The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-05

taking time In the polls to vote for
the committees ticket.
Indianapolis voters are casting
ballots for election of mayor, which
lies between Alfred M. Glossbrenner,
Republican, and Reginald H. Sulli-
van, Democrat; city clerk, nine
councilmen and five school COM
miSSionerS.
Democrats Are EIated
After repeated complaints had
been made that voters were unable
to pull down the keys for all five
school commissioner candidates on
the citizens school committee ticket,
election commissioners warned that
voters having this trouble should
push the commissioner candidate
keys back up as far as they would
go and then pull them down over
the desired candidates.
A slightly DETECTED key, If four
already had been turned down,
would prevent a fifth being regis
tered, they explained.
Negro Charges Bribe Attempt
Stories were current that Repub-
leans were loosening purse strings
III an effort to win Democratic Ne
gro workers to their ranks at the
polls,
Deputy prosecutors investigated a
report that Negro Democratic
worker in the Third precinct of the
Sixth ward had been offered $25 by
Republicans "for the good you can
do u.s."
The Negro's name was withheld,
but it was said he had been ap-
preached by Republican who visit
ed the polls during the early voting
hours.
The usual amount of early morn
ing poll difficulties and charges of
improper activity on the part of
polling place officials broke out and
election commissioners were on the
jump until 8 a. m, answering calls
for aid in operating machines and
Strengthening out alterations be-
tween voters and poll officials. There
was no violence reported during the
early hours.
Jam in Fourth Ward
Distribution Of states near the
polls was not as heavy this year as
previously and most of the states
were confined to recommendation
of straight ticket voting for the ma
jor parties and for selection Of the
five Citizens school committee can
didates for school board posts.
Voters at the Third precinct of
the Third ward, a Negro poll, re-
ported that voting officials were
rushing voters from the booths be-
fore they had an opportunity to
complete casting the vote.
Not long after a. m. election
officials got their first laugh of the
day. They were called to the SeS-
enth precinct Of the Third ward,
1925 Lafayette street, on a report
that poll officials refused to allow
voters to enter the machine.
Commissioners learned that Re-
publican official was refusing to al
low voters to enter the machine be-
cause he believed it was necessary
for voters to crawl under the cur
tain because if they opened it, that
would register a vote"
Reports Are Investigated
Election commissioners had their
share of grief with the seven pre-
cincts of the Fifth ward when
1t was learned that poll officials
were asking voters If they wanted
instructions"
One official told commissioners
that the Negro vote was heavy in
these precincts and that many Of
the voters could neither read nor
write and admitted judges and
clerks had offered to accompany
several voters into the booth.
A score of early voters left the
polling place in the Thirty-first
precinct Of the Fourth ward, at 104f
West Thirty-f1fth street, without
voting, when, at 6:45, officials had
been unable to unlock the machine.
With his staff of twenty-five
deputy prosecutors active IN all
parts Of the city In ferreting out any
attempts at law violations, Pros
ecutor Jpdson L. Stark said few
complaints had been received on
conduct Of the election. In the ma
jority of cases, he said, complaints
were based on rumors.
Investigations were made OF reS
ports that "repeaterS" were being
used although no instance was lo1
Gated. Stark said.