The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-22
THE WARD ELECTION BILL.
Measure Which Mould Improve on the
Present System.
SOME OF ITS DEFECTS POINTED ouT
OnIy OsnciaI ballots Can De Voted
Eith~r in City or County-DisaP-
pointed by Speaker Dsshieti.

prospective legislation Nufcn sAie A"*'
fifth legislature has in hand ana Is oAAs-
ing considerable interest The measure has
been printed and covers ihirty-two pages
Of thtrty-two lines each. 1t gives evidences
Of many days OF careful study Of the qaes-
tion and Is almost complete
one feature Of the bill is allowing the
commissioners court 20 divide The justice
precincts or city wards into as many vol
inr precincts as they may consider neces-
Eary. but counting would he faster ard
there would be less confusion If tins were
made compulsory. At the recent eieoiion
there were wards IN Dallas and Other large
cities which pollea such q heavy vote thai
the count was not flashed for several
days after the election.
II the commissioners we're made TO a.
range each voting precinct SO that 10 more
than 500 votes would De CAS-, az Any oas
polling place the delay IN knowing the re-
suit would I've done away with ana mere
would be no more cry Of fraud Oh ACCOUNT
of ''hold-oUt" returns.
The bill is very specific IN declaring THAI
the same name shall aoi appear on ne
ballot under the hsuG!ng Of more ihAA one
political party. which VIII prefeai ihe Fo1sf
being uisled.
The fuul.uer Of indicating TIRE candidate
voted for is imperBuveiy made 70 b. by
cross mark al the head Of the hEliot, or ID
n blank space before each name The icfDl-
er custom OF scratching" : name inyali-
dates the ballot However. The qriFliegs
OF writing In name i SIN allowed.
The till provides tina. Lhs official hRtl1i
shall * prepared 8; least fttssu Gays pre-
yi0us 70 the election. and 40 proFiso :
made for Tie substitution ri . nili1* shnll1
- r Or fHrN 4eE .tt
prevented from he.ar voted Cor az TIE elet-
lion n the interim ~ fifteen Digs
THE bin further s4yz The pcGets q tne
various parties shall be printed 10 pErtilsl
columns on the bailo.. precsaelee itlns
gwen 70 The party which poiiea liz niEo-
est number OF votes .ar me head az me
ticket ~ the last preceding Eeisral eiet-
tion This does nnt specify - hs-nt he
highest vote il Tie county, III Tie stai4
or IL IN. NE-iun ls referred 80. u ne -tfl
election B-yau received ua31r.ts II ioe
votes cast IN thls State here were
counties IL which Mckinley Lad the aiEu-
est vote Cuibersor carried The = aie and
keSrhy carried DalEf coau-y. Tt- CUES
ZION is LEFT ci,er as 20 Nh2i pa--} would
have ureceoeuce o. Err11E e-asri u .Gea
INSTANCES,
CnufuS,or resulting - the similarity ..
pG-tF names ssIil b. prevented. as 10 ssw
parry vin - -Ilowe1 % 70 on ne ballot
with a naGlt hat is composed Of iGr. Of
the name q, Euy ut1Er party
Safeguards are thrown ao9gf he election
BY requiring AL b1ll0.s 90 81 printed W.
DIR oontrart made b. The ncln1lisz ioaerf
uourt and that The printer 90 contracting
shall take IL Gait 70 faithfully psrf0ria
sreh duty acep71Ing 70 the lax.
Dummy" al ssapis" ueks.s are pro-
hin4sed. witch 81 = feature 70 commend
IL measure
TIE ooutle rysts-n o; counting IS pro
Vdtd far no persons 70 be sl'q~e5 81 the
coyutlnx rooul except hose engaged ,n TOE
work AID III zutho-ize1 rsIr=ss natives q
each party. press 20 as witrerses-
This Las 10 restricting IN detail and viii
result 70 putting me ag-oiy and city vo-
teTt or fbe tsfne pians- Those n the
coutltrv prsciIcis ~lo hsye beer m The
hstif ~ f3r2eT!pr mis- dozen ballots At
the polls 40 ald : blanket ilckei sor their
Ierusal and e vii require GONE t.lae 10
beeons accustomed % the charge.
There are = few eissstlsfist members o,
the house vho seem 20 ,h.uk they hare
besu tnistreate3 n com-itb1e Chairman
stip&-
sDesher u@shieii has beeu rsry careful IL
the selection Of MS COMMITTEES leaders. lie
was a nlscober o. tie pattern committees
II Tie stgie coa veutou AID Ae hsa maze
lis ss.ertlQof wllE E v1sw 80 c2rry.rx G1t
every Platform dernaI6. re so-fe f. dem
ocfEDe AID y oea The pxrgy = e..l ts.sofe IL
peoule II November sac t.s p-.aclpies
enuue.ated r. the 8aclsi7-ssu.lz ,-z1e .y the
duly 1uaiiHec delegates q -. rz-y In
cnnTcrtlpn assemblies were lu5crssc Ns :ne
soTeyeixn vuies - tb9ss sfn9 rule ne ma
9oriiy Q, trs rLsrs ra-f TIE democratic
members ot l1e lef-isl&fprr became e.fst-
Ssiea y carr Du- tAlse li7lctg5ee
Mr. DsxAieii Is 4 stSpnct WORKER lu the
Cause aac wncl he wa nd fhe iaaEer
Of hG party IN me o02se lie decided 70
shape The organization % faal BODY h. rueh
way th@i ne yf~kforra de1laa@s would
reeciye he proper ccus. 5e-atloc
The rer alt u fnAt sotaebs1y b. r-sl v,b,
the mad oBsn axe IS lrn;uzterlzl. hey srz a
very small -7inpyt'y srd 20 x-raH trst -Aa
inSgniteauee - taetf csus. VIII sr|rv "
70 sudden ard very timely fgc Howpgar
they have decided 70 fghs i. our and VIII
II II nnfsTsiooe. orsslise carupal ~ 81
ofsi'ozipoD ir tie house sid tn; tae
et>e4krv Whenever 93por anify ,ffeeets ana
undertake 70 play the 0re.2nl he'd RE q,
obstrucslon SITS.
IS anticipated fo'ns time aye ri tlsr
column meeting vSs bei5 lac, n,rat % =
number OF members. who were called a.
gether BY prezideut H. r. iscke,t %, +se
TEXAS Game Protective sss,clGtl,,a. me
draft Of bii 70 provse gars. lsvs 70,
flis siats Nss paae. opc II lt believed sha,
tho measure Will PASS With very 'trfle M
position. The gam" SReirs Of Ters- are
IN q neplOrAbie condition. Las rssr tho,t-
sands Of birds ven shipped oat a Vie
toria. Taylor and other coulties h Tesaa
by nAra's hpuleTs. VINO NCre under ron
tract ., furnish New York markets with
the toothsome meat ths is 80 much do
sired IN The East These birds were shin
ped BY the barrel and the neopie Of Texas
were deprived o, thst much. The motto
OF the Game association Is 'ffyss game be-
longs 20 Texas people % and they hone to
frame lswt 50 that rhis END VIII be ach,ey
ed. The association hes members all oyer
Texas.
Other States have laws preventing tho