The evening world., 1919-11-04
WOMEN VOTERS HOLD BALANCE OF POWER IN ELECT7(

tricts, voted flfty-fifty with the men
In the more crowded tenement dis
tricts the women formed but 30 pc
cent. OF the voters in the early ballot
ing. In most OF the Socialist district
early voting was a feature. with tn
women keeping close up to the mel
voters.
FEW WOMEN VOTE IN sEcoNr
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
The lack of interest shown by th'
women in the early afternoon wa
strildngly illustrated in a canvass o.
a number OF polling places In th'
second Assembly District at
o'clock. In the Second Election Dis
trIct oc this Assembly District l7t
had voted out OF n total registration
OF S4a, but only twenty four ballots
had been cast by the women. In the
Third Election District, out OF q
registration Of $50. 127 had voted,
p5 being women. In the Fifth Elec-
ton District. ont of registration OF
so, e02 men had voted ana 10 wom-
en-. In the Seventh District there
wern IS women in the 375 who had
voted up TO a.3O out Of n total regis
tration Of $50. In the Eighth Dis
triot. with a registration OF 6i2, Sl2
had voted, but only IS we're women
In the Sixteenth District, out Of a
total registration Of i+2. 2Sl had
n
Later In the morning the women
bagan 10 90 70 the polls In all parts
of the city. In the majority OF sectors
they were keeping up with the men
In their proportion OF registration at
the ratio OF one 20 three.
Ths Barnard College girls weren't
among the early voters, but turned
out fairly strong about II o'clock. On
Columbia Heights in Brooklyn the
women reached the polls at an earlier
hour. Teachers. art students and
women of means were included In
this class.
INDICATIONS ARE LIGHT VOTE
WILL BE PoLLED.
A York and Popar, In the tene-
ment district OF Brooklyn, the women
preserved tho one 10 three ratio. The
average vote grew stronger as the
hours advanced and at noon there
wUro waiting lines at the polls all
over tho city. But at that hour the
consensus OF political opinion was
that the returns for the day would be
light
Al nearly every booth were women
OF the Red Cross and they reaped a
harvest for the Red Cross campaign.
old-timers smiled at this and more
than one remarked that the dollars
were going in different directions
than In the good Old days"
a report that liquor was being used
to coax reluctant votes caused excite
ment at Internal Revenue headquar-
ters In the Custom House and en-
forcemept officers were kept on the
run all morning. The First and Eigh-
teenth Assembly Districts in Brook
lyn were named as among those
where an anxious voter In the know
could be accommodated. There were
similar reports from Staten Island.
In Brooklyn th~ early voting was
much less brisk than In former years.
which was accounted for by the lead
ers by the fact that II is an off year.
Women captains. guards and election
omcers were punctuAl and vigilant at
their posts.
A heavy Socialist vote was cast in
the brownsville and East New York
sections OF Brooklyn. Abraham Ship
lacon, Socialist candidate for Alder
man, and Charles Solomon, Socialist
candidate for the Assembly. were cer-
tain Of election. It was apparent that
tho Socialist Party in Brooklyn,
which split up into factions Last year
had been reunited
There was little activity at Repub-
lican Headquarters. at Sixth Avenue
and seth Street The only comment
Of Samuel s. Koenig. Republican
leader. was: We are preparing L
watch carefully that there In M
Juggling OF the ballots"
BIG VOTE IN BRONX INDlcATEr
IN EARLY HOURS.
Dariy voting in the Bronx indicaaet
tuo things: that large vote woui'
be polied and that most OF the vote
being cast are straight tickets.
Democratic Leader Arthur II. Muir
ply was abroad early and was conn
dent that Moran and Callahan. can
didate for City Court Judge would g
down TO the Bronx line with 1000
majority.