The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
Thousands Cast Their Votes
in The Times Bal
lot Boxes.
MAJORITY FAVORS
PRESENT SCHEDULE
Many Prefer Earlier Rather Than
Later Hours, If Change
Is Made.
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n it'l those who look with favor upon
the cause Of the sUffragettes- Beside
the large sign which pointed the way
to The Times ballot boxes for the
hundreds who were emerging from that
building. this wag, in his effective vav.
posted another II read.
Women. its your only chance 10
vote Come on and cast your ballots.
And the women did. scores. o.. them.
suffragettes and non-sgffragettes.
young old, married single and wild
owed, but Government employees all
Many Of the ballots were unique in
that they drove home a point which the
printed words on the slip Of paper I'D
not convey. In scores Of instances the
especially enthusiastic Government en-
ploye- OF a decidedly strong opinion,
amended the wording Of the printed bal
lot 50 that there might be no mistake
concerning the attitude os the voter
The amendment carried q hidden sug-
gestion that perhaps was meant for the
bureau chief himself. and which Z was
hoped would fall under the critical eve
Of that gen leman OF temporary au-
Csstle Hint.
For instance, there can be no rnIstaI-
ing the views of this voter who noted
upon his vote, IN indelibIe ink, ap-
parently, the following trite observa-
ton.
Raise salaries. And no longer hours.
either"
Some Emphatic Voters
Another even more emphatic voter
told on the ballot TO indicate his opinion
with an Y, pAnned a supplementary ex-
PLANTATION IS follows
IF the big black cross On the ballot
is not expressive enough, for the Iove Of
Nike give me another cnance
Needless 10 say, this expIoys placed
an y that doomed up almost like a rail-
road crossing sign board opposite that
portion Of the ballot which read. II 9p-
pose the extension Of the Cover nent
working hour without added cor pensa-
ton, as an injustice to the enploye-'
Never. was the word with which
one eInploye efaCed that portion Of the
ballot which permitted the voter TO say
that he old not object 10 an half hour
being added 10 the working day. pro-
vided the year-round Saturday half hOIi-
day was ordered And up in the corner
this determined employee drew e big. red
cross marx opposite the words 7 op-
pose, etc
Carefully Prepared
There was one point which fell under
the particular observation Of the score
OF Times men collecting the ballots yes
terdav afternoon That was the vast
carefully prepared in advance, fudiCat-
ing thought and deIiberation and not
the mere entering into a plan as one
hurried along the street
Most Of the ballots We're marked in
ink and were neatly prepared The
hastily scribbled pencil ballot was a
rarity II was apparent that between
the noon hour when the ballots were
distributed and the time Of voting that
the Government emplOye had conscien-
tiOusly thought over the matter and
had prepared his vote before closing
down the desk IN the afternoon. once
on the street. he had only to place the
vote in one Of The Times ballot boxes
as he passed on his way TO q car
say, chis is one time that the stuff
ing Of the ballot boxes should be per
mitted, remarked an emplOye at the
Interior Department building, as he put
in his solitary protest
Nothing doing replied The Times
election Judge 'There'U be enough
votes TO count as II is
Counting OF Vote
And Ths Times man was right. for the
entire editorial force OF The Times
worked until S o'clock last night in
compiling the votes The monOtonus
voice OF the reading clerk and the sub
OCed check Of the man with the tally
sheet turned the editorial rooms into
an embryo election precinct.
An unusually careful count had to be
MADE because OF the ISCT that many OF
the voters expressed a first and second
choice Instances were numerous where
the Government emplOye would vote
first against an extension Of the work
ing hours at all Then. in keeping with
the idea, perhaps, tlat there might be &
change despite his protest, the voter
would run on down the ballot 10 an
other section and would there record
his choice 2S % adding the half-houT IN
the early morning or the late afternoon
As IS indicated bv the result Of the
total vote given above much The greater
number prefer that If the haIf-hOur-
must be added, the day should begin
at $50 o'clock rather than that Il should
extend until . O'Clock n the Afternoon
Next to the popularity OF the early
morning o9eaiug-prOvided that there is
10 be longer day-waS the proposal
that the day might be extended until >
O'Clock II a Saturday half-holiday for
ffty-twO weeks was offered in return
All Of these propositions, however. ran
far behind the one that absolutely op-
posed any change whatever In the pres
ent system