Evening journal., 1922-11-07

Confident AS
Vote IS CAST
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ncerS, the department. or ELECTIONS
reported.
In few districts II was discover
ed that wrong ballots were being
used Internationally by some OF the
party workers. One of these mix
ups occurred at Seventh and JEFF
ferson streets, where It was found
the wrong Representative district
ballots were in circulation. Also in
the Ninth ward. where Market
street Is the dividing line OF the
Levy Court district, wrong ballots
fell into the hands OF some of the
voters.
Both parties had an army OF
workers around the polls. Women
were as active as the men in getting
out the voters. The average vote
up 10 noon reported throughout the
city was light compared with the
registration, many districtsreported
This afternoon the vote Is expected
to be much heavier, as many indus
trial plants closed at noon to give
their employees a chance 10 cast a
ballot.
The old familiar cry OF "repeaters"
had been missing up TO noon. Lead
ers OF both parties we're satisfied
with the honesty of the registration,
and felt no attempts had been made
TO register "fioaters."
Up to early this afternoon not
many Negroes had voted. It was re-
ported in several districts. No dis
order at any Of the polling places
had been reported 20 the police, II
was said at headquarters.
Policemen are stationed at many
polling places in event their SER
vices are required.
Lambert ]. Foulk. secretary OF the
Department of Elections. who was
at his office in the City Building.
said that at noon a light vote had
been cast. He said that in one or
two districts the clerks failed to ap-
/ pear and other clerks were pressed
into service.
In parts of Sussex county rain fell
during the morning. Former Gov
ernor John G.. Townsend said rain
was falling at selbyville. At Dover,
however, it was not raining, but the
weather was threatening.
In the 20th district OF the Ninth
Ward It was said only 80 had voted
/ up 10 noon while in the nineteenth
district Of the same ward. the vote
at IL o'clock was 100.
In the fourth district OF the Third
Ward. a heavy Democratic district,
100 men and women had voted up
to noon.
I Election officers In the First dis
trict OF the First ward. Fourth and
I Orange streets. said at noon that rs
time.
In the. Second district Of the First
ward ia votes had been cast.
Returns at noon from the Fifth
district OF the Second ward showed
but s. votes while in the Second dis
triot OF the Sixth ward. Seventh and
Walnut streets. only ss out OF a
total OF IT'S votes had been cast at
noon.
In the Fourth district Of the
Fifth ward. 1913 votes had been
cast up to noon out of total reg
istration OF 343.
In the Fifth district of the same
ward 119 votes had been polled.
This district had 10 registered vot-
ers.
One hundred and forty-hve votes
were cast up to noon In the Seventh |
district Of the Seventh ward. Tenth /
and Monroe streets. The total reg
istration in this district is 375. In !
the Thirteenth district of the Ninth |
ward. 2215 Boulevard, the vote cast
at noon totaled ISL.
In the Fourth district Of the Third
ward, 7O5 West Fifth street. 1875
votes had been cast at noon out of a
total Of 377 registered.
The vote was slow in the Richard
son Park district this morning, the
total voting there at noon being 1914
with 647 more votes to come in. J
In the third election district OF (
Brandywine hundred. polling place
Mt Pleasant school house, 211 per- ;
sons had voted up TO noon out OF a !
total registration OF $50. g
Banks and brokerage houses are 6
closed. II being a legal holiday. I
The Public Building was nearly
deserted, except for the office OF the
Department OF Elections. There
the members Of the election COM h
mission and Secretary FoulS were n
Kept busy giving information, sup 7
plying necessary materials and at a
tending TO numberless small wants
of election officers at tn. polling ..
places throughout the civ. Tho =,
commissioners began wo-k at =
o'clock this morning, distributing !
ballot boxes registry books, election =
record blanks and ballots. among =
the 124 districts. The office will re-
main open all day until o'clock. >,
when the polls close
Tonight the Department of Elec-
tions will be kept open TO receive 7
the official returns. The ballot boxes
will be deposited in the court room Z,
on the third floor OF the Public a
Building and kept under strict :
guard. oheial tabulating of the +
vote will be made by the election fl