The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
SOLDIERS ABROAD TO VOTE
Arrangements For Kansas and New
YORK Troops to Cast Ballots.

Washington. Oct. 19.-One of the most
coming election will be that for the first
time IN the nations history citizens OF
in foTeigR territory At the last session of
congress bill was introduced to allow
@ az tbeir votes in camp The house pass
ed the bill, but it was defeated in the
There are several states, however. which
have laws which permit their soldiers 10
porarily in the Service of the general gov
eminent. Among those states are Kansas
and New York. Both of these states nave
already made provision to send elecft n
commissioners to the camps here their
troops are stationed in this country ran
sas has also sent a commissioned to san
tiago de Cuba, where the Iwenty-thlrd
Kansas infantry IS stationed ana New
York will send a CON nj SSioner to Porto
Rico to take the vote of the Forty-seVenth
Kansas made arrangements through the
war department for the transportation or
the Kansas commissi oner TO Santtago-
Both the Kansas and the New York COM
missioners will carry letters from th ne, sec
rotary of war to the commanding onlcers
in the field, asking for them every court
The field commanders will have nothing
whatever to do with the holding OF cleo
lions in camp beyond the extension 70 the
state commtssioneIs OF IA yes ; lot carry
ing on their work. The legislature OF
New York appropriated S29.00O f9r the pur-
nose of taking the votes of New York
Soldiers in camp. Secretary of State Pal
1er of New York, who came to Washing
ton some days ago to consult Win IA me ne
the taking of RE n W V k 50 der tes.
ali the troops of New York state. and
also from the New York sailors and ma
rines on the naval vessels OF the govern
r7ent. No registry books we're received
from tn Asst T battery and tn r y ew york
troops Man Ia. Inc law pr " des, now
ever, that the soldiers and sailors there
may register on ordinary paper and have
Secretary Palmer has decided to cable the
instructions and names of the candidates
to Manila. He estimates that this Will
cost in the neighborhood OF $l,5oO .
According to the latest statement issued
by the war department on the stations of
as follows: Twentieth Kansas infantry.
san Francisco: Twenty-first Kansas in
fantry, Fort Leavenworth. Kan; Twenty
second Kansas infantry, Fort Le3Een-
worth Kan: Twenty-third Kansas infan-
try Santiago de Cuba. New York has
troops in Manila Porto Rico and Homo
lulu. If the Kansas authorities desire to
Give the men in Manila if they get away,
in the camps in tbs country and IN San
+T9t T. cable over the names of the Off
GERS to be voted for and authority to some
coTTnIics lions are liable to ensue as the
sas and New York soldiers in the field
especially if the vote in either state should
New York counting soldiers and sailors,
will have about 5000 citizens voting out
the range of possibilities that the contest
for governOrship of New York may not
be settled until the returns are in from
Porto Rico the Philippines and Manila;
Kansas has about .2e0 voters in Cuba and
the same number in San Francisco. The
election of the governor, or of some OF the
state officers. or the election of con-
gresham may depend upon the way these
votes are cast. It would take at least
ten days to get the returns from Manila
If the voting should be close in Kansas
or IN New York it would not be wise for
those interested to stay downtown until
they can get definite information as to the
result.