Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
Proposed Amendments the Walton
Election Law.

On thursday III the senate MT. hay
of Madison introduced two bills to
amend the Walton election law.
These are companion measures and
present Walton law. The provisions
features of the Maryland ballot system.
1t provides that the candidates shall
be in parallel columns and the politi.
cal party to which they belong indi-
Gated A party device or design is to
be placed at the head of each column,
the plan of which is to be furnished by
the chairman of the State committee
of each political organization. AS the
plan of the scheme prevents the neces.
sity for aid to illiterates in the prepar.
alton of their ballots, the special con-
stable provision of the Walton law is
repealed. A provision is made for the
preparation by one of the election
judges of ballots for the blind or cleo
tors who are otherwise physically IN
able to do so for themselves. Mr..
Hays bill also requires that all of the
official tickets in a county shall be uni
form in every particular and that a
copy of one shall on the day of election
be posted in a conspicuous place at
every polling precinct in the State
The second bill simply repeats the sec
ton of the Walton law providing for
special constable
On Friday, Mr.. Henry T. Wickh ham,
of Hanover, introduced in the Senate
and DR.. Winston, of the same coun
ty, introduced in the House--a bill
making sweeping changes in the Wal
ton election law. The most significant
feature, however. is that section which
is intended to displace the special con-
stable. This section reads: "Any vot
er may call to his aid any qualified
elector in the same district, who may
retire to one of the booths with him
and there mark his ballot for him, but
no such person shall mark the ballots
of more than one such voter at any
one election, and the judges of election
memorandum in writing after the
names of each and every one of such
persons so assisted, specifying the
name of the elector so assisting"
Another distinctive feature is that it
is made the duty o. the judge of the
county when the electoral board meets
to stamp the ballots with the seal; to
cause to be delivered to the clerk of
the county a sample ballot, which shall
be placed upon file for examination by
the public, it being made the duty of
the clerk to attend to this. The law
also provides that there shall not be
less than one booth for every 100 voters
registered at the voting place. 1t pro
vides careful and full directions for
marking the ballots. In presidential
elections the political party to which
each set of electors belongs is to be in
dicated.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT Conductor Matt
Lynn, who runs on the Lexington
branch, in attempting to climb to the
top of box car while his train was
standing On the siding at Buena Vista.
missed the handholt near the top of
the car and was precipitated back ward
to the ground. In falling Mr.. Lynn
had his left leg broken between the
knee and ankle, very painful injury.
The accident occurred on Thursday,
December 5, 1896 The injured man
was brought to his home in Clifton
Forge on the passenger train the same
evening he was hurt. His injuries
were attended by DR.. w. H. F. Miller
The patient displayed considerable
nerve while being brought home GU
the train and is now doing as well as
could be expected.-Clifton Forge Re
CSe2O.