The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-30

if in San Francisco, otherwise tn the County
Clerks office. BY these bulletins much
valuable advance information is made pub
lie, and the general result indicated. no
facts can be suppressed (and returns de-
layed) to enable gamblers, having private
information, to make their bets.
The tally sheets. Yes, a form has been
recommended, and by it all the negative tai
lies (scratches) are upon the lett-hand sac,
and positives (Substitutions and scattering
upon the right hand of each candidates
name, enabling each observer to see that the
tallieS are not misplaced.
From the bulletins, the candidates, the rep
resentatives of the press and the public can
procure sufficient advance Information 10
enable them to approximate detailed results:
This system is so simple school-boy OF
average intelligence in the second grade can
readily understand it.
Now ] viii give an instance OF how tne
new ballOt-cOunting law would have applied
TO the ballots cast in this city at the election
in this city in 1885. The total vote was 55,-
000. and there were sixty-one names on each
ballot, making total of 1856, goo names.
each one of which had to be called and tai
lied. Judge Wilson, who presided at the
several recounts, estimated one-halt to nave
been unscratched ballots; say i'll all, 1900
A liberal average of scratched names per
ballot is ten, or 275,000 names. and as there
would be about 275,000 substituted names,
we have grand total of $50, coo names to be
called and Tailed under the new law,
against 3, $50, 600 under the one in force III
1888, saving of 100000 calls and TALES.
Mr.. Story then presented printed sheet,
in which the new method is fully and clearly
demonstrated. 1t il as follows:
Proceedings las heretofore) under preced-
ing sections of the Political Code (Which
sections remain unamended) having been
complied with, the ballots have all been
counted and returned unopened to the bal
lot-bOX. AT this stage the new law comes
in, and the proceedings under Section 1851
are as follows:
Take from the ballot box all the ballots.
one at time, open the same, and place them
in separate piles, according to their respect
I've ticket headings, VlgnetteS or other desig-
nations, to wit:
Place all unscratchcd straight Demo
cratic ballots in one pile; all scratched
Democratic ballots in another pile; all Re
publican unscratched (stTaighD ballots in
one pile; all scratched Republican ballots in
another pile; place each class of designated
ballots III separate piles in like manner;
then place all undeSignated (and Scattering)
ballots in separate pile.
Che law makes no mention of scattering
ballots, rs they were deemed TO be included
among the undeSignated)
Now all the ballots are again out of the
box, opened and in their espective piles,
ready to be recounted and recorded, so as to
show the total number of ballots in each
pile. in manner as follows:
Distinctly count aloud all the ballots in
each pile separately and separately record
the number in each pile. designating each
pile and the number of ballots therein.
The ballots having been thus counted and
recorded, all are to be replaced in the box in
manner as follows: String upon one string
all the unscratched ballots, so that all of one
denomination shall be in succession and
contact. Securely fasten by said string all
such unscIatched ballots and replace them
in the box as fully canvassed probably for
all time.
Next temporarily fasten by elastic or
Irvine, or "other convenient fastening"
separately each pile of scratched, also Of
undeSignated and scattering ballots. and re-