Omaha daily bee., 1907-09-04
VOTE RUNS FAIRLY HEAVY
BallOting in Primaries Light Early,
but Picks Up.
HARMONY SLATE PROBABLY WON
Indications Are That Most of Men on
Ticket, ~ Not All, VIII Get
the Republican Nomi-
nations.

The balloting in the local primary cleo
tion was carried on under most favorable
conditions yesterday The vote started out
light during the early hours of the day,
but became heavier toward evening and
continued in all the precincts up to the
closing hour. The fact that the polls were
open to p. m. makes II impossible to give
any definite figures for this early mail edi-
ton. although indications are that most Of
the candidates on the harmony ticket. IL
not all OF them. won out for the repub-
lican nominations.
The polls opened In most Of the precincts
at o'clock. In some voting places trouble
was had in securing judges and clerks and
bystanders had to be sworn in to take the
places of absentees This trouble delayed
the opening in few Of the precincts, but
owing TO the light vote cid not interfere
seriously with the balloting.
Butler Has Little Trouble.
City Clerk Butler had little trouble with
his registrars except in the Third Of the
First ward. Dominck Cogan refused to
act as registrar and Butler sent a police
man out 70 his house at 3 o'clock Tuesday
morning to escort him to the city hall to
qualify When the officer got there Cogan
had fed and he was nowhere to be found.
substitute was found and qualified. In
several precincts the registrars also acted
as judges and clerks of election.
Some minor clashes between workers oc-
CURED in a few of the precincts In the
Fourth of the Eleventh ward NJ. G.. Nc
Leod tore down and destroyed all the har-
mony ballots that had been posted near the
polls In the Fifth of the Fifth ward Don
ahoe workers removed all the sample bal
lots that did not contain the name of their
candidate. In some of the precincts of the
Seventh ward NJ. J. Greevy entered objec-
! ton to the posting of ballots and cards in
the neighborhood OF the polls.
It was reported early in the forenoon that
| some of the precinct boards were allowing
unregistered voters to register and vote
on their new registration. Inquiry failed to
disclose any precincts in which this was
being done and the old registration lists
were in general use. Voters were allowed
TO register for the fall election as primary
day is the first day Of registration. but
this did not give them right to vote at
the primary unless they had previously reg
istered.
Cut All for Bob Smith.
Early In the day reports of the last
desperate effort in behalf of Bob Smith
Gus voting precincts came the reports that
Fontaneles and personal boosters of Smith
were out with the appeal to vote for Bob
Smith no matter who else got vote. To
foster this scheme little cards were dis
tributed bearing this Injunction or appeal.
These cards were kept in circulation.
This action has had the effect of rllng
other members of the Fontanelle club as
well as creating CONSERVATION among the
Iqual Fighters, who had supposed some
body beside Smith would get some of this
support These elements claim It only
shows the despair which the Smith men
feel for the safety of their candidate, but
that doesn't seem to mollify the feeling of
the others.
Officers Woodbridge and ]. B. Wilson of
the police force raided the saloon of Emil
Gall at Ninth and Douglas about o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and found twelve men
in the place most of them drinking. The
entire crowd, including Gall and his bar
tender, Henry Gall, was arrested and
! taken to the police station charged with
violating the election day lid.