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Australian reform has been giving lota Of
trouble In Brooklyn recently, and Il bids fair
20 do 30 until long after election. BROOKLYN
people have n special Board Of Commissioners
who attend to nothing but elections. They are
John Gilbertson, Charles H. Cotton, Jacob
Worth. and George Russell
The new law compelled them to permit no
more than 800 voters to exercise their suf-
fraRes at any single polling place. After d.
vidinR and subdlvldlng blocks according to
the necessities imposed by the new law, which
work took up good many evenings, the
Board tried to flnd suitable polling places. At
the very outset they had to cit down at big
maps with footrulos In their hands and figure
areas.
This is the flrst night for weeks" said John
Gilbert's son last evening, when have had
O chance to pass an evening at home. We
have had to grind until after midnight in order
to determine the boundaries Of polling pre-
cIncts, and thon to ind places where the Oiti-
sens can vote. Why. the law says there must
be Rix booths three feet wide each. Then thoro
must bO spaces for the polling officers, which,
with their tablos. cannot be less than four feet
each. And all the booths must be within sight
Of the polling officers In addition to that
there must Of course be lobby, or general
entrance to the polling place. You cant find
block. and In cases where we could not hire
such room We have had to arrange for the
to BE- thS O. most eTpepsVe eoston BroeS1a
ever know OF, and yet We have strained many
point to bring the expenses down to the low
Soald rssnirs US To- 10 lssns @ SS'' SSSst 100000
dependent or irregular candidates.. The fndi-
cations promise moro than usual Special bal
lots must TGH be printed Tor al these even whom
toH e man for the Assembly Il
and some Of thom. accordinRto law; may bear
the name OF one candidate only; all the other
oPcs SpE 81 e.. S sU. s No% to b b @ Sd s out at s
hire notary and 20 about In Q, ward obtaining
This talk shows how the new law is going to
add to the EXPENSE OF future elections, and the
to anySody. % Tominslis ali the cost @ OF of voinS saf
paraphernalia will now be divided proportion
SSayd Gv sos g. The S. Ag MN the
and the poiitica! Q ganizations which formerly
have to get out their special sets ct an OF pense
much greater than they eyer eXperienced be-
fore There is to be an an Gea ballot ~ paid for
therefore countable,, It need have no more
than the name OF one candidate for q
didates' names being blank TO provide
against isunderstandinE therefore. the reRu-
and the Counties. and the Reputiicans @ liz 81 In % this
city must get out complete tickets as usual.
with the important addition Of Gummed backs.
SO that the regular voter may II necessary,
paste the regular ticket on some Official ballot.
Tho regular organizations will pay about three
to the necessity OF providing them with
Eummed backs. Somebody has got to print
the ballots for the election e,Si neEt NoyembeI;
The boiling time somebody has he got @
secutively. Nobody in Brooklyn appears to
might lose or tear up his ballot on the way y to to
his suffrage. Still. the ballots must be punched
Thomas Jones, who lives at 1.2ss West Tif-
teenth street; may be counted next after MIR.
entieth street MIR Fielding may W tear his bal
lot, and then-smash go the numbers and the
Why" exclaimed Mr.. Gilbertson last even
ing, even The. American Bank Note Company
Is not prepared at present 10 furnish us with
for numbering so many tickets as we shall re-
quirs. 1t expects to have them in about two
Is Taons ns Of
he s le. nis er iia he oea "SsP ss
tSs % o0RsnSs Ths mGos Goes ass nos
require us to sec that plants are
sufficient to execute our demands. and Mr.. i.
newspaper that We have only one concern to
apply to. The law does not prohibit a New
York concern from printing Brooklyn tickets.
and It dees not declare that our ballots Shall
be printed by one house. In all probability we
shall divide the contract. We shall SEQ only
that the same ink and style OF type are used"
MIR. Gilbertson did not foresee that the new
law would be likely to disfranchiso any citi-
zens. He thought his Board had provided fully
against that danger.