Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-05

out b street south to the Eastern branch.
| and along the Eastern branch to the foot
| of 4th street east.
Section 2. And be it further enacted.
| That the boundary line of the districts
hereinbefore enumera ted. shall be the cen
| ter OF the streets. avenues, roads or reser-
vatfons designated as such boundaries.
Section g. And be 1t further enacted.
| That the boundary lines of the council dis
| trfcts In said District shall continue as they
| now exist until otherwise defined by law.
Rules for Election.
The elections tomorrow will be governed
| differently from similar affairs in the past.
At the recent meeting of the national re-
publican committee, held in this city at the
Arlington Hotel. an election board to su-
perintend the election of delegates and al
| ternates to the convention of June 10 was
| created and empowered to adopt such quail
| fhcations and methods of procedure as
| would seem best calculated to secure the
expressions of citizens of the District who
affiliate with the republican party. Judge
John B. Cotton was appointed chairman
and Messrs. w. Calvin Chase and l.. NJ.
Saunders members of the board, and a
meeting was held February %. An ad-
dress, signed by all the members of the
| board, was issued to the republicans of the
District defining the course to be pursued
| in the election and setting the time for to-
morrow.
Meeting of Board Today.
4ASio "dS dI important conference TINS
morning of this board in the office of Judge
Cotton on F street The candidates for the
positions were permitted to be present for
| short time and give their views concern
| ing the topics under discussion. Judge Cot
ton presided and took up first the question
OF voting precincts. With two slight modi-
fcations the list as approved by the COM
IN The Evening Star. After this was done
the question of judges of election was taken
up. DR.. Robert Reyburn spoke of the
necessity Of having honest judges of cleo
ton and said he was in favor of a pure bal
lot In the District Of Columbia. That was
the only way to relieve the city of the as
PERSONS Ha ns,s cast upon 1T in the past
city on the national committee and ex-
pressed the hope. that the one selected
would be IN favor of suffrage for the city
Mr. l. q. Hensey, who is a candidate for
alternate to DR.. Reyburn. also spoke in the
same strain. He was followed by DR.. J. E.
Jones, who insisted upon his right to be
represented on the list of judges. He was
thoroughly in sympathy with the other
speakers regarding honesty of methods, and
said he was confident the committee would
select the men to do the counting who could
be depended upon to give an honest count.
Votes of Clerks.
The question of obtaining permission for
the clerks in the several departments to get
off and vote was discussed and upon mo-
ton of Mr.. Saunders, a committee COM
posed Of DR.. ]. E. Jones and DR.. Robert
Reyburn, was appointed to call upon the
President of the United States and get If
possible an executive order permitting the
resident voters in the departments to alb
sent themselves tomorrow. The President
received the committee, but decided an ex-
ecutive order was not necessary. He did
not think any member of his cabinet would
refuse to permit the clerks under them to
be on for the purpose of voting.
The committee reported to the general
committee and DR.. Jones was delegated to
the situation.
The greatest excitement prevails In all
sections and It is predicted that a very
heavy vote will be polled tomorrow. The
polls will be open from am. until 5 pm
and the result will be announced about mid
night.
Instructions to Judges.
The committee this afternoon gave out
the instructions to the judges They are as
follows:
The election will be held March 8, 1900
The polls will be opened between the hours
of am. and pm. You will be furnished
with suitable ballot box
Before the opening Of the polls you will
elect one of your number as chairman and
one as clerk. The ballot must be of the
form prescribed by this committee and you
will receive no other kind of ballots at the
oleCClOH lou Will also De 1urnlSne0 with
a registration sheet.
mo person will be allowed to vote I'M
less he possesses the following qualifica
tons:
He shall be twenty-one years Of age or
upward; shall have heretofore been known
as affiliating with the republican party.
approving its policy; shall have resided in
the District for one year prior to the date
Of the election, and for six months in your
precinct.
You will familiarize yourself with the
lines of your precinct
In Case of Challenges.
Before the polls are opened you will
announce that they will be closed precisely
at PM; after which time you will re-
ceive no ballots. When any person claims
the right to deposit ballot, you will salts
fy yourself that he possesses the qualifi-
cations above named, before allowing his
ballot to be placed in the box. The ballot
must be open, that before it is deposited
you shall see that 1t conforms to the form
mentioned in the rules established by the
committee. You will further, before al
lowing the deposit of any ballot, ascertain
the true name Of the voter. his precinct, his
street and the number of his residence, and
will write the same on the registration
sheet.
III any person claims the right to chal-
lenge the voter, because he does not pos
sess any of the foregoing qualifications, you
will suspend all further voting until you
shall satisfy yourself of the right of such
person to deposit a ballot. This you will
do at once, with the least delay possible
in order that other voters may have the op-
portunity to vote. Your decision upon the
qualification will be final. and you will
make no record in respect to the challenge
Orders to Prevent Repeating.
you will see to it that order is pre-
served in the vicinity of the polls, and for
this purpose an officer Of the law will be
present to assist you.
You will use your utmost endeavors to
prevent repeating, and If you receive no.
tice that the person presenting ballot has
voted in another precinct you will obtain
such information at once.
Ten minutes before the hour of s O. clock
your chairman will announce that the polls
will be closed promptly at the hour At
the close Of the polls you will open the bal
lot box and openly count the ballots. and
you will see to it that no one aside from
your board is allowed in proximity to the
place where the count Is being made, and
for this purpose you may call to your as
sistance the officer Of the law who is pres
ent.
when you have counted the ballots, you
will make a return of the whole number CT
ballots thrown; the names of the persons
ballOtted for and the number of ballots re-