The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-02

In this district also, the women vot- | CTS showed that they could handle the voting machines just as well as the men: Tickets were cut to quite a considerable extent, most of this ap- parently being done byawomen. Both parties were confident of suc- cess in the Seventh district. EIGHTH DISTRICT. Out of a registration of 2S49 voters, 1 this district showed a total vote up to | of a possible 968 had cast their ballots. Mrs. C.. T. Lindsay of 2214 North ave l nue was the first woman voter in the district to cast her ballot.
 NINTH DISTRICT. I The vote in the first precinct of the | Ninth District showed that the wo- | men were out early to cast their bal | lot. Mary E. Rahrig of 21 Jane street and Josephine Greyof FPS No ble avenue battled to be the first in line when the polls opened. The 1 honor went to the Rahrig woman. Out of the total vote to be cast of 2,40O in this precinct 1,400 had voted up until II o'clock. It was estimated 1 that three-fours of the vote had been cast by the voters at Il o'clock About, 500 women had voted up to this time. The early morning casting | of ballots was light but it increased 1 as the time went the officials at the booth giving their version at a
 
 to prevail according to the officials of l both parties. Both parties were con l fldent that the results tonight would return a handsome majority for their | ticket.
 In the second precinct of the same | district 549 of the men voters had cast their ballot at II o'clock. The total male vote in this district is had boiled at Il o'clock out of the total women voters of 496. Mrs. Emma J. Watson of 140S East Main street being the first woman voter: She stood in line from 4 o'clock until | the polls opened at 5:30. Early morn ing evidences in this district were for a split ticket with G. O. P. party men scratching Brandegee and Judge Of Anna S. Sadler of 1852 Noble avenue was challenged by Frederick Brill the district deputy registrar. Mrs. Sadler l took her troubles to the Democratic committee who got in touch with Registrars White and Lounsbury at the City Hall and it was ruled that she had a perfect aig mght to Iote, of the Police Force had gone sour with the Slovenian voters and that I they were swinging to the Democratic party was reported by Democratic of- fcials.
 TENTH DISTRICT.
 In the Tenth district the total vota cast up to 10:45 was given as 7ss. Mrs. Julia Mrazik of ?16 Arctic trict, she having waited from l o'clock in the morning until the polls opened to gain the honor of being the first woman voter and the first voter of either sex. It was estimated that the rush up to o'clock had been about 500 persons. As in other dis ; tricts in the city the women were out early to cast their ballots in this ais for alderman on the Democratic tick ct and Frank J. Kisco, Republican candidate for the same office, both minutes after 5:3O o'clock. Both stated that they were confident of vic tory and that their tickets would gc in by safe majorities. The Demo cratic committee were on the job as- sisting the women to get to the polls It was estimated that about one-halt Of the total vote in this district had been cast at Il o'clock. Very lit trict. according to the judgment oi both parties. The women vote was exceptionally heavy.
 ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
 Mrs. Mary Schorndorf of 66 Elias street, was the first voter in this dis trict, she casting her ballot at 5:31 , a. minute after the polls opened. A 12>~o'c1ock se7 votes out of the tota F vote of~1534, had been cast It was : said the morning visitors were abou
 50 per cent. women and that some
 of them came to the polls with ba bies in their arms and others trailins
 along with small children. As 1T other districts the straight ticke g seemed to predominate. Of all the : districts on the East Side there Q seemed to be less enthusiasm ana party workers at this district. TWELFTH DIsTRICT S In this district in the First Pre- oiy 4{o1 ,o{o $ 1,179 cast, up until shortly before 1: '. o'clock out of the 3,621 voters. Tn, | first vote cast was by Miss Heller d Halstead of s2 Meade street who pull Voting ran very light up until abou
 o'clock but was heavy between
 and II. The women ran excepr1on
 ally heavy from until 12. AS il - pressed confidence that the return h would show a big majority for thei r parties.
 T In the Second Precinct of the sam |. district Mrs Anna M. Pickett of 136 s Stratford avenue was the first mem . Der of the gentle sex to vote. Tn women vote in this district was yer
 heavy. Mothers bearing children i
 their arms were frequent visitors a
 the polls and according to the report o the women between 21 and 30 were i gg the majority of the women voters Q o'clock was 1,6O7. Most of tn .e .e women in this district were scratch .s ing their ticket. One old woman wh n looked to be close on to 100 year 1s old visited the polls in the mornin
 and took quite a bit of time in tn
 booth evidently with the intention c
 squeiching the Senatorial ambitions 0
 one Frank Brandegee. of WOMEN OUT EARLY .,y IN WATERBURY i- sSs