Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-03

The ELEcTIoN.-An election will be
held in this city and throughout the
State on Tuesday next for members of
Congress and upon the proposed
amendments to the constitution. The
proposed amendments are to give the
legislature the right to provide by law,
otherwise than by jury, for the trial
OF persons accused of petit offences, in
order to reduce criminal expenses. In
thi. CITY and district the candidates for
Congress are L. +. Meredith, democrat;
P. II. McCaull, republican, and J. S.
Mason. populist. The election will be
held for the first time under the new
Walton law, which has heretofore been
published in the GAZETTE. A plain
description of the method of voting was
published on Tuesday. By this new
method the voter receives from one OF
the Judges of election ballot on which
are the names of all the candidates; he
proceeds to a voting booth, then pre-
pares his ballot without interference
from any one and then hands the fold
ed ballot to one OF the judges to be de-
posited in the ballot box. The voter
must then Immediately leave the pre-
cinct. AT Tuesdays election there will
he two boxes at each precinct, one for
the congressional ballots and the other
for the constitutional amendment bal
lots. By the new method the ticket
holder loses his occupation and the
man who heretofore received quarter,
or more, for his vote will, this year,
have to do without his election money,
for the man who would sell his vote can
not be trusted by either party in an
election booth by himself.
In this city the canvass has been con-
Quoted very quietly, neither party
spending much money. The republi'
cans have held but one public meeting,
the populists none and the democrats
two. The democrats will wind up the
canvass on Monday night with a big
meeting at the Opera House, wien
Judge Staples will speak.
The republicans have sent copies of
circulars to all the republican precinct
chairman in the district. They show
that schools aud school teachers have
been established in every precinct for
teaching the negro voters how to know
Mr. McCaull's name when they see it,
SO as not to scratch it, under the new
law.
When a voter cannot read or is blind,
he can ask the assistance of special
constable in preparing his ballot. These
constables are appointed. one at each
precinct, by the election board. In
this city this board consists OF
Messrs. J. NJ. White, Charles B.
Marshall and Thomas Leadbeater.
These gentlemen have the election
machinery in their hands and appoint
the registrars, judges and clerks, as
well as the constables. The polls this
year will be held at the usual places,
but the Third ward has been divided
into TWO precincts in-addition to
the old Court House q voting precinct
having been established 10 that ward at
the Friendship engine house. Those
living in the Third ward north of Cam
erou street will vote at the Court
House, and those south Of that street
will vote at the new precinct-the
Friendship engine house, 1t is hoped
tina, every democrat will put aside his
private piques which have resulted
from diSappointments or other causes,
aud vote the democratic ticket, so that
Alexandria may be placed in the dem
ocratic column with big majority