The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-03

hcers regarding the proNiflOHs VI '"S
new law. All over the city men were
kept waiting In line ten minutes hfteen
minutes or longer. while the officers put
some challenged voter through the
longer catechisin of the law. Finally
athe word was carried about that TINS
lengthy cross-examinatio.i was not re-
ouired, except in case where a war
rant had been issued.
Another Cause Of Delay.
The reading OF the long challenge ain
davlts which Lcary had prepared Tor
the police was another fruitful cause OF
DELAY. County Chairman Parsons, CT
the Republican Committed. finally got
authority over the telephone at noon
from Albany for the use OF the snort
challenge.
There was a lot OF challenging on
technical and trivial grounds IN the
thickly congestrd districts ana soou
many small fights resulted, but liIere
VA. hardly one that attained the pro-
pertions Of serious melee.
Election captains, watchers. inspectors
and officers united IN declaring thar rev
voters we're doing any scratching. ho"-
ever, this statement applied largely 10
the sections where Tammany gets the
bulk of it's strength. and where there II
rarely any scratching anyhow. In the
kid glove neighborhoods up town, there
were not wanting indications that many
citizens did n good deal OF Skipping
about over the ballot. From this the
Chanler workers were inclined to argue
that lot of Republicans were cutting
Hughes. q
lono Rows in Line.
In the thickly congested districts there
were long rows of men waiting *heh
the polls opened. The prospect or Still
being IN line at p. NJ. brought out
rood many of the lodglng-house dwellers
by A. Nj. At many down town places
voting went on during the day at
the rate of one minute. In neishoor-
hoods where the proportion OF Foreign
horn population was particularly great
the average was slightly. lower,
Special precautions were taken by
Tammany and the Republican organiZa-
tions to facilitate the handling OF cleo
tion cases The two leading organiza-
tions had lawyers in every police court
Among the ten names for challenge as
suspected ''gorillas" sent by state SUI
perlntendent Leary TO the Board of
Election Inspectors. presided over D!
"Al'' Behning, in West One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street, was that OF
William j. Wright. He is the Tarnmany
leader of the Thirty-first Assembly Dis
trict, head OF the CayuSa Slup' reeiueht
of the election district twenty-four years
and in the shoe business IN Harlem
Broadway" some sixteen years.
When Wright heard his was on the
list he was irate. and said uncomph-
mentary things about those idio's IN
Ferty-second street.
Shot Outside Polling P'ace.
n,s,o, wont off twice in the crowd
P' .L. ,ol,
that was s'anui'is III nv"
Ing place at No. Ss4 broome stfee,
hceman lhohnas 'nul pn', ga
side, ran out to ma FRANK Saes"',o, "a
No. "a ST. Edwards Place, Brooklyn,
-, -, -, an. foo+ Nth q bullet
hoppihe a"ou' va On -. c.oo.po
hole through his left ankle .assano
,,,,,..,ci.r of the Fire De-
DR.. Reiss' physician u 'he ~,
partment, who was passing palcheu up
his wound and he went home. There
were no arrests.
Stokes Errects to Win.
800, ,...,,,,,, nistri.t where
In the blshtH Assembly, 49,
j. G. Phelps Stokes ran for Assembly
-. ratrst No,t,y ,;raubard. the Tam
man aea'',at A. ea.Ia,ists .,nressed
confidence that their candidate had won
Vu.. 49,. >,,z., c,,,rr,s-
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