Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-08
VETS DECLARE RAIN
|. GOODOMEN FOR THEM
Voting in Early Hours Marked
with the Best Of Spirit
Women Workers Out.
MANY VOTES PROTESTED

Omaha is wet. meaning that Omaha
voted under auspices of J. Pluvius
The "wets' aver the weather eondi.
tons were a good omen for them.
Greater Omaha jumped into the big
election at the stroke OF 5 in the morn
ing and gave evidence Of the wisdom
OF do your voting early" Indica-
tons are there will be approximately
10000 votes in the county.
The carly voting was marked by the
best of spirit, without any disorder
to mar the day. The police were not
| called upon to extend the strong arm
Of the law over any unrcstraincd citi-
zens.
Each voting precinct was the scene
of a group OF workers for the vets
and drys, for the school board states
and for individual candidates. The
vets got into the game early and, as
a leader said, I'VE intend to give them
both barrels right up to 8 o'clock
this evening" On the other hand. the
drys were on the JOB. ...
Employers are allowing their men
plenty OF time to exercise their cleo.
tive franchise. OIL.
Commissioners Office Busy.
The election commissioners office
was busy ironing out many situations.
A citizen called at the office and in
sisted that he has lived in Omaha
more than twenty years and regis.
tered the last time on October q OF
this year and yet the clerks at his
voting place could not find his name
on the books. He was ycxed. He
sought an attorney, who got the mat.
ter adjusted.
Another man declared he had been
challenged although he had lived at
the same address near Seventeenth
and Jackson streets for five years and
was still 4 bona fide resident at the
same address which he gave when
he registered. .
Few Women Vote.
The women did not congest any Of
the voting places during the morn.
ing hours. In the Sixth Of the Twelfth
only eight women called before noon.
Two women voted before noon In the
First OF the Sixth and the same In
the Second Of the Sixth.
The Third ward voted lust too
lovely for any use." according 70
prominent women who were work.
Ing ii behalf OF one OF the school
board states. Among these women
were Mrs. Draper Smith, Mrs. F. j.
Birss, Mrs. J. F. Hyde and Mrs. H. c.
Sumney
Mrs Sumney, who returned last
week from West Virginia, where she
campaigncd for suffrage, said she
noted a marked Improvement in vot.
ing conditions in the Third ward.
why, would you believe Il, two years
ago when worked In this ward for
suffrage I observed a man showing
another man how to vote. This time
| have not seen anything Of that na.
ture," said Mrs. Sumney.
Quiet In the Third.
The Third ward Just voted and did
not make much tioise about i. They
voted for Charles Z. Hughes and
against the prohibition amendment. A
strong Hughes vote Il expected from
this ward. III the Third precinct Of
the Third ward nearly half Of the
vote was out before the noon hour.
The registration In this precinct was
$50. At this voting place two timid
women distributing school board
tickets were placed At their ease by
the men, who furnished umbrellas and
told them the animals had Ill been
put Ii chains. III the Second precinct
Of the Third 100 votes Of . possible
800 WIRE registered at ll:30 a. m.
All tho departments of the federal
building allowed their men time to
vote. III the United States district
court Judge Woodrough allowed the
jurors to go home last Friday to vote.
Court will open Wednesday.
Starts with Rush.
The Second Of the Ninth started
off with a rush, the first hour Yield
ing nearly sixty votes. Nine stalls
were used.
Of The north side precinct. the
Sixth OF the Twelfth won the morn
ing attendance prize with a total OF
l66 voting, while the Seventh OF the
Twelfth showed 1872 OF a registration
Of 800 having voted before the dinner
bell was rung.
The precincts of the Sixth and
Twelfth wasds voted from one-foprth
10 one-thlrd Of the total vote before
the noon hour.
Few Women vote Here.
The vote Of the women on tho
school board ticket ii the southwest,
ern part of the city was very Hight
BY noon the thirteen precincts IN this
section showed from one TO dozen
women votes apiece.
/ Quiet prevailed al through this
end Of the city.
Wet automobiles with their white
canvass painted III red, with the words
Vote Wet" could be seen by thfees
and tours III front OF every polling
place. The drys had few. II any. auto
mobiles working. carrying voters ia
the polls. In front Of the Third pre-
cinct OF the Seventh ward hand.
some shining taxlcab drove up at II
o'clock aid unloaded a LOT of We,
voters. Across the front, Just BY
way of clearing Itself III the eye 81
| the law II bore large sign reading
Mot Hired"
Not u Well Organized.
/ Dry workers at various polling
places were lamenting the fact thai
| they were not as well organized as
the vets. They were freely discuss.