The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-23
PRACTICALLY A UNIT.
Indiana Editors Voice the Necessity
for Voting Machines.

The next step forward is to be the voting
machine The press of Indiana seems to
be a unit on the question, and that means
that the people are not divided over the de-
sire for this advance in reducing chances
OF fraud.-Goshen Times.
Where there is earnest support for the
voting machine. appears in this county.
there is no need to wait for future action
by the Legislature That body has already
legalized the purchase by any county or
city The subject should not be too long
delayed in it's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Courier.
1t is very gratifying to learn that the men
at the head of the party committees are
in favor of voting machines. The voting
machine has passed the experimental stage.
1t works accurately, and, of course, more
rapidly than the old method of counting
ballots. 1t is preposterous that in great
State like Indiana there should be days of
waiting to learn the result of an election.
In this city and county. for instance. the
people should know the result within few
hours after the closing of the polls-Terre
Haute Tribune.
The next Legislature will be very apt to
pass a law making it imperative to use vot-
ing machines. The people are ready for
them now and the time is ripe for the re-
form. Under the present law 1t is permits
sible to use voting machines, but We know
OF no place in the State where they were
used To be a success there must be uni
formity, and it would not be of much ad-
vantage for the machine to be used in some
places and not IN others. We look forward
to the early adoption of the machine, and
and we believe that it will be distinctive
forward movement for electoral reform.
Columbus Republican.
In Indiana to-day the cry is going up for
voting machines before the next election.
and prevent fraud. While the outlay will
be large in the first place, yet 1t will reduce
to minimum the election expenses, which
grow larger every year. There is one fea-
ture of machine voting that has not been
considered, and that is the secrecy of the
ballot as guaranteed under the present
Australian system. There Is not much
doubt that the election board would have
TO instruct a large majority of the voters
how TO vote on a machine. This would de-
stroy the secrecy of the ballot as now I'M
derstood However. there are not many
men who would care about that and would
not object to vote I'm the open 1t would
have a tendency to prevent scratching and
Independent voting. which is a most whole
seine measure sometimes - Noblesville
Ledger.
Rome, n. Y. noted city in Oneida coun-
ty dear to the heart of many South
Bender rs his former home. lays claim to
new fame by being the first place in the
land 10 get the full returns of the late cleo
ton on the telegraph wire. This due
to the use of the voting machine and the
prompt action OF the election boards. The
voter was pleased with il. and the election
boards went through the trying ordeals of
the day with much less annoyance than by
the old methods. not the least of which
was the prompt manner OF tabuating the
footings from the machines figures and
closing up the whole days business soon
after the hour of closing the polls had
passed The voting machine Is also correct
and removes as far possible any oppor-
tunity for cheating or fraud.-South Bend
Tribune