New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-27
HONEST VOTING ~ DANCER.
4 MENACE To BALLOT REFORM IN THE
RAINES ELL.
1T WOULD PERMIT OUTSIDERS TO ACCOMPANY An
GiLITERATE OR DISABLED VOTER INTO THE
BOOTH AND THEY WOULD BE UNDER 30
OATH OF SECRECY THE POLICE

BOOTH AND THEY WOULD BE UNDER 80
OATH or SECRECY THE POLICE
REoRGANIZATIoN BILL De
IAyEp ~ THE SENATE.
iron THE REGULAR c0RREsPo&pEST or rHETRRuHE.l
Albany April o6-Peoplc soon will BEGIN &
suspect that tho Raincs Ballot bll is being framed
by followers - Mr.. Plat, who wish u the
funds they receive from corporations In the direct
purchase ~ votes Today tho judiciary Commit
toe - ne ascmay reported the h!i In "a rascally
a form as when II LIFT the senate. In the senate
& viii be remembered. Ra!nes intro uced an
amendment . tho Ballot law providing that any
disabled or illitcratc voter could take a friend
into The booth with him 10 help him prepare his
ballot. Lieutcuant-Governo Saxton. himself
veteran ballot rcformcr. at orcc declared that
the would open the door & the unlimited bribery
81 voters. flr u would enable the man who should
bride the voter 70 see that ne lived up 10 his bar
gain 10y marking his blanket ballot FOR him.
\ good many Of the nntl-Patt Republicans 81
the senate took the game View ~ Il and would
have voted against the bill and prevented It's pas
sage but FOR the plea put forth by Ranes that
tine would be saved by having +, amended In the
Assembly. The amcnImcn, they desired to have
made and which Raincs promised t, support was
that the election officers alone should have the
righ, to mark the ballots Of illitera,e or disabled
voters.
Mr. Raincs has not kept this pledge. The AS
sembly judiciary Committee to-day persisted In
the policy of facilitating the purchase Of votes
by submitting the Raines bin In A practically I'M
amended form. The bill they presented T..
says that any lll.terdtc or disabled voter may
enter tho booth with two electors OF opposite pc
l!tcal faith t. be selected by the inspectors Of
election from parties represented by them re
spcctivcy." This IS nearly as bad as the orig
inal provision. In other states III" sworn cleo
ton officers At the polls assist ilii'erdtc voters
II outsiders are permitted 10 do this work there
may b. bribery on n gigantic sale.
The Assembly judi! 'iarv Conmittee also struck
out ~ tho bill the provision that any icrson
thus assisting voter shall first make oath that
che will not IN any manner request or seek -
induce said voter 10 vote any particular ticket or
FOR any particular candidate, ana that nc VIII
nor keep or make any memoranda or entry OF
anything occurring within said booth. and that
he Will not directly or indirectly reveal To any
person the name ~ any candidate voted FOR by
such voter or which Ticket he has voted. or any
thing occurring within t." voting booth. except
he bc called upon - testify In judicial proceed
ing for n violation ~ IN" Election law"
II does not seem possible that even "A Plat As
scmbly would pass such an abominable measure.
The senate held tcn-mnute session to-day,
with only six SENATOR present. In that time the
Ncw-York Police L organization bill was an
nounced from the Assembly, and Senator Iexow
asked that II b" sent 10 third reading or
course tbn Democrats objected to the placing
81 80 worthy n measure I'm position To b.
passcd Objections came from Senator's Bradley
and Collins Senator Lcxow appealed to them In
,.oin "a y.,thdraw their objections He then at
tcnptcl e. give notice OF an intention t. move
a suspension of III" rules I'm order to pass the
bill early next week
There is no quorum present. said senator
HradlcV in objection to the reception OF Sen
ator Loxow's notice. Lieutenant Governor sax
ton was then compelled TO adjourn the senate.
nm, UcpubNcans nevertheless think they will
pass this biz In the Senate early next week. as
there Is pretty good evidence that Senator Cogge-
shall has changed his unfrendly attitude toward
II and will vote for H. That would give il the
seventeenth vote necessary to pass 1t.