The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-29

right machine Is finally invented moth
ing can stop its Introduction as a part
of the election machinery Of the coun-
try"
The Tribune of Hornellsville, N. Y,
has the following to say of the machines
used in that city at the recent cleo
ton:
"The election was held by means OF
the United Jtates Voting Machines, the
same as were used with such great sat
isfaction last fall Every vote was re-
corded with absolute fidelity, and as
rapidly as the voters appeared in every
ward. There was no hitch or delay of
any kind from the start to finish, and
every machine could easily have han
died double the number of voters that
it did and still have had plenty of time
to spare. n two minutes after the
polls were closed everyone around knew
the exact vote of every candidate In the
ward, and as fast as the various mes
sengers could get to the City Hall the
results of every ward were known, and
in less than twenty minutes from the
time the polls closed"
The Detroit Evening News. in its de-
scription of 'he machine, says:
at may be briefly described as a
mechanical Australian ballot. A bull
letin board on the outside of the booth
bears an exact fac-simile of the board
within. from which the voting is done.
Each candidates name appears in its
place, as on the Australian ballot, ex-
cept that a party ticket Is extended
horizontally, the name of all the can
didates for a single Office appearing in
a vertical column. Party tickets are
indicated by colors as well as by the
regularly selected emblems, and a
CT, iel,t oh ba hy rt1lliD "
of a single lever. In voting selectively,
the voter must pull a lever under each
name to be voted for, and any combina-
ton that 1t is possible to vote on an
Australian ballot can be voted with
equal facility and greater accuracy on
! the machine.
"The opening of the door to admit the
voter automatically unlocks the mech
anism and sets it to register his will.
When he opens the door to go out the
mechanism is automatically locked
and no tampering with the indicators
Is possible The pulling of any lever In
a column or tier locks the device con-
trolling the counters for all other names
! in that column, so that both mistake
| and fraud are guarded against"
The Detroit Free Press says:
| alderman Auberlin Is so pleased with
the workings of the voting machine in
| the first precinct of the second ward
Tuesday, that he will try to have the
council provide them for the entire
,ity. The machines cost $500 apiece, and
it would take $4,000 to equip the city
with them"
From City Government of October
1897:
"The cumbersome Australian ballot
although accomplishing some of the
purposes of aiding the Independent vot.
er, has brought with 1t so many discom.
forts to the voter and to the election
boards that widespread interest Is man.
ifested in the subject of voting ma,
chimes. At the first convention of may
ors. held in Columbus, Ohio, September
2S to October /, the United States vot
ing Machine Company exhibited thei
really wonderful machines. II anyon,
inspecting these machines was pref
udiced against voting machines, hi
prejudice was rapidly changed into en-
thusiastlc approval The machines ar
simple accurate, easily understood
easily operated, and fulfill every re
uuirement of every sort of an election
1t is claimed that by their use there 1
also a saving of expense The machine
are alrea5y legalized in t..e States O
Michigan, Minnesota and New Yorli
They have been examined and passe
| upon by some Oh the most eminent me
chanical experts in the land, and hav
been in successful operation in severa
elections in the State of New York. w
advise all municipalities to look int
this subject thoroughly, as we think
eminently worthy the consideration {
municipal bodies. The United State
Voting Machines are manufactured a
jamestown, N. Y, and their advertise
ment appaars in another column"