but very little business was
transacted. They merely exchanged
opinions as to the outcome of the cleo
} tion. Secretary Woodson was talking
with Chairman Tagg:art on the long dis;
pleasantries regarding the situation
Mr.. Woodson told the chairman that he
heard that the republicans had got him
e in Indiana, to which Mr.. Taggart re:
- piled that he was still long ways
ahead Of them.
None Of the members Of the republic
can national committee was at head
quarters during the early part of the
day. At the Fifth avenue hotel tele
grams were received by the republican
state committee from different parts OF
the state saying that there was goo6
" weather and a full vote was being
Sse polled.
Nc Clashes at Polls.
Id Reports Of clashes between would-bs
voters, the police and election officer;
tn came from many election districts, bui
up to noon no trouble of particularly
at serious nature had occurred. AS thu
IS day progressed arrests for alleged lille
ed gal voting became more frequent thar
We during the early hours and at some @
m the station houses warrants came IL
,er faster than they could be served.
he very heavy vote was reported il
ed Kings county (Brooklyn) and it wa
ed estimated that 65 per cent of the tota
le- vote had been cast at 1890 am. Ul
on to that hour about one hundred arrests
had been made for alleged Illegal regis
raj tration. Four of those arrested wer.
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