Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
Weather Conditions In the Ne
tropolis We're Ideal and EARLY
Vote Is Heavy
BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT
Hughes Supporters Say That He Will
Have a Plurality Of 100000, While
the Hearst Men Are Making Same
Claim for Their candidate-Two
Hundred Arrests Before Noon.


tions which could not be improved. to-
gether with unusual interest in the
contest between Charles e. Hughes and
William r. Hearst, leading candidates
for governor, brought out an unpre-
cedently large early vote in all sec
tions of the state today. Advices from
widely scattered districts detail with
out exception a flood of ballots during
the morning hours, and in many places
nearly the full vote had been polled by
noon. New York City was no excep-
ton, except in scattered districts. the
forenoon voting being remarkably
heavy. In Brooklyn, where Patrick e.
McCarren, democratic leader, had been
making a determined open fight against
Hearst, there We're indications that
regular democratic voters We're hold
ing back early in the day. Whether
this is due to orders" or because in
many Brooklyn manufacturing estab-
lishments employees are given the at
ternoon rather than the morning for
voting, is not known. The fine weather,
which favored the voters, seemed to
please all party leaders. Hughes
managers called it good republican
weather." and declared every hour
made the prospect for their candidate
more bright. On the other hand the
Hearst managers professed to be fully
i A1n hi foof nc
They were sure the farmer vote would
help their cause, they said. This at
ternoon both candidates are claiming a
victory by approximately 100000
plurality each. One of the features OF
the election was the extreme vigilance
of the watchers at the thousands OF
polling places thruout the state. In
many towns and villages, hordes OF
private detectives guarded every bal
lotbox to prevent illegal voting. In
New York City more than 200 arrests
were made before noon, but IN nearly
every case the prisoners were able to
prove their right to vote and were re-
leased. Among those arrested were
many well known men whose winter
homes are found closed when the police
sought to verify their registration. All
these were permitted to vote after
proving their residence.
Up to l o'clock this afternoon there
were two hundred arrests on charges
of illegal registration reported. In al
most every instance the voter was vim"
dicated
As the forenoon wore on, balloting
thruout the city continued with una
bated strength. This was particularly
noticeable in the so-called "silk-stock-
ings" neighborhoods. In the Thirteenth
district and Twenty-nint as
sembly district, 201 out Of a total regis
tration of SAT, had been polled up to 9
o'clock.
general canvass of the Twelfth
assembly district, Charles F. Murphy's
district, showed nearly half of the to-
tal registered vote had been cast be-
fore 9. That the party of watchers and
election officials are extremely v,gilant
was evident from the moment the polls
opened.
In the borough of Manhattan alone,
115 arrests had been reported up to
$50. A remarkable feature Of these
incidents was the unusual number OF
members of we'll known and wealthy
families who were arrested and forced
to prove their residence in court before
being permitted to deposit their ballots.
Hughes Supporter Attacked.
While driving in closed carriage
at Columbia and Livingston streets,
Meyer Shoenfeld, manager for the
Hughes volunteer campaigners, and
son, Abraham. were attacked by a gang
Of roughs, who threw rocks and bricks
at the carriage. One brick smashed
hat. At the same time,
Samuel Maltz, a republican worker,
was attacked while standing near the
and beaten about the head.
No arrests were made.
There was much dissatisfaction
among the street car employees in Man.
haitian today as the result of the follow
ing notice, which appeared yesterday
at the car barns of the New York City
Railway Company: "No man will be
excused tomorrow. Any man report
ing sick or losing his car, will be dis
missed, and provided circum stances
warrant it, any man losing his car will
report to the starter as soon as pos
sible"
New York, Nov. 6-Exceptionally
favorable weather conditions after a
Of almost unprecedented ac-
tivity ON the part Of the leading candi
dates for gubernatorial honors, seems
to insure an unusually large vote. In
the city the balloting started with
rush as soon as the polls opened, and
in many sections new records for the
early hours were made. The service
Of thousands of warrants, sworn out
by Superintendent of Elections Nor
gan, was begun early and there was a
steady string of prisoners from the
polling places to the police courts. In
nearly every case, in the first three
hours the prisoners proved their right
to vote and We're permitted to go back
and deposit their ballots. John D.
and Charles E. Hughes. re-
publican candidate for governor. were