New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
New Registrars Seem to
Favor Drys in 38 Up
state Cities
Colds at Syracuse
Insist on Balloting
Results Still in Doubt as
Polls Continue Open
To-day

cities of the state. as fer as heard from,
last night. voted all dav yesterday with
neatness and spatch--voted as if they
had been doing it right along that
was the news the wires carried last
night. The polls were open until
o'clock. and will be open tonight until
the same hour in order to accommo-
date the registrants. So far as it af-
torded a test 1T looked like a triumph
for the women in mastering the me-
chanics of voting.
AS stated already in The Tribune, the
local option proposition is fourfold--
whether liquor shall be sold to be drunk
on the premises, whether it shall be
sold in bottles and not to be consumed
on the premises, whether it may be
sold by pharmacists on doctors pre-
scrption, and whether hotelkeepers
may sell it.
More than 10000 persons voted in
Syracuse. The election officials in that
city said last night that all records
for heavy voting had been broken in
every election district in the city.
Thirty thousand more voters are ex-
pccted at the polling places to-day
There was little confusion and prac-
ticaly no disorder. The women were
first at the polls III many places. The
total registration of women in Syra-
cuse is $4,000.
h.
the university section polling places,
where scores Of goods were registered.
Hundreds of challenges were issued by
the vets in these cases. but the girls
swore in their ballots. In other places
bitter arguments between wet and dry
workers were quickly ended. There
was but one arrest all day. A special
squad of police. modified at head
quarters, had nothing to do Demo
cratic and Republican politicians, neu-
trail on the local option question, re-
garded the split voting by women as
forecasting victory for the drys in
oustng the saloons, but victory for
the vets in keeping licenses in drug
stores and hotels.
In Amsterdam approximately 70 per
cent of the registered vote was cast
Yesterday The women, who voted
on separate machines, were out in force
and cast more ballots than the male
voters. There were few challenges.
In Binghamton more than half of the
27,l30 votes were cast yesterday The
vote in the "dry" districts was larger
than in the wet" wards. Four of the
fortyfour special policemen appointed
to guard the ballot boxes were women.
They did their work we'll. Many bal
lots were spoiled
The drys claim the city by 5000.
The vets also assert that their forces
are victorious, but are more modest.
They say license will be carried by
1000. The heaviest vote was cast in
the dry Districts,
Approximately 10000 votes of the
p 900 registered in the. city of Elmira
were cast yesterday. The result is in
doubt.
In New Rochelle nearly 5000 of the
] 1000 registered voters got their votes
IN on the first day. The result will not
be known until Wednesday night, as
the battle is close one. Two women.
Miss Elizabeth Brady and Miss Mary
Diamond, are Democratic election in
spectors. Four policewomen Mrs.
Richard Mullineux, sixty-fvc years
old; Mrs. Mary Ryan. Miss Harriet Ma
ing to guard the ballot boxes The
'drys' carried their fund soliciting
INTO the public schools, the "wets"
charge. Most of the local merchants
favor the 'wets."
Women voters were out in large
numbers in Mount Vernon yesterday.
especially in the Italian and German
sections of the town.
More than 1000 Of the II 900 persons
registered voted yesterday in New
burgh. The women voters were out in
large force.
In Oneida the greater number of the
voters Yesterday were women. They
: were active all day.
In Little Falls 1928 votes were cast
OUT OF 1000 registered, the women vot-
ing heavily
About 5000 residents of Watertown.
cut Of total of 10000 entitled to vote,
got their votes in yesterday The
"omen were prompt and active for the
dry end Of the question.
jamestown "Drys" Confident
When the voting machines were
,ocked tor the night in Jamestown
lo'sn out of a total registration Of
!b'ooo had been recorded. The woman
vote was very Heavy. The "drys" are
conldent Of victory.
A, the first days voting in Science
10y A',''o FoLe5 were cast out OF a
total registration Of approximately
1s,O0O. The woncn's vote was heavy.
ne new voters voted quickly and
without difficulty.
IN Beacon 2,500 out of n total Il
",'3O votes were cast the first day
A. the close Of the first days voting
in P!attsburg total Of 3.15l votes. out
"1 registration of 1927. had been
cast. over 6O per cent Of the women
VINO had registered cast their votes
yesterday. and Is per cent of this
number voted "dry" The indications
are that tne city will 70 dry"
More than 1000 Of the 5.Gl3 votes
registered at Batavia were cast before
the polls closed last night.
At Corning about three quarters of
INC vote was cast yesterday. The drys
enjjyened the occasion by holding a
street parade Of school children.
Iiorncll, Lockport and Gloyergvillc
report about two-thrds Of the total
registration already in. In Tonawanda
and North Jonawanda about half the
vote WAS cast. Olcan reports FIVE
cighths Of the vote in
Heavy Voting in Schenectady
in Schenectady the voting was par
tjcularly heavy. When the polls closed
~ wa> found that about 10000 Of the
1900 registered had cart their ballots.
Predictions n trouble at the polls. which
wnre plentiful enough before election,
taiicd ~ mAterlaJizc. The women
~aNhers vent about their duties quite
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