The Detroit times., 1914-11-03

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With election day dawning In tor
rent Of rain that gave promise Of "a
Democratic day." the sun beamed
forth In full force by the time the
polls were fairly opened, and never
was there q brighter sky than the
one that caused the G. o. p. candi-
dates to smile their gladdest, by
o'clock Tuesday morning.
The polling places. particularly In
the river front districts, were as full
OF chellengers as they were OF the
regular runners of hordes OF illegal
voters that were to be Hooded into
the booths, which Is figure OF speech
meaning that there were some few
challengers on the job.
In spite Of the bright day, light
early morning vote was cast. but the.
prophecy was freely made that the
vote would pick up wonderfully In q
short time, when some OF the tired
voters slept on the campaign effects,
and evorywhere the prophecy was
m6d0 0>tnat the - md evening
vote would be extra heavy.
Down In Billy" Boushaw's First
or the First all was serene as the
sunshine big Bill" Dean, one Of
the tallest and huskiest Of Commits
sioner Gillespie's policemen, was on
the Job there, as usual, and he said.
II was by special request Of Boushaw
himself, BILLY" desiring peace and
quiet at the booth at any cost.
Forty-three electors had. cast their
ballots In the booth at $3.50 O'Clock.
II was the biggest vote In the down
river precincts, but the election board
said II was unusually light.
. In the first precinct Of the Fourth
ward, where 1872 voters are registered.
the members OF the board said that
fully $50 to 200 had moved since reg
istering, and added that they would
be surprised II more than $50 votes
were cast. They had 20 votes In at
8:15.
ITS q floating population here
said the chairman of the board.
sIt surely is" said Stephen B. G.
Currie. Democratic challenger at the
booth. .and II some Of the foaters
float this way, there Is going TO De
trouble. There are at least $50 IL
legal voters registered here, and we
try to vote, l know them, and will
challenge them. and we're going to
turn them over to detectives. The
Marx machine has hundreds Of illegal
voters registered all along the liver
front, but we don't believe that they
will appear at the booths, as the
word has gone round that Democratic
challengers, and Citizens league men
are watching In every booth"
Frederick +. Ingram, Democratic
candidate for mayor, preparing 70
leave his factory for tour Of the
precincts, said that there was no
doubt that efforts to vote float
ers" by the wholesale, would be made
by the Marx machine In the river
front precincts, but said that he un-
derstood that his friends we're taking
care of the situation.
fright across from my political
headquarters, In the booth at La
fayette-blvd.. and Shelby-st., know
that there are NOR ethan 150 men
registered, who have no right to vote
there" said Mr.. Ingram. In that pre-
cinct, the first Of the Second ward.
only nine had voted at o'clock.
The second precinct OF the Second
ward showed 13 votes at $40. Out
of more than 500 registered at the
second OF the Fourth, only i've had
voted at $40. Eight had voted in
the first of the Sixth. out Of $50
registered.
Probate Judge Stewart Hanley.
} istopping In at the first of the Third,
where IS votes had been cast, de-
clared that everything looked most
satisfactory to him. His friends pre-
dict his election by safe margin.
In the second district OF the Third
ward. where big Jim" Nevels In
jects his personal influence into the
colored boys, and many OF the whites.
there was little furry of trouble.
shortly before o'clock. when ]. M.
Perry, of No. s5s Lothrpp-ave.. chal-
lenger for the Citizens league. got
himself disliked by the election
board. because he took out a pad of
paper, and copied down the names Of
voters az they exercised their right
of citizenship.
"He tabed down every name." said
y Nevels. land he was mixed on his
credentials. First he showed card
from the citizens league. and then
Re hauled out a Progressive party
chailenger's card. That's no way
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