The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-03
Hot FIGHT in Illinois.


CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-Clear, crisp
weather, overspread Illinois today
and one OF the hottest political fights
in the history Of the state brought
the voters docking to the polls early.
Early reports indicated the greatest
percentage Of scratched ballots with
in the memory OF election officials.
Tho three cornered battle for the
United States senatorship between
Roger G. Sullivan. democrat; Ray
mond Robins. progressive and L. r.
Sherman. republican, was the out
standing issue that brought out q
heavy early vote.
Prohibition and Suffrage.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. 3.-Ohio
started out today to cast what was
expected to be the heaviest vote in
history. Proposed constitutional
amendments on prohibition and suf-
frage, overshadowed general interest
in the gubernatorial contest. Heavy
weather somewhat retarded the early
vote in Cleveland and environs but
other Ohio cities reported fair wealth
or with crowded polling places dur
ing the early hours of the day.
Perfect Weather.
DENVER, Colo, Nov. 3.-Election
day dawned everywhere In Colorado
with perfect weather. Considerable
crowds were at the polls when they
opened and election judges expected
to poll more than so per cent OF the
voters before noon.
strict Election Laws.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 3.-Three
hundred anad fifty thousand votes
are being cast in Minnesota today.
Weather throughout the state is
clear, cool and crisp. st. Paul and
Duluth are generally democratic
cities, while Minneapolis generally
goes republican. Under the corrupt
practices act, in Minnesota It Is con-
trary to law to give man cigar.
buy him a drink. hand him an cleo
ton card or pay his street car fare
or furnish him carriage to take him
to the polls if he is a voter and you
are candidate or employed by a
candidate.
Interest centers about the guber-
material fight between w. E. Lee, re.
publican, and Congressman Winfield
s. Hammond, democrat.
10 to 8 on Whitman
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Ideal cleo
ton day weather prevailed in New
! York today. Reports from other
parts of the state declared better
conditions could not be asked The
four gubernatorial candidates, Gov
ernor Glynn, Charles 8. Whitman,
Vim. Sulzer and Frederick Davenport
| today reiterated their optimistic fore
casts of yesterday. Betting on the
election was extremely light. In New
York City, Whitman is a favorite at
the odds of 10 to 8.
Will he Record Breaker.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Heavy voting
was the rule all over Illinois today.
Reports from every section Of the
state early this afternoon indicated
| that interest in the three cornered
senatorial fight have brought out an
unusually heavy forenoon vote and that
the total number of ballots cast be-
fore the polls close at p. M, will
exceed that in any previous ''off year"
in the states history.
At noon today, County Judge Owens
estimated that more than 100000
votes, or more than SIS percent Of the
total registration, already HAD been
cast In Chicago. Women were not
voting in large numbers, due to the
fact that they. were allowed to ballot
only for minor offices.
Scarcely any disturbances were re-
ported at the polls in Chicago.
Took Him Two Minutes.
PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 3.-Two
/! minutes examination of a ballot and
few swift remarks were President
Wilson's contributions this afternoon
to democratic hopes in the fourth
New Jersey district. He voted demo-
cratic straight" from Allan Walsh
| for congressman down to coroner
Eighty nine" checked the ballot clerk
in Prfnceton's fire department polling
place, as Wilson dropped in his
ticket
"Seventy-nine," answered the presi-
Dent with laugh, referring to his
class year in Princeton.
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