Evening journal., 1907-11-05
Strings of Men in Line When
Battle Of the Ballots Be.
Gan This Morning
LITTLE TROU8LEUP TO NOON

There was a rush Of voters to the
polls this morning at the first cleo
ton Delaware ever had to determine
whether the manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating liquors in the state shall be
licensed or not licensed The polls
opened between and o'clock
throughout the city. and when the
election officers announced that they
were ready to do business there was
a constant stream of voters into the
booths that threatened to swamp the
officers.
one arrest on charge of illegal
voting had been made up to noon
Trouble of a nature easily adjusted
occurred in a few districts this morn
ing and in some the election officers
reported that men had attempted to
vote on the names o. others.
The License cause had an army of
workers throughout The city, while up
70 noon there was a scarcity of tenn
perance workers in many districts,
especially south Of sixth street.
In many Of the southern districts
there was no worker for the anti
license forces except the challenger for
a part of the morning.
Rush TO Deposit Votes.
seldom has there been such haste
on the part OF voters to get their little
ballot into the box. At general cleo
tions the balloting is slow during the
morning, but such was not the case to-
day
Men were lined up outside the poll
ing places awaiting the finishing Of de-
tails inside that would permit the vot-
ing to begin After the polls opened
there was cleaseless flow of men into
the booths up to noon
In the fourth district Of the Third
ward, eighty-four votes had been cast
up 20 10 o'clock. There are about three
hundred votes in the district
Tried to lmpersonate.
The first report of an attempt at
impersonating was from the Fifth dis
trict OF the Third ward, at Fifth and
Jefferson streets. A man entered the
place and gave the name of McCabe,
of 40 4O5 Washington stret. The cleo
ton officers knew that he was not Nc
Cabe and when they said SO the strang-
er fed
IN each election district the License
forces have cabs or carriages to get
their voters to and from the polls.
while the anti license workers had no
conveyances to be seen.
Saloons Are Closed.
The saloons closed throughout the
city, and most of the proprietors We're
out hustling to get their friends to the
polls to vote during the morning In
dications were that the bulk of the
vote would be in the ballot boxes early
in the afternoon.
The first call the police had was TO
the Second district of the First ward,
the polling place being at Third and
Orange streets. where there was a
wrangle over the position of chal-
lengers.
Barred Challenger.
1t was reported that the challenger
for the "wets" WIS allowed inside the
voting place. but George w Todd. the
"dry" challenger, was ordered to stay
thirty> fet away. This made Mr. Todd
mad and he Immediately telephoned
to police headquarters. Chief Black
went to see what the trouble was. He
Strengthened things out and both chal-
lengers were allowed equal privileges.
Women About Polls.
BY noon the temperance folks had
their forces well organized in various
eral workers at each polling place
Women also had gotten into the fray
at noon, and they were doing their best
to help the men. Mrs. Harry Houga
and several other temperance women
were busy in the vicinity Of Front and
Madison streets all morning. Others
were in the Second. Fourth and Sixth
wards. This afternoon it is expected
that the women will be at nearly every
polling place south of Sixth street tc
give their moral support to the men in
the anti-license cause.
The women did not buttonhole voters
during the morning, but co-operated
with the men in going around and ask
ing no-license men to go to the polls
Department of Elections.
Members of the Department of Elec-
tions were "on the job this morning
and were kept busy for a while. The
greatest problem seemed to be thai
over the position of challengers. IT
most instances the challengers wished
70 remain in the polling place, but thS
election officers insisted on them Ie.
naming outside.
The Department Of Elections ruled
that they must not remain in the vet
ing place. but they could enter there
to challenge voters.
In one district Of the Sixth ware
three clerks insisted on serving. Th'
Department of Elections Strengthened
the matter out by requiring the mel
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