The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04
BALLOTS By THE MILLION,
AND 4 FEW USEFUL HINTS ON HOW
TO CAST THEM.

The Gigantic UndertakiaE the Work OF
PriatIag the Ballots Has Become This
Year OwIaE 60 the Nanbsr OF Caasi-
dates ana Questions sabaitted to the
votsr-The LatteTs Task. Too, IL BiK.
The campaign orator who employs the time
worn simile the silent dropping OF pure white
ballots. like flakes in a snow storm" will be JUS
titled In the use as applied to the election In
New York next Tuesday, for truly the ballots
will be as numerous as snow flakes. For the
first time the patriotic citizen of this town VIII
learn that voting is serious manual labor. He
will doubtless find that he needs all of the ten
minutes allowed TO him for the preparation Of
his ballots In the voting booth, and II at the end
of the time he Is sure that he has the ballots OF
his choice he will be fortunate indeed. II he has
Apocketful Of pastors TO use, the situation will
be truly alarming. This time the difficulties Of
the new-fangied ballot law will be more thor
oughly shown than ever.
II Is sufficiently difficult to choose between the
swarms of candidates named by the various
organizations OF regulars" 'cuckOOs.' goo
COOS" and "kickers" OF all descriptions, but
when there comes the additional task Of voting
constitutional and legislative amendments,
rapid transit, and Greater New York, even the
8 outest hearts will fAlter. IL Is not easy TO ap-
prostate the tremendous labor involved In the
preparation and delivery of these ballots at the
polls. Five hundred persons are dying day and
night at the establishments of Martin h. Brown
o 1 Park place and James II. English Il Go. on
Murray and Duane streets. Some OF them are
setting type. others snatching piles of printed
sheets from fourteen whirling printing presses,
aud among the others is divided the labor of
cutting, arranging, and packing the ballots.
Two hundred women engaged In this work on
Diane street hardly md time 10 eat. 50 great Is
Lus race against time, By tonight all the bal
lots must be in the election districts ready for
Never before in The history OF New York have
there been so many ballots, and never has there
been such a rush to get them out on time. This
is because Of the multiplicity Of candida tes and
Issues and the extraordinary number OF changes
that have been made In the Lists after nomina-
similar embarrassments OF the past nve cleo
tons put together would not equal the trials OF
been stereotyped II Was often neeessary 10 mould
the plates again because a candidate had de-
clined at the last minute and the name OF an
with which = man can jump In the field, call
himself AeAndidate, aud At the solicitation OF a
ticket as an Independent nominee has vastly IN.
creased the labor OF printing the tickets this
There re l,I4l election districts in the city,
and go and sometimes more ballots OF each
Kind are sent 70 each district. There are from
loIs furnished 10 each district according 10 the
number Of independent candidates Ia the field.
was therefure necessary 20 print l0,OO0,0OO
weight Of a ream 81 this paper is eighty pounds,
tie total weight Of the ballot. Wilt be ten tons.
i'uaTc. bra@n paisr boxes WI" doubles agree
thH thUse ngugFs are rot exaggerated. IL Is
bad SorS inr al except two Wlo have had %
POL -emRh who l. detailed 10 the packing room
% Duane street 10 sec that persons who have no
business there are n0t Adnittsd and " PrsFsns