Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-08
COMPLETE REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE
Entire City Ticket Carried by Majority of 2O8-Election
SO Quiet Voters Could Not Locate Polling Place-City
Government Wholly Republican for First Time in
Number of Years.

One Of the quietest city elections
norwich ever went through took place
on Monday, and so quiet was it that
about the city there was little evidence
OF election day; people forgot to go
to the polls, and on the West Side 1t
was some time before a party of voters
could locate the polling place, there
being no unusual indications about
there to suggest the polls. The vote
was accordingly small, and the off,
year election of 1909 will go down in
history as a record breaker for general
apathy, although the republicans had
no trouble in carrying their entire
ticket, from first to last.
Inc polls in the four districts open
ed at 9 o'clock, and the first ballot in
the First district was cast by Mayor
Lippitt. In the Second district C. E..
Briggs and w. w. Ives cast the first
ballots. while in the Third, Deputy
Sheriff Draper was the first with the
ballot.
There was lack of teams and autos
throughout the day, this being partic-
ulariy noticeable in the democratic
ranks, where there seemed to be very
little interest There was considerable
work done with the pastors, as the re-
turns show, however. and two white
pastors, which caused the tickets to
be thrown, out, were found. Through
out the day the officials at the polling
places hadsan easy time. The repub-
licans took a deeper interest in getting
the vote ont, otherwise it would have
been Quaker election.
In the Central district a number Of
the oldest voters appeared, they being
N. S. Gilbert, B. s. Rathbun and Hem
ry Ruggles. The weather was proprf-
tious and probably helped considerably
in getting out what voters there were.
The republicans received normal
majority of .20s as taken from the vote
cast for water commissioner, although
In a number OF instances districts gave
their candidates a. handsome testi-
monial In the Sixth district Henry
Gebrath made big gain. running
ahead of his opponent Al votes, while
the district was only one democratic.
T. A. Carey in Greeneville received
81, or "A ahead OF his opponent there,
where the democratic majority was
only 20. G.. w. Rouse beat the party
vote in all the districts, while to City
Clerk Crowell goes the honor of getting
the most votes, 1888, beating his OPP
ponent IN all but the Third district
and getting the fine majority of 247.
Treasurer Peck and Collector Robinson
each received the same number, 1917,
each being on both tickets.
In the Central district the last vote
70 DC cast was Dy Joseph rdfTeli, Lne
total being 1861.
Much pasting was done by the re-
publicans, the larger number OF split
tickets being by them. There was also
much scratching.
In the First district there were 563
straight republican ballots and 491
straight democratic. There were S.
democratic and 1874 republican tickets
which were split. Two envelopes were
found empty, one other had a double
ballot, one Of each party; another con-
tanned book of pastors, while one
was checked as IL voting an Australian
ballot. The counting here was finish
ed about 5.45 o'clock, and the total city
vote assembled and the result declared
shortly after o'clock.
The Sixth and Second districts re-
ported together at the Town hall to
Moderator Hall at SIS o'clock. In the
Sixth district there were 80 straight
democratic tickets and 76 republican
votes. OF which Al republican and 20
democratic were split.
In the Second district the total vote
was 4S7, but two ballots were thrown
out, one having white paster AMI che
other being double. There were 50 re-
publican and II democratic splits, the
district republican majority being 80.
The Third district showed up DEM