The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-23
THIS BEATS HEINZ
geo Distinct Varieties of Shaw.
nee County Ballots.
Just Off the Press of the Crane
Printing Office.
ZIMMERMAN WAS BOSS
County Clerk in Personal
Charge of the Job.
Entire Edition of 3S, 900 Ballots
Delivered Today.


for the coming primary election, to be
held on August 4. 1908. This is more
of an undertaking than most people
may imagine.
There are ffty-two precincts in
Shawnee county and under the pri-
mary law 1t was necessary to print five
different tickets for eacn precinct
one each for the Republican, Demo-
cratic, Socialist and Prohibition
parties. also blank ticket. making In
all two hundred and sixty different
ballots
to be used at the coming primary
there are three different represents
tive districts, two different commits
sioner districts, eleven different town.
ships six different wards and fifty-two
different precincts, involving all told
q minimum of SIS separate and DIS
tinct changes in the forms. ~.
To have read proofs and revised
proofs on the ESQ different forms of
ballots in the ordinary way would
have caused delay in the composing
room and press room of the printing
plant on each form and the work of
getting out the ballots could not have
been accomplished until long after the
date set for the primary. However,
County Clerk Zimmerman was equal
to the emergency. To start with, ne
directed Messrs. Crane & Co., to set
up all the matter on the monotype
machine in quadruple. In the mean
time he devised a key index reference
to changes which enabled the COM
positors to select the matter for each
change at a glance. AS soon as the
printers had the matter set, UP and
were ready to make up the first form,
Mr.. Zimmerman reported at the print
ing plant and remained there until the
entire Job was finished, personally
experimenting the making up of every
form and directing every change He
made a double check on the ballot of
every precinct by reading proof from
the form before it left the composing
room and on the first copy from the
press The entire job, $4,000 ballots,
was delivered to the county clerks Of
fee today without single error in
even Que of the $50 different forms
Mr.. Frank s. Crane, of the firm of
Crane & Co., was interviewed in re-
gard to the job and made the follow
ing statement
1.-The county clerks of the state
always considered theswofk of getting
out the ballots for a general election as
the most exacting jop of the many
kinds of work required Of them, but
the task of getting out the ballots for
this primary election just five times
as difficult as that of getting out the
ballots for a general election be-
cause for this primary five different
ballots are used for each precinct
while for the general election but one
ballot is required for each precinct.
1--WE certainly appreciate the as
sistance Mr.. Zimmerman rendered us
on this job. When he came to us we
put him in complete charge of the
work of getting out the ballots. In
the composing room, press room,
bindery and shipping room we had
twelve men under his personal direc-
ftOn IN W. ,fcv4, - a
he proved himself a general at the lob
by arranging the work in such a man
ner- as to keep every man doing some
thing all the time. His familiarity
with the primary law, the political
divisions of the county and the names
of the various candidates for Office en-
abled US to get the ballots out with
minimum loss of time and labor and
at minimum cost to the county"
The Ballot Itself.
Years ago Mr.. Zimmerman set tyne
in German printing Office and the
experience gained at that time proved
valuable to him on this occas ion.
The ballot for the Forthcoming pri
mary to be held on Tuesday August
4th, turned over to County Clerk Zim-
norman today by the printers, Crane
& Company, comprised FIVE different
forms as follows: The ticket of the
Republican party. the emblem of which
Is an eagle; the ticket of the Demo-
cratic party. the emblem of which is a
rooster; the ticket of the Socialist
party, the emblem of which is clasped
hands through a globe; the ticket Of
the Prohibition party, the emblem Of
which is rising sun over mountain
lake; and blank ticket for the use
of Independent voters.
At each voting place in the state will
be posted large placard giving in
structions to voters on how to mark
the ballot. These instructions have
been prepared by the, attorney general
Voters should especially remember
that they must not try to write in the
name of any candidate who is running
on some other party ticket, for by so
doing they invalidate their whole ballot
For example. in Shawnee county many
Republicans want to vote for John
Schenck. the Democratic candidate
They can not do. this at the primary
election. They may. if they choose.
make no cross at all on their primary
general election vote for Schenck They
don't help Schenck any by trying to
vote for him on the Republican ballot,
for he has no opposition at the Demo-
cratic primary and is certain to be
nominated on the Democratic ticket
The Instructions to voters, as they
will appear on the big placard at the
voting booths are as follows:
ITO obtain ballot.-After giving your
name and residence. il your name is
found upon the registry of voters
~ (where registration is required), you
win. be allowed to enter the space
within the guard rail. and will then
announce the name of the political party
for which you desire to vote You will
then be given ballot of such party,
with number written with pen and
ink in the upper right hand corner,
corresponding with your number upon
the poll list. Retire at once, alone.
into any vacant booth, to prepare your
ballot.
ITO prepare your bailot.-To the
right of each name on the ballot you
will find a square. thus: j The
ballot should be marked with a. pencil
having black lead by making a