Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-01
G,Tsulat'0s GysuInt satnTdsy tveis 1862
MONDAY. NOVEMBER /, 1920
Vote as Early as Possible.

II will be well for all voters Throughout
the State. tomorrow. to so 10 the pom
and vote "a early in the day as possiple'
Under the arrangements that the Ia"
nrovldcs for, il will not matter how many
,.o,srs sbould bc IN waiting at the time toI
opening the polls, between ! ana -"
o'clock in the morning. In some districts
the election officers will start operations
early enough to be ready 70 receive VOTERS
night on the minute Of : o'clock ana u
would Nc we'll il all would adopt tins wise
plan Should large numbers OF voter
assemble at the polling places, which is a
,,sotbcr probablc. they may form IN line
A. the end of the 30-foot reservation
marked OFF bv chains and enter the polilhs
,l.cos three at a time The law allows
only three voters in a polling place at one
time hut hy forming in line they may ne
received in three. very quickly
Those rccommendations are rendered
ncc, ssarv bv reason of the largely aug
ncn,c5 vote attendant upon the opening
~ the privilege Of suffrage 70 women
Notwithstanding many election distrlcts
IN ,be state already had large vo'nls
-,,n,,l,tIon. no arrangements were mace
Or accommodating the increase ""i.'i
vas nearly 50 per cent throughout vac
S,ata Ry reason Of his increase, there are
a.. many as 500 registered voters ~
.,,,e Mailing places. and several others
with 900 10 l 200 each. Hardly as
t-,c. n the entire state has less than oOo
voters. and the great majority from ooo
to1 600. Rand and continuous work VIII
he necessary in order % receive the No'ss
Of all these electors.
Provision should have been made, oy ?
.Decial session Of the Legislature LOT
DIVISION Of theee congcsted election "is-
,rict. bnt the managers Of the Repuohcan
party. for partisan reasons, wouia no.
consent 70 thi. The only explanation %
their attitude wa. that they see advantage
70 their partv in the situation, beleFnls =
will be possible for them TO get IN the votes
ofall the Negro women, who are as certain
70 vote the Republican ticket as the Negro
men are. and with this valuable asset N
hand will not care how many white women
NAV be crowded away from the poiis-
Governor Townsend. who was Wiiilhg
enough 10 call special sessions q the Legs
lsture for the consideration Of far less m
nortant matters. welded 10 the schemes oi
these Republican leaders and refused 90
call a special session for this important |
nurn,se although the necessary work couid
have been nerforned in less than Is noours
Should trouble prevail st any q the
crowded districts. and white women pc
prevented from voting it will not oe al
fcult to place the responsibility
However. the work may he facilitated
-raatlv if the people viii 60 70 the polls az
he opening hour, form il line, ana vote
readilv throughout the day. i y IN
,,-tant to have full vote, and
,ls, y free vote II was an out
are On the voters. especially the women
not 10 make ample provisions for easy
voting. but they will have 70 do the pest
,bev can under existing conditions. hey
viii have 70 help themselves, IN the man
nor we have suggested. and mey further
facilitate matters By securing ballots today
and marking them at home before they
60 II the polls