The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-11-11
A BRIGHT ELECTION DAY
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS is ON
WITH ENTHUSIASM.
PARTY WORKERS OUT IN FORCE
Polls Opened at O'Clock and viii
Close at This EVenng-An lmpor.
tant Election and Much Interest is
in Evidence.
IFrom Tucsdoy's DnlIyl

From Tuesdays pailyl
After frosty night election day
dawncd this morning with bright
sun and promise of a warm and pleas
ant day. which stirred the officials out
carly In the morning to complete the
arrangements for opening the election
booths and at O'Clock the voters com
menced to file into the polling places
and the movement toward these plac,
cs of political interest has continued
all day long and will not abate until
the votes are counted tonight. The
election started with n rush in the
wards and precincts and the indica.
tions are that an unusually heavy vote
is being polled
Party workers were out early, with
carriages or otherwise, gathering in
the diatory electors. The carriages
bore streamors telling what political
complexion of voters they most de.
sired to haul to the polling places and
they were kept moving constantly dur.
ing the day. The election boards were
on duty promptly at the opening hour,
with challengers OF each party pres
ont to see that all the voters of the
party they favored were registered in
and to prevent the opposition party
from running in men who are not en-
titled to vote.
At noon n large number Of votes
had been cast in the various polling
places In Norfolk, but much the larger
percentage remained to be cast be.
tween noon and the time for the clos.
ing of the polls at o'clock this even.
ing. and as the time grows shorter for
the registering of the votes the in
tcreSt and efforts of the workers will
increase until all known voters have
been induced to attend to their cleo
tive rights.
With national, state, county and dis
trct tickets to be elected this is the
most important election since four
years ago when Mckinley and Roose-
welt were elected.
The pleasant day and bright sun
shine is the kind that is popularity be-
lieved to contribute to republican sue.
cess, but the opposition parties are
stubbornly working in the interests of
their candidates and propose to make
a winning of 1t II possible, and II that
is not possible to keep the republican
majorities down to the lowest possible
point, Men with campaign documents,
cards of the politicians, arguments for
the support of their individual selec.
tions. and statements calculated to
change votes are working the streets,
holding the voters up on street cor.
ners and doing active work in behalf
Of the tickets they represent, so that
ii is lively day In political way and
the voters appear to he aroused to
that extent that the feeling Of apathy
which distinguished the opening of the
campaign will undoubtedly disappear
before such an avalanche of votes as
has not been experienced since the
last presidential election.
With the closing of the polls at
O'Clock the real interest of the cam
paign will begin and the voters and
others interested will be on hand to
learn what the prospective outcome is.
Nothing positively definite will be
known before tomorrow and perhaps
even then the returns will not be sat.
isfactory, but returns will begin COM
ing from the east where the polls are
closed several hours before the bat.
tie ends here, soon after dark and
a comparison with the vote of four
years ago will give an indication of
the drift so that the results may be-
gin to be estimated and about mid
night or before there will he returns
to give quite a positive indication of
how the tide Of the silent battle has
drifted.