Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-02

minutes inter. At D.Jh, ia had voted.
In the Eighth ward, Seventh district,
900 Lombard street, strong showing was
made by the women voters and at 10
o clock nearly every woman eligible. to
vote in that district had passed through
the lines. Women from the two campaign
headquarters made their appearance at
an early hour and distributed sample bal
lots To the homes throughout the district.
Prior 10 the opening Of the booths Mt z 30,
the line had started To form and election
clerks were kept on the jump. In this dis
trict about 80 WON en- and 200 men had
been registered at 10 o clock.
IN SECOND WARD.
In four Of the eight precincts Of the
Second ward west of the Christiana river,
very little interest was shown by most of
the men up To $50. However, the women
made strong showing in every instance.
This is attributed to the fact that the ma
jority of male voters will not cast their
votes until after the close of the working
hours.
In the First district, 10 East Second
street, Mt 9 o clock, = women and IA men
had cast their votes. In the Second dis
trict, pos East Second street, only D per
| cent had voted. In the Third district, ia
Poplar street, the voting was slightly
heavier and 25 women and % men had
passed through the chains
Women political workers We're on hand
Mt every polling place, offering aid TO
the feminine voters Residents in this
section Of the Second ward are practically
all white. 1t is expected the Polish popula-
tion will make n large showing during the
afternoon hours.
Police on duty Mt each polling place
!
had been no disorder up To 10 o'clock In
Walnut street. between Eighth and Tenth,
il il estimated that practically every
colorcd resident in that locality turned out
and the crowds although orderly, throng
ed tins thoroughfare.
~ THE FIFTH WARD.
One hundred and thrtv-fivc persons
voted ut 619 Orange street the First dis
trict Of the Fifth ward. in one hour Two
hundred and sixty-seven persons, or so
per cent Of the total number Of voters in
| the district. had east their ballots NJ 1850
O'Clock
One hundred and nincty-cight persons,
| or 45 per cent nf the total number OF
voters IN the district. had voted at S23
| Orange street at 10. IS clock This is the
| Ninth district Of tho Fifth ward.
~ ERY THING WpHkfSG SMOOTHLY
| AZ the office Of the Department Of Flee
| tions, in the Public building. at noon
/ President G. II 9 Schofeld reported that
| everything WAS working smoothly about
/ the city An Of the polls were open and
/ tho voting was in progress without any
! serious bitches In most cases the polls
| were opened at : o'clock but in some
| Instances. for various reasons, the opening
/ was DELAYED until 30
/ The polls viii close ri g o'clock
+ Because of the advent Of the woman
vote, the count tonight will be delayed
/ This IL due not only 70 the fact that the
/ vote Is nearlv double what II Was NJ the
| last election. but also because women are
/ said 20 have cut their tickets more heavily
than men over dreamed If doing Most Of
1 them have hsd thor ballots ~ home aud
had time II ponder over Thorn and decide
/ whether any candidates in their party
/ ought t. be cut or whether there were more
/ deserving candidates on other tickets 30
the count Is going 10 be moro difficult
/ than ever before. split tickets beng the
/ hardest to count and taking the most
/ tune.
| Returns will be received at Every
/ Evening Office Is rapidly rs they arc COM
( plcted, where they will be bulletlned and
called out by megaphone
The court will begin TO canvass the re-
I turns next Thursday