The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-01

Francisco. and If pointed north they would
go to the pole and down on the other side
OF the world. If the President could con-
troll all of the territory over which his
ballots would extend. then the United
states would be territory to make the
Car Of the Russias sick with envy
The ballots are put through the press
as rapidly as possible. If all could be
zone with one printing upon fast press
the work would be simpiifed. Readers
OF daily newspapers have before them
every day a copy Of a newspaper thar
was printed upon a fast press in a few
hours, during which time an enormous
circulation was turned off Any printer
could get the work done in ballot print
ing in one night.
But the drawback is that all the ballots
must be different. And this means that
they must go through the press several
tlnes. Printers of ballots have a num-
Dering machine that changes the number
each time. But when the other changes
are made the press must be STONED
EVERY ballot goes through the press three
times. The work is so complicated that
the opposite side are printed separately
and the numbering machine requires A
printing of its own.
1t is stated that the law allows ten
uckets for splits" If you think John
Hoops, storekeeper the proper man for
the presidency you can take a blank
ballot and place his name in it. This is
called crank vote" And there are in
every election district four or five Of these
counted when the ballots are taken IN.
If you have thought of John Hoops long
enough before the election you can Sc
cure, by seeing the proper authorities. an
order upon the printer to have the name
OF Hoops placed upon an election ticket
The printers declare that their orders are
70 print as many candidates as may be
I tod h.
or party, otherwise to leave the end hall
lots of the string vacant But that is a
point that has never been tested closely.
ana no one knows whether it is ten or a
hundred that the law would actually al
low to be printed.
price of about $375 per thousand is
allowed for the printing of presidential
election ballots This would nav richly If
| the printer could take his time upon them
ana put IN slack hours from January To
November getting them out. But as it is
rush" work, done in over hours the pro-
| mt is much less. The length of a ballot is
commonly twelve inches long, so when
| you hold one of these presidential ballots
| IN your hand you have quite a sizeable
piece of paper, as well as one that rep
| resents deal of work before ii reaches
| you.
The printer having lain awake in an
| tlclpation of changes in his ballot print
lng and having turned out the work in
! rush style, now reaches the most critical
part of his duty. This is the transporta-
ton of the ballots. The law assists him
| but the duty is none the less tn1portan n
for him.
The ballots are tied in packets after
being sorted by girls, and are placed in
boxes or bales and securely fastened uD
The bales are now brought down from
the packing rooms and placed in carts
| Ihis is the work of policemen. If a hale
! gets lost there is trouble in store for the
| police on duty-and no mistake often
the work of carrying the heavy boxes
down the stairs is done by policemen as
well as the guarding in the street. If nor
| terS carry down the bales the door is
| guarded by THE Finest" and the trim to
the police station is also under the SUPER
vision. Closed wagons are used some
| times for necessary precaution in had
weather But as long as the most reliable
OF the force" give bonds for the safe
| delivery of the ballots the printer and tho
government let it go at that The police
guard the door, ride on the wagon. lift
or the boxes and the sergeant at the sta
| ton takes them next.
Ballots are placed in the precinct for ex-
ira care until election. Then they are
taken to the balloting places and the
people get them one by one. Ballots must
be accounted for and few men have ever
had the privilege of keeping a complete
set OF presidential ballots. 1t is not easv TO
steal a blank ballot
one state used 100000 pounds of white
paper for election ballots, and this Is not
the largest amount. Three hundred mil
lions OF pounds is a rough, underestimate
OF the paper needed to make a man be-
ieve he is President OF the United States
| The successful candidate gets enough of
these slips Of white paper to feather his
nest well for the next four years, liter
ally as well as fguratively. And the un-
! successful one could easily be showed IN
DER with his rivals notes.
Clarence s. Russell
1t costs the French government $40. 900
n year to keep Dreyfus the traitor IN