The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-03
VOTING LIGHT IN
ORANGE, HEAVY
IN EAST ORANGE
Only About 80 Per Cent. of Ball
lots Had Been Polled in For
mer City at Noon.
MUCH SCRATCHING
in ALL THE ORANGES
Seymour and Perry Both Find
Reasons for Encouragement
in the Conditions.

Considering the big crowds on the
to noon. the leaders were somewhat
surprised at the comparatively small
voting up to noon. At the time only
about 30 per cent of the votes hal
be IN polled. In the Third ward, where
there is a heavy foreign vote, there
was a light tally which caused the Re-
publican leaders to pay especial atten-
ton to arrangements for this after
noon n evening to get out the
strength they anticipate there. In the
Fourth ward there was a vote up 70
4 the usual, while the Second and Fifth
wards kept sending in fairly good vot-
ing figures.
Councilman Arthur Seymour was ex-
pressing more confidence this afternoon
than at any time during the mayoralty
contest was pleased with reports
Of heavy scratching of tickets In the
Second ward and his home ward, the
Fifth. The Second ward Is the home
of the regular Republican leaders.
County Register Edward s.. Perry,
nominee for Mayor on the Republican
ticket. always had his worst fights for
supremacy in the Second ward. The
First ward, where there y a heavy
negro vote, shows a good tally, with
both sides claiming heavy gains.
The principal interest centres in the
mayoralty fight. and Mr.. Perry claims
he will have at least SEQ votes by his
calculations. His rival, Mr.. Seymour,
smiles, but gives no figures.
Morgan Strong.
There is a big interest in the fight for
sheriff in the Oranges, and. while Mr..
Morgan is polling heavily on the
straight ticket voting in the machine
districts of East Orange, his rival, Mr..
Harrigan, Is making some inroads on
the Republican tickets in Orange and
West Orange.
The voting is being quietly conduct
ed in the Oranges. The police are To-
Gated at the various precincts, but
there has been little need of their sery-
ices. There Is q quiet vest-pocket vote
that is confusing to leaders who have
been unable to approximate the extent
Of the use of pastors. Both sides are
literally using the slips, and from the
short time spent In the several booths
it is figured out most of the voters are
using prepared ballots.
In West Orange in the Second ward.
where Senator Everett Colby voted,
there are placards warning the public
against the ballots which had erro-
neously been printed with two lines for
justice of the peace, instead of one for
that office, and another for Council.
These were Democratic ones and the
line over Councilman CLICKS name
read justice of the peace, instead or the
right title of office.
Heavy in East Orange.
? AS usual, there was a heavy vote in
East Orange, and by noon about 60 per
cent. of the total vote had been polled.
Apparently there was much scratching
going on, judging from the time spent
in the booths by most of the voters.
There was a little excitement in the
rooms of the East Orange Camera Club,
in Mum avenue, which is a polling
place Of the Fifth ward. There was a
complaint that the voting machine was
not in working order. City Clerk LIN
coin E.. Rowley was appealed to, and
he hurried to the place in a carriage
He found the machine was In good
WOIhiHS OTueT, DuC tIeTc iidu pCOh Soiie
confusion in it's operation.
Voting machines are in use through
u East Orange, with the exception
of the two districts of the First ward
where the oil d~-fashioned ballot system
prevails.
In West Orange the party workers on
both sides are making strong efforts
to get out a large vote. They were sue
caodipo tparx- we'll az Nom on6 tho fp6i-
cations were that a very large vote
would be polled. Herman Freye, the
Democratic candidate for Mayor, ap-
peared to be receiving the benefit Of
some of the scratching that was being
done. The Democrats are claiming
gains in all the wards, although it was
admitted that the Republicans were
holding their own in the Fifth ward.
There was no excitement OF any kind
and the police had no fears of their
services being required in any of the
wards.
With the exception of the Second
Third, Fourth and Fifth wards of Easi
Orange, the voting in the Oranges Is
by ballot. In -four wards, East Orange
the machines are in use, and when Gov
ernor Fort, who makes no secret OF his
aversion to the device, appeared to vote
he was seen scanning the machine sheet
before the polling place for severa
minutes with a man, evidently talking
of the affair.
The city clerks of the Oranges anc
candidates are circulating around the
city looking after possible troubles a.
the voting stations, but none was IN
evidence, save in Instances where 9
speedy remedy was applied.
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