The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-06

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ulation was expected to swell Il
Much scratching of tickets was
reported throughout the city.
Because of the heavy vote Austria
liam ballots were sent to the Eighth
precinct, Fourth ward, 3345 Contra,
avenue, and the Twenty-seventh
precinct, Warren township, 200
South Audubon road, at pm.
The election in the Negro wards
presented an unusual picture. In
stead of the usual lack of Demo-
cratic workers around the polling
places there we're dozens with
badges and plenty of hearty talk.
The Democrats hired dozens ol
taxicabs to haul Negro voters, par
ticularly women, to the polls.
The voting proceeded with only
minor interruptions, such as misun-
derstanding of voting laws and
slight difficulties with voting ma
chimes, which the election board
soon ironed out.
indicating the heavy vote, reports
to Republican county headquarters
showed that by 10 a. m. 70,140 votes
had been cast in all but five outlying
precincts of the 269 in the county
The total from these same precincts
at 10 a. m. four years ago was
66,381.
G. o. p. Gets Reports
Republican precinct committee
men were reporting to Harry z
Dynes at headquarters the number
of voters who had voted every two
hours, with the way these voters
were listed on their poll books.
With these reports as the basis,
Dynes said his figures at 10 a. m.
showed 1899 of the 70,140 voters to
have been listed as Republicans,
giving the G. o. P. a lead of 1888
at that time. If this rate were kept
up all day, and the, Republican fig
ures were accurate, the Republicans
would triumph by approximately
$1,000 votes and the total vote
would be around 100000. The total
xote four years ago was 100000.
The Republicans we're not making
such enthusiastic claims, however,
contenting themselves with County
Chairman Omer Hawkins predic-
ton, after a swing through rural
precincts to the north, that Harry
G. Leslie, Republican nominee for
Governor, would carry the county
by 10000. Hawkins said Hoover
would carry the county by far more
than that, admitting that consider
able scratching was going on.
Democrats Claim Victory
Democrats secuted these figures
and held to their predictions of VIC
tory for national, state, and county
tickets, but Dynes declared his fig
ures were as accurate as possible.
He pointed out that he was not
concealing the fact that the 10
o'clock figures gave the Republicans
a majority of 256 in the Seventh
ward, as compared with 318 at the
same hour in 1924, and that they
showed the Republicans leading in
Wayne township by us, as COM
pared with 772 in 1924.
According to Dynes' figures, the
Republicans had voted more heav-
lily in the normally Democratic
Twelfth and Thirteenth wards than
in 1924, and were fairly outdoing
themselves in the vastly Republican
Fourth ward.
Democratic leaders insisted that
the normally Democratic south side
wards we're registering straight votes
and that there was heavy scratching
i'll the normally Republican north
side wards.
This, the Democrats felt, indicated
that Republicans were scratching
for Frank d. Daley, Democratic
nominee for Governor, and Louis
Ludlow, Democratic nominee for
congressman.
See Sweeping Triumph
Republican leaders, however, de-
clared they would hold their own in
the Negro wards and would march
to a tremendous victory with the
aid Of the north side precincts, cit
ing their confidential reports from
each precinct as to the situation at
10 a. M, to show they we're gaining
ground in some Democratic wards.
Sheriff Omer Hawkins, Repub-
lican county chairman, reported
after a swing through the north end
of the county that farmers were out
in force and undoubtedly were
scratching lot.
Police up to this afternoon had
received no reports of trouble.
Despite the fact that the voters
were walking fioht into the ma