Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
AT THE POLLS.
Officers to Be Voted for in the
Various States November 8.
Should the Result Be Close. Delay May
Experienced Iii Ascertaining 1t
Through Dihiculty In Counting the
Blanket Tickets.

| O--O>~A>A SAAS ASS0AAS
Experienced In Ascertaining 1t
Through Dimculty In Counting the
Blanket Tickets.
Washington. Oct. 26-The presidential
election Of Tuesday. November 3 next will
be held under conditions which have never
before prevailed. and which will render the
official count matter Of difficulty and I'M
usual delay. Since the last presidential con-
test almost, every state which had not then
adopted the Australian ballot system has
oy state enactment prescribed some form
OF secret blanket ballot, either based on
the Australian plan or closely resembling
IT, The only exceptions are Georgia, Lou
1stana. North Carolina and South Carolina.
H. the first three states named. the old
ballot system prevails. and the election ma
chlnery is In the hands Of the state authori-
ties In South Carolina there Is what is
called reform ballot" the avowed pur-
pose of which Is to restrict the votes Of
1ll1terate negroes. In nearly all the other
states blanket ballots will be cast, and in
many OF them the count will be compli-
Gated by the fact that state, legislative and
county nominations are all printed on the
same ballot with the names OF the presiden-
t1aA electors. Connecticut has an envelope
system. and New Jersey prints each party
ticket upon separate ballot.
May Take Many Hours.
Should the election be In any way close
it is therefore quite possible that it may be
"a hours, or even As hours. after the polls
are closed before the result is known with
absolute certainty. In states like Me-
braska. for instance. where, according to
conservative opinion there may not be
margin of 5000 votes either way. 1t will
be impossible to arrive at correct judgment
until all the back counties are heard from.
The polls in the cities OF some states close
at SIX. and with governor, legislature
ana county officers to elect all on one bal
LOO. 1t will take at least "a hours to complete
the count. Some idea Of the general trend
or votes in Ohio can probably be obtained
from the result Of the counties in which
Cincinnati and Cleveland are respectively
situated, and these results will be known
comparatively early. The doubtful points
ore Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties. Chi
cago will control Illinois There will be no
doubt of the outcome when the vote of
Cook county is recorded. But In other
doubtful states like Indiana, Michigan and
Kansas, where state and legislative tick
cts also complicate the ballots, there will
probably be no key note from which: the
result can be definitely determined on
Tuesday night. unless the election. should
prove a landslide. In that case midnight
might give close idea who are the victors
and who the VanQuiShed. Otherwise there
may be many hours of anxious suspense
The last two presidential elections have
been singularly free from uncertainty. 1t
was known at ten p. m. on election day
H. 1883 that Mr.. Harrison had defeated Mr..
Cleveland. and it was known with equal
certainty at II p. m. on election day of 1882
that Mr.: Cleveland had defeated Mr.. Har-
rison But In the election of 1884, when Mr..
Cleveland defeated Mr.. Blaine, the official
result hung In doubt over the vote Of New
York for many days.
Fusion Adds to the Complication,
The fusion tickets will add further ele-
ment of difficulty in the presidential count
this year. Fusion has been arranged be-
tween the populists and the democrats on
the electoral ticket In every democratic
state but Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida and Texas. In several
OF the southern states, while there has
been no formal fusion between the repub-
licans and populists on state, legislatures
and congressman, local arrangements have
been made that amount to fusion and will
have more or less to do with the result.
Elections in the Various States.
The following are the officers to be voted
fos November 3.
Alabama-Eleven presidential electors.
nine congressman.
Arkansas-Eight presidential electors. six
congressman, legislature.
California-Nine presidential electors,
seven congressman, lieutenant governor.
legislature.
Colorado-Four presidential electors, two
congressman. governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary of state, auditor, treas
,lrer. superintendent of public instruction.
encouragement. regents of state univer-
sity, legislature.
Connecticut-Six presidential electors.
four congressman. governor. lieutenant
governor, secretary Of state. treasurer.
comptroller. legislature.
Delaware-Three presidential electors
one congressman. governor, legislature.
Florida-Four presidential electors. two
congressman.
Georgia-Thirteen presidential electors.
eleven congressman.
Idaho-Three presidential electors, one
congressman. governor. lieutenant gov
e-nor, judge supreme court, attorney-gen-
cral, treasurer, mine inspector, superin-
tendent OF public instruction. Auditor. Sec
rotary of state.
Neutrality-suspicious. presidential cleo
tors, q congressman. governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, auditor, treas
urer, attorney-general. university trustees.
lie iSlature.
Indiana-Fifteen presidential electors.
- congressman, governor, lieutenant gov
e-nor, secretary of state, auditor treas
urer. reporter of the supreme court. attor-
,ney-general, state statistician. superin-
tendent of public instruction.
Iowa-Thirteen presidential electors, IL
congressman, secretary Of state, auditor,
state treasurer, encouragement judge of
the supreme court. railroad commissioners.
NLnsas-Ten presidential electors. eight
congressman. governor. lieutenant govern
or, attorney-g secretary of state.
treasurer, auditor, superintendent Of pub
lie instruction. chief justice Of the supreme
court, legislature.
Kentucky-Thirteen presidential electors.
II congressman.
Louisiana-Eight presidential electors.
six congressman.
Maine-Six presidential electors.
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