The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
|SECORD SET IN CITY
.wR ORDERLY VOTING
r,omcndous Interest Shown
nv Great Number Of Early
Ballots Cast.
U0MEN'S PRESENCE FELT

~ carl, heavy voting general inter-
.ra absence Of ~rowdyism and disor-
., Yesterday election beat all records
-, an OF year" This was the opin-
=, NJ n%o't'ctl managers. police officials
"a oh,.ry,-. whose business II was to
a., Tab u. the flow OF votes n the
Ssrartcr.si',S of the polling.
I, vas ,st mated that considerably
-. ,rAn ~ per cent. Of the total
ns.tr,t5a NJ Gs1 e29 in the five bor-
s1sbs would he polled. Fine weather. n
So. cool. suushiny day contributed
,.s.ay T., tine smooth working OF the
az IN this city. but there were other
,suss, seldom In the history OF the
s. nav, propositions which voters
,,,sl'y take i~ethurgical.y been more ad-
..,,is.d ard forced into public attention.
-Ns ouesi,1r of the adoption OF the pro-
- Cost tuition had been argued and
ysbsted hot.y and thoroughly, 50 much
~ mai Ola, merits OF the instrument had
t.su A familiar topic OF conversation In
s,rs and office, In business and social
lte
a,rtsts. their spectacular campaign.
,ssir courlg,uus aud courteous cam
,,isr had attracted immense interest.
We matters he ped bring u O big
,oi, FAR more than would have been
IN. case had merely the voters been
Yied on 10 decide between the various
pary candidates for o'fce.
Few Attempts At Fraud.
ne good order maintained at practi-
e,lly every polling place was a most
agreeable feature of the election. There
pa. little brawling. There were few at
,ernpts at fraud. Fights were reported
from few districts. The number of ar
rests made in the twelve hours the polls
we're open was aston.shingly small when
he previous history Of elections Is kept
Il mind
But pleasanter even than these fea-
lures was the general air of courtesy and
po,ttness shown al nearly all the poll
iag places. The policemen had little TO
d. This state OF affairs was attributed,
rightly OF wrongly, TO the pre- ence OF
women watchers at the polls. The mos,
onfrrned opponents OF Woman suffrage
Nad to admit that there was a change
,r the better that there were less rough
1lk. rough conduct and deliberate rude
tss than anybody could remember.
lTtTE NFit hsNN' NSAlltH az
he polls and In most places they ap.
,.af,d tor duty before the men came
ssep.ly 10 work. They seemed to know
Ter business too.
The po,!ce arrangements were elab-
c.S,e as usual. In addition to the usual
tHce Of men on duty at the polling
PLACES i force OF zoo reported at Police
Headquarters at 6 A. NJ, ana was held
n reserve by Chief Inspector Schmitt-
s.-ger ss a dying squad. 10 be speeded
70 any part OF the city II trouble arose.
Police officials, includ.ns Second Deputy
Commissioner Frank Lord, were busy
al day IN Automobile tours of inspec-
ton.
There were puzzling features In the
tg;rourirs OF voters. The heavy regis
rad already made the leaders
ate as 10 what impended--what
vas work ns In the voters minds; but
ne great volume of voting In the early
LOUIS OF the day bothered them still
1ore. Tscy were asking them selves
wat 1t al meant. Was a landslide on
tas way 10 bury one side or the other.
for or against the Constitution, or for
AGAINST suffrage?
A remarkable feature OF the voting In
re Eleventh e.tct.or district of the
TTen,y-seyenth Assembly district was
many of the voters declined to
on the new Constitution or on the
'l1rage r~ro1os.tion, saying they did
10, unde. stand the issues. Although the
'~eessa-y procedure in marking the
'hree separate ballots had beer care
explained In the newspapers, these
Insisted that. they did not know
wat 10 do. Little misunderstanding
vas reported elsewhere In the city where
''te-s seemed to have no trouble in
afidly marking the large ballot contain.
lg the names 4 candidates and the two
mailer Ballots containing the Consti-
4uon proposition and IN. various
..neHdnents.