The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-23
The Official Ballot.

The official ballot Ia be voted Tor 1:
this state on the lst Tuesday ~ Hovenl-
ber has been prepared by our county
clerk IN accordance with the Missouri
Australian ballot law. lis II Is called as Z.
matter of dlstiGctiu'. II comprises "a
sheet OF paper about eiXo:i Inches. and
besides containing tae various electoral
tickets of the several political parties IN
the state tha, have made nom mni;liun= uf
electoral ticket, IT cortains the various
state tickets for s.ata officers fn be voted
for on election day, and al~o the lo: j
county tickets.
Although some experience has a.
ready been hai III the Australian Dii
lot Ia this state. there will naturally be
more or less confusion IN the minds al
voters when the tlme Games To make
and deposit their ballots on election day.
1t is a provision of the law 10 post IN
structIons at the polling place Ia each
voting precinct, and II Is also the la 10
publish facsimile OF the ballot, which
appears 10 this issue of The SENTINEL.
We would suggest II our readers aho
are voters, no matter how Intelligent tHey
may be, ia order to avoid mistakes or
danger OF having their ballot thrown out,
to take sample ballot, which they Will
find in this paper. and make careful
study of 1t beforehand. fne object Is
worth the time expended.
1t will be noticed that the seven
tickets ts-Democratic. Republican. Feo
oles, es,Prohibition,S Socialist Lab or, Palmer
Buckner National Democratic and Ma
tionai tickets on the same sheet, side Toy
side, and below each name on all the
tickets is left blank line IN which the
voter can write the name Of the "ppos-
ing candidate he desires to vote for. The
most important thing to remember IS,
THAT YOU MUST MAKE UP YOUR
WHOLE TICKET ON ONLY ONE
OF THE SEVEN TICKETS. To
begin with, surprising you are 4
Republican, you must take your
pencil and scratch out, from top to bot
tom, all the other tickets you do not IN
tend to vOte-one or two lines running
through the ticket from top To bottom
will do. Having done this your ticket
is ready to vote, with the exception
Of erasng the word YES on
the constitutional amendment to re.
move the state capital. Do not forget
that you must make oct your whole
ticket under one headIng-eIther lie
publican, Democratic, People 5, ProhiDI-
ton, Socialist Labor, Palmer Buckner
or National. You cannot make up
your ballot by scratching ont part oil
each ticket and leaving part of each'
1t is matter Of especial importance
TO every voter Who is Interested IN the
e1ccess Of sound money. While there
is every indication that this cause VIII
triumph, not only IN Missouri. but in
enough states of the Union to insure
the election of FIX Governor Mckinley
by an overwhelming vote, and "a con
gress opposed to the debasemept of cur
currency, il will not do to take any
chances of committing errors IN the
marking of ballots. The voter who be
l!eyes in the success of the cause o!
sound money, might as well not go 10
the polls at all as to be careless and IN
different in regard to tire manner IN
which his ballot is prepared. The bal
lot needs close and careful scrutiny m
order to insure accuracy.
If YOU are a Demulist and desire t.
vote for some Of the candidates on the
Republican ticket, you scratch that
name and write iI on the blank line the
name Of the candidate you wish to vote
for. To illustrate, you vote the Demo
cratic ticket, and desire TO scratch. you
wish to vote for Lewis for governor, yon
do this by erasing the name OF Lon. \.
Stevens and on the blank line below
you write Robert Z. Lewis. Ion desire 10
vote for kenuish, you scratch the name
OF Mr.. Crow and write the name Il hen
nish on the line below. You wish to
vote for Crowther: erase the name o'
Cochran and write George G. Crowther
on the line below, You wish to vote foI
O'Fallon. scratch the name of Minton
and write Samuel +. O'Faliou on the
line below.
BY studying these Instructions the
voter need not lose bis vote.