Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-16
Final and important
instructions TO Voters
Rules That Will be RioidIy Enforced
Voters VIII Conserve Ther Fest In
terests by Aiding in Every Nay
the Adherence to Sugges-
tons of Today.

| hhC ThfiSi ciiGc ~ SuYHEs~
tons of Today.
Important Instructions to Voters and
Merchants.
A somewhat severe discipline is
always exercised the last two weeks
of the contest, and 1t will be we'll
for voters to read same carefully,
for in the strict observance of same
you will promote the welfare of the
cause you r interested in, while,
to the contrary, You will diminish
the results very materially. In the
first place, votes cannot be deposited
which have been held over.
There are some people who have,
in violation of the rules, been TAX
ing the tickets from the stores and
holding them back to deposit at q
later day. The ticket reads plainly
that this is a violation of the rules,
and should any of these holdovers
be dropped In a box, it will be the
policy to deduct Just thirty per cent.
of the total vote cast In such box for
the contestant SO favored. Mer-
chants will be instructed to place
their ballot boxes where they can
be guarded against this. Another
important ruling is that the last
weeks report from the merchants
can include only the last weeks
voting.
Should a report from a merchant
the last week include votes carried
over from the week previous, it will
invalidate fifty per cent. of the total
for all contestants represented. This
win be rigidly enforced. Another
ruling will be that a report excessive
from a normal result viii be dis
carded entirely.
Should any report from any source
contain a number of votes in excess
of what the contest mar believes to
be consistent and proper, 1t will be
discarded in Its entirety We pro-
pose to take you, the public, into our
confidence, as the methods govern
ing this contest are, and will be,
an open book to every voter. At
the best a plan of this sort is a VIC
tim of rumor, because we are dealing
with the entire public, and malicious
minds will insist upon circulating
reports to fit their way of thinking.
We have been conducting these con-
tests for years, and every contest
leaves us with additional safeguards
to employ in the next one, and we
quickly lose sympathy with any
crowd that tries to evade the prac-
tice Of living up to the rules strictly.
This is the point in the contest
where we are watchful every mo-
ment, and deal with Irregularities as
4Eoxr or1-xyn W. ~, a11 that tho
surest route to success Is to cleave
to the straight and narrow path, for
IL you Dc not the vote you imagine
you have gained by violating rules
will only result in three lost. You
had better take this matter up
among yourselves and impress 1t
upon those whom you feel 1t may be
necessary.
A ticket without the official mum
Der stamped therein will be des-
troyed.
The Honest Set of Workers Always
The Winner.
In the ten years l have been con-
Quoting these contests ] am proud to
say that such contestants who had
workers among them who were try
ing to win by short cuts to success
have always been numbered among
the losers. Should a merchant yield
to your persuasions and divert votes
to you, It Is sure to be among the
reports thrown out. We therefore
take this opportunity of declaring
the Contest Managers position In
the matter to one and all. We know
this will meet with the approval OF
every sincere voter, and we don't
care for the opinion Of the other
Kind.
| Contest Closes Wednesday, March
%, at IL Noon Sharp.
Wednesday, March 22nd. at IL
o'clock noon sharp, all voting will
cease. and the merchants viii begin
counting their votes. When the task
is completed they will place reports
and tickets in their ballot boxes,
lock them, tie the key to the slot,
wrap in a paper with their names on
the outside and deliver to the
EVENING NEWS office, which It has
been customary for them to send
their reports te~~-and same will be
taken up and conveyed to the Con-
test Mans Office. 80 Union Square,
New York, where a committee will
assemble, composed of one represen-
I~tative of each of the prominent con-
ltestants. The Contest Man will re-
fierce the proceedings, reservfng the
right to reject any report he consid-
ers irregular.
The Contest Man WIN Address Amy
Set of Workers Upon Request
There have been some comments
about the writer addressing a gath
ering OF voters ct one time OK an
other, and | wish to state here that
II have publicly volunteered such
services to all desiring same. ]
have even rendered my serices by
personal letter to some organizations
who / felt could profit by q little talk
from me. and i again offer my hum
BILE services to any organization de-
string same, and when ] talk to you
i will, of course. tell you how to beat
the other fellow, fss that IL what !
would be there for.
ADV. THE CONTEST MAN.