The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
HOW TO VOTE, TUESDAY.
An Explanation of the Official
Ballot
Which Will Be Found In This
Issue.
Each of the Nine Tickets Explained
and Instructions to Voters How
to Express Their Will

The Journal in another place today
prints a copy of the official ballot to be
used at the coming election in this
county. The ballots in other counties
will be the same with the exception
that the local county ticket will there
appear in place of the Shawnee county
ticket
The following explanations are perth
nent in this connection in answer to in
quiries for votes throughout the
state.
The first ticket, the one on the left
hand column on the ballot in this cOun-
ty, is the Republican ticket
Those who wish to vote for Mckinley
and Hobart and the Republican candi-
dates for state and county officers,
should vote that ticket, following the
direction given on the ballot, by plac-
ing an X" mark in the square to the
left of each Of the names on that tick
ct
The second ticket on the ballot is the
middle Of the road POpulist ticket. The
electors on this ticket are placed under
the heading of Bryan and Watson This
IS the ticket nOmina ted by petition IN
der the direction of a committee headed
by J. T. Willis and Abe Steinberger-
They claim that the electors whose
names appear on that ticket viii vote
for Bryan for president and Watson for
vice president. It is conceded by the
cOmmittee that is responsible for this
ticket on the ballot that the electors
named will not carry the state and will
not have more votes than any other set
of electors. 1t is necessary for the cleo
tors that cast the presidential votes of
the state to have a plurality over any
other set of electors, hence. votes for the
electors on the ticket headed middle of
the road POpulists will not help either
amount to an Endorsement of the course
pursued by Watson, Willis and Stein
berger in this campaign.
The third ticket on the ballot is the
Nationalist ticket and is the ticket of
that faction of the Prohibition party
that is in favor of silver and Prohibi-
ton.
The fourth ticket on the ballot is the
Democratic ticket, and is the only tick
ct on the ballot that is headed with the
names Of Bryan and Sewan. The cleo
tors on this ticket are the ones that
were chosen by the Abilene and Hutch
inson conventions. and will. under the
agreement of those conventions if elect
ed vote for Bryan for president and for
either Sewan or Watson for vice presi-
dent, it depending on which Of these
two candidates for vice president has
the largest number of votes for that Of
fee without the vote of Kansas being
taken into consideration
The fifth ticket on the ballot is the
National Democratic ticket. and the
electors there named viii vote for Pal
mer and Buckner if elected. This is the
gold Democratic ticket.
The sixth ticket on the ballot is the
Peoples Party ticket. and the electors
and Watson, and are the same that are
on the Democratic ticket and are nom
inees of the Abilene convention. All
votes that are cast for this ticket and
all votes cast for the Democratic ticket
viii be added together in the count of
the votes, and il the electors named on
these tickets have more votes than any
other set of electors, their votes will be
cast for Bryan and either Watson or
SeWau, according to the agreement Of
the two conventions as stated above.
The seventh ticket on the ballot is the
Prohibition ticket, and is the ticket of
the faction of the Prohibition ticket
that are called The Straight Outs -
They are for Prohibition pure and sim
pie.
The eighth ticket on the ballot is the
independent state ticket and is the tick
ct placed in the field by the Kansas Re
publican Observation-Disclosures that are op-
losing the reelection Of Gov, Morrill,
and Attorney General Dawes
The ninth ticket on the ballot is a To-
sal ticket and is the ticket OF the Free
Silver men of this county 1t contains
the names of the candidates that are
nominated for the county offices of
Shawnee county in opposition to the
Republican candidates for the same Of
The position of the tickets on the
ballot in each county is governed by
the county clerk and he can place them
in the order he pleases. The voter can
find the ticket he wishes to vote by
looking at the heading and remember
ing the meaning of the names as given
above.
When you vote for the electors vino
VIII later vote for president and vice
president; you should place the cross
lefOre every name. as only those be-
ore which il is made viii be counted
The ballots are very large and cum
ersome but there is no need for con-
tusion Begin with the first square
on your ticket and mark the cross