The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-10-30

since the last presidential contest, al
most every state which had no, then
adopted the Australian ballot sys.rm has
by state enactment prescribed some
form Of secret blanket balln either
based on the Australian plan Or closely
resembling It.
The only exception are Georgia,
Louisiana, North Carolina and South
Carolina, In the first three states
named, the election machinery 4 In the
hands Of the state authorities
In South Carolina there T. what Is
called "feiorm ballot" the avowed
purpose of which Is to restrict the votes
Of llllteiale negroes.
In nearly all the other states, blanket
ballots will be cast and In many Of them
the count will be complicated by the
fact tina, state, legislative and county
nominations are all printed on the same
ballot with the names Of presidential
electors.
Connecticut has an envelope system,
and New Jersey prints each party ticket
upon a square ballot,
Should the election be In any way close
II IL, therefore, quite possible tina, Il ma
be y hours or even IS hours after the
polls are closed before the result Il
known with absolute certainty.
In states like Nebraska, for Instance.
where according TO conservative opinion
there may not bc n margin Of 5000 vote,
either way, It will be impossible to ar.
rive at correct judgment until the back
counties are heard from. The polls In
the cities Of some states close at 4 pm,
but In the country districts keep open
until Q, and with a governor, legislative
aud county officers TO elect, an one bal
lot, It will take at least ~ hours to com
plclc the ballot
Some Idea Of the general trend Of
votes In Ohio can probably be obtained
from the result OF counties In which
Cine nnail and Cleveland are respect.
lively situated. aud these results will
probably be known comparative early
The repor, the state Il ~ anticipate,
will go pretty much as II has done II
previous presidential years The doubt
fol points arc Hamilton and Cuyahogi
counties
Chicago will control Illinois Their,
will be no doubt OF the outcome wher
the vote Of Cook county Is reeordod.
But In other doubtful states like In
diana, Michigan and Kansas. whcr,
state and legislative tickets also com
pllca,e The ballots, there will probabl,
be no keynote from which the result
can be definitely determined on Tue,
day night, unless the election shout
prove a landslide. II that case, nidnigh
may give a close Idea who are the vic
tors and who the vanqulshed, Other
wise there may be many hours Of anS
ious suspense.
The last two presidential election
have been singularly free from uneei
ialnty. II was X own AT 10 p. M. o
election day In 1888, that Mr. Harrlso
had defeated Mo Cleveland, and It wa
known with equal certainty at II p. n
on election day In 1899, that Mr.. Cleys
land had defeated Mr. Harrison. But
the election OF 1884,, when Mr.. Cleye
land defeated Mr.. Blaine, the official &c
SUIT hung In doubt over the vote OF Ne
York for days
The fusion tickets will add furth,
element Of difficulty In the presldenlll
count this year.
Fusion has been arranged between IN
popullSis aud democrats on the eleetor
ticket In every democratic state b
Tennessee, Mississippi. Georgia, Al
hama, Florida and Texas. In several {
The southern states, while there Ia
been no formal fusion between the r,
publloans and populists on state, legi
laiure and congressmen local arrang,
mcnls have been made that amount
fusion and will have more or less to d
with the result.
The following states will elect go'
errors on November g.
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Id
no, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachl
sets, Michigan, Minnesota. Missouri
Montana, Nebraska, New Ilampshlr
New York, North Carolina, North ia
kato, South Carolina, South Dakot
Tennessee, Texas, Washington, We
Virginia and Wisconi
The following states will elect legisl
turesi
California, Colorado, Connecticut, De
aware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, low
Kansas, Kentucky (6even vacanies
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mo
tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Ham
shire, New Jersey, New York (par
North Carolina, North Dakota, Pen
sylvania, South Carolina, South Dakoi
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Was
ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin Al
Wyoming.