Evening star., 1912-11-05
CAST VOTE EARLY
New Workers Lose Little Time
in Casting Ballots.
POLICE HAVE LITTLE WORK
No Report Of Any Trouble During
First Four Hours.
CRIES OF FRAUD ARE RAISED
Progressive County Chairman Bird
Says Watchers Are Barred From
Polling Places.
POLICE HAVE LITTLE WORK
CRIES OF FRAUD ARE RAISED

NEW YORK, November 5.-Al New
York turned out at an early hour today
and hurried to the polls. and the leaders
at the national and state headquarters
predicted that New York city would cast
the heaviest vote In years. All three Of
the leading candidates for governor cast
their ballots In this city. and each pro-
fessed unqualified confidence in the sue
cess Of his party.
In many districts of the greater city
one-half of the vote had been polled by
3 O'Clock, while 1t was estimated that in
Harlem one-quarter OF the registered
first four hours Of balloting not one of
the TO- 400 police doing election duty made
report OF any trouble.
After the bulk of the city vote had
been cast there was cessation OF the
rush to the polls. Many districts re-
ported that half Of the vote was in be-
fore noon.
Cries Of fraud in the election m shig cry
were raised by Progressive County Chair
man Bird. He declared that the progress
out Of various polling places. Chairman
BIRD said the word had gone out that the
oulI moose candidates were to be de-
feated at any cost, and that all sorts Of
guerrilla tactics were being practiced.
All Records Broken.
All records for early and heavy voting
appeared likely to be broken in New York
state today, and reports from nearly
every county indicated that record polls
would be made. There was generally
fair weather in all parts of the state, and
in both the city and county districts vot-
ers went early to the polls.
There were no reports of d sorders, and
while the voting in many districts was
the heaviest in years there was little
trouble in recording lhe ballots.
The keenest interest in both the ma
uonal and state elections was observed in
Rochester said the early balloting there
indicated that the full registered vote
would be cast by nightfall
At Albany and in many of the Buffalo
precincts more than one-third of the
registration had been polled before o
o'clock.
From Troy. Newburg. Kingston,
Ithaca, Oswego, Elmira and Bingham
ton came reports Of unusual early ac-
tivity about the polls. At Bingha1nton
being split, and similar reports came
from Watertown and Gloversville.
Light Vote at Syracuse.
light vote was polled at Syracuse
during the early hours, due chiefly to
the unfamiliarity with the form of bal
lots. There were compl:ca tions also at
Auburn, where for the first time the
voting machines required a second pull
of the pointer for presidential choice
This was expected to result In losses
for the heads of the tickets.
Reports from every part of the state
showed that voting continued b3islsH
throughout the morning and early after
noon hours. Advices received Oy Job f.
Hedges, republican nominee for governor,
were to the effect that two-thirds Of the
vote in the state had been cast by II
o'clock
Similar reports Of heavy vote in New
York were received by democratic and
progressive party leaders. State Che irman
George NJ. Pa mer of the democfatic
committee said the democratic vote was
being cast intact and that the repub-
lican vote was being split in two
Dispatches from all over Long Island
and in Westchester county showed a big
vote being polled. Warren. Washington,
Livingston Oswego and other upstate
counties sent word here that the heav-
Test vote in years was being cast