The Washington times., 1905-09-03

fore her departure that. upon her re-
turn to Washington. she would leave
while In St. Mary's action has been de-
ferred until October 6.
In counties where the ballot is printed
In readable form the iiliterates do not
apprehend any trouble They know the
party designation so well that they can
mark without any assistance. How
some of the more ignorant manage TO
get the crosses in the proper boxes is
mystery. They cannot themselves ex-
plain it Several years ago when Col
lector of Internal Revenue p l. Colds
borough was chairman of the State
committee he obtained transportation
for voters who wanted TO go home 10
vote
The Way He Votes.
One day an old darky Of the planta-
ton variety blew into headquarters and
asked TO be sent home.
Can you read and writer" he was
asked.
mo. boss. Sorry to say 1 can't" he
replied
Then how can you expect to voter
said the chairman! There are about
forty names on this ticket and every
candidate must 0e voted for separately.
Oats all right" insisted the old man
II kin vote 1t anyhow
Drawing a sample ballot from his
drawer the chairman placed IL before
his caller and said, Now here Is the
ticket and a pencil. II you mark It
properly 1 will furnish you with trans
port2tion"
The old fellow first looked it over and
reversing IL began 10 tally Of
Hold on there" interrupted the chair
man. that's upside down Turn IL the
other way
20, boss returned the darky. its
all right. OATS de way votes
And so he DID With scrupulous care
he placed a cross In the box opposite
the name Of every Republican. Not
one did he miss. More than that, every
cross mark was clean. the lines re-
manning entirely within the square Or
dinarily three minutes would be re-
quired in which to complete the work,
but this old man did - in two and a
half
Tc further test his ability, Mr.. Colds
borough then placed a ballot properly be-
fore him and marked 1t, but purposely
missed one Republican candidate rs
that all right?'' he asked The old fell
low looked over it carefully and after
an examination remarked: mo, boss;
you skipped one" He got his pass.
In this city. where so per cent Of the
cclored people can read and write, no
difficulty is experienced. 1t is generally
admitted by Democrats that the blacks
mark their ballots Better than the
| .oIx.<
tion there were fewer votes rejected in
the Seventeenth ward. in which the col
ored vote exceeds that of the Caucasian,
than in any other, while in the Tenth
ward which is heavily Democratic. and
where there are few blacks, twice as
many ballots were thrown out. The ex-
PLANTATION for this is that the colored
voters accept instruction and are there
fore schooled. while the whites.
ashamed TO acknowledge their short
comlngs, make an sorts of mistakes.
When the colored voters can be in
duced TO come to the polls. the Repub-
licans come very near breaking even
with the Democrats. Unfortunately,
however, for them. quite a number are
amenable TO the influence of money,
and the Democrats. taking advantage
Of this, use the cash to keep them from
the polls. This time, however. when
their right of franchise is at stake, 1t
will be difficult to buy them Off There
are nearly 20.0C0 in the city, and with
! comparatively few exceptions all viii
vote against the amendment. How many
! of those IN other sections will vote de-
ponds entirely upon the way In which
the ballot is manipulated.
Time Limit Expires.
The time limit for making nominal
tions in the city expired last night.
Only those who have deposited the
amount required by law and filed their
papers can now enter the race. On
September IS the primaries CT both par
| ties are held the same day. under the
supervision of the city, and the success
full contestants will be the party candi-
dates The Republicans have fewer
! contests than the Democrats. Collector
Stone succeeded in restoring harmony
in a number of the wards, and claims
the party is in better condition than in
years. The Democrats acknowledge
they are having trouble, but predict
that after the primaries their forces
will be reunited in time for the general
election
Senator German will not begin an ac-
| tive campaign in the State until after
the State convention. which is TO be
| held the latter part of this month
! Meanwhile, however, he is operating
! through Chairman Murray Nandiver,
who is perfecting a strong organization
| The Republicans will start the day fol-
lowing their convention Chairman
| Hanna, of the State committee, said
yesterday he would devote most OF his
! time now to the registration, believing
with proper application he can make
F, inroads on his common enemy. He Is
| patterning after the Democrats, whose
system is perfect. 1t was adopted by
Mr.. German and improved upon from
| year TO year.