The evening world., 1913-11-04
Reminds Him Sarcastically OF
a Little Event That Hap
pened Recently in Albany.
BALLOTS ARE STOLEN
Police Reserves Called 10 Drive
Strong Arm Men Out Of
Booths.

Wnian, s,uiser Invaded the ssiatn A..
ssmbly District at 4 O'Clock this morn
Ing and announced his intention Of tour
ing the district continually all day long
Before ~ o'clock In the morning hs had
visited each Of the siIteen polling places
In the district three times. and between
his tours Of the polling places he held
forth to cheering crowds at his head
quarters. seventh street and Avenue b.
Election day in the Sixth took on the
aspect Of a carnival Sulxer's automo.
bile was followed by great crowds OF
men and boys. blowing horns. ringing
bells and sgitating other noise-making
devices. The former Governor Wa A.
sured that the Sixth Assembly District
stands willing to send him to the White
House IN the next national election. and
no seemed 20 be greatly pleased
LIVELY STREET BATTLE IN
THE SIXTH.
There wae Q lively street battle be.
TWEEN . band OF Sorillas and the re-
serves Of the Clinton street police
station shortly before . o'clock this
afternoon when forty toushs stormed
| the polling place Of the Seventh Elec.
ton District Of the Sixth Assembly
District. Before the disorder was
quelied the whole neighborhood was In
an uproar. and there seemed danger
Of an armed outbreak before the toushs
could be driven away. A. II was. how
ever. the police did not find II necss.
sary to draw their revolvers. although
they used their clubs freely on the
| heads Of the invaders.
According to the Sulser men. the goril.
Las were sent into tho district BY the
Tammany forces. That such an invasion
was planned had been the claim OF the
sulxer men for several days. and afteI
the mob had been dispersed Sulser ad
herents went about the district looking
for the strong arms who. they believed
were opening programme Of violence
affecting all the polling places. The d.
rect object OF the attack was not dis
closed. but after the bes!eged polling
places had been cleared. It was fount
that q quantity Of ballots had beer
stolerL
The attack on the Avenue d pollin'
place occurred when . large percsntag
Of tho votes was already in the boxes
The "goriilas" appeared In groups
two and three, and soon the disorde
they created was altogether too mucl
for the two bluec0ats on duty. The 70
serves were asked for. and BY tho tim
ten uniformed men and . number OF dc
tsctives had s.lioped around from Clin
ton street the street WAS hlled Wit
struGxling men. The reserves plunge
into the fray and drove the invaders GU
Of the neighborhood. making no arrest,
All the policemen on duty vera detaile'
from brooklyn and Staten Island an
they didn't have much 70 do. EAcl
polling place swarmed with watcher
ana the streets IN front OF the store
In which the booths were erected wer
crowded With persons whose only busI
ness appeared to BE- making . Noise
More than half the Registered vot
Of the district had bean cast at noo1
Mr.. Sulssr profssssd TO believe tbs
, practically al The votes for Assembly
. man had been cast for htsn. The Tam
many Han and Republican leaders d
cIared that their people vere standin
D Arm and that 8ulser would be foun
to have gathered only the Prosrsssiv
} vote.
ri NJ. sulssr took hb luncheon IA n