| Show f The Simmon lit Non I FIRST MUNICIPAL WARD In the 11 election districts comprising II I f compris-ing the First municipal I teatct rp thee S S number ot vole cnt by noon teas Ie i S than the onaut l teeierttoe iso genera ntelton I days Allhoogh the day noon I beautiful the votor eme1 strategely S adcera to romlog oat In come of thiO 1 J ditrtet tfoco per isotit and oeer eocf the 555 l rglltoe1 vote won cot by the hour j I named but In others a bare 25 per cenl Iii I had come out O theta will did come j h however the great hull wet admltp1 0 J to have voted for tho Citireon raOdi I 1 dato for Mayor lon John Clark In ramparicoo netth tte Vetea that went l latltao r to the ttcn f tichetn the ilvift toeoort 1 the NonPartisan standardbi w I a great upheaval In his favor On both general and councllmnnlo tickets It was evident that much scratching was being done Latest reports 330 p mAt this r > ry little more than onehalf of the eKStered vote has been rort Vote corning In n L little foster but not an muc n In come of the other dl S trlcts trlctsSECOND I I Il SECOND MUNICIPAL WARD In the Second the apathy of the 5 votnewnnooiaethtog remarkable I S From 8aO am to noon the pling II plaoe soemeh Ilmot derte In the S i oB entire precinct less than 30 per cent of thee vote had been cast while In some 1tl fS election districts I there was less thin i JO per cent They will como out In r i B oP afternoon all right neon the coin o mOlly presed opinion but hto fore the bulk of the vote In the Bed one has been deposited by the noon hour As between the candidates for Mayor It was easy to note that Clark was far nhoael Doremua and Dale fol lowing In the order named Its a j cyclone for Clark waa what the poll t tlcal watchers were saying n they were figuring out which way the bal lots were going People of all shades of of foln political and otherwise j were eqratchlng thelr party tickets andS and-S i the rntl canStidote I s for Mayor as the man of their choice lasn lhe The rlrst and Second municipal l wards comprtie about half the voters S of the city and the way the voters e pressed a preference In the early port of the day Indicated a strong maJoVlty S for tha NOitIartlsan Major and prob II Probably ably hr the whole Reform ticket It the eenhlteeotrootinneei In the came v line The proporton of late vetere i a however could be so Irglc thoewhe I dish not como euely should vote In wl0 4 afternoon that n materlnl charge culd b Inae IC there wrp a dtmlne S I drift In nnthr direction bat three he I no probability of such a proceeding Tho prospects at the NonPartisans I were decidedly bright and In cone quence the worker for partisan tickets wer gloomy At non there uta every Indication that the whole Iteform Icket general nnd councllmanlc was I well In the lead 330 p m About G per cent of the Ofrnl voters It Is estimated had ex vssed their choice by casting their illots at the > time of this report VotIng Vot-Ing teae beoming moro nnlmto1 as he afternoon wore on and Clark sen thin entenne growing steadily TIIIIJD MUNICIPAL WAHD A i elsewhere In the city quietness Characterized the voting In the Third municipal ward This n true In nil ot the ten precincts While the ballots came In considerably slower than nn decline day a year age still the slug CIh ocenevano ntas great oslo name of tIme lther ward An goes the ThIrd ca goes the cIty te a n mark not In frrelueo tip hard aM lh iereeee med at nol ta be coruld rahio force In this statement Hut how I n Kolng waa not an racy matter t comet tale One thing Appeared el dent however nod 11101 wa that lark and the Citizens ticket general Iy I wa cuting cnlderably moro ot n igure than either Democrats or Republicans Re-publicans suspected The latter expected pected to poll the most of their party vote for their nomInee Whose home Is I In Iha Onurcl and the DemocratS tanked largely on the reputation the district had achieved In times past by I rolling up a largo majority for the roocter But back of the wish was the urklng sentiment that partv onlcula tI ons would be reduced to atoms 313 p rnAt this hour pmuatilr CI to 70 per cent of the registered vote has been poled lleports arc to the effect that them Is I u stiff contest en between Clark nnd Dale though n cording to chairman Evans of the Republican Re-publican party ° Ooremu Is I breaking even with his competitors FOURTH MUNICIPAL WARD In the Fourth Inunlclpat ward the morning vote was probably heavlei than In any other section of the city This Is I the home of Mr Clark and It la I as corlotn as anythIng can be that he was redly leading Messrs Dale and Dare ocu up lo the non hour Hestdes that It appeared with reasonable certainty that h would conlnue 10 do so throughout the day At 12 oclock the word hash probably cast 3J per cent of tIe registered vote 1 was claimed here that voting would be faster during the afternoon This was bad upon the comparatively light voto from the women wo-men who It was thought were waiting to come out until they could enjoy the sun of the afternoon This vote It was conceded would be hnefrlal to th Cllen nomInee for Mor and for other ports of the ticket ns well hill P mThA Fourth has been the battle ground all day At the hour given threefourths of the registered vote had twen cat and the Indications were that nearly all voters In the district dis-trict woud cast their blot before closing IImcT p in A notable fact Is I that this ward Is I the home of both Mr Clark nnd Mr Dale 330 bumTIme rifth ward up to this hour has been characterized by the rloweetVohhng ot the doy though the IUIY does not apply 10 oIl IIclnet ret faIr ome hvlng c n percentage ot ballots Ohen howeve acm Cr hhlnd an1 not more than half of the wrd tuite ace cat FIFTH MUNICIPAL WARD Up tunooeamalt proportion ot votes had been cast In the Fifth municipal mu-nicipal toned thin In any other The Fiftysecond precinct Is I a fair example ex-ample of the others At 12 oclock out of a registered vote of ItS Just f3 had icen enrt leaving exactly Coo more to hear from The womn note wn Particularly llcht In the Fifth and the result more dlfllcult to prognosticate than In most parts of the city though the prospects were without doubt Cvorbl 10 tie eCorn mOmellt A little commotion was caused at the Fiftieth precinct by the presence near the Judges of a citizen supposed to be faveirnble to the NonPartisans On his attention elng l called to the matter the gentleman stated that lie luidnt Intended nnv Impropriety and mmedlately withdrew |
