Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-02

{ The issues involved in the city election which have been aired during the past nine or ten days, are being put to a test today at the polls and un- less appearances are very deceiying the verdict of the electors will be i'll flavor of giving the business admins tration it's release from power and entrusting the affairs of the city for the next two years to the democratic party. There was a marked differ }enee in the attitude of the republi- cans this morning when the polls opened compared with that of two years ago when the party workers, aided by many democrats were on the ground early and kept up sharp fight until the last gun was fired. To day the republicans entered the coll test in a lf-hearted manner, while the democrats stepped onto the firing line with more vigor than they have done for some time past. There aT < peared to be perfect harmony amoT all clements of democrats and bet T, still men who have voted the repY Ii- can ticket all their lives sought past- CTS for some of the democratic nom- inees and in many instances they voted the democratic ticket straight, thus reversing the conditions that ob- tained at the former election, when democrats, laboring under delusion, fell into line with the opposition. In the fourth and fifth districts the lead CTS of the two primary tickets, the one that was defeated as well as the other, were. active in support of the whole ticket The same thing was noticeable in the other districts and when such a- condition exists the par ty has reason to loog for good results.
 The weather was threatening dur ing the early part of the day but it held up and turned out to be just right for political combat. There was talk of pasting and of deals to help some at the expense of others, but this was heard with reference to republicans as well as democrats, and nobody could be found who cared to say what he thought it would amount to. It was rumored that the old time republicans were pasting Thoms over Blakeslee, Brett over Blair, Smith over Rigney, Russell over Goodrich, and Reeves over Hunt. On the other hand Sandland, the republican nom- inee for city clerk, was said to be getting pastors over Crary, but if there were any democrats in this they must have carried on their ] treachery away from the polls. MT Crary was one of the hardest work CTS in the field for the whole ticket, and he also had quite a number of people interested in him, none of whom had any doubt that he would fall behind his associates.
 The election officials were as fol lows:
 First ward-Moderato and box ten der, Attorney Walter E. Monagan, checker, Frank Mattoon; school check CT, George F. Warren; school box, Jo- seph P. McEvoy; license box, Martin ]. Clark; ballots, Arthur c. Griswold and John B. Moran; envelopes, Chris Geraghty and George H. Cummings; ushers, John Flaherty and L. W. La tham.
 Second ward-Moderato and box tender. s. L. Arthur; checker, Michael Delaney; school checker, John T. Me Hale; school box, F. A. Walker; H. cense, J. T. Rice; ballots, John Ryan and W. c. Upson; envelopes, Patrick Delaney and Fred Campbell: ushers, Daniel Keefe and Henry Littlejohn.
 Third ward Moderator and box ten der, Daniel E. Fitzpatrick; checker, George H. Nettleton; school checker, Fred Bauby; school box, Daniel Der gen; license, Henry Kennedy; ballots, Q. c. Rabe and Walter J. Costello; envelopes, H. F. Marendez and D. J. Cronan; ushers, P. J. Clark and A. l. Cook.
 Fourth ward-Moderatoc Homer F Northrop; checker, W. J. Shannahnn, license box, Charles Schmidt; woulen'S vote, James M. Elliott; ushers, Thom- as BegnaI and Charles Totten; Ii1S- cts, John J. Fitzgerald and Arthur B, Walker; envelopes, James Powers and J.R. Abbott; deputy registrars, J. f. Morris and R. s. Walker.
 Fifth ward Moderator, D. ]. Sla- win; checker. Ernest F. Guilford; H. cense box, Charles Smith; women's vote. Albert Powell; ushers, James Il White and Benjamin +. Noether; tickets, Simon Cronan and ]. F. Hol- land; envelopes. John ]. Green and John J. Dillon: deputy registrars, Rob- ert Butler and Howard Snow.
 At 10 o'clock the vote was as fol lows in the respective wards:
 First, 200; second. 360: third, 40; fourth. 274; fifth. 240.
 At l o'clock the total number of votes cast was: First ward. 1.2Al: second ward, 1.120: third ward. 1.a4: fourth ward, sT5: fifth ward. HOO.
 The vote two years ago at o'clock was: First ward, 1,200; second, 1,250; fhird 2IS. fnirrfh 2l3: fifth. 1000