Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-07
TOday's Telegraphic News
ToDAY'S ELECTION.
VIRGINIA.
Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette.

T0DAY'S ELECTION.
VIRGINIA.
Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette
Richmond, Va, Nov. 7.-Voting is
slow in the city. At the precincts, where
over six hundred votes were registered,
up to l p. m. only IT'S votes bad been
polled. This is a fair average of what
is going on all over the city, and while
democrats do not seem alarmed, they are
doing all in their power to get votes out
in the afternoon. Only one city officer (the
sergeant) has opposition. A great
many people are failing to scratch this
part of the ticket. So far as can be
learned the election is passing off with
out accident in the State. A light vote
is being polled.
Richmond, Va, NOy.-Although the
republicans have heen active in Virginia
for several months past and have nomi-
mated full State ticket, the election
throughout the Old Dominion, today, is
a very cuiet one, and a comparatively
small vote will be polled. No far
reaching issues are involved in the fight
and the contest during the campaign was
devoid of novelty. Even the most con-
sentative predict that the democrats will
easily elect their ticket and three-fourths
of the Legislature. A regular thing about
the election is the negroes who have been
disgruntled by the lilywhite tendencies
of the republicans are keeping away
from the polls. In Richmond, up to
noon hardly a hundred colored votes
had been cast, and these were mostly at
one or two precincts. At some precincts
not a single colored man has appeared.
As there are over rs, 900 registered ne
gro voters in Virginia, even under the
new constitution, this state of affairs is
most unusual. Weather all over the
State is clear.
NEW YORK.
New York, Nov. THE interest in
the msyoralty fight and William Travers
Jerome for reelection to the Office of
District Attorney caused Father Knick.
erbocker to tumble out of bed early this
morning and hustle to the polls. 1t was
an ideal election day, and indications at
10 o'clock were that the full registered
vote would be brought out. The polls
opened promptly at 6 O'Clock, and will
close at five O'Clock this evening
In many places a record vote was
poled in the first few minutes. Several
arrests were made for illegal voting, dur
ing the morning, and there we're several
assault cases.
The early voting was remarkably free
from election disorder, despite the bit
terness of the campaign.
There was little betting this morning
on the result of The election. Mcclellan
remained the favorite at 2 to l, and 10
to 7, while Jerome was 2 to l choice
over his opponent, James w. Osborne.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, Nov. Two murders
already committed, and two hundred
prisoners landed in city hall cells and
kept incommunicado is the early morn
ing beginning OF what promises to be the
stormiest and bioodiest election day
known in Philadelphia. Assuming
that Sheriff Miles would swear in hum
dreds of special deputies, Mayor Weaver
last night took entire charge of the
police department and swore in nearly
1000 special policemen, armiug them
with clubs. All information regarding |
the murders and The arrests of the num-
erous persons is denied at the City Hall,
and it is understood that no information /
will be given out there or any person |
allowed to see or communicate with |
them until after the polls are closed to-
night. The present outlook is that the
vote will be an unusually heavy one,
and that the organization majority will
be greatly depleted even if it is not en-
tirely wiped out.
Harbormaster Samuel G. Maloney,
Magistrate James Fealey, and ex-Lieu-
tenant of Police James Carey, leaders of
the republican forces, in the Fifth ward,
have been arrested. Where they have
been taken their friends have been I'M
able to find out and the police will give |
out no information.
SO far, about dozen polling places
have been closed and the election Off
GERS have appealed to the courts for pro-
lection. In one polling place, the vot-
ing booths were wrecked. All of the
disorder is occurring in the wards where
the organization is conceded to be in the
majority. Judge Breezy has requested
director Potter to keep the police out of
the polling places.
A reign of terror prevails in the
Fifth ward, and even the election
officers are scared out of their wits.
There now seems little doubt that, owing
to the close of so many polling places,
the election will be thrown into the
courts, for final settlement.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. An ideal
fall election day and the bitterness of
the contests is bringing out an early and
large vote in Pittsburg, Allegheny, and
the surrounding borOughs. As result
of alleged fraudulent voting of a man in
the polling place OF the First district OF
the Fifth ward shortly after 10 O'Clock,
a small riot took place Immediately in
front of the Allegheny county Jail, in
which the polling place is located, dur
ing the progress of which shot was
fred by one of the combatants and it is
that no person was killed or