Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-04
Loans Get General
Support in Each
City Precinct
POLLS OPEN
UNTIL 7 P. M.

Polling places will not close
until : 0'cIOck this evening. ID IN
the duty of every registered vot-
cr of the city to east ballot.
Vote for the four loan issues
ON the cit! ballot. All political
parties faVor these bond issues
and the Rotary Club. Chamber of
Commerce aud kiwnnIs Club
members nre also working to
day to secure their approval.
The loan questions include S5O,-
900 for paving street intcrsec-
tiOns, and the transfer of the
S3OO.OO already appropriated. as
the city's share of the bridge To
he built in state street. Each
loan will mean further progress
in municipal development and an
other step toward Greater Har-
risburE.
Despite the rain during the morn
ing, in some of the city election dis
tricts from 25 to so per cent. of the
voters in almost half of the precincts
had cast ballots before noon. In
the county districts the vote was
not so heavy, but in the boroughs
and thickly populated townships
party workers predicted fairly
heavy ballot because of the interest
in local Offices.
Passage of the four city loans was
predicted at noon as few voters
were heard making statements that
they were opposed to the bond issues.
AS every section of the city will bene-
fit to a great extent by the approval
of the loans it was expected that
they may pass by the biggest major
tiles ever recorded in the city for
bond issues.
Accused Board Serves
In the Second ward, Sixth pre-
cinct, where some of the election
board members are under bail on a
charge of not complying with the
primary laws, there was no dispute
about their service again at the gen.
eral election.
In the Fourth ward. Second pre-
cinct, 90 per cent of the voters had
been at the polling place until noon,
206 casting ballots. Many other dis
tricts reported at noon that 80 to 40
per cent. of the registered voters had
appeared.
In Middle Paxton township officials
had failed to certify that there was
vacancy on the board of road sup
ervisors for a short term, and it will
be necessary now to petition the
court to appoint someone to the
place, as only a long-term super
visor is being balloted for to-day.
Error I'm Ballot
There was no trouble in organic
ing any election boards in the city
or county and no complaints were
made to the County Commissioners
about errors on the ballots, with but
! one exception. 1t was reported that
in the Seventh ward, Sixth precinct
the name of Lawrence Banks as can
didate for inspector of elections ap-
peared on the ballot while ii should
have been j. M. Winfield, who re-
ceived 54 votes at the primary, Banks
getting only SO.
Investigation by clerks at the Of
flee of the County Commissioners
showed that the computing board
in tallying the vote had placed Win
! fields name under inspector of cleo
tions," but later crossed it out. and
rewrote it under judge of elections,
indicating that he had received Sd
votes as a candidate for the latter
office, less than the number of votes
received by the nominee for judge OF
elections.
Votes cast in the various districts
of the city until early in the after
noon follow: First ward. First pre-
cinct. AZ of 175; Third. 55 of 333;
Second ward. First, 3 of 163; Third
I 10 of 275; Fifth, 113 of asa; Third
ward First, 81 of 211: Third, SO OF
109: Fourth ward. Second. 206 OF
$50; Fifth ward. Second, II of 217;
Third, so of 312; Fourth, 79 of $40;
Seventh ward, Second, rs of 363;
Third. 33 of 233; Ninth ward,
Fourth, SO of PA Fifth. 104 of 355;
Sixth, 70 of 2s7; Tenth ward. Second,
139; Third, 10 of 271; Fourth, 101
of 469: Eleventh ward. First, So of
242; Third, 101 of 344; Twelfth
ward, Second. 100 of 421; Thirteenth
1ya rd Eirst 22 of o45