The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
EARLY VOTE LARGE
IN THE PRIMARIES
Political Parties in Hennepin Are
Making Up Their Tickets
Today.
ALL THE. CANDIDATES
SEEM CONFIDENT YET
Dem. Vote Light and Republican
Vote Significantly Large in
Some District.

The primary election battle Of ballots
is on today, and tour of the voting
places indicates that the early vote was
Later in the day, however, there was
a decided lull, tho candidates generally
predicted that the evening vote would
more than make good for this falling
From 7 till o'clock this morning the
voting was particularly. brisk. Undis-
ening sky, and urged on by personal
affiliations or precinct workers, men
fastened to the voting booths, and BUSH
ness was particularly brisk for time
with the election officers.
early r"h tbat IS per SO cent aee Of be n eas
o'clock. Voters stood in long lines.
! waiting their turns to cast their bal.
lots. r- - -
o An a 6 Of s?5 At the
fourth M2 ward, at the foot of Lowry hill.
seventy-fve ballots had been cast BY
10 o'clock. Men were in line there
HSm hs that oRRe enr Wb the y 5s Gns gass
intact, Thomas Lowry came up in his
carriage and alighted, desiring to do
his duty as a citizen: For fifteen or
twenty minutes he waited for a chance
to get in tnt9 e.,;ne voting booth, then Dc.
| carriage, returning an hour later, after
the crowd had thinned and when he was
permitte dto cast his ballot without
delay.
Voting in thes outhern part Of the
Voters thers w were hsd hg goci
part of the morning. (. In the Kenwood
district theearly vote cast was also par
ticularly large. So
The large early vote made candidates
on every hand predict that before the
| day was over the number of republican
ballots cast would go considerably over
/ the 10000 mark.
Gossip at the polls was to the effect
that the district Judges now in Office
! and seeking enomination, were being
cut and were in danger Of not being
norninated, altho up to- yesterday all
four were considered leaders, both the
two democrats and the two republicans
, There was a general impression also
that the democratic vote was very light.
larly true. In one precinct, on River
side near Cedar, out of ffty-three votes
| cast by 1890, not one~was democratic.
There was a republican vote in this
ward, however, that indicated the posi-
blllty that DEMOCRATS were voting for
some G.. 0. P. candidate
The interest manifested at some Of
the precinct voting places was almost
as great as that in evidence at gen
eral election. Twenty-Five to fifty men
were out in front Of every voting place,
and in some instances the street was
almost blocked with the carriages in
waiting: These carriages, covered with
signs Of the candidates who were pay
ing for them, were in evidence in every
part of the city, busy carrying voters
to the voting booths to cast their bal
| lots. ,.
| In the first precinct Of the fifth ward,
which has a normal vote Of 800, 80 votes
the fifth a third Of the normal vote Of
800 was cast by noon. Votes In other
precincts by noon were as follows: Sew
enth Of the fifth afd ward, 80 out Of nor
% n o9ts Of ao go9 eighth 4s g Ct a he lt g
the eleventh ward, rs out Of 225; third
Of eleventh, 80 out Of 800; ninth Of
first, rs out of $50; fourth Of fourth.
i rs out Of 1885,. third of fourth, 80 out
|e ef.2 goo; first Of eighth, 80 o egt Of ESQ:
Of eighth. $50 out Of 400; sixth Of
eighth, IS out Of 80; seventeenth Of
fourth, 65 out Of 100.
The fact that the above vote was
cast, during working hours, when hun
Business s. indicates that this eAe evening" aa
there will be a large addition to the
days balloting, and the total vote NAV
be in excess Of the average estimates
of candidates and their managers.
Every citizen who would cast vote
become Impressed at the multitudinous
strikers who hand him enough cards to
start souvenir collection cheering to
the heart of any boy. No guilty or in
nocent man is allowed to escape with
varieties, and in many cases the voter
looks like walking picture gallery,
after he has broken thru the skirmish
line. The scenery in the vicinity Of
I the polling. places is largely made up Of
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