Evening star., 1907-11-05

areas of clouds and local rains. T&n-
perature is everywhere moderate.-C. S.
weather bureau.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, November 5.-In l!cations
all over the city in the first hours of vot-
ing showed that the total vote cast to-
day would be unusually light. With the
fine weather the old camPai5 5ners Z: a q
the opening of the polls at 8 clock wodl F..
ordinarily find good sized line in wait
ing. Such not the case today. In
the uptown and West S d. distric.s the
rate of voting before 10 o'clock wa a
surprise to the loca! leaders OF hotA par
ties. In one election district in tn nine
teenth assembly district, where the + 6
istraton is more than 400. less than sew
enty-iiye votes were polied during the
first two hours that the polls were oCen.
The watchers at the polls in the up
town districts noticed tha: almost every
voter remained several minutes in the
booth Indicating that scratching was
the rule rather than the exception. Tne
voting was faster in the downtown dis
tricts, where the Tammany voters al
most without exception ways vote III.
straight ticket
Elaborate preparations had been ma le
by the police and the state superintend-
ent of elections to preserve ord5r at the
polls and 10 prevent Illegal voting.
Every policeman In the city w.o is no.
on sick leave was to be on duty ali day.
a reserve force was held at headquarters
for emergencies. Superintendent Of Fec
tons Leary had 400 deputies stationed a
the polls chiefly in the downtown dis
tricts. They had several hundred war
rants that were to b. served if the per
sons named attempted to vote. The po-
lice appear to be working in perfect htr-
mony with Supt. Leary and his men.
Several arrests were made before the
polls had been opened a half hour Most
rf them were in tha lower stations of the
city. The magistrates had d busy day
before them. for every election case whicn
WAS brought into court had 10 be judged
at once, SO that citizen could not be de
prived of his vote by an arrest. The
magistrates were on the job at O'Clock
this morning. and were due to stay on
until 5: :i5 O'Clock this evening.
Instead of swearing in the magistrate
courts usual most of them held Their
sessions In convenient police stations.
Vote in Brooklyn Light.
The vote in Brooklyn was very light,
and the election promised to be the tamest
of its kind that has ever occurred In that
borough. From start TO finish the cam
paign has been absolutely listless, and ali
attempts of the party managers to infus
life into ii have signally failed
There were no large offices in the bor-
nhRh at stake. There was no contention
over the office of supreme court Justice in
the second judicial department the most
important one on the ticket. Justice VII
liam J. GaynOr had a walkover having
been nominated by the Independence
League. the democrats and the republi-
cans The officers TO be elected are two
county judges. surrogate, sheriff. county
clerk, district attorney, register. four jus
tices of the municipal court twenty-three
members OF the assembly and twenty
three aid srmen.
The party that captures the offices OF
district attorney county clerk and regis
ter VIII have considerable patronage al
its disposal. owing to the clerkShips that
these officers can fill by appointment and
there was u stampede by the small fry
poltNIans TO get there. The most desir-
able berth. and the one where largest
pums are to to- gathered. is in the district
attorney offcs. District Attorney John
r Clarke. the democratic candidate, who
Is seeking reelection. has been harshly
criticised by his republican opponent. Hugo
Hirsh. and mas met the attack in the
spirit i'll which L was made AS a result
there has been considerable feeling b.
tween the two. and both men Were fight
ing hard to carry the day. The CON
sensus of opinion among the democratic
leaders was that Mr.. Clarke was sure of
reelection and that his ma jority over
Hirsh would range from 5000 to 10 600 A
few of the more enthusiastic put it even
as high as - 900. The democrats also
felt assured OF electing two, and possibly
three. OF the four municipal court justices
Lieut.. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff was