The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-30

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testify In violation at she law, On he peacsi-
cable. IL has been left In Mr.. Ashcroft. .
young lawyer Of Nashville, Tenn. 20 I'm
rent . dead cinch on IN Australian bal
1oH. AZ the recent election In that city
thc new machine was worked with onthusi-
asm and success ny tho practical poll
ticians OF all parties, including b proht-
bitionists. A with all great inventions IL
In . marvel nj simplicity and enectivc-
meas. IL consists Of . sheet Of tin she
exact sise OF the ballot, with spaces cut
out just over whore tho crosscs ought
!: he made. Ihsse clamp mp
ballot and holds IL firm during the process
Of marking. Designed primarily for the
use Of illiteratc voters, the stencil can be
made ca SHOW whether or not IL really has
bren used each time IL comes out of the
booth. OF course each party must have
different stencils and each election re-
quires new sots all around. but the cheap
ness and rapidity with which they con be
made Offset any ssich disadvantages. The
pocket, and Mr.. Ashcroft after securing
q patent will no doubt decorate IL nppro-
priatcly and make IL n thinR of beauty IN
we'll as q Joy forever. To counteract this
insidious patent Australian ballot manip-
ulator. but one course remains open To the
Legislatures. Before allowing u voter tn
enter a booth the Judges must strip him
stark naked, and then when he IL alone
with his God and his lead pencil h de-
sired end, il In hoped. will he reached at
last.
II il not every administration 30 enter
prisin0 and 40 eager to please it's custom
ers an this. vicc-Prcsidcnt Morton having
AIKEN ont a liquor license In Washington,
the boys arc requested to give him q call.
Mr.. Morton owns the Shoreham hotel, a
new and magnificent structure Of stone
and brick. costing &3OO,OOO, where the
choicest wines, liquors and bccrs will he
constantly i'm stock mt the lowest
prices. The bar, IL Ia understood. will he
under the personal supervision OF the
owner; at least the license is taken out i'm
his name. and there could TIE no better
guarantee Of the superiority of the stock
and the elegance Of the service. Those
people who have been prone tn regard Mr..
Morton as merely q courtly gentleman of
the old school Of chumps, are happily To
he disappointed. He has elevated
the vice-presidency into something
more than name. He has
struck out boldly and established an an
mex Ia the white house which is destined
tn Ire more popular and more sought after
by visitors to the capital than the white
house itself. He i'm his own person will
represent the beauties and utilities Of the
republican theory OF d license for, de-
pend upon it. he will never kick. whatever
ne the zee. His 0Ntiet rs presiding OUcer
of the senate, il il true. will necessitate
his absence from the bar more OF less dur
ing the winterm months, hut by the time the
boys drop around in the evening". i'm his
immaculate apron and shirt sleeves he
will he there ready to receive them and
PROFOUND the cheerful interrogation:
"what will IL he, 9ents?" And after
compromising the favorite beverages of
the hiscocks and the Reeds and the Quays
and the Horrs and the Mckinleys
and the Carriers. how r~efreshinRly
through the bar room will watt that sweet
refrain: 'Have something yourself, Levitt"
Let it not be- forgotten that the Shorcham
will he onducted with the utmost order
and respectabiiity. The main entrance
to the hotel will he around the corner
from the bar room. and will he more
natural than for Brother wsnnnmaker on
his way home from Sunday-school, or
Brother Harrison after his dutiful attend
ance 1T prayer meeting. Co enter i'm by the
broad way that eadeth To the register,
and then turneth and circulateth around
back Of the office and On past
the elevator straight To where Levi ssandeth
In all his glory! The Shoreham will be