The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-04
MIsFIr BALLOTS.
A New Complication in the Situation IL
South Carolina.


CHARLESTON, S. c., November g.
There is danger of the loss of this state
to Cleveland. 1t was discovered today
that a serious error has been made in the
printing of the Democratic electoral tick
ct in this state, which will result in the
entire Democratic electoral vote being
thrown out on account of illegal tickets
if the error is not corrected. AS it is,
the tickets have been in the hands of the
commissioners of election and county
committees for some time and have been
partly distributed. Therein lies the
danger. 1t is hard to tell what proper
tion of the tickets that have been sent
out from the state committee head
quarters are illegal. Most Of those heard
from are sixteenth of an inch too long,
some too small and some too large. The
law says they must be 5x2s inches in
size. The responsibility for such Sc
rious error seems hard to fix. The tick
cts went through the hands of the exec
utive committee. w. G. Alborgotti, on
behalf of the executive committee of
Orangeburg, who discovered the error,
came to the city yesterday and called on
Secretary Tompkins, submitting that all
the tickets sent to that county for state
and county, as well as electoral purpos-
es, failed to come up to the require
ments. Then it came to light that the
discovery Of the illegality of tickets had
been made prior to the coming of Mr..
Alborgotti and that Secretary Tomkins
has ordered the printer to print new
ones. He says he cannot tell how many
of the illegal tickets have gotten into
the hands of the voters, but they were
all distributed week or SO ago. He had
sent out notices to each chairman and all
the commissioners of election, and does
not think any harm will come from it If
they all act promptly and energetically.
Mr.. Tompkins fails to account for the
error.
DOUBTFUL VOTES COUNTED OUT.
Even Then Republicans Figure Fifteen
Thousand Majority in Illinois.
CHICAGO, November 3,-The last week
of the campaign finds the Republicans in
excellent condition in the State of Him
ois. The Democrats, in keeping with
their usual custom, opened the campaign
with such ostentatious display of zeal
and such remarkable braggadocio that it
had the effect of melting the Republi-
cans to unusual effort, and the result has
been that the poll books show the arg
est registration of Republican voters in
the history of the state. The managers
in very city, county and precinct re-
ceiyed due warning from headquarters
to see that every legal Republican voter
was registered, and the secret reports
received by the state central committee
TODAY show that the warning has been so
well needed that over 10000 more Re
nublican voters have been registered in
illinois than ever before. Of fcourse, the
great majority of these new registrations
are in the city of Chicago, the increase
in population in this city accounting in
some degree for the enormous registra-
tion, The Democratic managers were so
busy exulting over German Lutheran ac-
cessions and boasting of the majority
with which they would sweep the state
next Tuesday that they failed to pay due
attention to the practical duty OF regis
tration, and the result is that i've per
cent of the Democratic vote OF Illinois
is estimated to be disqualified from vot-
inc on account of failing to register. The
Democrats gave the usual warning by
newspaper publication and otherwise
that the duty of registration should not
be neglected by the loyal, but they failed
to pursue the Republican policy OF ap-
pointing local committees and hiring
carriages to see that every neghgent par
ty voter was conveyed to the poillng
place and duly registered.
a. A careful Doll Of every precinct of the
State has been made by the local Repub-
l;o,, oo,,,n,i ttaas and forwarded to the
State Central Committee. The aggre-
gate shows that, conceding to the
Democrats every doubtful vote, Illinois