The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-04-03
ARK 81 UT ON III.
New Law Relating 20 residential
EleGf tors

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Senator Dung s bill amending
( the election law has passed both
houses Of the legi stature & IS
quite important, inasmuch as il
pertains to the selection Of PresI
Dental electors. It provides that
when Presid ent and vice resi=5
dent of the United States are to be
IeIected, the Presid entail electors Of
each party are to be grouped to-
gether and printed ordingly, the
name Of each group to be ar
ranged Ia the order in which they
lare filed The political or party
designation shall, as il the case Of
Iother candidates, and the entire
group Of electors Of each party shall
I be enclosed BY suitable scroll or
bracket. and outside Of and to the
fright Of said scroll or bracket and
opposite the center thereof shall be:
printed il bold typ the surname OF
1.-THE Preside candidate repre-
sented. Opposite, at the right Of
land on line with the surname of
the Presidential candidate near
1.-The margin shall be left a square
i I'D 3..A
lenclosed by rule work il which the
voter may indicate his choice by a
cross mark as in other cases, ex-.
cept that one such cross mark OPP
posite such group Of Presidential
electors shall be deemed and count
led as a vote for each elector in such
group. The relative position Of the
several groups of Presidential cleo
tors upon the ballot shall be deter
mined by the rules as apply to other
State officers. The groups Of Pres
1 idential electors shall be separated
from each other by8a blank space at
least one inch in width. but no
/ black lines shall be printed therein,
as in the case of other candidates or
groups. Above the names OF the
Presidential electors shall be print
4 ed III bold type Presidential tick
! ct, vote for one. The State ballot,
with a suitable heading shall be
printed below the Presidential cleo
tors, with a blank space one inch
4 in width, between the same.
/ The object of the law is apparent.
i At previous elections under the
present system Of voting, which has
undoubtedly been established for
Iall time to come, many a voter has
entered the booth, and marked only
one Presidential elector from the
/ party of his choice. Many have
narke one, two, three, four, five,
or six, but haveSfailed to mark the
full nine electors on the ticket, with
1 the result that the electors at the
bottom Of the list have always fell
! far short Of the votes received by
!. their olleagues at the top Of the
list. This has been true of all
parties represented on the ticket,
but the Repub lican party, being
i the dominant party in Minnesota,
has suffered the most, and had Min
nesota been a close State in cleo
tions gone by there is no doubt but
what one or Of the fusion cleo
tors at the top of the fusion list
would have been chosen. The new
law simply provides that a. single
cross in the right place carries the
full list of electors Of any party,
4 which, commencing with the next
1 Presidential election: will be eleven
Instead of nine, as heretofore.
The proposition to create Ma:
tional park at#the headwaters Of the
Mississippi river IN northern Min:
Inesota, is being quite strongly agi-
tated at this session Of the legisla-
lure. The lands wanted for the
4 park are mostly IN Itasca and Cass
1 counties. By rail from Duluth te
the eastern boundary Of the pro
posed park, at Deer River, is u;
miles The Southwestern boundary
q is accessible from Minneapolis anc
1 st. Paul by two lines Of railway
4 distance $50 and 257 miles respec
I lively. BY rail from Crook ston, i
4 is lob miles to the northwestern
St h0ua11arv Of tllp nrOnnSads mark