Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-01
MUST SHOW A Choice
Elector Can Only Cast Three
Votes for Minority Repre-
sentative.
MARX BEFORE CANDIDATES NAME
After Putting Cross in Circle, is a
Safe Way. Says Judge
Monroe.


with the Office of the attorney general
at Springfield for the purpose of as
pertaining how voters shall signify
their preference on election day for
minority representative and as to the
safest and surest way of voting. At
torney General Akin was out of the
city and Judge D. G.Monroe answered
the inquiry.
The safest way under the cir
cumstsnces," said the nudge, lis
to mark the circle at the head
of the democratic ticket and
then mark the square in front of
The senatorial candidate whom the
elector desires to support. While
the ballot may show each can
didate as entitled to three votes,
it is nevertheless q fact that it is only
possible to cast three votes for repre-
sentative in your district. You can
not cast six votes, and the result
would be that if the elector marked
the circle at the head of the ticket
and failed to mark one of the two
squares before the democratic legisla-
tive candidates names his ballot
would not count, so far as represen-
tative is concerned, for the simple
reason, as l said before, the elector
cannot cast six votes. Hence the sure
way is to mark the circle and the
square before the legislative candi-
date of the voters choice"
AS matter of fact, the abandoning
of the circle entirely and the placing
of cross before each name on the
democratic ticket, avoiding the one
not favored for the legislature, would,
of course, under the strict construc-
ton of the law, be proper ballot, but
the party interests as a whole would
be more jeopardized in the chances of
missing names, and it is the straight
party vote that is always desired.
And in this particular case it becomes
necessary under the complications
that have arisen to give expression of
choice as to legislative candidates, in
asmuch as the ticket cannot carry
both candidates through.
People to Decide.
The election of a candidate for
minority representative from the
Thirty-third district in the forth
coming election involves the plain
question of approving or disapprov-
ing the tactics employed in the demo-
cratic legislative convention at Cam
bridge to defeat the right OF the ma
iority to express itself. All other
considerations must of necessity be
lost sight of in the face of what has
happened to precipitate the situation
that now cOnfronts the democratic
party in this district, with the legis-
lative candidacy 80 muddled that |
there is danger of votes on this very
important matter being lost entirely. |
Aside from all differences of opin- |
ion as to the relations of the Rock Is |
land and Henry county democracy,
there can be but one view of the con-
duct of Mr.. Andrews followers |
in the senatorial convention-that |
they acted outrageously in thwarting |
the expression of legally accredited
delegates to the convention. To be |
sure, Henry county lost as much as
Rock Island county by the caper, but
if the Henry county delegates who
were in the minority felt that as long
as there was nothing to gain by acting
fairly there was nothing to lose by
acting unfairly they made a great
mistake. The Henry county candi-
date is now on the ticket through q
process that the courts seem power
less to prevent. The entire tenor of
Judge Ramsay's decision indicated a
desire that the prevailing conditions
be altered were it in the power of the
COURT to annul the course pursued at
springfield.
Would Substitute DIscord For Order.
To sanction the course pursued in
behalf of Mr.. Andrews would be to
deprive any political party of the
right of expression. The duty of Sc
Getting party nominees would pass
rom party control to the hands of the
secretary of state, regardless of the
party to which he may belong. Illegal
having but one object. and
hat the destroying of the legitimate
purpose of the party, would take the
place of well organized conventions,
md party organization and party
principle might as well cease.
Cough Remedy In Chicago.
Hisgen Bros. the popular south
tide druggists, corner Sixty-ninth
street and Wentworth avenue, say:
We sell a great deal of Cham ber-
aims Cough Remedy, and find that
t gives the most satisfactory results,
specially among children for severe
;olds and Group" For sale by all
druggists.
Washington, D. c., Genesee Pure
Iood company, LIE Roy, n. Y. Cen
lemen: Our family realize so mnch
rom the use of Grain-O that 1 feel 1
must say word to induce others to use
t. If people are interested in their
lealth and the welfare of their chill
ren they will use no other beverage.