The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-02
HOW VOTE RAN HERE
No Accurate Returns Yet Available Prom
the City Precincts.
E.ttmates Basesl an the Vote A1resdy
Counted which Give the Democrats -
Majority nj s in the city and Car
rOll and a bssut d I'm the County.

Il
Al his hour IL IL simply impossible tn
say what the majority for the democratic
ticket will bc i'm this city. Al the outset
the plan was adopted of counting each
ticket i'm it's entirety. the judges assuming
that the law SD directed. In all proba-
bility, the count here and at Carroll will
not br concluded before N late hour to-
day. I'm ON of the larger city precincts
there had been less than ~ votes counted
mp to- midnight. The count goes extreme
~ slow. Estimates wcrs, made at = O'clock
this morning. based ON the run of the tally
of votes already counted and IL appeared
that the democratic tirk was running two
to one i'm the first precinct, and I'm very near
Is the same ratio i'm the second and third,
while the ballots were very evenly distritp-
utcd i'm the third and fourth precincts.
Al Carroll. calculations based on the
vote counted mp to 2 o'clock this morning
indicated that the democratic ticket was
running at the rate of about three. tn one.
Taking this ratio as "a basis, and figuring
the vote for the several precincts. u safe
estimate gave the head of the Democratic
ticket about $50 majority i'm Anaconda and
Carroll.
The returns from the forty-seven pre-
cincts of the county were very incomplete
at 3 o'clock this morning, and returns
were coming i'm mt "a slow pace. The fig
urcs,for Granite and PhilipSburg with
those reported from one district OF Deer
l<htRes ITOitl LiIirtpu hIbu TpI hth u
dozen other points are thc only basis for
any c~alcution at this hour. Taking these
as N criterion, IL appears that the republic
can ticket will rome tn Carroll with about
las majority. and this would give the
county to the democrats by n total ma
jority of 4O5. Ii is not now believed that
the figures will fall below this mark un-
less u decided change takes place in the
run of the vote i'm the first and second
|s~precincts of Anaconda. However, il will
H.. - nsxs. nm Has.nA-
mary of the situation until the vote is
counted, and that work will hardly be
completed before "a late hour of this after
noon.
During the latter part of the afternoon
both sidcs worked hard tO bring out the
| remaining votes. Al 3 o'clock 2JO votes
were still out, hut by the time the polls
were closed this number was reduced to-
1GO.
The election So far as Anaconda WAS
concerned was notable for it's quictncss,
| and for the signal success of the Australian
system. Ii was "a general remark that
there was never ~ more quiet day i'm
Anaconda, and IL Is doubtful il there was
an election ever held anywhere i'm Amer
lea where there was such IN entire alb
scnce of drinking, fighting, caronsing and
ele~ctionecrinR as WAS the case, i'm Ana
conda yesterday up to the hour that the
polls closed and the saloons opened
Withou exception the saloons were closed
4 akltt w. hphhk M ~ IA hhltith
there was not u drunken man to he seen
in the streets. As one thirsty
voter dryly remarked. "rhis Aus
tralian system may be u very
rood way OF voting but il is damned dry
The SUCCESS which attended the Aus
tralian experiment i'm Anaconda was due
in large part to the admirable arrange
ments which had been made for voting
by County Commissioners Walker. These
arrangements were M simple that mis-
l takes were very few and easily rsstlng(.
and so complete that every purpose of the
system was accomplished. At each poll
ing place and i'm three other places i'm the
vicinity Of each poll were posted full Elm
structions to voters" The law requires
the pniiin. place or within Is feet Of Il. In
order that the law might he obeyed in this
respect, the entrance to each polling place
was ropcd oil i'm every direction tai "a dis
lance OF 25 feet. leaving only a narrow
p~assagcway leading from the middle of
the street to the sn'rnnce to the poll:
sat two deputy United States marshais
who admitted only enough voters tu
I'M the booths within the polls.
On entering the poll, each voter was
handed an official ballot.. stamped .oiii-
cially in his presence. This he took to
constructed within the poll. Each booth
was built just large enough tn hold two
i %s", in "" each " at a Time %". S% a shelf T'h in the
booth and a pencil conveniently placed
made the crossing of the candidates fol
bttt III NottE fSthe " Not' 10 st~
matter. In case ~ man could not read,
he was at liberty tai call one of the Judges
of election to his assistance and signify to
him the candidates for whom he would
vote. The Judges were under oath, IN
cases of this nature, not tn reveal how
anyone had voted. The booth was made
large enough for two persons I'm order e.
permit the judgc to assist the voter il nee
essary.
The ballot prepared. il was folded il
such "A way that the face could not bc scet
and that the official stamp would appear
on the outside. The ballot was handed Il
one Of the Judges, the voters name taken
compared with the registry list. and the
voter made his exit 10y u door opposite Il
the one mt which he had entered. Judge,
at all the polling places said to "a SrAND
ARD cporter yesterday afternoon tina
there had been few mistakes, and "a.
trouble whatever. A few voters had gon.
To the WRONG polling place and were ca>il.
set right. The names of three or four VIII,
tried To vote could not he found on an,
|, registry list. The number of booths il
each polling place varied according tn TIN
: number of voters registered in the pre-
cinct. One booth was allowed for cacl
20 voters, or fraction thereof. In tn,
First precinct there were d booths, i'm tn
Second q. Third II, Fourth 4, Fifth Z. am,
in Carroll IL.
But III the voting was quiet and orderly
IL was none the less effective. The expe
dent of the republican managers in cha
Il longing 400 democratic voters had the al
e feet of getting these men at the poll
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