The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-09
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 LOYAL TO DEMOCRACY

Fuller: Constable, w. B GiImer.
 Beat SOB. H. Screws. H. w. Fan cher; Constable. B. c. Young. Beat 6--J. P. Armstrong; Constable, E. w. Smith.
 The detailed vote in the seven city beats. including Highland Park. was as Beat 1--Total vote. 251; Parker. PAS; Roosevelt. 8. @
 Beat 2-Total vote, 4s4; Parker. N57; Roosevelt, [.
 Beat s-Total vote, AS; Parker. 415; Roosevelt. 3.
 1 Beak 4-Total vote, 405; Parker, 37S;s Roosevelt, 25: Socialist ticket. 2. l Beat 5--Total vote. 252; Parker. 244; Roosevelt, 6; Socialist ticket. 2. | Beat 6-Total vote. 95; Parker, g.; l Roosevelt, 2; Socialist, 1.
 Beat 17-Total vote. 63; Parker, 61; Roosevelt. 1; Watson, 1.
 In Beat 1s the vote was: Parker, 40; Roosevelt. o. ker, 31; Roosevelt, I; Wiley, 32; Charles lChisholm, was elected Justice of the l Peace and Phil Thrasher constable. In Beat 21, the vote was: Parker, | 27, and Roosevelt, o. W. s. McDade was elected Justice of the Peace.
 The vote of Beat Is. FIeta. was cast lin its entirety, T votes for the straight Democratic ticket from Parker down. Protest Against Roosevelt. The Democrats of Montgomery felt | it incumbent upon them to protest aganst Rooseyeltism. Their only pro- l test lay in a ballot against his admin istration and again the policies of his marty. But it was the Roosevelt per- sonalfty and the sectionalism of his administration against which the Democrats protested. Voting was with | them a matter of conscience. They | felt it their duty to go to the polls and cast their ballots. Some of them did so at considerable sacrifice. The large vote of Montgomery was piled up without solicitation. There were no carriages standing at the polls | to bring in reluctant voters and no pullers-in to rush down the street to asman's place of business and tell him to hurry up and vote before the polls closed. The voters were there of l their own free will and of their own de- sire. to have their ballots cast and counted, gThe election, was remarkable | in this. the voluntary going to the polls l of the local voters.
 | The polling places were rarely crowded. At the opening hour of each | l who were anxiuos to get through the | important business of the day and then take up their regular daily tasks. After | this small rush the voters came in a steady. but never large stream. They came in singly and in pairs. This was really the feature of the day. the way in which, the electors dropped in alone and of their own volition It disclos- ed the feeling that animated these cleo tors, that they, were called upon to protect against Rooseveltism,
 Women Were Interested.
 we'll known and popular matron in her carriage drove by corner on which several of her men friends were standing. As she passed she leaned out of the carriage and called to them: Don't overlook gonig to the polls to- day. We are depending upon you all to do your duty"
 This in a way indicates the deep in- terest that the feminine portion of Montgomery's residents took in yester- days election. Undoubtedly hundreds of the voters in Montgomerys election had been asked to go to the polls by some feminine friend or relative.
 As result of these conditions the election of yesterday was conspicuous ly different from the Presidential cleo ton of other years when the result locally and in the State was foregone conclusion and When General Apathy was in command of the situation. Not that there was any less certainty about the State and county yesterday. But principle was at stake with the Mont gomery voter and the least he could do was to register himself upon it.
 The election managers had but little trouble. The general election law has greatly simplified the act of voting. It was only necessary yesterday to put cross mark under a party emblem to vote the straight ticket. It was noticeable, however. that the few cleo tors who voted the Populist or Repub- lican ticket in most instances preferred to put cross mark opposite the name of each of their candidates rather than to vote the straight ticket by the simple cross mark under the party em | blem.
 As result of the simplifcation of the voting. the ballots were quickly counted. There were few split or divided ballots, the only sort that gave the managers any trouble, in the counting.
 Jackson Giles Turned Down.
 Jackson w. Giles the negro suffrage agitator,, presented himself at the poll Ing place in Beat 4 to cast his ballot about 3:3O o'clock yesterday afternono The beat managers of the election turn | ed him down. He was not a register ed voter. The board of registration of Montgomery County had refused him registration and. of course. the election managers could not permit him to vote
 Giles is President of the Colored