New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-06
HOW THE SOLDIERS VOTE.
PROVISIONS OF THE LAW FOR ENABLING
BALLOTS TO BE CAST IN THE
CAMPS AND ELSEWHERE.

For the first time since the Civil War part OF
the New-York State vote will be cast this year out
side the State About eight thousand men VINO are
now in the volunteer service and who are entitled
to vote IN this state will vote in various parts OF
the country the furthest polling-place being AT
Honolulu In order 10 give the men all facilities
for knowing the names OF the candidates for the
various Offices great posters. about six feet long
and half as wide prepared at the Once OF
the Secretary OF State at Albany, giving the names
OF all the candidates for office. These lists were
forwarded to the camps where New-forK uoops
stationed together with blank tickets on
which the soldiers fill IN the names OF their choice
for the various Offices The tickets, when hha"!
filled out are not deposited in ballot-box, out
each voter receives in addition to his ticket an
envelope in which the completed ballot Is placed
and the envelope Is then sealed by him.
The sealed ballots made up into packages
and are sent to the office of the Secretary Of state
together with the poll lists. and when the pack
ages reach Albany they are opened in the presence
OF representatives Of the various political parues
Marks on the outside OF the envelopes snow the
name Congress and Assembly district OF the voter
and the envelopes. still sealed, are forwarded 10
the various county clerks. The votes VIII be
opened In the county clerks offices. in the pres
ence Of the party representatives. and Will be
sent finally to the election districts where they be-
long. The boards Of inspectors VIII meet on De
cember 20 TO canvass the soldiers vote, ana TWO
days later the county boards OF canvassers VIII
meet to canvass the returns.
In order to time and avoid rushing the vote
the baI,oting began on November l. when the ON
cers and enlisted men OF the 202d Regiment cast
their votes at Camp Meade. Middletown Penn.
The 2olst voted on November 2 and the zo5d OH
Thursday The rules when governed the
soldiers in the various camps were followed by the
members OF the list Regiment, who cast the'r
votes at their armory, Thlrty-fourth-st and PARK
ave. on November 3 The 22d Regiment. Colonel
Franklin Bartlett also voted early in the week at
Fort slocum Davids Island. and part or thr
vote was received at the office or the Secretary OF
State November 2
The 9th Regiment which is at It's armory await
ing the ceremony OF mastering out would have
been able to vote last week. and sooner If the rules
laid down by the Secretary OF state had oeen COM
piled with In answer to a question on the SUD-
ject Secretary Palmer sent the following telegram:
Registry blanks were furnished the 9Th Regiment
I'm July last: returns received Ten days ago
personally called at the r,gimenal armory to see
why the registry not forwarded 10 TINS Once
! mustered out before election, and that the men
had already registered in their election districts
When returned TO this office ballots will be fu'-
nished
The members OF the lst Regiment will vote at
Honolulu and the 18th in Lexington, Ky; the +'th
will send their votes from Porto Rico and the 69th
Regiment will vote In camp at Huntsville Ala
The Astor Battery, which is now at Manila, is
the only volunteer organization now In the neld
whose members will have no opportunity to vote at
the coming election. The distance Is too great 10
permit sending the ballots and pollbooks ana
have them returned in the time specified by law.
The votes must be counted on the sixth Tuesday
after election. and canvassed on the sixth THURS
day after election, the latter coming I'VE udSS
before the former"
Atorney-Gcnerai Hancock delivered an opinion
on the subject. in which he said:
The law does not intend an absurdity. and ii Is
I'm this act that the boards Of county canvassers
shall convene on the Thursday following the sixth
Tuesday after the election day. Nevertheless. as
the boards of canvassers directed to meet on
the sixth Thursday after the day OF election 1t Is
plainly their duty do and as there will be no
votes to canvass they may adjourn TO a certain
day following the sixth Tuesday after election,
and then canvass the returns which may come 10
them from the inspectors of election. Such adj
journment should be the Thursday following the
sixth Tuesday