The Detroit times., 1910-11-08
THOMPSON sun
D0REMUs L|kELX
IS THE 0UTLOOk
Democratic Candidates For MaSc
and Congressman Make strons
Run and Look Like victors
Polling Is Heavy.
Billy" Bonshaw Busy in Notorio1|
River Precinct Delivering Vote
to Thompson and @. O. p.

As nearly as can be judged. WIN
liam b. Thompson is leading his r.
publican opponent. Proctor X. Owens
In the race for the mayoralty, and
II Is believed that the o'clock cotH.
will show comfortable majority I&
his favor, which the final count an
doubtedly will boost materially. Con
gresham Edwin DENNY Is b6iu#
slaughtered In many OF the stron&e&/
Republican districts with the regttt[
that the outlook Is very favorahie "a
the election OF Frank r. DOremus
the Democratic candidate.
On the governorship, it is more dI<
flcult TO get a line, but Osborn SEEM
sure victor as far as Detroit IL con.
cerned. Hemans' name 10 scarCeII
mentioned around the polling places.
Outside of Owens. the Repu6Iic17
city and county tickets appear ~
have a safe lead
1t is in the populous east-side that
Thompson is showing his greateaf
strength. Joseph A. SchuIkte, foit
mer clerk in the assessors ONCE, WIN
is out for Thompson, declared Tues
day noon. after a thorough canvass
of the Thirteenth ward, that ThomDs
son would carry II b va comfortabIe
margin, although the ward Is nornhl-
ly Republican. Schultz was aocor,
panied by Herman Dan. a Republican,
who was willing to bet $50 to Sis
that Thompson would win out in thi1
ward.
Thompson Runs Strongly.
Early voting in the first and second
precincts of the First ward indicated
a strong vote for Thompson. In the
first precinct the polling booth Or
which Is now located at Randolph and
Woodbridge-sts., the majority of tho
voters marked their ballots for Thomp-
son and the whole Republican ticket.
minus Owens. In this precinct, In the
primaries. Chase s. Osborn. Republic
can candidate for the nomination of
governor, secured about 100 votes q
less than 10 for his nearest competitor,
Patrick H. Kelley. The Republics
workers around the polling booth,
! Tuesday morning. intimated that Mr.
Osborn would do as well in the cleo
ton.
Democratic workers about the booth
complained that they were not getting
fair show from the Republican offi-
GERS in charge of the precinct. WI.
liam ]. Nagel, former deputy controi-
Ter and one OF the Democratic witness.
es assigned TO this district said that
he was prevented from finding out
how certain men, who asked for In
structions, voted. The officer who in
terfered explained later that he didn't
know Nagel was an accredited repre-
sentative TO the Democratic party
With the trouble between Nagel ana
the Republican inspector settled, the
Democratic witnesses. found that they
were little better of than before.
There were so votes polled up To-
II 80 and of this number fully asked
for instructions, but did SO in such
way that the Democratic representa-
tives had no chance to take part ~
the marking process.
II am for Thompson. but want TO
vote the Republican ticket" most OF
the so illiterates announced.
"All right. step behind the curtain,
the Republican inspectors would adj
wise. Then they would go into the
partitioned part OF the booth and
show the voter how 10 split his ticket.
In this way the Democratic witnesses
claim 10 have been totally ignored.
Monaghan Makes Complaint.
The conditions I'm this booth are the
worst ever came across" said Gerald
p. Monaghan, one of the Democratic
witnesses we are perfectly help
less Nearly every voter seems to be
! instructed TO vote for Thompson and
the whole Of the Republican ticket.
without Owens Republican money 10
doubtless flooding thep recinct.
IL is surprising the fellows who
come in and say they can't read or
write man, well dressed and wear
ing diamonds, actually asked for in
structions 1t looks as though all the
illiterate people of the town are liy-
ing in this precinct"
Monaghan and Nagel spent much OF
their time outside the booth, trying
20 find out just where the voters wero
getting their instruction, but no direct
evidence was found.
Irregularities have been strongly
limited at and IL is said that the DEM
ocrats may demand post-election in
vestigation. Conditions IL is argued,
may even warrant the throwing out Of
the precinct from the official count.
Voter after voter OF the illiterate
/ type was led up 20 within 100 feet OF
/ the booth by BILLY" Boushaw, saloon
keeper. at No. lis Atwater-st. east.
long recognized as the king OF de
fust." BILLY" controls the floating
vote of the precinct. and II looks to-
day as though he were going TO Do
able 20 make an unusually good show
( ing for Thompson and the Republican
ticket. not counting owens, OF course
1T is evident that the Republican
powers have given the word to dump
| owens onw and forever" said voter
as he watched Boushaw sending az
uliterate into the booth. All the
.aoaters are voting as one man tor
thompson and II will not surprise me
IN owens doesn't get 20 votes here,
although Il Is generally Republican
ticket Two years ago, however.
Thompson got 2l4 votes TO Breitmey-