The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-29
VOTING BY mAoHIAERK.
The U. $. Standard Voting nraehIne Ex-
 hIbited at the city Hall.

Quite a number Of people visited the city hall yesterday to see the new vot- ing machine that is on exhibition on the first floor of the building to the right of the eleyatCr. The machine is the United States Standard voting machine The exhibition Is in charge of the alder manic committee on retTenchment and reform, of which William Trueman is chairman. and Almost DiclIerman, Wal do H. Minor, James 2. Wheeler, and William J. OKeefe are members. Many of the citizens were in yesterday to see the machine in operation and they viewed it with much curiosity. A. s. Hamilton oS Rochester, N. r, is the sales agent of the machine, and he ex- plained its workings. What is claimed for the machine is that it is a mechan- ical Australian ballot. It is about four feet square and ten inches deep, and is supported on legs. the top of the ma chine being little over six feet from the floor. The machine is constructed of steel and non-cOrrosive metals and where steel is used it is protected from rust by copper and nickel plating.
 Its movements are accomplished by a system of cams and levers so con- strUcted that positive action is secured
 It weighs about 800 pounds and when boxed for storage or shipment occupies a space about four feet square and eighteen inches deep. On bar project ing forward from the upper corners of the machine hangs curtain which forms a booth. From the center of the top of the machine extends an operating lever to which the curtain is attached. While the handle of this lever is at the left of the machine the curtain is open. The voter by moving the handle to the right draws the curtain together inclos- ing himself in the booth and unlocl1s the machine for voting. Upon the face of the machine are seven horizontal rows of small numbered points, one TOW for each political rsarty. Below each row is a strip of card board on which is printed the names of the different candidates, one name directly below each pointer. At the left of each party row is a straght ticket knob, on which are print ed the names and emblem of that party. The machine Is so constructed that the voter closing the curtain is unable to open it until by the pulling of a straight ticket knob he has indicated vote for every office to be filled. B
 To the man who wishes to know how the machine is operated or how to vote it is pointed out that the voter first se- lects the straight ticket of his own party, and by pulling it to the right until it touches the stop pin moves all of the pointers for that row down one and the names of the different candi- dates of that party. He has now in- dicated a vote for every candidate in his own party, but as the vote is not registered until the curtain is opened, he can, if he wishes to split his ticket, move back a pointer from over the name of candidate that he wishes to reject and move down another pointer over the name of some candidate that he wishes to vote for that office. In splitting his vote he can move the pointer silently with a little care.
 MT. Trueman, the chairman of the committee, said yesterday that he had had experts test the machine and that it seemed to do the work accurately and successfully. Several citizens also ex- amined it's workings and approved of it. This machine has been legalized by the state voting machine commission and it has been adopted in<sone of the wards of Hartford. It has been used in several cities and towns in the state of New York since the year 1896. They have been in use in HornellsviIle, Rochester, Utica, Jamestown. Buffalo, Ithaca, Albion, Syracuse, Elnira, Pough- keepsie, Hudson, Gioversvil1e, Johns- town, Schnectady. and many other places. The machine will be on exllibi- ton in the city hall for about a week.