Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-11-04
HEAVY VOTING
EARLY IN DAY
No Challenges Have Been
Reported and No Disorder
at the Polls.
PROBE FALSE REGISTERING
Mills, Who Charged lIIegaIl- /
ty Will Get Chance TO Prove
Statements.
PROBE FALSE REGISTERING

democratic leaders say that the
charges of illegal registrations made
in an open letter to the EVENING
NEWS, and published yesterday, will
be brought before the grand jury and
George E. Mills be given an oppor-
tunity to prove his statements, with
a view of indicting the election
judge. In his communication Mr..
Mills, who Is judge of election in the
first poll of the fourth ward, charged
that there had been false registra-
tions in the second, third and fourth
wards.
Indications up to ! O'Clock this
afternoon show that there was un-
usually heavy voting in the early
hours of the election and that up
until that time some 1900 ballots
had been cast. No challenges were
reported from any wards up until
that hour, though there were some
who had to go to the court of COM
mon pleas at New Brunswick to get
transfers from one district to an
other because Of change in residence.
Ballots cast this morning show
that probably one-half of the votes
cast were deposited in the election
boxes of the, different polls before 10
o'clock, Indicating that many men
took advantage of the opportunity to
vote as, they went to work. There
was another rush for voting at noon
hour. The heaviest vote, as usual,
| Is expected between 5 and O'Clock
this evening.
Any voter, who by reason of an
error or by reason of moving from
one election district to another, is
deprived of the right of franchise
when he appears at the polls today,
nay apply to the Judge of the court
of common pleas sitting in New
Brunswick between o'clock a. m.
to 7 o'clock p. M, and II, In the
discretion of the Judge, the voter has
been unjustly deprived of his right
to vote a certificate will be Issued
him. This certificate is in the form
of an order directing the district
Judge of election to allow the voter
In question to cast his ballot.
If voter has moved from one dis
trict to another since his registra-
ton, before he can vote he Will have
to go to New Brunswick and gain
an order of transfer from the judge
of the court of common pleas. This
order will direct that the district
election board shall allow the appli-
cant to vote.
The leaders of the different par
ties are marshaling their full
strength to the polls today, and are
irving to get out every vote possible.
Though there was a smaller regis
tration this year than last, that being
u-ao;Ioptia1 election VpQF. those
who did register seem to be taking
great interest in the issues and the
candidates presented on the d1nerent
tickets, and have bestirred them
selves, as far as about half OF those
registered are concerned, to come to
the polls early. There was total OF
4.O77 registered this year, and 1ndl-
cations are that nearly every one or
them will visit the polls before the
day is over. There were 1885 regis
tered. for the election last year.
In some of the wards from one
third to one-half of the voters had
cast their ballots up to 10 O'Clock.
Following are reports from one or
more polls of each ward between
1890 and / o'clock noon: First
ward-Second poll, 119; third poll,
e6. Second ward-First poll, IA.
Third ward-First poll, 70. Fourth
ward-First poll, 50; second poll,
N: Fifth ward-First poll, SS; sec
ond poll, 76. Sixth ward-Second
poll, 1873.
There were no voters reported
challenged in any of these wards and
good order prevailed up until 1
o'clock In the vicinity of the polls
and in the city generally. Because
they had moved from one election
district in ward to another election
district, a number of voters had to
go to New Brunswick to get trans
fers. In the second poll of the fourth
ward there were nine voters who had
to 20 to the county seat to get the
order of the court.