Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-07

IN conssquere, Tremendous Vote
poiled In New York state.

Poited N new YORK state.
New York. Nov. 6.-Exceptionaily
favorable weather conditions. coupled
with the unprecedented campaign for
gubernatorial honors on the part o..
Messrs. Hearst and Hughes. brough,
out tremendous vote in Greater New
York. Ballots were handed In with
n rush from the very opening OF tho
polls and many precincts made early
voting records. In one election pre-
cinct In the Bronx i32 ballots were
deposited IN the first ninety minutes
Of voting. The serving OF the thou.
sands OF warrants sworn out by SUI
perintendent Of Elections Morgan be.
gan early and there was n steady
stream Of prisoners from polling
places TO police courts. In nearly cv.
sry case. however. in the first three
hours. the accused parties proved their
right to vote and were permitted TO
deposit their ballots.
John ID. Rockefeller was among the
early voters. He reached his polling
place In Sixth avenue at $50 O'Clock
and deposited his ballot two minutes
later.
What do you think OF the election?"
he was asked as ne was leaving the
polling place.
Il hope for the best" replied Mr..
Rockefeller, as he stepped into his
automobile and was wbirled away
Charles Il. Hughes voted shortly
before o'clock In the Amsterdam
Avenue barber shop precinct In this
district there are about 600 voters.
For the first hour there we're seventy.
five votes polled.
SIXTY arrests on charges Of Illegal
voting and registering and offering and
accepting money for votes we're re-
ported TO Superintendent Morgan dur
Ing the first two hours OF the voting
This is the greatest number OF arrests
In that period Of time reported since
the election bureau was established.
Among the early morning arrests
was former Police Captain Diamond.
He voted from his home In East
Eighteenth street When the Morgan
men went To verify the address they
found the house boarded up. The ar
rest was made on the allegation that
Diamond had lived all summer In Put
nam county. this state.
w. Il. Hearst sent the following tel.
egram easly In the day to the state
committee AT the Independence
League:
I'VE win have at least 2O0.O plu.
rallty IN Greater New York. I feel
that our chances up the state are very
bright. thanks 60 the efforts OF our
friends" There Is only one possible
danger and that Is that an attempt
may be made 10 count US out up the
state. as they counted US out In this
city last fall. | urge you 10 take ex.
traordinary precautions 10 prevent re-
peating and particularly OF miscount.
ing thank you for your aid in this
campaign and | congratulate you on
the victory that firmly believe we
will achieve"
Dispatches from cities and towns up
the state show that a large vote was
being polled Everywhere the wealth
er was favorable and country roads in
fine condition. In all industrial cen
tiers the early morning vote was I'M
usually heavy.
As the afternoon wore on ballOting
throughout the city continued with
undated strength. This was par.
ticularly noticeable in the sO-called
silk stocking" neighborhood.
In the Thirteenth election district
OF the Twenty-ninth assembly district
POI out Of total registration OF 5f7
votes were polled up TO o'clock.
Reports from the fifteen districts In
the Sixteenth. Eighteenth, Twenty
seventh and Twenty-fourth assembly
districts, covering Park Madison.
Fifth and Lexington avenues 10 the
east and south OF Central park. show
ed about one-third OF the total vote
had been cast before o'clock.
A general canvass OF the Twelfth
district, Charles +. Murphy's district,
showed nearly one-half the total regis
traitor had been cast before ? o'clock.