The Detroit times., 1909-04-05
women FLOCK II
POLLS TO DDnl|
RING RULE
Attempt By Gangs Heelers 70 Int
fere With Them in EARLY Hour
of Voting Promptly Squslshe1
BY Police. "a
Goldberg Is Making Runaway RI
in Twelfth Ward and "Antis"
Show Strongly Elsewhere.


Early Monday afternoon prospeeto/
seemed favorable for the success ca
the anti-Martindale slate In practtca1)r3
ali the wards where contests are on IN
today's election. Evidences Of tnof
great interest being taken 10 seen Is y
the fact that outside of these ward1
there is practically nothing doing %
the booths. the vote being rather "a
desultory one. In many or the pr6s
cincts in the first eight wards Of thu
city the election offlcfais were seem
lolling on the curb, smoking good
cigars and taking life easy. whenever
lone voter hove into view there
would be general scramble tor the
booth.
That the women's vote will be . biz
factor in the board Of education CON
tests in the election, as II was IN th4
primaries, Is certain. though thu
great majority of them viii go TO the
polls during the afternoon. The wo-
men are particularly active In the
Twelfth, Thirteenth. Fifteenth and
Sixteenth ward. The Women's indie
pendent Voters association II mAidn9
every effort to get out as large . vote
as possible. and with splendid resulf$
IN some sections, notably the Twelfyn
ward. They are standing by Inspect0f'
Goldberg almost without exception. IN
the second precinct OF tic Tweiun
ward % women had voted up to noon.
and according TO those In charge q
the booth were for Goldberg with On
or two possible exceptions. Nearly ~
of them came In automobiles or car
r;aees furnished by the association.
Women for Goldberg. ..... ~.
In the third precinct of the Twelfth
ward, Is women voted dur1ne tnS
forenoon and conservative opinion
placed the ratio at to In doiu-
bergs favor About 200 women ara
registered in this precinct and AZ tno
same ratio Goldberg VIII receive
handsome majority In the precinct a.
| far as the women are concerned. III
| is strong with the men voters mere,
too. for out of 122 votes cast up g
lf2 80 most Of them were ooneeoed
Goldberg by the men supposed TO ne
In the know.
| A thorough canvass of the ward by
The Times failed to reveal any senti.
ment for Henry2 Bush, the Martin
dale candidate, and but few OF MS
workers were In evidence. Mr.. Bush
himself was around during the morn
ing hut got a rather frosty reception
In ono or two places he struck. Out
aide the booth In the second precinct
he was surrounded by several men
who took him to task for the campaign
methods being employed in the efort
~ defeat Goldberg. Bush denied that
he had anything to do with the CIR
cuIstion of the canard attacking Gold
berg's citizenship.
| All through the ward. only sympa-
thy was heard for the inspector anu
lit was quite evident that the machine
roorback was having an effect direct
llv opposite from that intended. IL
made votes for Goldberg all along the
line and his election By a big majority
seems assured.
Attorney Percy Crosse, formerly In
the prosecutors ONCE and close
friend OF Attorney Edwin Henderson,
who Is alleged to be the executive
head of the Martindale campaign
toured in the ward in an automobile,
Getting a line on the situation.
He did not appear to be highly elat'
ed with what lie lO'thh' IL 'aN
lprecinct, where Bush badges were
most IN evidence. the sentiment was
strongly In favor OF Goldberg.
Little interest is being taken IN the
lcontests for auditor and police Jus
tice. In the Republican wards the
sentiment is strong for oakman.
while Nagel is getting good supper
from his party in the Democratic
wards. AS far as could be learned lit-
tie splitting is being done Justice
stein is sure winner.
Voting machines were used In the
sixth precinct OF the Fourteentn ware
and the first precinct OF the Fifteentn
and proved a great success.
DR. Thos. Henderson. In the Tnir-
teenth and DR.. w. c. Brown. In the
Fifteenth. were we'll pleased with the
outlook az o'clock. In both these
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