Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-11-10
RESULT OF THE ELECTION.

Peter Breen.
'Assessor-W. j. Hooper.
Recorder-Wm. Spinner.
Long Term Commissioner = Philip
Psroni.
'ShortT Term Commissioner-John Han.
cock.
Surveyor-John Psrdy.
Public Administrator-Clsy Simms.
Justice Of the Peace, Eureka Town
ship-L. W. Cromer.
Constable-Eureka Township - John
MoKsrnan.
For the Offices OF Assessor and Long
and Short Term Commissioner the vote
is 80 close that il can not be definitely
determined who is elected until the re-
turns have been received from Cortez
precinct where the Registry List shows
The names Of AZ voters. By reference TO
the election table il will be seen that w.
]. Hooper is one vote ahead for the
Assessorship. and that Philip Psroni
leads 7. X. Jewell, bis closest opponent,
by %. For the Short Term Commits
sionership, also, John Hancock is but
four votes ahead Of Henry Kind, and if
the returns from Cortez are anywhere
near equally divided between these can-
didates il is more than probable that Q
r~s-countiwill be asked for TO determine
which OF the above-named gentlemen are
entitled to the Offices.
IL has further been intimated that .
contest is probable in one or more in
stances, and that the Court will be asked
to decide as to the legality Of the 80 bal.
lots which were thrown put by the In
spectors Of Election in Eureka precinct.
AZ far as the weather was concerned
the day Of election was perfect, bright,
warm sunshine prevailing during the
entire day, and scarcely 3 breath of wind
disturbed the atmosphere. In Eureka,
although the different candidates and
their friends worked industriously from
early morning until The polls closed the
best of good feeling prevailed, and
scarcely q ripple Of excitement was
observable during the day. Here, as in
al the other precincts Of the county,
nearly q full vote was polled, the total
number Of ballots cast being 34l out oil
a total registry Of 1888. which was swelled
to 364 by the transfers from outside pre-
cincts.
With thirty-two candidates in the
6eld, and only thirteen Offices to be filled,
there are, Of course, q number of disap
pointed ones, but these are bearing their
defeat phiIosophically. fully realizing
that all could not be victorious, and
that the fact that their neighbors and
friends did not see fit to support them OF
the polls did not in any way detrset
from their appreciation Of them as men
and citizens.
The table. which appears 10 this issue,
gives the vote, unoficially. from oil the
precincts in the county except Cortez as
reported 10 the SENTINEL by the Inspec-
tors Of Election. A close perussl Of the
figures will furnish considerable material
for thought, not onlyifor the candidates,
but for the public in general. In some
instances the result was . forgone con.
but in others there are surprises
which will be proited by and ~pondered
over il Eureka county in future cam
paigns.
Out Of the 34l ballots cast in Eureka
precinct thirty-two were thrown ont by
the Inspectors Of Election for the reason
that they were improperly marked. in
some cases the voters having made
crosses for the Presidential candidates,
as we'll ss for the Presidential Electors,
while ia others the crosses were mada 10
the left OF the names of the candidates.
of in the squares provided for
that purpose. These, as we'll O. other
the Inspectors agreed. made the
illegal, for the reason that they
might properly be regarded as Identifies
hon marks. and these are expressly for
hidden by the Australian Ballot Law.
This is one evidence of the unwiss
amendment to the Election Law passed
BY the last Legislature, and during the
lay . large number Of voters Of Eureka
expressed their condemnation of the law
which prohibits . distribution Of the
Ballots previous to the day Of
In almost every other State
the Australian Ballot Law is in
not only are the Sample Ballots
distributed broadcast among the voters,
but ID 10 the duty Of the several County
TO post them in a specified num-
Der Of conspicuous places in each election
precinct. In this way the voters who
do not understand the system have an
opportunity 10 fsmiliarise themselves
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