The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-22
THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS,
Names OF Constitutional Delegates Should
he Printed In Single Column.

he Printed In Single Column.
ALBANY. Oct. 21.-Secretary OF State Rice.
after consulting with Judge Countrymau OF
this city. has decided that q strictly legal IT,
depreciation OF the law requires that the off,
cial ballots shall have tho names of the con
stitutional delegates printed in a single col
umn. In accordance with this decision. he to-
day ordered new sample ballots to be sent out
to all County Clerks with tho constitutional
delegates printed thereon In a single column
Secretary Rice said to THE Sun reporter
that he did this because 1t was his
opinion that tile law required It, but
that this new sample ballot. like the
one first sent out. was simply in the nature of
advice and suggestion to the County Clerks.
require the Secretary Of State 10 send form ni
OF ballot to the County Clerks. but 1t has been
the practice TO do so in order to secure uni
formity In the arrangement Of tho State tick
cts. As a matter of fact tho County Clerks
alone qdoE the Railot lay have the aahoIy
where the law itself does not specifically de-
fine It for them. Il any County Clerk should
wise that the double column mot the require-
ments Of the law. he could retain It,. The
courts alone can put , deilIit e. Interpretation
State or the Attorney q enera has NO binding
effect. and IL not authoritative;
THE suN reporter that the trouble arose from
the fact thai the laynen Of the office. includ-
OF the law were somewhat indefinite on the
subject. they would agree, with the printers.
who thought the double column all right For
been brought up at thls time by rHE sun. in
stead OF after II was too late to have the bal
lots reprinted. There was yet time for any
large printing office to do the work over. The
hardship Of the change came upon the little
ana now could not I'll them. because the time
y TOO short AS a matter Of fact they did all
County Clerk had right to order any ballots
printed until al! the nominations were in and
election.
EIGHT MILLION BALLOTS WERE ALREADY PRINTED
HERE.
Martin 3. Brown who has tho contract for
printing the Tammany ballots to TO used in
New York city called on President Martin OF
and see what could tie done about the mistake
in printing In double column instead of single
column on tho official ballots tho names OF
candidates for delegate TO the Constitutional
Mr.. brown said that 5000 900 Of the ballots
ordered had already been, printed and they
would have to BE- DESTROYED. lie was not pre-
pared to say whether he or the state would lose
The sample ballots provided for Mr.. Brown
on which the Tammany ballots arc uring
printed Is cut to admit the names in double
column. but not in single column Mr. Brown
have to he anutactured and al the prelim-
mary work that has been done VIII have to to
bad, lie said, as was the loss d time, '' ~
secretary Of store Frank Rice telephoned to
Lieut. L. 10y. nheehan and telegraphed to Chair
teeGraphed to NIL County Clerks that the
names of the candidates for the Constitutional
E0nyentIon must 70 printed in a single col
p 9y tho matter at the Hoffman House ON