South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-03
Ideal Weather and Interest in
Campaign Brings Out Fairly
Heavy Early Vote in the
Various Precincts.
ELECTION IS QUIET
WITH SOME SCRATCHING
Party Officials Express Conf
denCe That Practically En-
tire Total of Registered Vot-
erS Will Have Cast Ballots.

NJ W VI Oa0A Gdli0A0s
Practically 40 per cent OF the
registered voters IN South Bend had
cast their ballots at the 2S polling
places at noon today. according 10 the
reports which were received from
the various precincts. Indications
were that the vote today would be eX
ceedingly heavy, due TO the intense
interest in the campaign for con
greSSiOnal state and county office ana
the favorable weather.
Judging from the time spent at the
machines by the voters in many OF the
precincts there has been much ticket
splitting, particularly in the centrally
located wards Votes were being cast
speedily in the precincts on the west
side. In the fourth precinct OF the
sixth ward an average of almost one
vote a minute was sustained during
the morning, approximately 800 men
having operated the machine before
II o'clock.
After at least 80 votes had been cast
in the third precinct OF the fifth ward
it was discovered that an error had
been made in the placing OF the ballot
on the voting machine. The name OF
j. Elmer Peak. democratic candidate
for justice 81 the peace OF Portage
township had been left off the ma
chine, and a Penn township candidate
placed in his stead The mistake was
rectified as soon as discovered. The
machine in the first precinct OF the
sixth ward was out Of operation for
practically half an hour at noon but
was repaired and voting was resumed
No trouble OF any consequence was
reported at any OF the polls. the
voting proceeding steadily without in
terruption from any source. Large
NsnH oh
tically all the voting places. particu-
larly those on the west side. Voting
in the first and second wards appear
ed TO be much slower than in others.
il being necessary for the voters To
stand in line from - minutes TO half
an hour before they reached the ma
chine. This fact was due apparently
to splitting Of tickets by the voters
in these wards.
Votes Above Average.
The second precinct OF the fifth
ward showed an increase over the av-
erage morning vote. Ordinarily about
100 votes are cast in this precinct
before noon but the count showed 138
shortly before l. o'clock today. The
registration in this precinct in October
was 367.
one hundred votes had been cast in
the first precinct OF the third ward at
10 o'clock. The registration there
was 363. In the second precinct or
the third ward approximately 200 OF
the sos voters there had been 10 the
polls Almost half of the 361 voters
in the third precinct OF the same
ward had been 10 the polls at noon
while more than 200 votes OF the regis
/ tratiOn Of 498 i'm the NTH precinct
Of the seventh ward had been cast be-
for l. O'Clock.
! One-half OF the voters registered in
I =
had been 10 the polls at noon. the ma
chine showing count OF 2ll while
/ the registration figures there in Oc-
/ tOber were 513. More than half had
voted I'm the first of the first. 208
Y having cast their ballots while the
registration showed 406. In the first
OF the nth 1S5 of the 425 registered
/ voters had cast their ballots at noon.
I'm the sixth Ward.
Al II o'clock $50 had voted in the
4 first precinct OF the sixth ward. The
/ Registration there is 355. OF the sos
/ registered votes in the third of the
sixth. more than 200 had been in the
/ booths at II o'clock.
TWo-nfths OF the vote i'm the fourth
and seventh wards had been cast az
noon, according 90 reports from pre-
! cinCts in those sections of the city. An
/ average OF one vote in three minute
as being sustained in these two
( wards during the morning. lndlca-in-s
that the total vote would De exceed
ingly heavy.
/ Democrats. republicans and progres-
siVes were each claiming the adFau-
/ tage ia the various precincts over the
/ city during the morning. Democratic
1 leaders felt confident Of the west slide
] vote while the republicans declared
that they would poll the largest NUM-
ber OF votes la that section
I No Serious Trouble.
I There was LIue indication of any
/ trouble arising ar any ~ the vOuns
I places although I'm couple 0f pre-
/ cincts advocates and opponents OF tha
/ constitutional convention engae ed iu
disputes regarding the placing ~
favorable and unfavorahle signs relat-
ing 20 the question near the polls
This did net result in any open alter
cation. In other precincts objection
was made 10 republican election oiti-
cials and others wearing republican
lapel buttons.
| Voting in MishawEka and the sac
rious townships this morning was
above the average according 20 report
received at noon. Farmers appear 80
be much interested in the election ui
the county state and cOngressi on,s
officers and voted steadily during thS
a.aay