The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-02

tWoh-uiIuute dttcT suppvss' WuSu tu0
working men swarm the booths.
Vote May Reach $1,000.
Predictions are freely made by
those who are around the booths
that the total vote in the city viii
reach $4,000.
A morning canvass of the vote In
the east side districts indicated that
a record vote would be cast during
the day and evening. The old poll
ticians looked upon the actions OF
the early voters with disquietude.
They were plainly bewildered. and
the majority refused to make any
kind OF "a prediction excep. that the
vote would be heavy.
Naturally. the vote was compare
lively light In the upper precincts OF
the wards east OF the Third ward
boundary line, because the votersin
these districts are mostly working
men used to voting after 9 o'clock
In the evening. A heavy evening
vote Is looked for In these precincts.
In many precincts the morning
vote was almost as heavy as the
morning vote at general election,
where there is big list OF candi-
dates to draw the voters to the
polls.
The heaviest morning vote on the
east side was cast In the seventh
precinct OF the Seventh waro. where
237 male voters and Is women cast
ballots before IL o'clock. Over 30
women are registered In this pre-
cinct. Another unusually big pre-
cinct vote Is being, recorded In the
fifth precinct OF I've Fifteenth ward.
Medium and Nnck-aves.. where 17s
men and 10 ZEN voted before
II: so o'clock. No than 400 new
voters registered In this precinct.
Monday. including A women.
Brings Baby TO Polls.
One woman left ner baby In 3
cab outside the booth In this pre-
cinct while she went in to vote. She
freely admitted that she voted
against the street car plan. Her
husband being out OF town. she said
she wanted ~ make sure that the
family registered one vote against
IL.
III the "Foist OF de Foist" voting
was brisk after . o'clock. The
presence OF two burly challengers
In the booth prepared to take down
the name and address of every vot-
er seemed to have depressing ef-
feet on de boys" until Billy" Bou-
shaw got busy and trotted them over
TO the polling place. The news that
Burns detective was in the booth
watching the vote caused de boys"
TO be bit backward at first. At
1910 o'clock, Boushaw had voted SO
OF his colony. Boushaw has prom
Used TO deliver his precinct TO the
supporters OF the street car plan BY
handsome margin.
The morning vote In other lower
precincts was First Of the Elev.
ehth, IS. including two women; first
OF the Thirteenth, 80: first OF the
Fifteenth. "a. including six women;
first Of the Seventeenth. 90. includ-
ing Ave women: fourth OF the Sew.
enteenth. "a. including three women;
second of the Seventeenth. ia,
including ~ women.
In the upper precincts a great
deal Of interest is being manifested
In the street car plan. The new
registration has been heavy in most
of these presincts.
The eighth precinct OF .aa Sew
enteenth ward voted 81 men and
two women before Il o'clock: the
seventh precinct list showed that
g.. including six women, had voted.
There were no challengcrs In the
upper precinct booths.
1--WE are honest and don't need
watching" said the chairman OF
the seventh OF the Seventeenth.
when yon refer to us. kindly call
us the honest election board"
The morning count In some Of the
upper precincts was: Fifth of the
Thirteenth, 65, including two wom-
en-; sixth of the Eleventh, 65; ninth
OF the Ninth, 40; seventh Of the
Fifth, "a; sixth OF the Fifth. 35;
sixth OF the Third, 80. One woman
Is registered in the sixth Of the
Third, but she did not visit the
booth during the morning. In many
of the other precincts, especially in
the Polish districts, no women we're
registered.
Political Workers Scarce.
During a trip around the east side
of the city. not political worker
was seen. Only one automobile with
a banner, vote Tes," was seen and
that was alongside booth In the
Seventeenth ward. There were nu-
merous Job holders and city kall
hangers-on In tho booths. serving as
clerks, there being nothing in the
law to prevent this. The better
known ward politicians, however.
were conspicuous by their absence.
Not an alderman was encountered
during the entire Trip. In the
booths, especially where burly chal-
lengers were stationed, there was
little talk about the car plan or
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