Evening star., 1905-11-07
FAVORABLE WEATHER
INDICATIONS OF A VERY LARGE
VOTE IN NEW YORK.
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK. November 7.-Election day
In this city dawned clear and crisp with
every indication of an enormous vote being
polled, the greater part of it In the very
early hours 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
closing of the canvass and the opening of
the voting booths. Many might before
meetings extended into the small hours of
the morning and the final shout had scarcely
died away when the city awoke to the rum
bic OF carriage wheels as party workers
were borne here and there arousing and
marshaling in line the more enthusiastic
voters.
The morning papers were filled with mi
mute directions as to voting split tickets,
and the advice was timely. as the prospect
was that an unusually large number OF bal
iots would be unintentionally invalidated
pS the voters. The republicans members of
the municipal ownership league and SUM-
porters OF District Attorney Jeromes indie
pendent candidacy have all directed their
nights against Tammany, but without losing
sight Of individual interests, until a whole
SAFE scratching of ballots become inevi-
I9Die. e. me exposure by Mr.. Jerome last
hlsht or an alleged plot by which 100000
circulars were TO have been distributed
among voters ostensbly Illustrating how to
kote se Ior Jerome on split ticket, but which
directions. If followed. would invalidata ,ba
ticket, served to increase the fear tbiS
morning that in the confusion of tickets
anu candidates many votes would be thrown
out as Illegal. wa
A Unique Situation.
Iodays situation is unique In the posi-
blIlty or the defeat of the democrat flo ttcl
ct when opposed by two straight ana
strong party tickets. Heretofore onlv ,u
sion has been able to jeopardize democratic
success, and should Tammany go down to
defeat today the victory for the municipal
ownership league or the republican ticket
would be unprecedented The bettini, may
be summed up as follows.
George Is. Mcclellan (democratl for nav,
or, 10 in his favor.
Nlhlam X. Hearst municipal ownership
leaSue) fof mayor. to / against
hIiaIn NJ WINS (republican) for mayor
to ] against
William t. Jerome dndependen) for dis
trict attorney, to in his favor
In spite of Mr.. Jeromes belief that al
leged forged circulars instructinR voters
how TO split a ticket would have wrought
him great harm, the republican county
committee seemingly took different view
of the case and this mornings Instructions
10 republican ballot inspectors contains this
assurance:
"A ballot marked in the circle under the
republican emblem. and also in the circle
under the Jerome emblem, is not a vold
ballot. Every ballot marked In this way
must be counted for all the candidates IN
the republican column except Flammer'
II was believed at first that these instruc-
tiOus were forgeries, since they are at va
rance with the Interpretation of the law
that had been commonly accepted. In the
republican county headquarters however,
the authenticity of the instructions was
admitted and they were declared to be
correct
The instructions are signed by William
Halpin. chairman OF the republican cour;y
committee. The alleged forged Instructions
aimed at Jerome told the voter to make n
cross under his party emblem and another
cross in the circle under the Jerome eru-
blem.
An Interesting Development.
A development of interest this morning
was the publication OF n significant state
ment by Arthur Brisbane. one of Mr.
Hearst's editorial writer's, who declared
that his employer was looking for greater
things than the mayoralty OF New York
Mr.. Brisbane said:
Mr. Hearst is built for greater things
even than the mayoralty of this city. and
he's going to get them. This country is
hard up for rich, intelligent and powerful
men"
The fine weather and the great interest
taken in the issues to be decided brought
out very large vote In the early hours of
the day. In the populous east side and
west side districts men were in line at the
polling places before the hour of opening
and in many instances votes were cast at
the rate of two minute. In the early
hours there was little disorder in spite Of
the fact that the utmost vigilance was
shown by the poll watchers OF the various
parties.
A notable fact was the great number of
volunteer watchers for VIM. T. Jerome
Some of them were students from local
colleges, and they all expressed confidence
that their candidate will be elected The
arrests were numerous, but frequently were
due to MISUNDERSTANDING or to clerical
errors on the registration books. or fif-
teen men arraigned In the Harlem police
court all were released except one man.