New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08


foIbidding any ciectioncerHg within any polling place
within 100 feet other reasonable distance there
tent, IL his ballot at the polling place, or pacn-
any mari, thereon by which IT may be .alcr".t.
identified the one voted by him: requiring ui"'
no person shall remove any ballot from any polling
place before the closing OF The polls. ana mtNhl.
Violation OF ulc~e provision. n iur'n'',n,, f
other regulations or restrictions, hiNmG -ih'.IrH ip
their purpose the facilitating OF honest elections ~
which compulsory secrecy OF NothG m1N "r Dy,.i
upon the rights OF electors. may very properly be
added to thc foregoing requirements
APPLICATION TO ALL ELECTIONS
second Whatever system is adopted should be
applied 10 all elections general municipal and local
Thi, is so in Australia. in England, and III most
Of the state, which have adopted new system There
is no proprcty in having distinct systems In force
at the same time-wlth which the people must
familiarzc themselves one applicable 70 Te,Vtn,
elections, and the other applcdhc !" Por,'o VI
municipal and local elections Blioc,S ai,u , ,'c,
ton confined 10 any locality they are -uPPo>Vi
to exist to extent every where IN Tue '''r ~
the country a vel a. In the cIileN ana s't "' '
with local a. we'll state elections. II la'' can to
suppressed mtigltcd by wise statute 'L'' S'r,"o
should Ice applicable to wherever ihcN eNi'i. .,
propositlonS are 80 selfcyidcnt that any enactment
which contains such DETERMINATIONS must necessarily
The .. SaNtonr bin of last year, and that also of
1p-. were each open to the charge of lacking nll
formity I'm their operation. because by thcir cNp''
form, they did not apply to municipal or local cr t"'
i'm town, or village having less than 1000 popu'3''
The advocate, of the refused to "oylhc thr
ectnu but ,trcnuou~ly insisted upon this diacrmiii
t6n Tor reasons which have never been Satisfactorily
T6ird"A general registration OF electors throughout
the Whole state should accompany the secret compare
oncht not TO require any argument TO demonstrate
the proJrcty Of thi, course snch rcEstrat"1 !. re
CURED N A"stIsla n !, Ie@hIE rb la, "doped any,
rortiou If the Australian system mas ais" pioNIu'u
iLat registration OF electors shall accompany II.
In fact il; is an ind pen able part of the machinery
for al -alacIy securing compulsory secrecy III N"us
iric l,lint clerk. mu, necessarily be- some di,9ncc
g., Ia Df
and II every person who presents himself 10 ln' bhO
clerk, receive ballots must be evr" thcm ",,"1"'
cuc.tlon or else the prOCcc ding, be stopped 10 ~
'c>caie III, TlEW J." eNc. ~ - "r"1r The same
inolr,ry might have TO h. repeated when the p"Hot
ngrr. his vote 10 the Inspector. Tie ah-"hrr OF
registration would compiicatc and cndan-rr tr sue
Of lat wear recognized that difficulty. 20 af Al ''s
as elections for town and Nillagr "u''i' a ' ,nt
oui,ly 10 such election, m towns and villages "h'ft
ticrc g., no provision Dos l1w for The registration "l
rut aside from this Iteration such REGISTRATION
is demanded In The interest OF hpN'~l ''''''l''
Il, ,orrlt existing abuse ~huId not Dee confined u"
ial,ot r coma rlonc bat -hould include whatever IN
,, ~, Ii.f, ci.,;inr. Electoral reform present,
more comprehensive. broader and higher opl'c'
Us required 10 the iNo -I'd' ~ "' ~, t,,,.1
and Iroohlyn This is no' I"p"-rd 10 %" o' ,lL'"'n
village, having over 1000 population hl'" ln rev
towns covered BY >pcdh si1s"s I'I,'' ,u.n
. tr,iot and When the nam" Of the clrctor Is
once placed the -t IL continue thereon ",' ,P
and corrected each YEAR by th" inspectors. -
,, r4Yu "a hafcVcr j. now required or "il'"'" ''i3
t.'. or ,Ilia-., containing loss than 1000 p'p'"
.t., ,,,,- rhI,h include most 81 the town, ago
I'M. II, ti.-. section, boo every hptl' contested
.,..t..u especially boo Presidential elections ana In
- .aair, The result u the stat" 30 m'o' ."'iln,'~
D. b. often urged tlat D" r'-.-'is'l'n !- h',r1'aA