Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01

DIED-At Ironton. Mo-. on Friday,
October 26th, 1900, al $40 o'clock p.
NJ, WILLIAM BOSWELL. aged S3 years,
II months and % days. Deceased was
buried in the Masonic Cemetery Sum
day afternoon, a large at
tending. He was born in Lincoln
shire, England. where be attained the
age of manhood and married. At the
age of about 80 years he. with his
family, emigrated to this country, re-
siding in various states until after the
close of the Civil War, when he came
to Iron county. He purchased a farm
on Marble Creek and resided there un-
til two years ago, when his inirmitles
rendered it necessary that he be brought
to town. He was an honest. upright,
Woodworking man and a good c~Itizen:
without pretense faithfully performing
| the task laid out for him An aged
widow and one son and four daughters
survive him.
with which every voter should be IA
millar, are as follows: ''On any day of
election of public officers in any cleo
ton district each qualified elector
shall be entitled to receive from the
judges of election one ballot of each
political party voted for at said eiec-
ton. 1t shall be the duty of such
judges of election to deliver such bal
lots to the elector. Before delivering
any ballots to the elector the W judg-
es of election having charge of the bal
lots shall write their names or in itials
upon the back of the ballots with ink
or indelible pencil, and no other writ
ing shall be on the ballot, except the
number of the ballot voted. On re-
ceipt of his ballots the elector shall
forth with and without leaving the pol
ling place retire alone to n of the
places, booths Or compartments pro-
vided to prepare his ballot. He shall
prepare his ballot by selecting the bal
lot he desires to vote. He shall erase
or strike out the name of any candidate
he does not wish TO vote for and write
the name of his choice underneath.
After preparing his ballot the elector
shall fold the same so that the face OF
the ballot shall be concealed and the
initials of the judges may be seen. He
shall also fold the other ballots given
him so hat their faces are concealed
and so tina the initials of the judges
may be seen. He shall then hand the
ballot he desires to vote to the judge
of election selected to take the ballots,
who shall number the ballot and de-
post it in the ballot box. The ballots
he rejects shall be counted by the 9TH
err receiving Judge, who, after satisfy
ing himself that all given to the voter
, have been returned, shall place them
: in a separate box to be provided for
= that purpose"
1t is we'll sometimes to turn back a
page or two, s.lest we forget" just
now the local Republicans are sweet as
honey, for there's an election pending,
and they hope to lure unwary Demo
! Gratis into scratching" the county
ticket. Butter will not melt in the
mouth of the Republican candidate
/ seeking Democratic votes. But it was
not always thus. Time was when TIT
Republicans had a more effective
method for commanding a majority
for their ticket. If the registration
lists showed up toe many Democratic
names, behold! the pen was run through
a sufficient number to put the G. O.. z
4 on top. The board of registration wa
a court from which there was no ap
peal. As a sample: In 1868 the follow
ina names were stricken from the lists
by order of the Supervisor of Registrs
RS ton, and these men debarred from eS
ID ercisiug the right of suffrage. althoug
they had taken the oath required b
le law: