The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-23
HOW TO VOTE
Study the Instructions Carefully, Els
pecially With Reference to
United States Senator.

/ following instructions of how To
prepare your ballot. Study them
carefully and avoid making mis-
takes which would invalidate your
ballot:
Under the Australian ballot sys
| tenn, in use in Missouri, each party
ballot Is printed separate on long
slip of paper, the several party bal
lots being joined at the top so as to
enable the voter To conveniently de-
tach the ballot he wishes to vote
and cast it in the ballot box.
In this county 1t has not been
the custom to join the several party
ballots at the top, but the voter Is
given ballot Of each party Editor
Times.
If IL Is the desire of the voter to
cast straight party ticket, he will
find the task of voting an easy one,
as, except in the case Of the eight
constitutional amendments, which
will be printed on each party ballot,
not n scratch of pencil is neces-
sary.
Should the voter desire to cast
"split Ticket or to indulge his
right to scratch" any candidate
objectionable to him, he il required
to mark out the name Of the candi
date on the party ticket he intends
to vote, and write in the name of
the candidate Of the other party he
wishes to vote for.
For instance, "J0hn Smith" is
running on the Republican ticket
for Sheriff. The voter, deciding to
east Republican ballot, does not
approve of John Smiths candidacy,
and wishes to vote for civilian
: Jones'" the Democratic candidate
for Sheriff. TO do so he must draw
line through "John Smith" and
write directly under it on his Re
publican ballot civilian Jones'"
= This rule holds good for any other
Office on the State or county ticket
but does not apply to the candidates
for the caucus nomination for
United States Senator.
How to Vote for Senator.
For the first time in Missouri the
people are to be given the oppOrtu IL
ity to express their preference for
United States Senator. The Demo
cratic party offers three candidates
for this office and the Republicans
six.
The final selection of the Senator
dcvolvcs, under the constitution of
the United States, upon the mem
beers of the State Legislature in
ioint session of the Senate aud
: House. The party having the ma
= jority vote on the joint ballot will,
of course, choose the next senator.
The majority in the Legislature Is
morally bound, under the new scna-
torial primary law, to vote for the
candidate who received the greatest
number of his party votes ut the
polls. On the same principle the
minority part of the Legislature will
cast its solid vote for the choice Of
its party members at the polls.
Thus, it Is readily apparent that to
States Senate of his preferred can
ddate the voter must necessarily
also vote for the candidates for
= State Senator and Representative
e belonging to the same party as his
choice for Senator.
In order to vote for either of the
, three Democratic candidates for
/ United States Senator II Is ABSO-
/ LUTELY NECESSARY TO CAST
A BALLOT BEARING THE DEM
OCRATIC CAPTION. This same
| rule applies to those wishing to vote
for either of the Republican candi-
dates for United States Senator.
In other words, to vote for Folk =,
Stone or Gebhardt one must vote
for them on the Democratic ticket,
and those wishing to vote for kcr-
I ems, Kcnnish or the other Repub-
lican Senatorial candidates must
vote for them ON the Republican
ticket.
Should vote he cast for Folk or
Stone on the Republican ticket 1t
will be counted as Republican
, vote for them and will not be added
to their total of Democratic votes.
The same may be said of vote
cast for Kerens or Kennish on II
Democratic ticket. 1t will not be
added to their Republican total.
, Such votes, therefore, will he prac-
= tically thrown away.
Primary OF Election.
1t should bc borne in mind that
the vote for Senator is east Mt a
SENATORIAL PRIMARY and