Dublin, Jan. 24. ivie guards were on duty to-day all the polling stations throughout. the Irish Free State to prevent distarbanees when the polling opened at nine o'clock this morning.
Scenes at the polling booths Justified the expectation of @ record vote. Queues were formed long before the opening.
Polling closed at 9 p.m. and counting will begin to-morrow. Though there will be an indication late tomorrow which way the voting has gone, the full results will not be Known till later in the week. Prophets agree that the winning side will have only a small majority.
There were several instances of attempted intimidation as well as impersonation to-day. In. spite of
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