The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-07-03
HOUSE INNOVATION.
Lower Branch of Congress to Try
Voting Machine.
It's Use VIII Greatly Facilitate the
business of the Body-The Menu
hers Touch the hutton and
Electricity Does Rest.

II is proposed To install an elect rical
voting machine in the house of repre-
Sentathes. 10y the aid of which the roll
could he called or registered within
five minutes, while now it requires II
minutes. The adoption of the scheme
would rob the iilihu>ter of all his ter
rurs, and would enable members en-
gagged in committee work to leave
their rooms, register their votes, and
return in five minutes, instead Of wait
ing for their names to he reached in
the regular order.
Speaker Henderson has received from
Architect Woods report in which the
latter Describes an electrical device
which, II is believed, will meet all the
requirements. II consists of trans
mitter on the members desk, which is
connected electrically with II single
printing receiver for printing in tire"
columns alphabetical lists Of names at
memhersyutiug" aye, ""no." and pres
emit" and three totaliIers arranged So
as to he readily observed hy the MEM
hers for giving the totals of the three
classes Of votes. Each tranSmitter
comprises n small ornamental easing
about four inches square with a Yale
lock in its front face: also two push
buttons, one marked present" and
the other "miStake:" and an opening
above the lock disclosing the letters
80, X"
When member desires to vote he
inserts the key into the lock and turns
ii to the right, il he wishes tovotc in
the affirmative, or Ia the left II in the
negative. This movement draws the
letters 80. r." from the oncning above
the lock and brings Ia view the words
"aye" "n0," aS the cas-" may he.
After recording his vote hy thr cleo
trical device the member then with
draws the key. AMI the vote is ready
to he counted. II hcrurc the vote is
counted aud printed Il member desires
n CF1nVC TiT V0fC re mCTTTY VTCSS0S
the "miStakc" hutton, and me ma
chine returns to It's normal position.
after which the correct vote can lac
registered In orirrto vote "prr>rnt."
the key is inserted in the lock and
turned IA the riwht or left and the
"rrcScnt" button is pressed, y cor
rcctinn This ,nt" can also he made
by pressing the mistake" hutior.
The transmttrr is Of the simplest
possible construction. the Internal
mechanism involving only an ordinary
Yale lock. with n notwithstanding II, H.
carried by its barrel, and u release
magnet for permitting the parts to re-
turn 10 their normal position when the
vote is received. The printing receiver.
which is the apparatus for collecting
the votes registered at the members
desk and for printing them in three
alphabetical lists ready for the Con
gressional Record, comprises stencil
carrying triplicate alphabetical list If
all the names of the members. IF n
member votes in the affirmative his
name is printed from the first list: If
in the negative. from the second list.
In this way the vote will consist Of
three lists ready for the Record.
The totalizer is no more than large
fare register. except that the figures
are thrown on a screen like magic
lantern so rs to he large enough to be
seen from all parts of the house and
nj the same time enable the disks to
he made small enough to turn at high
speed. After the totalizers have been
operated to give the total votes cast
they can he restored to zero from the
desk of the operator. ready for the
newt vota