Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-03

that street. The speakers were May or Thoms. Attorney Devine and Jack" Mcdonald. nominees for rep resentatives, Health Officer Kilmar- tin, Attorney Minor. Dr Freney, Att torney Blansfeld and Judge Lowe. Chairman of the Democratic Town Committee Guilfoile presided and made the opening speech.
 | MT Lilley entered the polling booth at 10:15 and few minutes later had cast his vote. He was just a few seconds behind the curtain, in- dicating that he did not cut his ticket. Before entering the booth he studied the plan of the voting ma chine which was tackled up at the entrance. He was looking unusually good for one who has passed through a campaign as exciting and tense as this has been. He was in good hu- nor, too, for he laughed at remark made by man who was standing near the entrance to the booth. Mike Pentino, fruit dealer on North square, was around the street to-day trying to lay $5,000 that Lil- ley would not carry Waterbury. Edward Foley, member of the re- publican town committee this fore noon literally threw his hands up, gave up the ghost as it were. It was his opinion that Lilley would be lick ed out of his shoes.
 There were broad suspicious that a woman voted in the first ward. She was accompanied by Edward
 McEvoy collector for the Hellmann
 Brewing company and went with him into the polling booth. It ought
 to be said, though the woman was
 Mir McEvoy's daughter and that her age is four years. But the election officials in that ward are wondering
 whether it was the young lady of the man who voted.
 Kelly the baker is another who
 far prefers the old way of voting.
 He said that the next time he votes 1t shall be in Middlebury where the paper ballot is still in use MT Kel- ly is still most sanguine republi.. can.
 Martin Clark made a first class demonstration on the voting machine
 in the first ward. He sat right at
 the entrance to booths and seemed
 to never tire of repeating the in- structions how to vote by the ma chine. During the morning repub- lican election official. Wallace Sco- field, had him removed on false complaint, but when the matter was inquired into he was immediately restored to duty and full confidence of the officials. The complainant
 just feared he was too partial in his demonstrations.
 One of the businest places in this old town to-day was the office of tho registrars of voters Messrs O'Con- nor and Chapman had very little time to themselves during the forenoon and the rush to City hall annex was indeed large. Many voters for some reason or other had to seek out the registrars and as result of it the men who look after the voting lists had their hands full all day.
 A staunch republican occasioned some merriment at the second ward polling place about quarter after this morning. The man was in the booth next to that in which Judge Burpee was and his re- marks there while not printable in paper like the Democrat, indicated to his neighbors that he was in more than peck of trouble. Finally he threw the lever back to the place 1t is in after a vote has been registered and the man stepped from the booth. He told of his predicament then and it developed that he did not vote at all. Thus was one good republican vote lost to the republican party.
 Darn those machines, I can't get on good friends with them," was the way Building Inspector Chatfield, republican office holder, expressed himself after he had done the trick at the second ward booth. "I don't like that way of voting at all," he went on. 'It may be because I voted so long the old way with the paper ballot. A fellow don't seem to get the satisfaction voting on machine that he does with the old way. I wonder if I'll ever get to like the new way"
 It is doubtful if there has been any election in years when there were so many workers out. There were more circulars and tickets. informing the voters how to vote than on any elec- tion day in many moons. There seemed to be lot of money coming from somewhere and the number of young men approached by candidates seemed to be unusually large. The votes were not being bought but | was being paid for the ser vices of the men during the day. What effect 1t had on the vote will | not be known until the ballots are | this evening.
 Things were quiet in the fourth | and fifth wards. To be sure there | were rumors of cutting. but how much truth there is in this nobody | will be able to tell for certain until | after the result is announced. The 1 democrats in these districts are con- fident of good vote and claim that !