Daily Republican., 1884-08-26
10 More Lutte EiecttOns.

The abolition of what is known as the
Little Election in our State, which has
occurred in October, will do away with
much of the excitement and hustle at
tending political campaigns, and will
Do great saving of money to the tax
payers besides. The uame and the
election seemed to run along together in
the same groove, As both were decided,
little" 80 little indeed that but few
voters took part in the election outside
OF the politicians directly Interested
Yet the election was OF great import
Ance TO the people, and more directly
concerned their immediate local affairs
than general elections. Though we are
TO have no more, we are not just so sure
that it subserves the interests of the
people best TO abrogate them. The
local object is so different from the is
sues which usually hang upon general
election, that We are not sure that local
affairs will be as we'll subserved when
mixed up with a State canvass. The
election Ui Supervisors to keep the roads
In order is IA very different thing from
the election of "A President of the United
States ami Congressman, and there
Is danger that Que or the other NAV
receive the go by without proper con.
sideration.
The lit5le election has been looked
upon in the past as criterion OF how
the Safe would 60 in the succeeding
general State election, bit OF late.
since the new Dem )cratic, double back
action assessment laws have been put
into operation, uas become very I'M
certain test Of public opinion. The
side that rallied the most voters to the
poils,out Of the few who voted. claimed
as matter OF course political victory.
IL IL no unusual Thing for Democratic
districts to elect Republican inspectors.
and tor Republican districts to elect
Democratic inspectors, on account of
only few voters going to the election.
In full vote the result is often revers-
ed. The change which has been made
Will retard the counting of votes at the
general election. Often, now in the
large election districts, it takes the cleo
ton board until two o'clock in the
morning, sometimes much longer. to
count the vote, owing to our tedious
and unnecessary system of calling of
each name on the ticket separately. The
change Will require at Least four addi-
uonal names upon the ticket in the
rural Hundreds, and additional time
Will be required Ia read off the names.
When the Legi stature was about IL if II
had male provisions for "A division of the
Ticket into National, State and Hun
dred tickets, and provided ballot box
Tor each, the work would have been
materially simpii.ied. As il is now.
ABOUT tWenty-slX names will be Gro Wd-
Ell on Il ticket nine inches in length, in
the rural districts, and each name will
have to be called OFF and Tailed sepa-
rately With sleepy clerks, this plan
becomes monotonous and tiresome. and
reads to errors iii tillyiHg and errors in
counting.
But there is no use now, we sup
pose, in finding fault with the law.
Ne have it now and it must be given a
ialr trial. Hereafter, unless another
change is made, we have neither n civ
election III September, ne little cleo
hon IN October, to indicate the drift a,
public sentiment for November. The
inspectors elected two years ago to hold
the general election will serve This wear
and those to be elected on the four II q
n ,vcnber will serve two years hence