New-York tribune., 1910-11-09
ELECTION DAY INCIDENTS
One Vote Costs City S400-Few
Arrests-Mrs. Gait Speaks.

One election district polling place, the
2Sth of the 25th Assembly District, might
just as we'll not have been a polling place.
Not single vote was cast there yesterday.
for the lone voter, Frederick Ebert, who Is
entitled to place his ballot in the box,
gracefully waived his rights and voted In
the polling place at No. 32S 9Th street,
where his family live. Ebert is employed
as the engineer of the building in. the rear
Of No. 6sS Broadway, which is two doors
from the polling booth at No. 6s4. When
he realized that 1t would cost the city more
than $500 to count his single ballot, he de-
cided TO vote from the 9Th street address.
John MCGOWAN. of No go 18th street,
Brooklyn, was not so considerate. He is
the solitary voter of the 10th Election Dis
trict of the 10th Assembly District, and he
marched proudly TO the polling place yes
terday and deposited his ballot in the box.
This simple act OH Mr.. McGowan's part
cost the city just $4oo. as all the election
officials have to be appointed and paid,
just as in any other normal district.
In the 18th Election District of the 18th
Assembly District. just three men are
voters This election district lies within
Central Park, and the voters cast their
ballots amid bucolio surroundings. Mr..
Dix was the unanimous choice for Governor
here, all three votes being cast for him.
This same district also had voice In the
election of Congressman, being within
the boundaries of the 18th Congressional
District. Henry George was a two to one
choice among the voters, the grand total
of votes cast showing that George had re-
ceived two votes and Bennett one.
People especially voters - who passed
along Broadway about 3Sth street yesterday
afternoon we're halted by woman in
black gown and picture hat.
Wouldn't you like to go in that store7''
she inquired of them suavely. wouldn't
you like TO 90 in and hear Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait talk?"
The woman in black was Mrs. o. H. P.
Belmont. self-appointed "puler-in'' for the
headquarters of the Woman's party in the
9th Assembly District.
Passers-by responded to her invitation in
shoals, till the long, narrow store under the
Hotel Normande was crowded.
They found Mrs. Gait holding forth on
the political issues which. she said, affected
women as well as men, and asking her
hearers why women shouldn't have the
privilege of voting on these issues.
The rally was the last effort of strenu-
ous suffrage campaign in the 9th Assembly
District.
In no previous election in years were
there fewer arrests made than yesterday.
The total was only 1os. and all the prisoners
were discharged except ten. who were held
for examination. The East Side. usually
prolific I'm the number of voters hailed to
court fer illegal voting, was so virtuous
Yesterday that only twenty men were
brought to the Essex Market court. Every
man was discharged by Magistrate O'Con-
nor
one of those arrested was Lieutenant
Philip Matthews. of the coast artillery
CORPS. who voted from the polling place
at No. eS9 East 18th street The army man
was arrested by Patrolman Mayo. of the
East 5th street station Matthews proved
70 the satisfaction of the magistrate that
ba was legally entitled To cast his vote
there