The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
INFORMATION.
Some Facts that win Be Of Interest 10 Inc
Voters
At THE ELECTION 10 Be HELD TOMORROW
Those who can vote and How an"
Where to Note-PrcserNe ho"r
Registration Certificate

Every male citizen OF Houston who Is Il
years Of age and over We mas Deen
cit zen of Texas for one year ana oil HarT
rIe county for the past six months VINO Is
neither an idiot, lunatic nor pauper' nor
a soldier or sailor of the United states
and who can produce his resignation GER
tiacate or establish his right to vote
without it. will tomorrow have the priVl-
lege OF exercising mis- right of suffrage by
voting for ticket from president TO CON
stable.
Every male person of foreign birth sub
ieet 10 none of the above disqualiticl-
lions. who not less than six months be-
fore the election shall have declared his
intention to become a citizen OF the United
States, in accord .nce with the Federal
naturalization laws. and shall have resided
in this State one year next preceding the
election and the last six months IN the
county and wfo shall have registered at
the registration next preceding inc cleo
ton, shall also be deemed a qualihed voter
~
The voting places in the city and pre-
siding officers are as follows:
First ward. Grand Central hotel-Wll-
liam Meyer.
Second ward No. 10 engine house-
George w. clarendon
Third ward, Turner hall-Frank Rue.
Third ward A, No. 8 engine houses. e.
Spence,
Wilson
Fifth ward warehouse. s1i Walnut
street-P. c. Gasne.
Fifth ward \ Hardy street. corner To-
ralne-A. y. McRae
sixth ward. Minis ;er's store-F. Proenl.
The presiding officers appoint their own
clerks and assistants.
Dial as street is the dividing line be
tween the two voting places IN the THIRD
ward.
The ballot that will be voted will be tho
regular Australian ballot containing six
tickets or columns. the first being devoted
to the democratic candidates, including
presidential electors, State, district coun-
ty and precinct officers.
The second column will contain tue
republican candidates. consisting of cleo
tors and State and district officers, IN
Guiding S T. Tracy for congress and
Waller 7. Burns tor the STATE senate
The State repuDl. can candidates are those
put out by the Hawley faction.
The social democratic ticket will com
pose the third column, containing cand
ties for presidential electors and full
State ticket. including also NJ. II. Kimp-
ton for congress and c. H. Backus and 5
K. Wynne for me Legislature.
The fourth column will be occupied pl
! the peoples party or populist candidates
This ticket will contain electors and
full state ticket, but no candidate for con
gress.
The prohibition tickle. Will occupy tn,
fifth column, but it contains only twt
names those OF E. c. Heath and T. II
Hanc elk for presidential electors at large
The sixth coumn will be even more orie
than the fifth. 1t was set aside for indie
pendent candidates and only one nam
appears. that OF John \. Kirlcks, candt
i, date for district attorney for Harris an
= Galveston counties
!, The proposition for the constitutions
= amendment and for the issuance by Harrl
: unity Of 5000 coo worth of road bond
A will be printed above the several ticket.
! across the whole sheet and provision
=. will be made for both affirmative an
- negative votes on the proposition. TIL
n voter VIII have to scratch all names O
n PROPOSE ions for which he does not wis
to vote, leaving clear only those 10
= which he wishes to vote.
/, ~
,e While possibly tie safest way to scratc
Il a ballot, yet method requiring :onsiC
le cradle time, would be to run a horizunt
IT line through each name a more exped
- tious way, assuming that voter desire
he to vote straight ticket or section of
te would be to run several perpendicula
~ lines down the tickets or sections Of tici
~ cts TO be scratched, beng careful to Of
" serve that tie perpendicular lines Gro
= some portion of each name desired to
- scratched. This Is a safer plan OF scratc
g. ing an entire ticket that with an y
A. mark, as in the angles of the TX whe
~ the cross lines are al their greater d
a. vergence, some names may remain u
A. scratched and while this method ms
nt clearly show the intention OF the vote
he and might not vitate ballot IL taken
We the c-urts, yes some presiding office
Ill are very strict on technical matters n
H. ballots thus scratched have been thro,
n out at previous elections in this Gil
as Care should also be taken in scratching
fy. ballot to use black pencil, as some pr
ID, siding officers will insist on throwing o
er ballots that are scratched with other tn
gu black pencil
on II the voter can neither read nor VIII
do or for any other reason is unable to pr
pare his ballot, he is allowed to have T.
nd OF the judges present for that purpo
ct assist him in the preparation OF his bi
lid lot. But no one. other than these judg
cal VIII be permitted to occupy a booth W
Us a voter during the preparation Of his b
lg- lot
is Great care should be exercised In
IL preparation OF the ballot, as many a W
me Is lost on account OF the carelessness
nat the voter in not properly scratching
20 Dallot, Voters are entitled 10 vote
ise but one candidate for each office exc,
aldermen, two OF whom may be voted
'un from each ward, and II in the process
,ny scratching more than one name should
,ne LETT upon the ballot for the same office
.u'' vitiates the ballot so far as that parti,
~ lar candidate is concerned.
ore ~
Ger Every voter 10 order to vote must D
ons sent his registration certificate secur
, nS at the registration next preceding
Job election or having lost same, must KIN
ork the number The names on the regist
tue ton books are arranged in numerical ,