Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-07
EXCITEMENT IN
NEN YORK CITY
ELECTION Day Begins With Long
Lines Of Voters at the Polls
and Much Uncertainty
TINE SITUATION IS PECULIAR
THE Betting Favors Mcclellan, But
i iAsarst Is Considered to Have Good
y Chance to Win-Excitemen at the
II Aiohsst Sensational Close Of
4 The Campaign.

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New York, Nov. 7.-Fine weather
and great interest brought out very
large vote in the early hours. In the
populous east side and west side dis
tidcts votes were cast at the rate OF
two a minute. In the early hours ar
rests were numerous, but frequently
due TO misunderstanding or to cler-
ical errors on the registration books
Betting odds are: Mcclellan, demo-
crat for mayor, 2 to in his favo.
Hearst q to 1 against WINS to !
against. Jerome for district attorney.
4 3 to In favor.
Election day dawned in this city
l clear and crisp with every indications
OF an enormous vote being polled. The
polls opened at o'clock and in. nearly
every, precinct hundreds of voters were
already in line. There was practically
no cessation between the formal clos
ing Of the canvass and THE opening
Of the voting booths. Many might be-
fore" meetings extended into the small
hours this morning and the final shout
Y had scarcely died away when the city
awoke to the rumble Of carriage wheels
] as party workers were borns here and
there arousing and marshaling the line
of the more enthusiastic voters. The
morning papers were filed with minute
directions as 10 voting split tickets
and the advice was timely as the pros
pes,t was that an usually large num-
/. Der OF ballots woa.d be unintention-
ally invalidatetI by voters, Republt-
cans, members OF the municipal own
ership league and supporters OF Dis
trict Attorney Jerome have all direct
ed their fight against Tammany, but
without losing sight Of individual In
terests until wholesale s.scratching" OF
ballots became Inevitable.
Plot to Beat Jerome.
h The exposure by Jerome last might
of an alleged plot by which 100000
circulars were to have been distributed
arnu1g the voters, ostensibly illus
( trating how te, vote for Jerome on a
spit ticket, by which directions, if
followed, woultl invalidate the ticket,
served to increase the fear today that
IN the confusion of tickets and candi-
as Illegal.
s Unique Situation.
sToday,s situation is unique in the
possibility OF defeat OF the democratic
ticket when opposed by two straight
and strong party tickets Heretofore,
only fusion has been able to jeopardize
democratic success and should Tam
snany go down to defeat to-day the vice
tory dor the municipal ownership
league or republican ticket wM be un-
preceiented.
Hearst's Ambition.
A development OF interest this morn
{ ing was the publication of significant
I statement by Arthur Brisbane, one Of
Mr.. Hearst's editorial writer's, who de-
clared his employer was looking for
greater Things than the mayoralty Of
New York. Brisbane said: MIR. Hearst
as built for greater Things even than
the n1ayoralty OF this city and he is
going to get them. This country is
hard up for rich, Intelligent, powerful
men"
Campaign excitement became 30 In
tense in the hobby at the Hoffman
house last might that dt was necessary
for the management co call for police
reserves and close the hotel to all ex-
.cept patrons. The Hoffman house is
headquarters for the Hearst ticket,
ana dor years 1t has been the scenes
oc the heaviest betting UP town. It is
always crowded ON such nights but last
night 1t was packed to suffocation.
All was orderly until q band OF young
men began. shouting for Hearst. A
band Just al large answered with
shouts for Mcclellan and I'm another
moment there wsts tumult. The crowd
began to sway backward and forward,
and at this point the hotel managers
telephoned to pt,lice headquarters. In
the meantime the disorder was grow
ing. The lights in the lobby were
turned off. But the darkness only in
tensified the excitement. Finally the
reserves arrived and after considera-
ble effort cleared the hotel OF all but
patrons.
Todays vote, which Is expected to
reach a total cf more than six hundred
Thousand in the city is being cast at
1,y4S pOlNnS lJistcos. LINZ eoldi aeSis-
fration is 646,s71. The polls close at
p. m.
Before noon there had been sixty
seven arrests on complaints of Illegal
registration. All but one Of the ac-
cusei were discharged by the police
magistrates Elections are being held
throughout the state for municipal and
county officers ard members Of the as
sembly ibrandft OF the legislature. The
weather generally Is fair, except In
the extreme western part of the state
where rain is falling. The vote Is
being polled early
Hearst Leader Beaten.
New York. Nov. 7.-Joseph Thomas,
one Of the Hearst leaders, was beaten
and perhaps fatally injured today by
twelve men who assaulted aldm when
- attempted to cause the arrest OF q