The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-08
100000 VOTERS
CASTING BALLOTS IN
VARIOUS CONTESTS,
Hoover At PaIo Alto and Roose-
welt At Hyde Park For
Visits to Polls
NEW VOTING RECORD SEEN
Unofficial Decision on Presi-
dental Race Expected
Before Midnight

(By The Associated Press)
The American electorate rendered
its verdict Tuesday in an avalanche
which bid fair to establish new voting
records in many states, and led to
scattered disorders in few Of them.
Democratic gains were noticeable In
the first fragmentary returns, in New
England, the south. and parts Of the
midwest. The figures were far too
small to be at all decisive.
Under generally cloudy skies, In
some places amid rain and snow, the
voters not only registered their pre-
ferences emphatically, but sometimes
riotously.
Two election officials were beaten
by assailants In Kansas City. A Dem
ocratic worker in Weirton. w. Va, re-
ported he had been kidnapped ana
beaten. There was poll fist fight In
Chicago. Police used clubs to restore
order in one Brooklyn precinct.
Under Martial Law
Four New Mexico counties were
placed under martial law to prevent
threatened disorders. State troopers
patrolled the streets of Homestead, in
the Pittsburgh steel center, in case Of
emergency" Complaints of illegal
voting were made in New York and
Philadelphia.
President Hoover carried his inten-
sive campaign for reelection almost up
to his voting hour, addressing q sta
ton crowd at Sacramento on his way
to Palo Alto, Calf. He said the
country again was on the road to
prosperity"
Governor Roosevelt slept late and
! then went for an automobile ride over
his Hudson Valley estate before cast
ing his vote at Hyde Park.
81 can't believe there is not a speech
to prepare" he remarked.
Speaker Garner voted for himself
at his home in Uvalde, Texas, both for
vice president and for member Of
congress.
Vice President Curtis walked to the
polls in Topeka to cast his ballot.
Should Know BY Midnight
Midnight. in the eastern time zone.
may disclose whether Herbert Clark
Hoover, Republican, or Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt, Democrat, Is to be
president of the United States after
March 4.
Only an abnormally close decision
could materially delay unofficial an
nouncement of the outcome.
AS voters swarm to the polling
places there rests with them also de-
cisions as to which of the major par
ties is to dominate the new or 73rd
congress; on the control Of "a states
where governors were being elected,
and on the next national step to be
taken in the 12-year problem Of pro-
hibftion.
In addition, to the voters Of New
Jersey and Colorado has been entrust-
ed by circumstance, final judgment as
to which party shall control the U. S.
senate in the session that convenes
next month.
New Registration Record
The countrywide registration for
this election has exceeded by four
and half million the 1928 figure, it
self new high.
Whether that increase in eligibles
forecast an abnOrmally high vote can
be told only after the full popular re-
suits in every state are available,
which will not be for several days at
least.
If the nation is following precedent.
IS per cent of the qualified voters
were not exercising that privilege
Tuesday and the aggregate Of the bal
lots cast will be around 40O00, 900.
Weather conditions over the coun-
try may affect the rural vote. East
of the Mississippi rain may keep some
farmers at home while in the west
fair weather was expected to prevail
through the day.
A majority Of the 531 electoral
votes - 266 will decide the pred-
Dental contest, not popular plur-
atty.
Polls opened at dawn in some east
ern precincts and were to close as
late as p. m. Pacific, or II p. m.
eastern time. Totals will be COM
piled in 1912 voting units over the
nation.
President Hoover. on the musings
to the very last, brought his intensive
campaign for reelection to q close
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