San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-12
HOW A BET WAS LOST.
INTERESTING COMMENTS ABOUT
THE LATE ELECTION.
The Independent Ticket Makes a
Clean sweep-It is Charged That
Dead Mans Vote was Cast
The Australian Ballot system.

well, the election is over, but II is not
too late yet to make bet on the result"
This is what a local attorney said to
policeman last night. Now, I'll tell
you what I'll do" continued the attOr-
ney; "rll bet you the cigars for the
crowd that the Independent ticket gets
there, Notwithstanding the returns al
ready in"
The policeman turned to a byStander
and whispered, "Why, that's a cinch. We
all know that the Big Six got there from
top to bottom" Then, addressing the at
torney, said: 'Now, see here, want you
to understand me right. You are betting
that the Independent ticket gets there
from top TO bottom. Now don't ring in
the Big Six on me, for that won't CO."
why, of course not, am betting on
the Independent ticket, and not on the
Big Six" replied the attorney.
just at this time another policeman
tipped his friends shoulder and said:
Lookout, you are betting with law
YER
That's all right" replied the first po-
liceman, 81 know what I'm betting on,
and just feel like smoking good cigar"
well, is the bet go?' asked the attor-
ney. -.
''Of course it's 60, replied the police
man. =
"Well, what's the use of standing here,
then. Let's go over and get our cigars,
bows. This is one time where / beat a
policeman"
Here, what do you mean?" quered the
| officer in amazement.
why, nothing al all. You pay for the
| cigars, that's all. | bet you that the ln-
dependent ticket would win, and so it did.
You'll admit that McCloskey went in as
constable by big majority, won't you?
Well, who was on the independent ticket
besides McCloskey?"
The crowd Of byStandprs burst out in a
| chorus and shook the officer by the Shout
| ders, slapped him on the back and jollied
| him in every manner.
"Oh!" he calculated. "Oh, but -"
| But It's too late to explain now" said
One of the crowd, come on, you, IL owe the
| bartender for a couple of fine cigars"
mo | won't, either, didn't bet on a
| snap like that. meant that the lndepen-
dent Reform ticket wouldn't get there,
| and he walked out, while the crowd stayed
| behind. wondering whether he would
| bring in the cigars or not, but he failed 10
return, and Charlie Campbell, the drug.
g;St, says that he hasn't seen the police
man since.
This incident gave space for comment
| on the election in general, and one of the
| byStanders remarked: Now, that's
of the last election. A simple thing like
| that would probably have caught anyone.
| There were so many different tickets out
| that one had to keep mighty well posted
or he would get mixed surely"
| 1--we heard of some very rotten trans
actions at some of these polls, remarked
another. why, | hear that at one of the
4 H. fal m - N
fact. Here's how it is: A Mexican voter
| took out his registration certificate. He
became sick and died before the election.
| His certificate was given to another voter,
| He put in that vote at one precinct and
| then took his own vote and put II in at
another precinct"
| 81 believe that" remarked listener.
Now, in my opinion, more fraud can be
perpetrated with this Australian ballot
system than any | know Of, he contin-
ued. You take any ignorant Mexican
or negro, or a white man, for all that
matterS-and you bet there are many in
| this town who don't known enough TO
come in out of the wet. Now what do
| they know about making out a ballot?
Why there are many intelligent people
| that don't know how TO vote, and many a
vote is thrown out at every election. 1t
often happens, and this last election was
no exception, that there is always some
| one around to make out a ballot for one
who does not known how. and is too ig-
norant or lazy to learn. Chances are that
this man, who is always around, is a
candidate for office, OF is working for
some candidate. OF course, he'll fix up
the ballot to suit himself and hand it to
the voter, who'll place it in the
box without even looking at it,.
| If anyone asks the man who is always
| around what he's doing, he'll say: Why
this man don't know how to fix up his bal
| lot and I'm only showing him, that's all.
So much for the Australian ballot system.
There is too much opportunity for first
class fraud. There should be a law, not
to allow any one to influence voter to
cast his ballot certain way. Let every
man vote as he deems best"
zone question | would like to ask" put
| in another listener, and that is: do you
think it is fair that those residing west of
certain line, known as the dividing line
of the Thirty seventh and Forty fth
districts, have no voice, whatever, in the
/ election of a prosecuting attorney? lfsuch
| attorney has Jurisdiction over citizens OF
the Forty fifth district and can prosecute
them, why should they not be allowed to
vote for him. That is very unjust, In my
opinion" This was sanctione by all
present.
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