The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08

to walk to the asylum. / was scarcely
strong enough for the effort, but could
| restrain myself no longer. The face of
Sibyl was constantly before me-her
| image was ensbrined in my heart.
| ] still remember how blue the skies
| were, fecked here and there with bits
of white. and how the sea-water
sparSled as the suns rays shone upon
together. Those below thirty years of
age were shut out and the names of the
rest were written on slips Of paper. A
small boy was thea picked up on the
street and brought IL 70 draw out thirty
names.
Out of these thirty, nine were chosen
to go on with the election. They were
to choose forty others. Four of them
nominated five each, five of them four
each. and each of the forty must be
confirmed by two-thirds vote of the
nine. Out of these forty names twelve
were taken by lot.
The twelve in the same way chose
new board of twenty-five, the chair
man nominating three and each of the
others two, a three-fOurths vote being
necessary to elect. Lots were again
drawn for nine of the twenty five.
These nine in the same way chose
forty-fve others, OF whom the lot
picked out eleven.
These eleven, still in the same form,
nominated forty-one to elect the doge.
Each of these must be confirmed by
majority vote of the whole of the great
council. Then the forty-one were
locked up together to go on with their
election. While they were locked up
each of them was furnished with what
ever he asked for regardless of ex-
pense. But the same must be given to
each Of the forty-one.
For instance, there was once an
elector who wished to read in ''Aesop's
Fables" He got his book, but not I'M
til al Venice had been ransacked to
find the necessary forty-one copies.
At another time one of them ordered
rosary. Forty-one rosaries made their
appearance in due form.
This treatment was expected to make
the electors so unanimous that at least
twenty-five of them would agree on a
doge. When this took place the rig
marole was over. An evening news
paper, trying to follow the returns in
Venice at that time, would have had
painful times
Coming back to the ballot as used by
common mortalS, and coming down to
this century, the Hungarian ballot of
thirty years ago is one of the most in
teresting. The voter had given to HIM
a stick from four to six feet long. With
this he went alone into room where
the ballot boxes were placed, each
bearing the name and color of candi-
date. In one of these he must place
his stick. The object Of having such a
large ballot was to make sure that
there were not two or three extra ones
concealed in the citizens pockets But
this has now been replaced by prosaic
paper
In Greece, at the present day, the
ballot is little lead ball. There is a
box for each candidate, divided into
two compartments. A clerk goes from
box to box with the voter, carrying a
bowlful of these balls. At each box
uLO SOOCi bdnCo OhC, puCS llio ldhu luOO
funnel out of sight, and drops his
ball into the yes or no compartment.
making vote for or against the cam
didate. If he wishes to vote for more
than one party there is nothing to pre-
vent him.
In Italy each voter on registering
gets a ticket eff admission to the poll
ing house. Here stamped blue pa
per, with copy of the law printed on
the back, is handed to him. On this
paper he must write his vote.
The French ballot system is much
like what the American was five years
ago. England uses the Australian bal.
lot. N. Y. Evening Sun.