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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING.
Games Today.

Games Today.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Detroit at st. Louis.
Boston at New York
Washington at Philadelphia.
Washington, May 31.-Boston- Washing
ton, double-header, postponed; wet
grounds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-01
A Russian Experts Estimate.

The naval expert of the Novoe Vremya,
the chief Russian paper, having conn
piled list of the opposing fleets. including
the doubtful Yashima, arrived at the fol-
lowing comparison: Tonnage of the reunt-
ed Baltic squadron, plus the VladivostolS
fleet POI 500; guns new Pinch. 20; old g.
new l0-nch, Is: old 9-inch A.; new S-inch
s, old. s; new G-inch, 146; old 26; new, A.
7.lo-inch' 30; new S-ineh, POP; torpedo
guns, 81.
Admiral Togo's tonnage was given as
POS 2i9, He is said to have four old Pinch
guns while his new weapons are as fol-
lows; Twenty Pinch. one 10-inch. thirty
seven S-inch, PA 6-inch, 101 Az inch and
24O S-inch. His torpedo guns number 1l2.
This list embraces battleships, armored
cruisers and dispatch boats.
The Russians had, besides five converted
cruisers. from eight to twelve new tor
pedo boats of from 240 to $50 tons and
eight coast defense torpedo boats, of
from 76 to 1870 tons
The Japanese had eight converted
cruisers. nine coast defense vessels. eigh-
teen gun boats and about seventy torpedo
boats. of which about twenty were sea-
going.
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New York 8. BROOKLYN o.

Brooklyn, May 31.-Taylors good pitch
ing and the excellent support he re-
ceived, enabled New York to shut out
the Brooklyns today. Attendance 1900.
Score: R.H. E.
New York ................O 900 900 030-3 S 0
Brooklyn ............. 600 600 0O0-O L
Batteries: Taylor and Bresnahan; -,lc-
Intyre and Ritter. Time 155.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-01
PHILADELPHIA 6, Boston 0.

Boston, May s1.-PhiIadelphia made the
present series with Boston four straight
today by banking the locals. Attendance
t-an
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Estimated Total of Crews.

The aggregate crews of the Russian ar
mored ships and unarmored cruisers
amounted to about 10,900: the crews of the
japanese ships of corresponding classes
amounted to about 1880. The crews of
the Japanese destroyers and auxiliary
cruisers exceeded those of the Russians
In nearly the proportion of the numbers
OF the respective craft
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-01

1t was difficult to find any basis on which
to institute a trustworthy comparison as
to the relative strength OF the Russian and
japanese naval forces In some cases the
standard of measurement was made the
relative number of battleships and cruis-
ers; in Others the total tonnage of YES
sells possessed by either side. Or, again,
the number Of great guns or coal eapae-
ity, was taken as the test by which
the superiority of one combatant over the
other could be estimated.
By deliberate calculations of the ele-
ments of naval power, exports. however,
came to the general conclusion that not
withstanding its size and the modern
equipment of it's best vessels RojestVen-
sKys fleet when ranged in battle against
Togos would not be found a match for
the Japanese.
French Expert Calculates.
One of the most scientific of these cal
culations was that of a French writer.
NJ. Delaporte, in ILLUSTRATION, who based
his conclusions that Togo had the great
est strength upon his side on a strict
analysis of each fleet and the factors
that might be regarded as determining the
result
Each ship of the two fleets had to be
examined nc reg,rdod e,st i+s tonnaoa
The sbin,s dinensions ytving some indica
ton In This respect &C 10 its endurance
at sea and coal capacity; second, the pow
er of its machinery, giving its speed and
fensive arnoaren+ In record, cbieav 10 tho
mower ARTILLERY ana fonrth re defensive
armament ~. shield arnor
Aoa,,osa +i,er thaso diffa,o,,+ faotors 81,
oacb Act The follou,ino t,s,,,res ,,o,o oh,
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Sparkling Star, 1lS Codom,. Z to l. third.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
NEWJERsEY's METHOD.

Despite the strong advocacy Of the Massaehu.
setts ballot as the best in the country there ar,
eminent authorities who say 1t is inferior to hs
system of voting now used in New-Jersey En-
Governor George T. werts, who, as a State Sem
ator. was a member Of the committee which
drafted the ballot law that has governed New
Jersey elections for the last ten years said yss-
terday to a Tribune man.
THE ballot of Ncw-JerSey I regard as supe-
rior TO that OF any other state because il is IN.
simplest. fairest and the quickest to count Each
party prints it's own ticket on small separats
slip Of paper, about S1s inches long and 81
inches wide These tickets are sent out By ths
different parties to all the voters several days
before election. and if there are any indepen-
dents running these candidates send out the
party tickets with their own names pasted over
their rivals. Pastors. as they are called or
nucilaged strips OF paper on which are printed
the names of candidates. are also sent out by tbs
various parties TO all voters, 50 that it is pos
sible to split ticket in every conceivable way.
'As all the tickets and pastors are sent out
several days before election man may sit down
in the solitude of his own room and fix up his
ticket as he pleases. This done. he can fold Il
I'D and stow it away in an inside pocket. II he
Is illiterate he can seek the counsel OF some one
he can trust-his son, perhaps. who has been ed
ucated in the public schools. On election morn
ing the voter in New-Jersey goes to the polling
place with the comfortable feeling that comes
from having done thing well. He can take eli
kinds of advice on his way. He can accept the
ticket fixed for him by his employer or by ms
political boss and say Yes to both, but when
he is closeted in the voting booth he simply goes
down in his clothes and pulls out the ballot he
has fixed himself.
''As voter goes into the booth he is presented
with the official envelope. none of which can be
circulated before election day. In the privacy OK
his booth he quickly slips his ticket into the en-
velope seals it up and on coming out hands II 70
the official who drops il in the box.
Voting in New-Jersey moves quickly because
voters don't stay long in the booths They 90
their thinking beforehand The ballots ars
quickly counted because only the names voted
for are found the ballot. As no marks are
made on the ballots. unless voter wishes 70
cross out name and write another name beside
it few. If any. votes are thrown out as void or
disputed"
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
A DANGEROUS TRAP.

The circle at the top of the Jerome column
was peculiarly insidious trap. 1t was stand
ing invitation for voter TO put his cross within
II and yet if he did, and also in another circle,
he disfranchised himself The circle over the
name of Mr.. Jerome cost his cause several
thousand dollars which spent in billboard
and railroad advertising and In postal cards
and dodgers. all telling New-Yorkers not to put
a cross within that fatal ring. It also offered
opportunities of fraud TO his enemies. which
some Of them were base enough to take ad-
rantage Of Just on the eve of Election Day
Mr jerome discovered plot to flood the town
with circulars, signed jerome Nominators." ;"
advising everybody to make cross in the
circle The trick was not unearthed and the
presses were not stopped before a considerable
quantity of the fraudulent literature had been
printed.
Sc conflicting are the election laws respecting
the marking and counting Of ballots that If these
statutes were put to the test the courts say they
would break down and the foundations of our
government would be threatened. In December
1897. the Appellate Division of the Second De-
partnent Of the Supreme Court used the follow
ing language in a unanimous opinion in a
closely contested election case (People ex rel
Feeny Board of Convassers of Richmond
County, % App. Div, POD:
If an election were close and the action of the
district canvassers throughout a large territory
we're 10 be brought in review before the courts
we are entirely clear that the judicial machinery
for their determination would break down by
the weight and number Of the issues to be de-
cided. In of close Presidential election
The evil and disorder that would ensue from
such a state OF affairs it is difficult to estimate
and scarcely TO exaggerate.
The process OF voting TO many uneducated
persons. and to some who educated, is so diff
dcult that votes enough thrown out by the
canvassers in some cases to determine the result
Of the election 1t is quite apparent that under
the present system the result of elections IS not
20 be always determined by the will of the ma
jority since, unless they comply with all the pro-
visions OF the statute their votes cannot be
counted
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
THE L4KEWOOD SEASON.
Opening of Lakereood Hotel Mdrss
It's BEGINNING TO-mOrrO5c.

Lakewood. " J.. Nov IS (SpeciaD.-Ths
Lakewood Hotel. which is to be conducted Oy
Carl Berger of Berger's Pavilion. Newport, VIII
open It's doors to patrons on Monday. The open
ing of this hotel. the largest in Lakewood marks
the beginning Of the Lakewood season Mr..
Berger has made many extensive improvements
and has added a restaurant and grlnroom-
The restaurant will be made feature OF the
hotel The ballroom will be reserved for private
dances The social development Of Lakewood
has been retarded in the last few seasons De-
cause of the lack of a desirable place where
dinner parties and similar entertainments coula
be given. Heretofore if a hostess wished to give
a dinner party she was compelled TO SEND u
New York or Philadelphia for caterer II
for this reason that Mr.. Berger's advent into ts
resort as a boniface is eagerly welcomed BY the
cottage colony. Mr.. Berger has made many en-
gagements for society people of New York VINO
are coming to Lakewood next week to rest up
from the combined gayety of Prince Louiss viSis
and the horse show.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller are 10 spsna
the winter season here. Workmen are now ous'
getting in readiness Mr.. ROcSefeller's home u
the Ocean-ave boulevard. They are expectea
here the latter part of next week. and MI Anu
Mrs John D. Rockefeller. jr, will join them over
devote himself to golf and automobilins H'
attributes his restoration to health 10 goh' 10
has a private course here. and can step oire'Ns
srrorn his front Ioor to the first tee
Mayor and Mrs. Mark Fagan. Of jersey C''''
spent portion of their honeymoon here
The Laurel House which is enjoying soO-
patronage thus early in the season. L@s =
names of many we'll known New WORKERS vi
register DR.. and Mrs. Newton NJ shanSI - -
been there for a fortnight. and Nj anu N
Irving McKesson have also been staylhs -. -.
Mr and Mrs Elbridge Gerry Roberts WA1 G Stsi tssir
the season there last year. have closed s', a.
country place at Red Bank, N j. anu az
the Laurel House for an INDEFINITE stay. haze
Mr. and Mrs Arthur r. Claim. "ho +Leir
spent a year in travel abroad. have opTl TlIss,rood
new home, which is adjacent 70 tne EEa-ssalio.
Country Club at the head or Laks o. their
They were cordially welcomed DAcS -
many friends in the cottage colony. = yrash-
Mr.. and Mrs Edward NJ PadelLo.u. @ -
ington. are making brief visit heiei io.,sbarE
Mr. and Mrs. w. ". WILCOX % vT,av for
have taken Gunton Hail. IN Frl'@'0
the season. , ,,-o,, freeman
General and Mrs. Frank Morgan - the
have taken apartments at the Laura -
pines which opened for the season u tu'N ~cnn IS
visiting her aunt Mrs Edward h-i"'-
thews Mt All Saints rectory. .ottags,
Miss Gertrude Leslie has opehed Hei
Bon Respiro for the season ,orpfoFt-
ably settled In their cottage IN FOIe9
MIS-. Riley Miles Gilbert and Miss MAJ aalryrlvals
bert OF New-York. are among FeesA
at the Laurel House ,,o- evrayne.
of Ney-York are enjoying soJo9rh =, ~ - ,-isit-
Augustus r Kountze, OF NeW-1ofh'
ing friends at the Laurel House.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

action. All candidates for the same Office sharat
be grouped together the ballot"
Albert 3. Bard. chairman Of the ballot rafo-,
committee of the Citizens Union. said that ~
present law compelled the public to hire IN
ferioT civic servants.
1T puts a premium" ne said "on ipfsrto
candidates for mi1or Offices who are nulls5
through clingng to the coattaiIs Of the head -
the ticket. This happens because many vots-.
are afraid to split their ballots lest thsv Ioss
their votes. This explains why Tafnnanv hss
so often been successful IN eecting a 'yeIo~-
dog ticker By putting one or more good men a.
TIE head.
These evils are only samples The Citizens
Union does not assert that the Nassachnsatss
ballot would woril to perfection. Some difirIlfv
is Inherent In any election system. The Mss
s-chusetts ballot would. however get rid ~
some OF the worst evils and the experience 90
Massachusetts over long period proves il ths
best system yet devised
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
NEW BALLOT DEMANDED.

The demand for a kind of ballot is wide
spread, and many the reforms suggested
The joint committee on ballot reform composed
of members of various civic associations. such
as the Association to Prevent Corrupt Prac-
tees at Elections, the City Club the Citizens
Union. the Reform Club, the Independent Club
and the Republican Club. of Brooklyn is at
work bill which will be introduced at AL
bany next winter. Conferences are being held
with Senator Elsberg, who is expected to be the
sponsor for the measure. The Senator has ia
thered ballot reform bill at several sessions of
the legislature. and the bill will not differ
substantially from the last he introduced.
That certain changes in the ballot law will
be made by the next legislature seems assured
because Of the interest which Governor Higgins
has taken in the subject. The Governor be-
neves that the old law has proved itself made
quate and should be amended in several par
ticuIars but he says 1T is too early for him to
express his opinion as to details.
For the purpose OF obtaining the most prac-
teal suggestions on ballot reform which may
lead TO legislation providing for a satisfactory
method OF voting The Tribune has secured in
teryiews with some of the men who have studied
the question closest.
William NJ. WINS. the Republican candidate
for Mayor in the last campaign, who has fought
for ballot reform for the last twenty years, and
who was one OF the original drafters of the act
by which this State adopted the Australian sys-
tenn OF voting says the of candidates
should be grouped according TO the Offices for
which they ara running. and not according to
parties. Symbols. he says. should be abolished.
Such changes would permit citizen TO vote for
men on their individual merits. irrespective of
fnesy
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

,non which the names of all candidates for
The same office shall be grouped alphapetlca!S
,,r1er fhe title of the office for which they are
running. followed or preceded by the name OF
the party group or principle for which the can.
didate stands The introduction of the syrnpoi
was an absur1ity. and believe 1t shouid ho" VIC
altogether eliminated from the ballot
"a corrupt practices act is also neeoeu qulIe
as much as a reform in the ballot 1t Is ooVi-
ous that the working out of the details or sucn
measures as the foregoing involves mature ana
careful consideration. All parties who are work
ing for these reforms should coalesce and ap-
pcint a general committee, representative OF the
entire public and this committee In turn
should appoint a subcommittee of the ablest
counsel to be secured. to prepare the measures
for introduction in the legislature and FOR secur.
ing SIGNATURES to a great petition. which shall
so thoroughly voice the will of the people as 70
leave the legislature alternative except TO
pass the measures to run the -santlet OF ue
feat at the next election. The people VIII @ @noto
both the Democratic and the Republican parties
responsible for any failure in securing the re-
forms I profoundly believe. however. that .i,e
in favor of these measures and viii espouse the
cause inside of the legislature as Wen as OutSio0
Of with deem earneStneSS.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

ing it in only few particulars provides for a
ballot similar to that used in Massachu-
setts. The names of candidates for the same
office are grouped together with voting space
to the left of each, and the party emblem for
the aid of the iterate to the left of the voting
space. The Massachusetts ballot has no en-
blems, for in the Bay State man must be able
to read and write to be able to vote.
I shall reintroduce my BILL said Senator
Elsberg, amending the election laws and pro-
viding for vastly different form of ballot than
the confusing in I believe that
will receive substantial support for the meas
ure, fnasmuch as the last election has thorough
ly demonstrated the defects of our ballot form
81 am in favor of grouping the candidates for
each Office. When voter realizes that he is to
mark the name of the candidate for whom ne
wishes to vote, he will exercise more and
greater judgment in balloting. This will, in a
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
A PRE-GLACIAL FLOWER.

II ia not only the occasional swamps. once so
common but now exceptional in this region.
that are even in winter the happy hunting
grounds of the fowler, and which are paradise
to the seeker OF rare birds, as well as to the
tireIess student of the common ones, with their
beauty and song. like our own Louis Agassiz
Fuertes. The gorges also are the paradise OF
the botanist, for on the cold southwark cliffs
dwelling in eternal shade grow more than one
of the pretty little pre-glacial flowers These
fourished before the great fee cap had overlaid
all soil and life uncounted ages ago. and then
in melting ground out the valleys and perhaps
enlarged the earliest streams into finger lakes"
In Labrador which is the Paris and London Of
the dainty little wild primrose (Primula Mys-
tissinica), Mother Earth wears acres Of pink
bloom furnished by this little flower. and in the
cold north, during summer. at least, there are
plethora conmonness and overpopulation. In
this latitude, however. it is wholly different.
Thus far, only in four places in New-York State,
nesting iri the crannies OF sunless cliffs. does
the little primula now blush.
OF the famous gorges edging Cayuga Lake, or
near by. such Enfield, the Ithaca Gorge,
through which runs Fall Creek, with its mag
nifcent waterfall over ninety feet high. there
are. besides things mechanical and of utility,
rich associations OF poetry and legend. One
might tell of Port Renwick down below.
the south tip of the lakes shore and now
in her maiden days was Jennie Jefrries Robert
Burns's fifteen year-old inamorata. When she
started for America Burns wrote for her poem
on the fyleaf OF book which he presented 10
her. This Stanza Is included in later editions
of the bard's works Gang She East. or Gang
She West" he feared Some other swain" would
gain his Jennie's favor. So 1t proved for she
married In New-York. The stories of Major
Renwick. her son. and his wonderful horse that
helped him home mellow nights and also
In the daytime. when equine intellect was
clearer. even IL not greater, than MANS are
piquant in local lore.
Other legends OF Cayuga Lake there are The
Lake Cannon's" boom. on still nights still
occasionally starties hearers. In the white
mans theory the sound arises from the cayins<
In OF superintendent and unpillared rock far
down In the earth's depths. when subterranean
currents wash out the salt beds. In the red
mans view and solemn tradition, while 'fheli
hath fury like woman scorned,'' Cayuga
Lake in it's depths holds the spirit squaw once
OF warrior and urgent IN her adj
vanees who was hurled by him into the lake
Transformed into demon man-hater she sloats
over the drowned. Down In IT'S crystal depths
with her hatchet she is busy In hewing
out chambers in which TO hide the numerous
dead, who sink to rise no into sunlight
a gain from her clutch.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
A BLOoDIER BATTLE.

In tne eighteenth century. William Penn's
successors at Philadelphia well knew the Della
ware Indians were not allowed to sell land at
the river forks"-that is. around Easton. This
was because as the Iroquois iutimated, the
Delawares had been conquered by the Iroquols
and compelled to wear the petticoat" being
both eeremonially and actively treated as
squaws. When great council met in Phila-
delphia the onondaga delegation from New
York's Lake region We're heard and needed Their
stomachs were filled with a big dinner and un-
limited rum. while the Delawa.es skunk away
eowed and disheartened. to depart westward
into Pennsylvania and Ohio. and receive such
New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

rrr.sas has been started in this city Ior
p.u form, Of ballot The present method OF Noa
,nx 4. denounced as unfair, curnorous anu
Of pitfalls in which many citizens uii"
disfrAnehse themselves
-rha baIIot now used is unfair. its critics soy
because II does not give every caiieio
eoual chance It favors the poaticat poss CO
oh,.ruc,s the independent voter. 1t peiiAi'
-,,chfne so TO arrange its candidates on d
.t.L.. .bst one strong man may pull throush g
lot a. weak associates It makes IL SO oiiii'"
g.. ost,-en 70 split his ticket. TO wander away
.-o-, b,s nartv column and register MS prefer
ane. for men he considers more worthy 1"A 40
.. ,-o,e to vote straight" In the last eiecllN'
for example 3,342 votes were cast hof WI
E7sn-,er. the candidate for District Attorney oii
-. p.,uhlican ticket although Mr.. FIammer
ba6 retired from the race and the Repuohcahs
in convention had Endorsed Jerome
TIL. ballot OF this State is denounced as cum
49,, en5 tb. task of unfolding and refolding
Il fs so complicated that in unsKiieo haHoS ~ =.
rse,v 70 b. mutiIated. Furthermore. space is
wasted whole column, for instance, is re-
,,,-.5 for q single candidate running independ-
a,.,y or .ha same amount Of room as is needed
On, all the names of an entire party ticket. MI
Jerome had a whole column to himself. and III
fbose districts where there were independent
candidates for Assembly and Alderman eaCii
candidate needed like amount of space on the
bsuo, When the candidate OF one party is IN
dorsed by another party the name is printed
again.
The pitfalls of the New-York ballot are so
many and various that they entrap on an aver
age or voter in twenty. The rules governing
or supposed to govern, the present system Oh
voting are so conflicting that even the courts
themselves disa gree when they try to explain
them Thousands OF votes were thrown away
,n the last election because the cross was not
made in a way to suit the election officials If
ono line was much longer than the other, or was
sniff because perchance the pencil broke in the
voters hand or il either line of the cross
chauced to touch the circle around ii. the bal
lot was frequently declared void. According to
Mr. Hesrst's friends, thousands OF votes for him
were thrown out by Tammany inspectors on
e1rci, nffhhles as these.