Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-07
SOME NOTABLE FEATURES
Negroes Staying Away From the Polls
in Droves.
LOAN ISSUES LOOK SUCCESSFUL
Little or No Ticket Cutting is In
du1ged in by Democrats-Re-
publican Apathy.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May IA substantial
democratic victory is the outlook from early
voting. A heavy vote is being polled, de-
spite the Indictment weather, and the indi-
cations are that over 80 per cent of the
registered vote would be cast at 1 o'clock.
At that hour over 60 per cent Of the vote
was polled-
The entire democratic ticket looks sue
cessful. The talk Of Hooper running be-
hind does not seem to be carried out. Little
or no cutting was being INDUCED in, so far
as the democratic ticket is concerned. The
negroes were staying away from the polls
in droves. and the normally heavy repub-
lican wards, the seventeenth, fifth and
twenty second indicate that the democrats
may be successful even in these sections.
The loans seem to be going through.
There appears no objection to them from
either political party. The councilmanic
fights seem to follow the democratic ticket.
Wachter workers in some spots were
working hard. and In others were con-
spicuous by their absence. There, how
ever, appeared no defined move to. remain
away from the polls.
In Mahoors home ward. the twelfth. for
the first hour after the polls were opened,
ballots were cast at the rate of one a
minute.
In the thirteenth ward, where Timanus
resides go votes had been cast in the
mayors home precinct by 1890 o'clock. In
the first thirty-five minutes eighty-seven
ballots were cast
Expect Big Majority In Tenth Ward.
The heaviest vote for years in the tenth
ward will probably take place today, ac-
cording to the way things were going this
morning. The ward always goes demo-
cratic, but at this election the Mahoolites
expect to give him a comfortable little
majority Of anywhere from 1900 to 1900
They turned out as soon as the polls were
open this morning. and the heavy voting
continued for some time.
In the seventeenth ward, which Is the
stronghold of the negroes, the vote is very
light.
The reason for this is said to be a woeful
lack of the sinews of war. and the black
men ave waiting to be shown. This il a
republican ward and will probably give
Timanus a big majority, but the scarcity
of the Ethiopian voter is worrying the
workers.
There is some talk that the Jr. O. u. A. M.
Is cutting Hooper, the democratic nomi-
nee for controller, but this cannot be
verified until the returns are all in from
the wards.
Light Vote in Wachter's Ward
In Wachter's ward, the twenty-second.
the vote is very light. and there are no in
dications at this hour that the adherents
of the defeated candidate for mayor are
working overtime to elect Timanus or even
the republican councilmanic candidate.
Sproesser.
One Of the notable features of the day is
that the negroes are standing on street cor
ners and waiting for the coin-that "cometh
not" They are much dissatisfied. and pre-
cinct republican watchers are making des-
perate efforts to get them to vote. They
openly confess that the negro vote is not
what ii ought to be.
White men are voting strong. and took
pains to be there early. Few people are seen