The sun., 1894-04-28
THE BLANkKT BALLor BILL vEro.
II Wa. Not sent TO the Assembly, .. the
n1 Mns Not sent 90 the GnNernor.

II was Not Sent TO the Assembly, a.. th,
Bui w.s Not sent 20 the Governor.
ALBANY. April 27.-At noon to-day. after the
Legislature had adjourned sine de- Gov.
Flower said to the correspondent Of the United
Press:
The Legislature has not yet sent me the
Ballot bill. and am therefore prevented from
returning II to the Assembly In time for the
Legislature to modify It In accordance with
my recommendations. I shall not sign the
bill Ny reasons are stated In the veto mes
sage which l prepared yesterday afternoon
after learned Of the bills passage. The ac-
tion OF Speaker Malby In preventing the bill
coming to me promptly was contem ptlble and
. distinct Reputation OF the agreement
which was entered into openly on the floor
Of the Senate between Senators Cantor and
Saxton. representing tho Dem ocratic and Re-
publicen Nom bers OF the Legislature respect
lively. This agreement was to the effect that
the Ballot bill would be sent to me at least
twenty-four hours before adjournment, so
that might act upon It i'm m ediately. Senator
Saxton and Leader Ainsworth Acknowledged
the agreement and tried TO have Il carried
out. but Speaker Malby deliberately violated
II. and the Republicans must bear the respon-
sibillty OF his action.
This action more than ever convlnces me
that the Republicans In the Legislature do
not desire the enactment Of any blanket bal
lot bill whatever and that they only passed
the present bill when they learned that there
was no lik elihood OF It's becoming n law. Other
wise why have they spent four months trying
at liberty to publish the veto message which
had ready to send to the Assem- bly,. and a copy
sconadence VIII oh YOU have not violated. The
action OF the legislature during the last
+ hours ,5s only the points
=, The following is the veto message which
Legislature has been con nsiderinR the form Of
blanket ballot bill. and has been apparently
tweon the two Houses. But. no sooner did !
message OF Tuesday last what Kind OF a bill
and az the s has S, 'a,SdsHy Jq'IB.eaTsa
to the .sn hsna II n view til. faS sS
t9 have become law, with the probable result
garded In any other light than as an attempt
present session. The conei asion is irresisiible M
that the bill was passed to be vetoed. and con
the Legislature may demo IN strata its sincerity
IN IN behalf a ot q simple blanket ballot bill oy
pas a. Degrs Ss,ama rdournmentsueh meas
Ths main osjsGtion to the bill f to that
margin at the foot Of the oiiiciai ballot whSrea
on any olector who desires TO vote for any per-
voted for. In case the elector desired to vote |
names were not on, the otIieisl ballot. he
would have to amply as many individual
Such an eector at the last tiubernstoriai eiec.
ton In New York city would have had to apply |
80 IL i
Every man 9i common sense would at once re- |
Bliss. HoInblower. Peckham. Choate. Stetson, |
Root. Cole Dillon, and Parsons, that any |
whether illiterate or not. an opportunity and |
reasonable facilities for voting for such u per- |
Regularly nSminatedI is sanconstitatonal. ] % = not
Under this provision also an illiterats voter |
on the ofisai bsl lot @ except With S the n aid Of
sample ballot. whose assistance. in case he de- |
the individual paster opens the door to sure |
means Of identifying q corrupt ballot; There |
who Wish to bribs voters to know absolutely |
whether the voter votes as he Is bribed
opinion largely wasted identihcation to some me
but It should Be Tendsrsd as difcuit s as Pos: Ss
sible. This bill greatly facilitates It, and
soS %t aR
to attach to the margin of the official ballot a
paster containing a fictitious name for some
obscure Office and the canvass OF thenballots
by the inspectors would show Absolutely and
without dispute whether the voter carried out
his corrupt agreement.
$50 long as a paster OF some kind must be
permitted. as Is now generally agreed by all
lawyers. the question recurs as
to the simplest kind OF paster which may he
used Upon this question all who have given
tho subject careful thought must advocate
the BLANKET pasteE; Il is much more con-
venlent than the Individual paster. and is not
30 likely TO be used for corrupt purposes 1t
facilitates voting. while the Individual paster
ODstructs voting. IL has no Objectionable
features. which do not inhere In even greater
degree In any kind OF a paster. There are the
same reasons for a blanket paster as exist for
because the one ballot is easier to han.
paster Is urged because IL is easier to
Iote than seventy-twO individual pAsteTs.
The blanket ballot Is essential alike to the H.
itsTAte. the incom petent and the indie endent
With such a weapon indie pendent voters, by
concurrent action, can Illustrate the plans Of
md convention.
let us make voting easy. not difficult. Let
1s encourage the free expression of public |
sentiment. not restrict IT, IL Is not too late for
.he Legislature TO throw oil the indifference |
which Il has manifested during all the session
guarantee a simple and honest ballot and
low. even In these closing hours. subordinate |
politics to patriotism by passing such a meas
ire as wisdom demands and as the people |
'XpeetA koswFLL =, FLOWER"
The bill will he dead II the Governor does
Tot sign II within thirty days OF the adjourn |
nent OF the Legis ature and he says positively