Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-06-10
A Circular.

II county AuuIIOi Il RAIN Ll1cllDeChC
has issued the following circular tt
the chail'men OF the different boards
. of supervisors and the town clerks o
the county, concerning the provis
ions of the Australian ballot law:
= 'The election law of 1891, bringing
the entire state under the sO-callet
Australian system OF voting in gener
al elections, imposes important duties
upon this office, also upon each ant
every town board and town clerk
all of which must be performed IL
proper order to secure a valid cleo
ton.
Under section A OF said law, eacl
: election district must be provided
with three ballot boxes for voting
one ballot box painted white, on
painted blue and one painted black
"There shall also be provided in eacl
election precinct, two (2) voting
booths for every hundred electors
registered.
"There shall also be provided an in
deAble pencil for each voting booth
"The law prescribes the form OF
style OF the voting booths, and it is
very necessary that the requirements
of the law be carried out to the let.
ter so as not to invalidate the cleo.
ton.
"The Acknowledgement has decided
that each town, village and city must
procure it's own ballot boxes, voting
booths and indelible pencils, to be
used at the coming election, decision
dated May I, 1892.
III am in receipt OF a communication
from the Secretary of State in refer
ence to this law, and he suggests that
| call a meeting OF the chairman of
board of supervisors, also village
and town clerks, for the purpose OF
obtaining uniformity in the manner
of voting, and to provide the neccs-
sary voting booths, ball0tboxes and
pencils. AS l cannot see all before
naming the date OF meeting, l have
taken the liberty to name June %,
1892.
! Il am informed that there will be an
agent, who represents manufacture
er OF these goods, here on that day
he has a complete line of samples and
can illustrate the manner of fitting
up q room in exact accordance with
the law, and we can undoubtedly Sc
cure a great deal of valuable inform
alton as to how our next election is
to be carried on, which will prove Of
benefit to all Of us.
| 81 hope you will be here on date
named, and come prepared to make
the necessary arrangements for the
supplies required
Raymond Ensign, special agent for
the Etna Insurance company, will take
no more rides with Paul Gaethke. The
two gentlemen drove to Little Elk
Tuesday behind that blood-red nag of
Gaethke's and in coming home took the
old river road. When just beyond the
railroad crossing the fry steed mired
and this precipitated one of the widest
scenes imaginable, and one which no
pen can satisfactorily describe. The
beast kicked, spilled Gaethke, struck
! Ensign's hand and wounded it and
then knocked the handle off his umbrella
into his face, giving him black eye.
A solemn compact was entered into to
say nothing but an argus. eyed news
paper cannot be trifled with.
The St. Cloud Daily Times last night
night followed the pace set by the Daily
Transcript and interviewed some of the
leading men on the presidential
situation. Among others it quotes:
J.T.Donohue (Rep.)-James G. Blaine
is my choice, and he is going to be
nominated. too.
Isn't;this rather strange? Mr.. D0nohue
who is pension agent of that city and
is well-known to many in Little Falls,
was Il special examiner under the
Cleveland administration and only last
winter was secretary Of the Democratic
North Star Club of St. Cloud, Can it
be that Donohue has had an experience?
The case IFS. Trebby vsJ II. Rhodes
has been decided in favor of the de-
fcndant. Mr.. Trebby sued to recover
some land which he alleged that he
had furnished the money to buy and
Judge Baxter held that he had not
established a title to the realty, but
could probably sue for money loaned.