Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

or, reading ON to right in any select.
ed row, all.eand mates Of any partiie &c .hs
word "repun zfcany under the figure OF an
eagle. or mocratfc" beneath staI OF
'prohibitionT beidM a bubbling fountain.
dicated. At<ach 4mblem is a large knob.
lever or hutkDn ana If the voter wishes TO
vote the repaiplicaH ticket, for example, ne
pulls. turns G presses the appliance. II ne
he simply fkroWsSa lever. which records
his vote, rings bell and resets the ma.
chine. But IL he wishes to vote a split
ticket ,l he proseedssas follows sica, oo,,rn ia
the name of An office for which the respect,
i've candidates are5ranning, as president,
vice president, governor. etc Wnen
left was manipulated at first it threw down
against EACH naraS' card in the entire re-
publican columnsfor example, little lever
indicating that its man is to be voted LOT
at the final register. But looking along the
party row the voter finds the name Jonn
Smith" below the column heading alder
man. For some reason he does not regard
Smith as an honest man, and decides to
scratch him. He therefore brings back
to its original position the little lever over
Johns name, and, looking further down the
column. finds some other eandldate Tor the
same Office whom he prefers He drops the
little lever over the latter's name and then
with the large lever which rings the bell
records his vote.@
Cannot Be Cheated.
The voting machines adopted by the va
rious states cannot be cheated The bell or
similar signal announces to those OUTSIDE
that a vote has been cast by the man In
the booth. No repeating Is possible. ana
one machine adopted by New YORK, new
Jersey and several other states Is fitted
with a lever which closes the curtain OF
the booth as soon as entered, and at the
same time unlocks the machine me maj
vote of the man thus secreted In the booth
Is cast by turning the lever back TO It's
original position, locking the machine and
at the same time throwing open the cur
tain and ringing the signal for the next
voter. Another machine has gate Whlcn
answers the same purpose, ana tnus ~
man can repeat without opening the pootn
a second Time which is against the law.
In some states each voter Is limited TO one
minutes use of the machine. wh1ch is am
pie considering the fact that In Milwaukee
last April one machine cast 40 votes In
one hour. The machines In that city auto
matically counted 60,15S ballots, and COM
plete election returns of the entire city
were received at headquarters seVenty-tWo
minutes after the polls closed.
All votes are automatically recorded ana
counted as fast as they are cast. Inc lasl
voter having left the BOOTH the oack Oh the
machine is unlocked by the supervisors Oh
the different parties acting together They
find the total for each candidate READY ior
them as soon as the recording dial IS eN-
posed to view. fMilwaukee's election IN the
spring just passed proved that the cost Oh
baIloting with machine is just trifie
more than half sDf what it was two years
previous with the old paper ballots. mere
were fewer voting officers needed and these
were required to remain at the polls less
number of hours The vote being automat-
icaHy as well as secretly counted, there is
no waiting afteret the polls are closed to go
over the ballots, one at time, no chance
for dispute and no recounting.
Duellists Barred.
The laws limiting the right of suffrage in
the various states are in surprising variety.
Many are quaint and even archaic. Duel
lists are forbidden a vote in Virginia, Flor
ida and Michigan; accessories to duelling In
tn latter two. Bettors on elections cannot
vote in Florida. New York and Wisconsin.
United Stated soldiers sailors and marines
are deprived of the ballot In Nebraska,
Ohio, Georgia, Texas and New Mexico;
camp followers OF an army in the last
named. Idiots, insane persons. criminals
large number of states, while others allow
the ballot to these while refusing it to wo-
men. Dishonorably discharged soldiers are
excluded from the polls in Iowa, rebels IN
Kansas and Minnesota. Chinese are de-
MED the ballot in Oregon Nevada and
South Dakota. Indians cannot vote in Ne
vada. South bakota OF Montana, whether
sissippi they must be faxed to enjoy suf-
sfrage IL n ~ s
Throughout Nernont5sit boards Of civil
authority" and M cftfzEh falling to gain
their appreciation may Vote In Alabama.
Arkansas and Kansas one must have
worked at lawful employment at least
twelve weeks prior to registration. Length
of state residence required for voters varies
from three months in Maryland to two
years in South Carolina, Louisiana andsAla-
bama. In Mississippi, Kansas and South
Carolina elerygymen need live only six
months in, the state before voting. whereas
all other citizens must have had such resi-
dence for one year in the first two and two
years in the last-named. The same special
privilege is extended to public school teach
ers in South Carolina.
All voters must read and write in Ala
bama, Arkansas Kansas and Massachu-
sets. In HAWAII they must read and write
either English or the native language. In
Connecticut they must at least read Eng
lish, while in Mississippi they must be able
to read and understand the Constitution
In South Carolina they must be able to read
and write any section of the Constitution;
in California, read the Constitution and
write their names; in Wyoming, read the
state constitution in English. In Louisiana
he pay taxes ons $500 worth of property or
if his father or grandfath was qualified to
vote on January. 1, 1S67-a clause intended
to exclude ex-SlayeS and their children In
Alabama, Arkansas and Kansas each voter
must pay taxes on forty acres or 500 worth
of property. Women may vote on the same
footing with men in Colorado IDAHO
Utah and wyoming; on school questions in
Massachusetts, South Dakota Wisconsin
Michigan. Ohio. Washington, Montana. Ok
lahoma New Hampshire and North Dakota
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS