The Detroit times., 1910-04-04
PARTYENR0LLMEN7
LIVE S UP As
SKY CLEARS
Few Voters Appear in Early Hours,
But Something of Rush Occurs at
Noon and More Activity Is Ex-
pected in Evening.
Indications Are, However, That Only
Small Percentage of the $4,000 Not
Enrolled Will Go To Booths.

While Mondays party enrolment
under the new primary election law
started of none too briskly, due prob
ably to the series OF showers that
were sufficient TO drive everybody off
the streets. II livencd up bit In the
downtown precincts along about tue
noon hour. Similar conditions Were
reported in the outlying precincts, and
leaders OF both parties are now conf
dent OF larger turnouts than were
promised earlier in the day.
None OF the downtown precincts pre-
sented scene of great activity dur
Ing the early hours In the first pre-
cinct OF the First ward, up till IL
o'clock. there were but IA enrollments.
but business was q little brisker at
noon, the total enrolment at / O'Clock
being u.
Others of the downtown precincts
had the same experience In the first
of the First the parties seemed TO be
about evenly divided. over in the
second precinct OF the Second ward
and the first precinct OF the Second
ward, where heavy enrolment is
looked for, the Republicans seemed
TO have the call In none OF these was
more than Is enrollments made up to
noon.
The election officials are anxious to
impress upon all voters that the booths
will be open until o'clock this even
Ing. II is expected that the busiest
time in the booths will be after work
Ing hours in the evening.
Thousands of circulars were issued
from both Democratic and Republican
camps. Sunday. explaining the mean
ing OF the new primary law and urging
the voters TO come out.
All the election booths In the city
were opened promptly at Z o'clock.
and at the same time. the first OF the
disQuieting showers descended. Work.
ers who had made up their minds To
enroll before going TO work for the
most part, looked upon discretion as
the better part OF patriotism and re.
NAMED away.
The mornings enrolment In the
downtown precincts was woeful(y
small, and the clerks had little else
to do than sit in the booths and i'm
proyise jokes about 1t being good
day for the "wets" Even in the
boarding house precincts, where there
is a large floating population and a
big turnout would naturally be ex-
pected, there was little doing during
the morning.
Party workers were out. because
the Importance of the enrolment 10
generally realized. Next falls cleo
ton will be of vast importance. and
both Democrats and Republicans arc
anxious TO whip their respective fol
lowers into line.
A very few turned out this morn
Ing In the first precinct Of the Second
ward ut Lafayette boulevard and
Wayne-st. This precinct is distinc-
lively boarding house precinct and
should yield a big enrolment. Clerks
in the Second precinct OF the Second
ward, at Grand River and Bagley-
aves., declared that the poor showing
was due as much to ignorance on the
part OF the voters as 1t was TO in
clement weather. About dozen had
enrolled there.
There are more than $4,000 voters
who are not enrolled. and. consequent
ly. the showing of this morning is
rather discouraging.
There seems 10 be a good deal OF
misunderstanding regarding the pur
rose OF the enrolment" said City
Clerk Nichols. 1T ought TO be under
stood that persons already enrolled
do not need TO enroll again, unless
they desire to change their party. The
phones in this oifice have been busy
all day with people calling up and ask
ing to be set right on one poNnt or
another Even the clerks In some OF
the precincts have become confused
in some instances and have called up
TO have certain things Strengthened
cut"