Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
D|TAFT CASTS BALLOT
President Requires Seven
Minutes to Mark Tickets.
ToDAY's OHIO ELECTIONS
Municipal Officers Being Chosen in
Buckeye Cities.
HEAVY VOTE Is INDICATED

w SdIuSI 0SueTd11y 11edSauC Except
in Northern Part of State.
Multiplicity of Ballots.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. October 1.-Presi-
dent Taft cast the ballot that he trav-
eled several hundred miles and gave up
days vacation at Hot Springs to cast
here today. The President voted at zoos
Madison road. in ward 3, precinct NJ, two
blocks from where he used to live
He came to the polling place in an au-
tomobile from the home of his brother,
&c. P. Taft. accompanied by detail of
Cincinnati police. There was not much
of a crowd waiting to see the President
when he arrived, but the news of his
coming spread through the neighborhood
rapidly, and when he came out to enter
dred curious persons lined up on either
side of the entrance.
Faced Battery of Cameras.
The President had no trouble securin :
his ballots He had to wait for several
minutes after receiving them, however.
1OI Tic SdHIcId UdllcTy " get IeduS, dilII
and fire. He was in the booth for seven
minutes and supposedly marked all nine
of the ballots offered to a voter in the
city election. He was registered as num-
Der 3O1, but not all the voters registered
ahead of him had visited zoos Madison
road before his arrival.
In the booth to the Presidents right
when he was marking his ballot was a
citizen minus coat, with a heavy gray
sweater and corduroy trousers and to
piano mover. After depositing his bal
lots under the eye of an election judge,
Mr.. Taft returned to his brothers home.
Program for the Day.
The program mapped out for the Presi-
dent today included luncheon with the
Cincinnati Manufacturers Club and an
address to the American Society for the
Judicial Settlement of International Dis
putes.
heavy vote is being cast here today
in the municipal election. The registra-
ton was the heaviest ever known for a
purely local election and with pleasant
fall weather prevailing the voters are
f1ocking to the polls. There are four
candidates for mayor. but the chief battle
Mayor Louis Schwab, and the democrats,
with County Prosecutor Henry T. Hunt
as leader. The election is remarkable in
that each voter will have nine different
ballots to cast.
A Confusion of Ballots.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. November I. Elec-
tons to determine the character and per-
sonnet Of municipal governments through
nut tfVo To hrfc CT he
opening of polls at $50 this morning, with
| every indication during the first hours of
the day of record breaking vote
throughout Ohio. Political organization
throughout the state have made it ap-
parent that their chief interest in the
contests today is to strengthen their po-
sitions for the forthcoming battle over
delegates to the national political conven-
tons next year.
Reform propositions have been the prin-
cipal issues of the campaign in a ma
jority of the cities, and, while the reg
ular party organizations predominated
in the naming of party candidates and the
management of campaigns, party lines
have to a large extent been lost sight of
in the whirl of men and measures.
Election officials have reported consider
able confusion resulting from the number
of ballots in today's elections. Every
municipality has four separate ballots to
voter is confronted with the marking, of
five ballots.
On Non-Partisan Tickets.
Besides the general ballot containing
the candidates of all parties for munici-
pal Offices, there is a separate non-parti-
san ballot for members of boards of edu-
cation, another non-partisan ballot Tor
municipal judges and still another con-
tanning the candidates for delegates to the
constitutional convention. Both issues are
submitted to the electors in a number of
municipalities on another separate ballot.
According to reports already received
| from many cities, voters have during the
morning hours averaged three minutes or
even longer in marking their ball is. TIE
| longest time has been taken over the
nom partisan ballots. despite the fact
| that these are the shortest. This is ex-
planned by election officials as res tin (
| from the voters desire to remember the
party candidates.
Election weather in Columbus is IDEAL
clear and mild. The early MOI ming vot-
| ing was unusually heavy, and in some
! wards all those who desired to vote pe-
| fore beginning their days work could
| of the many ballots was slow.
Cleveland's Weather Bad.
| CLEVELAND, Ohio, November -
Clouded skies and raw, cold weather
greeted Cleveland's voters at the polls
| today. and with prospects of rain. or
| even snow, it was expected that the vote
would fall considerably short of the o.
Sf2 registra tions.
| 4 fair morning vote was reported.
Aside from the mayoralty contest, in
! terest centers in the result of the vote for
the new municipal court judges and a
| bond issue for two-mill on-dollar mu-
ncipal electric lighting plant.
Whitlock's Hard Fight.
| TOLEDO. Ohio. November with a
slight drizzle falling at $50 this morning,
| when the polls opened. and the sky over
cast with heavy clouds. the prospects for
a heavy vote went glimmering, accord
| ing to the politicians. The polls will
close at $50 this afternoon. In addition
| to the heavy fight waged against Mayor
Whitlock independent for election for
| tho fourth Tina Inv State Senator Carl