Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-09-29
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
A Specimen of the Official
Ticket Received From
the Secretary.
Pleasant Reception Given by
Judge and Mrs. Rose,
Thursday Night.
Johnson Nickeus Declines the
Republican Judicial
Nomination.

A specimen OF the official ballot issued
by the secretary OF state for information
of all concerned, has been received. The
ballot is sheet Of paper about II inches
square. The names Of the candidates
are printed between ruled lines, and are
pnt down in alphabetical order. F'o1
instance, in voting for the member OF
congress, Mr.. Johnson's name comes
first, and is printed in the list of names
twice, once as republican, and once
as independent.prohibition. The name
of O'Brien the democratic candidate
follows, and that of Tiegen the indie.
pendent candidate Is the fourth and last
on the list. Under this arrangement
johnson will have the manifest advan-
tage of coming first on the list and
having his name before the voter twice
to the other candidates once.
In voting for governor the name OF
Roger Allln, Observation-Disclosures
candidate is printed, although ::Allin has
declined, and declared that he was re.
publican this year. and not prohibition.
ist. This ls done in Burke's interest.
Burkes name comes second in the list of
candidates for governor, and Shortridge
follows twice. once il the space for
independents to mark, and once in the
space for democrats. For lieutenant
governor, Wallace, the independent,
prohibition and democratic candidates
name is printed three times and G. A. NJ.
Spencer, the republican candidate, once.
Mr.. Porter, the independent, is down
twice to Walker, republican, once.
Booker, the state treasurer, gets bad
deal. Nomland, bis opponent, is on the
ballot in three places, while Mr.. Booker's
name is printed but once. The same as
regards the attorney general Standish's
name is printed in three places, Rouke'e
in one. For commissioner of insurance,
James Cudie's name Is printed twice, as
the independent and democratic candi-
date, and F. B. Fancher's once, as the
republican candidate.
Mrs. Elsenhuth has two chances to
get vote to J. NJ. Devine's one, and the
independent and democratic commits.
sioner Of agriculture and labor, Williams,
Is that much better off than II. H.
Mcmillan the republican candidate.
Judge Corliss has his name down
three times and Is on all state tickets.
The names Of the railroad commits.
sioners are more numerous than those of
any other candidates. Messrs. Cameron.
Rasmussen and Stevens having the ad-
vantage. The advantages will be found
on all the county tickets, as are seen In
the state ticket. The organization of
three parties and the placing of three
sets of candidates before the voter, gives
him wide range Of choice. The candi-
dates who are endorsed by other parties
have manifest advantage on the tickets
in that their names appear more tines
before the voter.
There are also places to vote for or
against an amendment to the state con-
stitution permitting an increase in state
indebtedness ITO meet casual deficits, or
failure in revenue" ETC., not to exceed
the sum OF 5 mills on the dollar of
assessed valuation of all taxable propertv.