The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-03
Ticket Headed by Sim
mons IS Apparently
in the Lead.
GOOD ORDER PREVAILS
Polls Close at $50 O'Clock.
Result to Be Announced
This Evening.

One Of the most exciting battles of the
ballots ever engaged IN by the Repub-
licans of the District of Columbia is on.
No less than 10000 votes are to be cast.
1t is estimated.
The polls were opened, two in each dis
trict. promptly at u O'Clock At O'Clock
the voting was going on rapidly. If
every Republican in the District 1oes
not have his ticket in the boxes by the
time the polls close at $3.50 O'Clock to-
night. it is going to be his own fault
In the early afternoon. the Simmons
Richardson Poe ticket was in the lead
The Van Wickle-Patterson combine was
| second and the Reyburn-Cook had third
place
Workers OF every description are out
a. districts about the polls
Unless something unexpected has been
prepared by one of the three combina-
tions. there is. IT Is said. not much
chance OF a change in the order of the
vote as it now appears
Gossip of the Polls.
Reports Of all kinds are going the
rounds. but none, of course. can be
verified One of these is TO the effect
that General Harries had ordered all
| of the employees Of the street railroad
/ Of which he is the vice president 20
! vote for the Van Wickle-PattersOn
4 ticket, as that combine had indorsed him
\ for the National Committee. 1t was an
4 nounced. against this ticket, that the in
! fluence alleged TO have been promised
! from the friends Of the President had
J been Withdrawn. if IL ever was really
/ expected.
! Mr.. Simmons announced early today
lJhat several OF the strongest business
| organizations IN the city had come out
for him, as had two big fraternal asso-
| Citations. One Of these * composed OF
| coloIed men, which puts an end 10 the
| attempt Of the followers of the Van
/ Wickle-Patterson combination TO MAKE
| Lilly Whites" working against James
w. Poe and the other colored men OF
| the SimmOns-POe ticket
| Like the other candidates, Mr.. Sim
4 mons is certain that his ticket IS going
10 win The same is true OF w. S. Rich
ardson
I'VE have thorough organization in
/ every district" said the latter. Should
we lose il will be for some reason not
now apparent l do not think defeat
possible
Defeat Impossible.
Mr. Simmons said he had assurances
of a support which would make defeat
| impossible.
Dr. Robert Reyburn, who heads the
D
! his combination Is still the strongest
| He polled a heavy vote at the last pri-
/ mary election and with Cook behind him
] he expects 10 do the same thing again.
Mr.. Van Wickle was taking things
| quietly as certain as Mr.. Simmons that
he would be the next delegate 10 Chi
| cago.
Consequently. II seems anybody's fight
/ Every local leader OF Importance Is
/ Involved in the struggle
Cook is a member of the election
! board, from which W. Calvin Chase Re.
! signed before he accepted the place on
the Simmons-Chase ticket Conse-
/ Cdently there may be some sort Of Il
contest IL by any unexpected develop
ment of strength his ticket should be
elected.
Chase himself says he is not taking
any active part in the campaign. be
cause he lacked time to prepare a
proper sort of a ticket after the with
dfawal of Col. NJ. Emmet Urel. 1t is
not likely that there Is going 70 be any
contest after the election other than
the possibility I'm connection with Cook.
| 1t Is apparent that Chaplin Brown and
General Harries are both striving for
an honest election. Said the former
this afternoon:
I'VE have been careful in the selection
of judges and clerks. and have taken
every precaution TO make the election
honest Personally / believe the voting
IS going to be clean
Order Maintained
Major Sylvester has prepared to make
the election orderly, anyway. and every
Republican is TO have a chance TO cast
his vote il he so desires. Many of the
detective force are around the polling
places TO prevent lawbreaking and to
arrest any crooks who attempt TO in
terfere with citizens. number of po-
licemen in plain clothes gave rise 10 a
report that they were working in the
interest Of one ticket or the other. The
charge was made in one case that the
cOlOTed men OF the force were taking
sides
1t is expected that there is going TO
be a rush Of voting after 8 O'Clock
when the working people and Govern
ment clerks who claim the District Of
Columbia their home get TO the
polls Orders have been issued TO the
judges. however, to close the boxes
promptly at $50, no matter how many
1tes remain 10 be cast.
aiken TO the meeting room at the Ma
sonic Temple, where the returning
board consisting Of w. Riley Decide,
George Truesdell. and Whiteheld Nc
kinlay, are to go over them. beginning
/ at Z O'Clock. Chaplin Brown, John r
Cook, and General Harries are all eX-
pected to be present.
1t is here the figures are to be an
nOunced. Just when the board is 10
conclude its labOrs tonight is not known
but the members are 10 remain at work
until all votes are counted. Unless
there is unforeseen delay the figures
should be announced not later than Il
O'Clock
CONTEST IN SECOND OVER