Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-28
PRIMARY ELECTION
OCCURS NEXT TUESDAY
State, Legislative and County
Candidates to be Chosen
Each Ballot Contains Four Separate
Tickets to Select From, But Voter
Can Mark Only One

Next Tuesday, September 3. is the
date for the primary election through
out Wisconsin and the result Of the
ballots cast that day will decide who
shall be the nominees of the several
political parties. to be voted for at
the general election in November.
This election pertains to the nomi-
nation of candidates for state, con-
gressional legislative and county
Offices, and for the election of a
member OF the county committee for
the several political parties, from
each voting precinct.
In Grant county there are four
separate tickets comprising each
official ballot-one for each political
party having candidates for nOmina-
ton, and every man who votes at the
primary will receive one Of these
quadruple ballots. representing the
four parties, which he will take with
him into the voting booth. The
Individual sheets com prising each
ballot are stapled together at the top
and perforated. Only one of the four
sheets can be voted-the voter select
ing the one that he wishes to VOTE
tearing'it apart from the others, mark.
ing his first and second choice for the
candidates whose names appear there
on, and giving it to the inspector of
election. who deposits it in the ballot
box. The other three sheets of the
ballot are also to be returned to The
inspector. who deposits them IN
another ballot box containing the
discard. -
A voter can vote only for the candi
dates upon one of the four sheets
comprising the ballot. He may select
any one of the four sheets, represent
ing either the republican, democrat,
prohibition or social democrat party,
and mark his FIRST AND SECOND
CHOICE for the candidates named
thereon for the several offices IF
be wishes to vote for a man for any
Office whose name does not appear on
his ticket, he may write the name of
the man for whom he desires to vote
upon a blank line which appears for
such Office on each ballot. but he
CANNOT for instance vote a portion
of the republican and a portion of the
democratic tickets, using the tickets
of those respective parties for the
purpose All of his markings must
no 10ada 17DOn tho ono ticket
The second choice vote is a new
feature which comes into operation
this fall for the first time. 1t is
commonly alluded to as the Iary
Ann" ballot. The plan IN which
such vote is TO be counted for the
several first and seconds choice candi-
dates was explained at considerable
length in The Herald last week and
we shall not repeat here
Local interest centels mainly upon
candidates for the offices for which
there are local candidates for
legislative and county Offices.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
For state senator in this district
there are three republican candidates
Robert Glenn, of Wyalusing, our
popular ex. sheriH, Jesse j. Ruble, Of
Platteville. and Allen Max Laird,
of Praire du Chen. Of the three
Mr.. Glenn, from the fact that he is
so we'll and favorably known and has
some distinctive ideas on legislation
which he desires to advance, will in
all probability be the more popular
candidate in this county.
The democratic candidates for the
office of senator are r. A. Watkins,
of Lancaster and Rolla o. Brammer,
of Muscoda. Mr.. Watkins is a
lawyer of the former old and we'll
known firm of Bushnell, Watkins &
Moses, of this city and present chair
man of the democratic county COM
mittee Of Grant county.
The prohibition candidate for
senator is Andrew B. Williamson, of
the town of Millville, Grant county.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY.
The candidates for members of the
assembly from Grant county are
First District-Republican, Henry
1. Gibson, Platteville; Democrat,
James Dolan, Platteville; Probibi-
ton, John Mcleod, Lima township.
Second District-Re Republican, Henry
E. Roethe, Fennimore; Democrat,
VIM. Victora, Muscoda
COUNTY CLERK
Republican, VIM. A. johnson, Ian
caster; Democrat. E. E. Mccoy, Ian
caster.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Rennhlican. Vim. c. Livingston