The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-10-21
A PRIMARY ELECTION
Detroit Is Giving the Thing a Wig
orous Test
HEAVY VOTE is BEING PoLLEo
Plenty Of Ward Heelers on Hand to
Influence Voters-Little Confusion
at PoIIs-Foreigner Make Less
Number Of Mistakes Than Natives.

Detroit Mich, Oct. 1s.-Detroit is
now vigorously exercising her rights
in primary reform as conferred upon
her recently by the state legislature.
That the thing is going to be a go
seems quite probable SO far, though
another day yet remains before the
primary election comes to an end
making three days in all.
A very heavy vote has SO far Seen
polled and great interest is shown in
the primaries. At many Of the voting
places last evening men were lined up
in a string that reached across the
street, all awaiting their chance TO get
inside and mark their ballot. They
were business men and workingmen-
who had been unable to vote and reg
lister earlier in the day, and their In
terest showed that they took To the
new primary system.
Monday was fine day and as re-
suit there was heavy vote for the
first of the three days OF polling. Tho
polls opened at $3.50 in the morning,
and in most places they found men
waiting to cast their votes when the
doors were opened. And the voteys
kept right on coming all day long IN
a steady stream until Closing time at
8 p. IN.
Hordes Of Workers.
All over town there were herdeSF OF
ward heelers and workers about the
voting places, each one roofing and
working In the true old style for his
particular candidate for some one OF
the Offices. In some places they oven
solicited votes for an entire slate. but
IN most cases 1t wes work for indfvtd-
ual candidates. However, the notice
able fact about the whole BUSINESS
was that these old-time workers we're
helpless. Under the system of voting
now IN use they were unable to con
troll the vote Of any man. All tMey
could do was to stand around, buttbn-
hole voter when he came up to thu
booth, talk to him a "Aile and load
him up with campaign cards, and nDw
and then cigar, but when he finally
escaped they could not tell how much
they had accomplished with their
mfssionery work. He was able TO DO
as he -,ceecd when no once got IN
side the booth and began marking his
ballot.
Foreigners Did Right.
In some Of the wards there was eapn-
.t1o,.o NJ tro,,l,ya oy,oopo Soma ~ fbo
voters in getting their ballots rrpp-
erly marked Contrary to expecta-
tons, however, this difficulty YVES not
as common among the foreigners as
among the natives. II was discovered
that most OF the latter marched into
the booth without asking questions
about how he should mark his ballot.
On the ether hand, the Polish ana 9TH
err foreign born voters did not hesitate
70 ask all manner Of questions. Trey
simply did not know how to vote and
rather than take the risk of going
wrong they took the proper course to
get information.
So far as has been learned, how
ever, there was little confusion
throughout the city over the casting
OF ballots at the primaries. Some of
those who registered did not vote. bit
it Is believed that the percentage of
such will be small. Nearly all Who
entered the booths registered and
voted.
There Is no possible chance for any
one to even hazard a guess upon the
complexion OF the vote as yet.