Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-08

this district sent word of bad roads
and threatening weather.
According to some of theis Demo-
cratic leaders,, however. such condi.
3tions this year cannot be scharactcri%eu
E..Democratic weather." as truthfuilS
las usual. Both the big parties TINS
year are depending upon a. big rtral
vote and John a.. Dix the Democratic
candidate for governor, has mhhe
special appeal TO the farmers. The
western part OF the state and tho
southern tier of Counties were buried
under II blanket of snow that at
jamestown reached a foot In depth. In
some places as soon as the sun rose,
the snow changed TO a dri2zlng rain
more discollraging to the reluctant
voter than ever. In New York city the
day opened with q light fall or snow
that sooI, changed To rain and toward
II o'clock ceased. although the skies
were still lowering. The carly voting
was light except in Harlem and the
lower part Of the Bronx, where 70 per
cent OF the electors had marked their
ballots by Q o'clock.
The morning passed with no marked
disturbances at the polls. Among the
watchers were so women who had been
stationed ut the polls by the Repub-
lican Volunteer Watchers association.
They belonged to the woman SUI
fragc organizations. ono of them was
Miss Mnudc Ingersoll, daughter Of the
late Robert G. 1ngersoll Sho was on
duty in Charles +. Murphy's assembly
district. Unless the vote Is close, d
line on tho result is expected carly
this evening. Returns from niaccs Ike
Buffalo, Rochester and NewburEh,
where voting machines are used, should
be available within an hour or two
after the polls close Mt o'clock, These,
with results from a few typical coun-
try districts and from one or two IN
New York that will give a line on inc
vote Of the uptown residence sec
tons, and of the ESQ side, VIII pace
tho experienced estirnators IN u posi-
ton to begin work before ti'cs ii'' is ~
their dinners.
v,crc an the usual scale and the watch
ers of all parties were out IN full force &c;
little trouble of any sort was reported
in the early hours.
AT noon the indications, notwith-.
standing tho decrease In registration,
were the city vote might measure Wen
IN with that in the presidential years:
f ~ ali sections came reports of
lively interest and heavy ballotins' AZ
the same time the voting was fenliirK-
ably free from disturbances.
'rho vote splitting. which both SIDES
had expected, could not be discerned;
on the contrary many places report w,
tho swiftcst voting on record, tne pn,-
l l,t IN The Bowery lodging house seq e
ton ton being marked at an average o. ~
hourly. - ,ro RopublicanJ
state committee had NUMBER ~ , NJ
state leaders on the telephone aur,ns
the d DIV, He said excellent reports were SIH
received. 800, pcmocratlc
state headquarters.
DIX IS CONFIDENT den
Albany, N. Y. Nov. s.--llxpressin,s
confidence in the result Of today's bai-
,otins John A. Dix, Democratic nomi-
moo Tor governor, left Albany tins at
n ,.rn on to motor to Pine Needles, ms
washington county home at ,rhomsnn'
Where lie Will receive the election re-
turns tonight. - M D,x's
Glands today as he was leaving. " Nc
s shalt look for you back here on Jan
II s.id tho can
,iaate smiling. You know I'VE IN