The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-17
First in the Field.

Tho Prohibtlonlsts Mt Lyric Hall on Mon
day night nominated a complete municipal
and Judiciary ticket. Thus they sustained
their previous reputation In our city con-
tests: first In the field, and last In the
race; first to nominate, and last to elect.
Tho candidates they have put up arc sub
stantlally the same ns they have supported
for other Offices in the past and there is
no reason to imagine that they will be
moro successful now than heretofore.
What makes these nominations OF inter-
est Is the fact that they are tho first to DO
made under the provisions of tho new
electoral law, and they serve to illustrate
some OF the less sautary and moro cumbor-
some features Of that much discussed and
little understood measure. Tho Prohibition
nominee for Mayor, Mr.. W. JENNINGS DEM
oREsr. when q candidate for Lieutenant
Governor in 1883, received in this county
1872 votes. The nominee for Comp
troller W. T. WARDwE1L, received when
O candidate for Mayor in 1888 s32 votes.
Mr.. O. +. MASIERRr, tho candidate
for District Attorney, received, when he ran
for the same office in 1887, 7O9 votes. Messrs.
UADLEY and ZADRrsKIE, the two candidates
for City Court Judges received In 1889,
III and TAI votes respectively. Mr.. NEED
HAM, now nominated for Coroner, received
for Register last year 79l votes.
In other words, this temperance ticket Is
made up Of gentlemen representing someso0
voters In all. Under the old election
law, the expenses attending a canvass for
the temperance ticket amounted to $3.50,
paid by tho nominees or their friends,
Toln ha Low bn 81 ~ u-ill "a
to print, "ln BREWER typo, on plain white
paper, six inches wide and three-cighths OF
an inch for tho namo OF each office
and for each candidate" four complete
Prohibition tickets for every registered
voter in the city Of New York from the Bat
terry to tho Bronx. There wcre two years
ago, 2S66i0 registered voters in town. If
there are as many and no more, this year,
the number of ballots to be printed by the
State for tho 500 Prohlbitioni5ts will DO one
million ono hundred and forty-six thousand
five hundred and sixty (1,14656OJl
These tickets must be perforated and sep
arately numbered. Each must be stamped
with the name OF the President OF the Board
OF Police. Tho labor of preparing them can
not be begun until Oct. %. II the interpre-
tation Of the law favored by some OF its adj
vocatcs be correct, the Prohibitionists can,
without additional expense to themselves,
oblige the State to print sets Of assorted"
tickets on the prize-package plan. This
would bring the total number Of Prohibition
ballots up to five millions and entail an ex-
pensc OF not less than $4,000 upon the city.
In addition to the cost OF the printing, the
State assumes the work Of preparing, pre-
serving. and distributing the Prohibition
tickets Every voter, without any excep-
ton whatever, must have one handed to
him on election day, must take 1t with him
to tho voting booth must fold it up out OF
the sight of man or beast and must return
it TO ono Of tho inspectors. Otherwise he
cannot vote; he is disfranchised.
Thus n quarter OF n million OF New York
electors must witness the printing and dis
trlbuting, and must personally receive
and return the tickets got up by 800
Prohibtionists; and the taxpayers must
pay for theml Such, however, Is tho law,
and the Prohibltionists, whose Convention
on Monday night was tho first to be held
under its provisions, have tho undoubtcd
right to avail themselves Of whatever ad-
yautages it may offer them.