The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-03
Heavy Vote With
Little Disturbance
In Early Polling

Indications early Tuesday morning
were for heavy vote in the city. In
terest around the booths seemed to
center entirely on the mayoralty.
The election is a very quiet one,
election fights and disagreements be-
ing very few. Most of the early
trouble seemed to center in the first
can workers there say that they al
ready have enough evidence OF crook
edness TO throw out the precinct.
The vote is especially heavy In the
silk stocking precincts. the business
and professional men and clerks vot-
ing In numbers before they went to
their offices and stores The precincts
where the vote Is largely composed of
workingmen showed lighter returns.
This may mean a crush at night anu
the losing OF many votes.
The early conditions seemed to favor
Breitmeyer. There were many more
men wearing his badges around the
booths.
Eastern Time Favored.
Election inspectors generally stated
that eastern standard time is getting
a heavy vote. with sun time also draw
ing big vote on the east side. There
Is no special interest In the other
propositions.
In the first precinct Of the First
ward, the key to the ballot box would
not work and consequently there was
a great delay IN getting the voting
started. Finally the ballot box was
fixed. Then arguments began.
There was gossip about the booth
that BILLY" Busha, the Republican
leader In the precinct. had gone over
to the other side. Complaints were
also made that illiterate voters were
having their ballots marked without
proper inspection. One man, Antoni
Gardello, was refused vote but in
sisted later and was finally allowed
to cast his ballot.
Heineman as we'll as Breitmeyev Is
being cut in this precinct.
The other river precincts s-emed
quiet.
In the fifth precinct OF the First
ward, one Of the Republican strong
holds, SO votes had been cast up to
9:40. At the same time "a votes had
been cast I'm the third district OF the
Second ward.
Voting in the Hebrew precincts was
light. but there was lot of Brett
meyer sentiment apparent.
The inmates OF the Arnold Home
for Aged and Incurables on Fort-st.
voted about as early as anyone. auto
mobiles having been provided for
them by the Republicans.
Aid. Maurice j. Heating, OF the
Fourth ward, was on guard In the
second district OF his ward.
There are men registered here
who live In my precinct up above
and I am going TO see that they do
not vote here" he said.
Considlne In Control.
VIM. H. Considine was apparently
In control OF the second district Of the
First ward. The workers claimed that
this precinct will 90 heavily for
Thompson.
at the first district booth In the Sec
ond ward.
Opposition by the liquor men is
going TO hurt the Republicans here
he said.
A canvass OF downtown precincts
between $3.50 and $40 showed the
following votes cast: First ward, first
district, 46: Second ward, first dis
trict, SO, second district, so; Third
ward, second district, 80, third district
AS; Fourth ward, first district, so. sec
ond district, 20; Fifth ward. third dis
trict. Sc, fourth district, a..
In several places the booths have
been moved and this caused confusion
In those precincts, particularly In the
first Of the First.
Reports from the outer precincts
are that the voting is heavier than
usual.
Look out about o'clock, there
will be something doing then" was
the assertion of a number OF Thomp-
son workers. The labor vote will be
getting out then and the excitement,
II any Is likely TO come after dark.
This ain't an election; this Is q
prayer-meeting. said one disguised
worker who had stood 10 minutes
without a chance to even talk to
voter.
Warner Cut Heavily.
In the fifth precinct OF the Sixth
ward at quarter to ten onethird OF
the registered votes had been cast.
There was no concealment OF the fact
thar Warner was being cut heavily AMI
that Breitmeyer was getting almost y
solid vote. we will clean up the
bulk OF the vote In time for the 2
o'clock count said one OF the board"
Both Sides Confident.
Confidence is alive In both camps.