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Show NEW YORK CITY FOR DEMOCRATS New York, Nov. 7. Clear skies and moderate weather promised to bring out a .heavy vote in New York today In which at the last presidential election elec-tion more than 600,000 .votes were casL The city, both parties concede, will as usual in national elections go Democratic and the question at issue between them is the size of tho plurality. plur-ality. The Democrats claim 100,000, while the Republicans declare the Democratic plurality will not be 70,-000 70,-000 at the most. Both sides claim Brooklyn, where political results in past years have shown more variance than in any other borough of the city. Long before the polls were open in some sections of the city men were in lino waiting to cast their ballots. Unprecedented State Vote. The Republican and Democratic state chairmen both predicted early today that New York state would probably cast the heaviest vote in Its history. Reports from upstate were that the weather was fine. At both headquarters these circumstances circum-stances were pointed to as favorable to the success of their respective tickets. New York state in the last national election cast 1,587,983 ballots for tho presidential candidates. The belief was expressed that these figures fig-ures would be exceeded today. Expect Record-Breaking Vote. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7. Weather conditions were favorable and the largest vote in tho history of the state was expected to be polled throughout Pennsylvania today. The Republican leaders declared that Hughes will havo not less than 200,000 majority, while the Democrats were sanguine that President Wilson will receive a record-breaking vote. Particular interest was evinced in the contests for congressmen in a number of the districts in which close contests were expected. In addition to presidential electors, a United States senator, state treasurer, auditor audi-tor general, four congressmen at large gressmen and members of the state legislature. The polls opened at 7 o'clock and will closo at 7 o'clock tonight. Delaware's Factional Finht. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 7. Chief interest in-terest in today's election in Delaware centered in the factionakf ight in the Republican ranks. United States Senator Henry A. DuPont and Congressman Con-gressman Thomas W. Miller, the regular reg-ular nominees for re-election, were opposed op-posed by former Congressman Hiram V. Burton for senator and Edward G. Bradford for congress, tho last two named running as independent Republicans. Repub-licans. The Democratic candidates for these offices respectively were Josiah Wolcott and Alfred S. Polk. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7. Fair weather throughout the south today brought voters to the polls early and Democratic Demo-cratic leaders predicted an unusually largo vote for the presidential candidates. candi-dates. Only in North Carolina and Tennessee were the Republicans hopeful hope-ful of reducing the size of the customary custo-mary Democratic majority. Governors and other state officers are being elected in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Caro-lina, Tennessee and Texas. In Arkansas, Arkan-sas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia a United States senator is being chosen. |
