Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-07
MANY LEAVING TODAY
TRAINS TAKE Gov
ERNMENT employees TO VOTE.
Work Finished at Headquarters of the
Democratic Congressional
Committee.

Outgoing trains on all railroads today
were crowded with employees of the gov
eminent who are going home to vote.
Postmaster General Wynne will leave this
evening for Philadelphia to cast his bal
lot there tomorrow morning He will return
at once to Washington. Most Of the other
officials of the postal service will be at
the polling places. Mr.. Howley, acting
first assistant postmaster general. is at
Brooklyn, N. Y, where he will vote. Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General Shallen-
berger left today for Pennsylvania; Third
Assistant Madden has gone to his home in
Detroit and Fourth Assistant Bristow is
at his home in Kansas, and Acting Fourth
Assistant Conrad left today for his home
at Somerset KY. A large number of the
gone home to vote.
From Uptown Departments.
There was an exodus OF government off,
Gals and employees in the uptown depart
ments yesterday and today, all bound for
their legal homes for the purpose of vot-
ing for their candidates in the presidential
and state elections tomorrow. In the State
Department there are only small number
of employees who have the electoral fran
chise and several of these reside in states
where the majorities are so large that their
votes are not needed. Secretary Hay Is
accredited to the District of Columbia and
consequently has no vote. The same is the
case with Second Assistant Secretary Adee.
Assistant Secretary Loomis votes in Ohio
and Third Assistant Secretary PIERCE is a
citizen of Massachusetts, but neither of
these gentlemen considers his vote essen
tial at this election.
Secretary Taft. who has been working
like a Trojan for the republican ticket in
the north and middle west, has gone to
his home in Cincinnati to vote the straight
republican ticket He made his final ad-
dress at Wilmington, Del, Saturday night.
Instead of coming to Washington as was
originally intended, he returned to New
York and went west from there. Gen. Oil
yer, assistant secretary OF war, will vote
in Albany, N. Y, tomorrow morning and
return to this city in the evening. 1t Is
estimated that about 300 employees of the
War Department have gone to their homes
to vote.
Will Not Go Home to Vote.
Neither Secretary Morton nor Assistant
Secretary Darling will vote tomorrow. Sec
rotary Morton's legal residence is in Chica-
20 and Assistant Secretary Darling is citi-
zen of Vermont. The last named is now on
a visit to western cities. Secretary Morton
will remain in this city tomorrow and will
jon the President at the White House to-
morrow night to receive the official returns.
About 100 employees of the Navy Depart
ment will cast their ballots at their homes
tomorrow.
At Democratic Headquarters.
Work at the headquarters of the demo-
cratic congressional committee has been fin
ished. Secretary Charles A. Edwards is the
only official of the committee now here. He
expressed confidence that Judge Parker
would be elected, his figures being that the
democratic candidate would have at least
259 votes in the electoral college. He hopes
also, that the next House of Representa-
tives may be democratic, but he is not abb