Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-31
PRINTERS ELECTION DAY
Columbia typographical Union Chooses
It's 0ficers for the Yea.
Votes Drop DFiskly Into the Ballot
Boxes In the CAnpels and Ut
the G Street Temple.

This Is the printers election day. Once
year the knights Of the shooting stick
avail themselves Of the divine right of man
kind to choose governors and ballot for
officers Of Columbia Typographical Union.
No. 10f. 1t Is always more or less Of an
event in typographical circles. as there Is
sure to be at least one contest over he
ballots. and sometimes more. This year
there are tive struggles in progress. one for
the position Of president and the other Cor
secretary Of the union. It is the case Of the
ms against the outs. President George ].
Tracy ana Secretary F. H. Padgett are
being opposed for reelection by S. ]. Trip
lett and John w. Usilton. There is but
one candidate for each of the other offices,
as follows: E. G. Farrell for vice president.
]. J. Higgins for treasurer. r. E. Hard
wlcke for sergeant-at-arms, Granville Har-
ford for doorkeeper, T. NJ. Ring for trustee
for the full term and ]. ]. Sullivan for
trustee for an UT expired term.
The election today Is progressing quietly,
and will probably close tonight without any
unusual incident. The plan being followed
Is that which was adopted three or FOUR
els. instead Of all together at some central
polling point. There are thirty-six chapeis
in the District, and in each of these bal
lot was opened some time between noon
Star Office the ballot box was opened from
1890 to 2:30. but in this office, ds probably
In most others where a day force is en-
ployed. the ballots were all deposited at
the noon lunch hour. In each chapel two
judges Of election superintend the casting
of the votes. One Of these was the chair
man Of the chapel and the other was a
member who was not candidate on the
ticket. chosen previously by the chapel.
The working card that each member of the
Typographical Union carries entitled the
bearer to deposit one vote. and as he Hid
so the corner of his card was clipped to
prevent repeating.
The Unattached Members Vote Also.
poll was also opened at Secretary Pad
gett's Office In Typographical Temple, on
G street opposite the pension Office. The
official judges of election assembled there
shortly after noon and at o'clock opened
email window to the west OF the en-
trance and received the votes of the men,
bers Of the union who are at present I'M
attached to any chapel or who are Oh leave
from the government printing office. 1t
was estimated by the judges soon after 1
o'clock that there will be fully two hum
dred and fifty votes deposited in this box
There was quite a crowd collected in front
of the building at o'clock, and for few
minutes after the polls were opened the
nc excitement whatever. Politics among
the printers is not very lively this year.
The judges of election are ]. M. Len
hart, Preston B. Wright, e. B. Kelly, q. T.
Jenkins and NJ. G. Nolan. They will re-
ceive the votes of the miscellaneous men,
bers of the union until o'clock this even
irg. It is required that the ballot boxes
shall be received from all the chapels in
the District by that hour. The judges
will then proceed to canvass the vote. and
as soon thereafter as possible the results
will be announced in the great hall in the
W per part Of the temple.
Ordinarily the election day proceedings
attract large assemblage of printers to
the temple. and 1t Is probable that there
will be quite crowd on hand this even
ing to hear the returns. There are about
thirteen hundred members in the union
today. although the number was said by
some of the printers this afternoon to be
much higher than this Some estimated
that there were nearer fifteen hundred
members The present mode OF voting
brir gs out a much fuller ballot than the
old plan, when it was often impossible for
the men to leave their work long enough
to go to the polling place, which was
usually located near the government print
ing office. The largest number of men,
beers is of course. to be found in this great
establishment, and the G. p. o. ballot
box usually cuts a tremendous figure in
the result of the printers election day.
1t is probable that the result of the election
will not be made known before IL or II
o'clock tonight.