The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-04
ABOUT EARLY VOTES
Why They are Such a Help
on Election Days.
RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST
IS the Time to Go to the Polls
and Deposit the Ballot

Nearly everyone in Wichita now waits
Tor election day.
The party workers in particular dread
the day for in getting cut the vote
there is one long sustained effort |hien
does not cease until the polls close, and
then the worker Is subjected 70 Q new
strain-that Of wanting 10 know how the
I election has gone. for few Of them 80 70
bed until or O'Clock the morning
after.
In every polling place the party organ
izatious maintain men who have list Of
all the voters on their side. AS these
citizens vote their names are scratched
off, in order that later in the day those
who are urging voters out and hauling
them to the polls may know whom 70
call upon.
A great deal has been said about 'vot-
ing early election day. The object in
this is that the list Of unchecked names
on the lists in the hands Of these men is
greatly reduced by noon and they have
less people to 80 after in The afternoon
and are surer of getting their Important
work completed.
a majority Of the people go to the polls
themselves voluntarily and without being
reminded of IT, But some VIII wait for
carriage, and when those who vote
without urging or without being trans
ported TO the polls hang back. the work
ers have to send for all alike and this
results in carriages being sent to places
where no one is found. 1t leads TO a
world Of confusion
For that reason the man who directly
after breakfast goes to the polls and casts
his vote does a great favor TO his party.
a he helps win the fight. big vote in
the morning. that is, before noon, means
that the total vote VIII be polled, and
most election estimates are made on the
supposition that a fun vote VIII be out
Probably 5000 citizens viii vote in
Wichita day after tomorrow. The regis
uation goes to 600. More than half this
vote should be in The ballot boxes by
noon AS it is the booths viii be kept
busy. There are sixteen voting places in
Wichita, and with 6,0oo people voting il
viii be practically necessary that vote
be cast once a minute.
Unless a man is unavoidably detained
he should cast his vote early in the
morning; the earlier the better He in
creases the value of his vote thereby for
he he enables his party workers to get
more votes out
Everyone I'm Wichita is crying for a re-
form Ia the method of counting the bal
lots As it is now the ballots are an cast
in HE box and after the polls close the
judges and clerks, weary with the long
days sitting, usually take "a good long
stretch ana rest for supper. and it is
probably 7.30 before they are all at work
The ballot this year is a big one. and it
Will take the judges and clerks a long
time 70 count them. The Fifth ward IS
usually the first one to be heard crom
but news may not be expected fr0sn it
This year until away after midnight I'm
fact. not until about O'Clock do an the
precincts generally begin to report and
then they all come In practically at once.
BY that time many of the precincts Il ON
the country have been heard from; some
Of them indeed get in reports by t=le-
phone before midnight
What Wichita would like to see Is a
Kansas law permitting the judges at
stated intervals through the day 10
count the ballots. This is done u Ncw
York. with the result hat the hrsJ ne Ts
in the country Tuesday night viii come
from New York. and usually by milui9ht
it IS known how the CITY has gone Even
then the news is usually So technical
that the majority of the waiting crowd
IS not thoroughly satisfied that one side
has won until somebody or some paper
Of the opposite side comedies the others
success This usually comes from the
east about I o'clock
I'm Kansas. however. the count drags on
until daylight Tt is not at all unlikely
thar the law viii be changed SO in tbs
state that the count may be made more
quickly
Candidates usually claim that they go
to bed about O'clock and get good
nights sleep and arise i'm the morning
fresh 10 hear the news AS q matter of
fact you can end them all through the
night I'm Wichita, for II tha results show
defeat they can't sleep and If they hsve
been victorious they dont want to-
This year the returns viii be received
at number of places and as usual lt-
lie parties VIII wait until nearly daylight
for the last word The Eagle Will display
bulletins during the night