Evening journal., 1892-11-02
THE JOINT INSTRUCTIONS.
The Lion and the Lamb Lay Down To-
gether In the Levy Court Room at
Dover.

The Lion and the Lamb Lay Down To-
gether In the Levy Court Room at
Dover.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Nov. 1.-The Democratic and
Republican state and county committees
held joint meeting in the Levy Court
room today
The following representatives Of the
two parties were present:
Democratic-John r. Nicholson, l.. /.
Handy, John Taylor, Willard Salisbury,
w. II. Burnite, A. p. Robinson, James
II. Hughes, Charles Harrington, John b.
Pennington as counsel.
Republican-G General James H. Will
son, Hugh G. Browne, Martin B. Burris,
J. Colby Smith, DIR. c. r. Layton,
Thomas J. Day, David S. Clark and N.
b. Smithers as counsel
The following rules, 10 which both
parties are bound, were unanimously
adopted:
'"That Il is the desire and recommend
alton Of this committee that no person
be entitled or should be permitted to enter
a booth with voter except the voters
assistants, and then only at the request
of the voter, and that this applies to
the United States supervisors.
THAT the lower left hand corner Of
the back Of the ballot, within the mean
ing of section 10 of the act TO provide
for the secrecy of the ballot, shall he
the left hand lower corner Of the back Of
the ballot the lower side Of the back Of
the ballot corresponding with the lower
side Of the front of the ballot.
'At all polling places the two persons
who are to be chosen for and to act as
voters assistants as provided in section
10 Of the act TO provide for the secrecy
and purity Of the ballot, shall be two
persons whose names shall respectively
be suggested TO the officers Of election by
the respective political parties to which
they belong.
First, the voter may vote for any one
or more of the candidates named on the
ballot. stamping the square or squares
I'm front of his other names respect
lively. He may, however, stamp the
head Of the ticket he desires to vote,
and If he stamps any name on any other
ticket such name shall be counted as
voted for in lieu OF the corresponding
name on the straight ticket stamped,
when such name can be clearly ascer-
tanned.
IF any names OF electors are repre-.
sentatiyes in the General Assembly shall
be so particularly stamped only the
stamped names shall be counted.
Second The voter may vote
straight ticket by stamping the large
square in front of the party name, or
by stamping all the small squares in the
column under the party name The
voter may substitute the name or names
of any person or persons whomsoever in
lieu OF one or more of the names on the
ballot, erasing with pen and ink the
name or names he wishes 10 drop and
substituting in lieu thereof the name or
names he wishes to add, whether he be
candidate or candidates on another
ticket or not.
"Such erasure may be made an ink
line drawn through the names or names
Il is agreed that where ticket shall be
so folded that the initials Of the clerks
do not appear the inspector or judges or
either Of them may return the ballot TO
the voter and send him again to the
booth to refod his ballot properly and
the voters assistants may aid him in re.
folding.
1T is the sense Of this committee that
any person should be entitled TO call for
the assistance Of the voters assistants TO
aid him in preparing his ballot.
Whenever il becomes necessary at the
time for opening the general election at
any polling place to chose any person as
Judge of election, by what Is commonly
known as n stand out. that person shall
be chosen as judge who shall be sug-
gested for that position by members OF
the principal party opposed in political
opinion TO the majority OF election officers
for such polling place"