Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-04
Women to Take Active Paft
In Staten Island Election
But Little Local Interest Being shown
In the Coming Resul $.

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BIZ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE. Nov. 4-Women
voting and acting as election of1eers
will be seen for the first time at a
general election in New York tomor-
row.
In the various districts here women
have beer selected by both the Re
publican and Democratic ~organtza-
lions to act in the election boards
with men. The election boards COM
posed of the four inspectors. two poll
clerks and two ballot clerks hat
screw this year throughout the graeter
city will only be required to be ON
duty from the time of the opening of
Nthe polls at six o'clock in the morning
until six o'clock at night.
Under q law passed at the last legis-
lature for canvassing inspectors, two
of the Democratic and two of the Re
publican party will then take charge
and canvass the vote, two acting as
poll clerks and two as inspectors OF
election.
The board of elections for the bor-
ough of Richmond. have completed
arrangements for the election on Stat
en- Island tomorrow. The police have
received the ballots and material to be
delivered at the polls, which will be
opened at six o'clock IND closed at six
O'Clock at night. instead of five o'clock
as in former years.
Inc polling DluCeS i'll lie hibB WaiN
will be the same as used In the pri-
mary election in September. There
are three polling places in Tottenville
this ear. two at the school and one
at the Masonic temple, banquet hall
In Main street.
The districts here are the twenty
ninth in the north side of the school
building toward Yetman avenue, the
thirtieth on the south side of the
school building toward Brighton
street, and the thirty-first. at the Ma
sonic temple.
The location of the other districts
In the fifth ward are as follows: Twen-
ty-ffth. Huguenot fire house, Hugue-
not Park; twenty-sixth. Rossyille
school; twenty-seventN Pleasant
Plains school and twenty-ninth. Rich
mond Valley barber shop.
n campaign hat practically came
to a close on Staten Island Saturday
night was one of the most quiet ever
known here. Hardly a meeting has
been held by any of the parties. There
is to be elected on the Island a con-
gresham, two assemblymen, a state
senator and a sheriff for the county
of Richmond.
The election of an assemblyman II
the second assembly district concern
this end of the island more than any
thing else where Stuart l.. Ritz OF
T~ottenville, is the Republican candi-
date against Henry A. Seesselberg, of
Concord, the Democratic candidate.
The latter is the present incumbent.
Mr.. Ritz is quite popular on this
n of the island where he has re-
sided for some time. He Is president
Of the Fifth Ward Home Welfare
League, and Tottenville branch of the
Staten Island Civic League, an officer
of the Fifth Ward Branch of the Red
Cross, Kr~eischerville Rifle Club, the
~4oro04iano TxrnnOra nhfn~l IYninn
and several fraternaI and Social or
CARNATIONS. He is also a veteran of
the Standardization war and a local
preacher.
Staten Island has also a woman run
ming for office. Mrs. Mary G.. Brewer,
of New Brighton, is the Republican
candidate for state senator in the
twenty-fourth senatorial district that
includes Richmond and Rockland
counties. Mrs. Brewer is being o~~os-
ed on the Democratic ticket by John
A.. Lynch of West New Brighton.