The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-08
Democratic and Reform Candi-
date Defeats Plummer, Re-
publican, For Treasurer.
HUNDREDS or ILLEGAL
VOTERS SENT TO JAIL.
Police Frustrate Movement Of
Imported Negroes to Vote,
Suspecting Fraud, Hold Up
Voting in One Of the Dis
tricts Until Five
O'clock.
(By Associated Press

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, November -
Philadelphia has been swept by the re-
form movement, the city party ticket
winning by a surprisingly large plurality
While returns from only six OF the
forty-two wards In this city had been
counted up to midnight. enough is known
OF the result In the remaining wards to
indicate the defeat OF the Republican
4 local ticket by from 10000 TO 5000
plurality.
The victory Of the city party carries
with It the election OF William H. Berry,
the Democratic and reform candidate for
State treasurer. j. Lee Plummer, the
Republican candidate for that office
was badly cut throughout the city and
z State, and he has lost his own county,
which is usually Republican.
The result has every appearance OF
; landslide for reform not only in Phila-
delhpia. but throughout the State.
Contrary to general expectation, there
were no serious disturbances In the city
4 to- day. There were, however, many
small scrimmagcs at polling places, es-
pec,aIly 1.-The mora thickly settled wards.
where the Republican organization Is very
strong, and where The city party put up
a most determined fight The police de-
apartment was at all times master OF the
situation. and whenever trouble was
started 1t was quickly stopped Some OF
these disturbances blossomed into small
riots, but after the smoke had cleared
away 1t was found that no one was seri-
ously wounded.
Extra Precaution.
Never In the history OF the city were
suc:, complete arrangements made for
preventing the casting OF Illegal votes.
Besides the large number OF watchers and
overseers located at the LOO polling
places, there were from one to six police
men stationed at each one of these places
The orders were explicit. and the numer-g
Gus squabbles between policemen and clcc-s
4tion officers proved that they attempted
to carry them out.
q. The orders Of the police proved eXtremc-$
" .rksome to many election officers, prln-
cipally those affiliated with the Republi-s
cans. In many cases they ordered the
police away from the polling places, and
upon their, refusal to leave, took the mat
ter to court, where the differences were
patched UP. The election officers also
complained bitterly Of police interference
with legal organization voters. and as
sert that In many instances honest vot,
ers were terrorized
Police Hold Up Voting.
The storm, center Of the day was in the
Fifth Ward, where election day sc!uom
goes by without trouble. To-day this
ward. Within whose boundaries stands
Independence Hall, was in an uproar
most of the day. There was continual
friction between the police and the Re-
publicans. The greatest trouble was ex-
plienccd in the eighteenth division.
where notfa ballot was cast until s
O'Clock in the afternoon, The cleo
ton board refused to open the polling
place until the police left the building.
The policemen refused, and the whole
party was audited into court The judges
Instructed the election board to return
and open the pools. This they refused
to do and cllrbstonc election was held
for a selection of II new board, while
several hundred looked on and shouted.
,rho voting place was then opened with
the new board under the protection of
Gordon OF police. Many organization Re-
publicans, 1t is claimed, refused to vote.
Arrested for Conspiracy.
One OF the Incidents of the Fifth Ward
struggle was the arrest of Harbor Master
Samuel G. Maloney on the charge of
conspiracy to hold an illegal election.
He is the Republican leader of the ward,
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