Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-24
HOW TO BE ARRANGED
FEATURE OF INTEREST TO THE
POLITICIANS.
Marking the Ballots a Question Of
Moment-Use Of Indeliblo
Pencils


dates arranged. AS pointed out in these
dispatches the supervisors OF election have
1t within their power to arrange the names
OF candidates In any manner they decide
upon. The names may be mixed in any
fashion and there Is no restriction OF the
law against having more than one kind OF
arrangement OF names In a county. so that
the ballots are published ten days before
the day of election. although but one style
OF ballot may be used in a precinct The
names may even be printed in old English
type, so far as the law Is concerned. and
there may be additional elements OF con-
fusion, such as discarding all capital let-
tiers and using small letters In the begin
ming of names. For the voter who cannot
read, these elements of confusion may
count for much. The voter under the Will
son law will be allowed but seven minutes
in which to mark and deposit his ballot and
If he should make a mistake on one bal
lot and ask for another he will only have
the remainder of the seven minutes in
which to conclude his task.
AS many of the voters, both white
and colored. in the Wilson counties do
not handle pencil once year the feat OF
using 1t on this occasion will be a very
severe one. The pencils will be of fndellble
ink and the illiterate man who uses one
Will consider II essential to hold II between
his lips in order that IL should be thor
oughly moistened. That Will soften the In
deIible lead to such extent as to mako
It run and the result is likely TO be that his
fingers will be smeared, however cean they
may have been when he began the compli-
Gated operation OF marking the ballot This
difficulty with the indelible pencil and the
besmeared fingers would be of no conse-
quence were 1t not for the fact that the
least smear on the ballot may be sufficient
excuse for throwing it out. II the judges
of the election wish to interpret the law
literally they can throw out any bal
lot that is in the least degree soiled.
By the end of the present week IL Will
be In what forms the ballots are 10
be printed in all the counties, and 1t Will
be possible to determine to what extent the
voters are to be hampered in the proper
marking of ballots. AS rule the super
visors of the election have the confidence
of men Of obth parties, and 1t will be for
them to determine the manner In which
the ballots TO be made up.
New Ticket Sprung.
In Dorchester county late Saturday evens
ing a new ticket was sprung on the SUE
pervisors, It having received the support OF
over 200 registered voters who petitioned
that 1t be placed on the official ballot. The
law provides for such a proceeding, so that
any 200 registered voters in a county can
put up ticket to be voted on. The ticket
was backed by men who had been known
to be democrats. but in putting up this
ticket they called themselves the "repudia-
publican senatorial candidate in that coun-
ty and the Reputation party has named
on it's ticket for the same place Roland b.
Andrews. The ticket is regarded as a trick
ticket for the purpose of diverting some
votes from Joseph b., Andrews by the simi-
larity of name and by the notices that Will
be displayed at the polling booths of the
candidates of the Reputation party" This
ticket contains but four names of .candi-
dates. This method OF ballot-box warfare
is not new in Maryland. But now all tho
tickets that can go on the ballots are in
and the only additional action to be taken
vitality affecting the probable course OF
events in the election relates to the man.
ner of printing the ballots.
The leaders of both political parties to-
day expressed satisfaction with the man-
ner in which the campaign Is progressing.
For several days the campaign has been
very uneventful and work on both sides
is going quietly. Chairman Vandiver of
the democratic state committee expresses
the utmost confidence in the result of the
election and Senator German smiles and
seems entirely well pleased with everything
that is being done whenever he is approach
ed on the subject OF the election. The
democratic organization is bending all its
efforts toward convincing the foreign ele-
ment that Ii need not fear that the natu-
rallied citizens will lose their votes because
of the operation of the Poe amendment un~
der democratic rule. Whether they will be
able to win back any of the support they
have lost among the foreign-born on ac-
count of the amendment is one of the Cos
nundrums of the cam aign. 1t IS quite cer-
tain that at this time the foreign-born in
Baltimore almost solidly against the
amendment. the German societies having
come out in opposition to it. and the republic
cans declare their belief that they will stay
In opposition.
Chairman Hanna Talks
Chairman Hanna of the republican state
committee today said there are fewer re-
publlcans who favor the ratification OF tho
amendment than have been in opposition
to republican candidates for one reason or
another in any former election I'm the state.
Asked how he estimates the democratic
vote on the amendment in Baltimore, Mr..
Hanna replied
from 1900 to 10000 democrats who will
vote against the amendment. There is a
prospect of the number running very much
in excess of that, but L have given a very
conservative estimate. We are sure to
have a majority of at least 1900 in the
western and northern parts of the state,
so that with fair conditions in the southern
counties and with our republican vote prac-
tfcally intact against the amendment.
feel that IT is safe to say that II will be de-
feated with little doubt. But what we are
dealing with Is not what the people think
Of the amendment. If that was the issue
there could be, no possible question raised
by any one. The people of the state are
Overwhelmingly opposed to IT."
There will be the biggest democratic meet
Ing of the campaign tomorrow night at
Lyric Music Hall, when former Governor
Cir aries B. Aycock of North Carolina and
Mr.. John p. Poe will speak. 1t is expected
that some real campaign enthusiasm will
be the result of this meeting. The effort
from now on the art OF the democratic
managers viii be to attract democrats to
meetings and to appeal to party pride IN
having a strong vote for the amendment.
They are assuring democrats of the Hitter
ate class that might be disfranchised by the
Poe amendment that they have nothing to
fear from 1T, and that they can depend
upon their own party to see that they will
in the future have their full rights at the
polls. 1t is expected confidently by the DEM
ocratic managers that this policy of whoop-
ing up the campaign will have a great deal
OF effect in bringing the men who have
strayed off back into the fold They believe
that the biggest guns of the opposition to
the amendment have been fired and that
from now on there win be gradual sets
ting back of the people into their party or
CARNATIONS, so that when election day
comes they will be able to have the votes
of many people who have appeared TO be
lost to the party recently.
All committees in charge of the manage"
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