Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-16
The Walton Law.
[Culpeper Exponent. |

me Ut amy C, Ilsequllce held under the new
Jaw The law If worked honestly will prove
access. And we doubt eXtrs nelly ii it was
,ntisd to Use it honestly. The printing OF
t j,eketa for this comfy shows conclusively
hal the party leaders OF the democracy had
II tile intention of giving the other parties
an equal showing at the polls. The tickets
for this precinct We're printed in three differ
eat ways On some, Mr.. McCalls name was
t the top. other, Mason's, and still Others
with MeIediIhs name at the top. The seve
raj names being likewise treated as to the
second and third position Oh the ticket. We
tllerei ore say that this action Oh the part OF
the leaders of tile democratic party was a
piece of treachery, done to Shut off and keel
the illiterate voter from preparing hiYawn
ballot and thus forcing him to apply to ths
| constable, the illiterate voter being lett ell
| tirely to the mercy of tile constable. At thi
| p eciiict the law Was fairly and honestly exc
cuted in SO far the Constable was concern
ed. We know that the baliu twas prepared as
| requested Could men like u. b. Miller bt
| had all over the State to act as constable>
| tllere would be no complaints OF the law bu,
that seems hardly likely. The law should
b SllHcI ItptdICu VI dliieuGSu d1lOWItlS edCi
party representation.
Jeffersonton precinct which has for years
| been republican precinct gave Meredith a
ma jority. This looks like the Walton law
got its work in there.
Buena Vista Advocate
After all the Walton law worked very nice
iy There was less crowdng, les, fus,in. less
cus>in and less several things which dis
graced the old way OF voting. 1t is certainly
a quiet, comfortable and decent arrangement
and with some modification OF the constable
feature would work all right. 1t is funny
though how many imperfect ballots were de-
posted. Thifty-one out of total Of 36f
were improperly prepared, and it is known
that considerable number of these were
cast by persons of sufficient Intelligence t.
prepare their ballots without any assistance
Others were cast by persons who did not know
but were prevented by sort of pride from
requesting the aid of the constable.
Norfolk Ledger
Sufficient time has not elapsed to ascertain
the opinion entertained by the voters of oul
state relative to the new ballot system under
wi ich yesterdays election was conducted,
but if the. law created as favorable an i'm
preston in other portions of the Common
wealth as in this city, then it has come to stay
For the first time in the history OF elections
in Norfolk the voters were not annoyed by
crowds about the polls, and there were no cyl
dences that the use of money cut any fgur.
whatever in determining the result.
[From the Norfolk Landmark
The Australian system unqaestionably say
ed the Second and Fourth districts to the de
| Mocracy because it eliminated the ignorant
and illterate vote to a large extent. That
was the purpose of it and it served its pur
puse. Its provisions applied equally to all
and a mans ability to vote was qualified only
by his ability to read the English language
He could vote without being able to read, but
he was liable to vote blindly to the extent OF
invalidatlng the ballot. The effect was fell
in both parties. In Norfolk the figures givel
| by The VirginIan will show how it operated
+, in relation to the throwing out of ballots. Oul
| contemporary states it thus:
| ''No impropriety in the conduct of the cleo
| tion Can be traced TO the officers in chang.
| fhe Virginian is of the opinion that this con
| clus0n will be justified and sustained by al
| examination Of the ballots For instance il
The second precinct of the Third ward, wher'
the voters will certainly compare favorabl,
with any class OF voters in the country for in
telligence. forty-two votes returned for Ty
Ter were improperly marked, and sixty-tw,
for Bafland were likewise, and all Of th
number, 10l, were thrown out with a net los
| Of twenty for Borland, In the Second ward
at the court house precinct, twelve votes wer
thrown out, six for Tyler and siXfor Borland
and in the second precinct of the First war,
! tiirty-'liiie We're taroWn out, almost equa L.
| divided between Tyler and Borland.
| "fn the precincts whore the negto vote Wa
large, the number of votes thrown out wa
larger and the loss fell more heavily OF
! Boriand because the negroes were almost sol
| i'll for him.
| There was G happy freedom from the usua
| workers" around the polling places-tho-
busybudies who without knowing how to yot
with patriotic intelligence themselves, as
sumo to advise, direct Or constrain Others
| There was very little for the Cons fables to d
except to maintain order and keep the GROVE
off to its proper limit. There was no votin
| in blocks OF five or ten under the absoiu
| whip and lash Of captain who would holt
his place in the window and see that the vote
| purchased or controlled were delivered. |
rs great thing to be free from all that
| There can DOUBTLESS be sone improvement
made and that should be d,a Then W
should hayea Constitutional Convention o
d Constitutional vote anu Incorporate the SUI
Grage restriction into our organic law. w
believe the people will approve the Austria
liam system OF voting.
[Salem Times.1
| Election day passgs off quietly in Roanok
;nunty and Il fairly full vote was polled con
ldering the weather, which at times was col.
nd bluster,, Whilst most thinking Demo
,a;tt, agreed shat O;ey would carry the coun
with some difficulty, Vet none were prepal
ca to believe that Eioge wouid set Il maj ,rit,
working OF the Walton law members of boil
| pa,tias in the county express considerable
| dissatisfaction with it. aud the number o
,tei tAro%n out seem to have come as nue.
on oe side as the ether, as HE iliesa
| -c.atehi:i." Gf nais;ss YES In every pts,ib
variety of fornls, some even scratching til
| y,r.Is ''Far N,nsrass" Tie vnsa for ia
| an .n'tiilenJ ty the constitution stuoa Chs an,
2Dl against showing that people general
desire economy in the trial of prisoners.
The Why a1i Whefef ora
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