Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-10-27
A MATTER
OF DUTY.

Ut IS not necessary for us to
IL remind the Democratic voter
that his vote is his own, and
that it is his duty and should be
his pleasure to cast it according
to his judgment; or to advise
him that the ballot which is fur
nished him by the state to mark
enables him to vote for anyone
who is in nomination on that bal
lot or to tell him that his cross
marked opposite the name of any
candidate is vote for that candi-
date.
1.-The party machinists make a
great point of getting a column
on the ballot made up with a
ticket that suits them ard which
they expect the voter to vote for
by marking his cross at its head
conceiving that thus voting will
be made easy for him.
And so doubtless it has been
and still is; but the Importance
of this column feature on the bal.
lot is fading away under the i'll
use of it often made, and under
the growing intelligence of the
voter, which tells him how. tc
vote as he will, and leads him to
vote independently of the dicta
ton of bosses.
The class of voters who are
paid for their votes, which is
alarmingly large, marks the
column and so does the partisan
who sees no merit in Il candidate
who is not on his party ticket.
In contests involving party
principles, adherence to a party
ticket is right 4; but in cases where
the quality of the candidate is the
chief issue the discerning voter
will mark his ticket as he regards
the candidate.
Every Democratic voter should
vote 3; and he should vote fol
every officer that he can vote for.
Likewise the Republican should
put in his appearance at the polls.
There is but one State issue facing
the Republican voter in the pres
ent campaign. Is he for OF
against Plummer, the Penrose.
Durham tool! If against Plum.
mer the Republican elector should
remember that the whole Repub.
lican State ticket, with the ex.
'ception of Plummer, can be
elected by simply voting the
Democratic State ticket. That
sounds odd but it is the absolute
truth, and don't let anyone shut
your eyes to the truth of that
statement. There is nothing al
stake on the State Republican
ticket but Plummer, and a vote
for the Democratic State ticket
will elect every candidate on the
Republican State ticket except
Plummer. Let us explain this
SO as to be clearly understood.
The Democratic and Republican
State tickets both contain the
name of Judge of the Supreme
Court and the vote for Judge
Stewart will be as we'll rolled ur
by voting the Democratic ticket
as the Republican ticket. There
are four vacancies for Judges OF
the Superior Court and the law
provides that when four or more
Judges of the Superior Court are
to be elected each elector may
vote for as many persons less one
as there are Judges to be chosen
at said election. The four Judges
running for the Superior Court,
three on the Republican ticket
and one on the Democratic ticket
are going to be elected and nc
power on earth can prevent it
In other words every candidate
on the Republican and Democrat
ic State tickets will be positively
elected to their respective Offices
except for State Treasurer, there
fore the Republican elector can
vote the Democratic State ticket
and elect the Republican State
ticket with the exception of
Plummer. Every true citizen
and Republican must wish to
bring about that result, for Plum
mer is backed by the criminal
combination" which Secretary
Root says is ~masquerading under
the name of Republican" A vote
against Plummer means standing
by Roosevelt and Root as against
the "criminal combination" The