Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-03
EARLY TAhMA'yY VOTE
Fearful of Complications Over
Registration Law.
GENERAL RUSH TO POLLS
Many New York Business Houses
Closed.
PREPARE FOR STORMY NIGHT
Conditions Favorable for Heavy
Voting Throughout the State.
Erie County Returns Significant.

NEW YORK November 3.-The up
state returns undoubtedly will be in to-
night before the count in many of the 10
cal precincts is fairly under way. Erie
county in which Buffalo is located. and
which is declared usually to be in
dex to the national result. Will be one
of the first counties to announce results.
Voting machines are used in Buffalo and
the returns are quickly footed up.
4 comparison of the returns from Erie
county with the figures of two and four
years ago will give a pretty close idea
of what the drift in state and the nation
is to- be.
Shopkeepers Take Precautions.
The polling places offered about the
only scenes of life in this city during the
early hours of the day. The banks
stock exchange, and business houses of
all descriptions We're closed. Shopkeepers
along broadway, however, busted them
selves during the morning with prepara-
tons of defense against the election night
thronss and revelry which here reach
degree OF magnitude and liberty ap-
preached by probably other city. Bar
1iCaues We're constructed today in front
- p.ate-glass windows. all showcases
prctrUding upon the sidewalks were re-
moved. and as far as possible decks
were cleared, the police expressed it.
for the sursing crowds that will pack
1de famous thoroughfare tonight from old
Trinity. at the head of Wall street to
Times square. at 42d street and beyond.
Rush to the Polls.
There was rush of voters at practi-
cally every polling precinct this morn
ing as the ballot boxes were
opened. The Tammany organization es-
pecially was anxious to get it's vote in
early because of the fear of complica-
tions later in the day through the opera
tion OF the new registration law which
requires that voters shall write their own
names in registering, and repeat the sig
nature for comparison on election day
The catechism of questions for lliterate
voters is quite extensive. These condi-
tons are likely to result in slower voting
than ever before. In the districts where
there was unusually heavy registration
The police feared that time would not be
s,rap sxasa3ie t9ssxsrys1sy g yote and IN
split up the precincts to facilitate the
polling.
In Upstate Counties.
Throughout the upstate counties condi-
, tions today were favorable for the polling
OF a fun vote. In the larger cities the
y,
OF the districts in Syracuse showing two
ballots to the minute. In several Albany
districts it was estimated that one-third
the vote had been. po.led in the first two
hours. Schenectadys voting, machines
showed more than the ordinary scratching
of tickets. Buffalo, the home of Norman
T.. Mack, chairman of the democratic ma
tlondl committee, was d center of inter-
est because OF the fact tnat the voting
machines in use there would afford ea.lv
information that would be a possible IN
DIX to the results elsew where in the state
MI Mack voted at t:45 am. and depar ri ed
Immediately Tor New York. He expressed
confidence of the success of his party
On the other hand the republican county
Chairman, Mr.. Zimmerman, predicts that
Taft VIII cary Erie county by 10. 600 plu-
iaiity and that Hughes will run slightly
behind.
William H. Fitzpatrick in charge of the
democratic campaign in Eri4 county
declares that Bryan will carry the county
Dy 1,Cno plurality and Chandler by 900
plurality. Thirty pee cent of the vote OF
BhHdio. mad been cast at $50 a m.
Arrests in Elmira.
" Elmira four republican election
workers were arrested early today on
warrants charging the buying of votes.
The police have warrants for dozen
other men on charges of the corrupt use
OF money. The republicans this year re-
fused 10 join in the so-called "Elmira
compact" limiting the use of money to
$40 per election district and the demo-
Gratis claim that their opponents have
large sum for Use in this city.
At republican headquarters Victor l..
Mason, assistant secretary of the ma
uOnai committee, temporarily I'm charge,
said that from the reports received the
vote in republican districts in this city
heavier in the earlier hours than
electflDn
upper West Side. in which there was a
registration of about 100, nearly 300 votes
had been polled by o'clock. This dis
trict is one of the republican strong
holds.
Many Warrants for Arrests.
That efforts would be made to prevent
Illegal voting was indicated early. when
superintendent of Elections Leary sent
to Police Commissioner Bingham 100 war
rants for arrest suspicion of improper
registration for service when the men
named attempted to cast their ballots
The iirst few OF the voters brought into
court had no difficulty in convincing the
magistrates of the right to vote and were
released.
Optimism prevailed but no direct asser-
ton as 10 the result OF the voting toda.
was forthcoming at the headquarters or
the lnGepe ndence League this city.
According to infur nation received by
Charles L Gehr.u2 the chairman OF the
state cdmpaiSn committee, there was little
splitting u tickets and this he thought.
looked well for the Independence Leasue
Little Disorder Anywhere.
From every quarter of New York state
today came word that the people were
cut in force declaring their final jud.-
nicnt. the number being helped by the
exceptionally fine weather and the f1ne
condition o. the roads
y very lar"e proportion OF the vote was
cast before neon. probably not in many
years have 81 many votes come out 80
Z early in the day. There was little dsor-
der anywhere and arrests were few
AltEGUSh fully $40 arrests for improper
registration Lad been made in New Yori,
Up 20 early afternoon nearly every one