The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-23

machine. The machine stands in the
polling place under the watchful eyes
Of the election officers, the front to
the wall and the sides protected by
curtains. On the back Of the ma
chine box is a register which registers
each voter as he raises the lever of
the machine after voting. so that at
all times it is possible to know just
how many men have voted The vot-
er on entering the room gives mis-
name to the official with the check list
and his name is checked as in the old
way. He posses along a railing the
end Of which is close to the end of a
large lever which bars his way. He
raises this lever, thus unlocking the
machine and making 1t ready for use.
He passes the lever, goes back of the
protecting curtains and is alone and
unobserved.
He has now come to the practical
operation of voting and looking at the
front Of the machine, he finds strips
Of cardboard bearing the names of
the candidates arranged in alphabet
cal order At the top he reads. For
mayor vote for one" and at the right
OF this the names Of the mayoralty
candidates in alphabetical arrange
ment. In the next row below are the
names Of the aldermanic candidates.
then the candidates for the common
council and the school committee and
underneath these the votes on the
license question and, as was the case
Yesterday. on the question Of making
, the term Of the city auditor three
years instead of one. In each of the
spaces containing a name of a cues
tloh, there Is a lever at the left and
me pulling down Of this lever votes
LOT tnat candidate by exposing a cross.
a voter pulls down the levers at the
leIt OF the names Of the men he wishes
% vote Tor, the levers remaining
down. After he has voted. the fuII
ticket he may change hts mind and
decide to vote for a candidate of an
o'ner party. With the old system of
Young re could not do this except bv|
gaining Ior another ballot. In this
case ne simply pulls down the lever
y me man for whom he anallvI de-
seImlnes TO vote and the lever al the
isit OF the name of the other man for
Whom ne has first voted goes baclz 10
It's original position.
The machine is SO arranipod tbo+
OUT one OF he levers. saw for rnavOr
can be down at a time Tf ono ~
down, the pulling Of another one IN
me same row, raises the first one tn
llh original place. And So man
may change his vote as often as ~
phases, but when ne has finally set
Tea on the ticket the machine has
seen 70 II that he can vote for only
one candidate for any office HAVING
voted for his candidates the vofeT
LOOKS over the ballot and sees fbst
lhe levers at the left of the names
are DOWN He turns to leave and is
ecnIrpnted by second large lever
Which he must lift In order
% get out The lifting of this lever
votes the mans ticket and each little
lever jumps back into place read :
TOT the next voter No one can nos.
slDly tell how the man has voted for
Gehind the closed body of the ma
chine, lot of little levers nave regis.
tered his vote in absolute seereo,,
But the raising of that second lever
mas zone more than this. II has
locked the machine so that ali thel
hstle levers on the front are fast and
cannot be moved Then the next
voter comes along and when bel
raises the first lever. the machine 10
unlocked and the little levers are re-
leased SO that the new conner NAV
manipulate them at his pleasure.
The use Of the Triumph ensures
positive accuracy. absolute secrecy
ana entire reliability. No evil mind
.ed erection officer may interfere with
the action OF the machine without
taking It apart and that would be AL
together too complex a problem for
the ordinary man. Wnen in use the
machines ara kept locked and the
Keys IN the hands of election officials
or both parties, so that the election
machinery is susceptible to no MANN
uiation with a view to fixing results
20 suit this, that, or the other boss.
In this state tho law requires the
voter to vote for each candidate sen
arately, but in many states. New
York for instance. one may vote his
straight party ticket at one operation. 4
The Triumph machine provides for
this BY the use of a lever at the ton
.ot each vertical column. For in
stance-the democratic ticket is
placed in the first column. the names /
running straight down. At the ton is /
printed the party emblem and at the
left of this is lever. Pulling this /
lever votes the entire ticket and the
process Of voting is complete. In
case a voter wishes 10 vote his marty
ticket with but one exception. as for
instance in the matter Of Mr.. 1erome's +
candidacy in New York recently he
hrst pulls down the lever at the left I
OF the party emblem thus voting the
entire ticket Then he turns to the
name Of the candidate of another
party for whom he wishes to VOTE
and pulls down the lever at the left
Of the name. That operation elevates I
the lever next the name Of the candi- +
date for that Office for whom he has
FIST voted and with one exception. 4
he has voted his party ticket straight .
He may make as many changes in +
this way as h pleases, for the ADJUST f.
ment of the levers has no limit and
the vote is not yet registered. The
registration Is accomplished when heI
raises the lever to so out and then
the voting levers return TO their orig (
inal position and are locked.
Voting being over. the back of the
machine is unlocked nv the election +