New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-27
PRIMARY VOTER
FACES BIG JOB
viii Have to Make S. to
40 Crosses on Ballot
Tomorrow.
STRAIGHT TICKET"
NO LONGER POSSIBLE
Two Democratic States Mixed
New Method of Counting
Means Slow Returns.

mEAM0 OlVN ANAAA ASs
New York will have q statewide di-
rect primary for the frst time to-mor-
rev. There is considerable difference
Of opinion as to whether the results
will justify the claims OF those VINO
have advocated this method OF nomt-
nation. There Is no dispute, however.
among those who have familiariEed
themselves with the law that there Is
bound to be much eUe fusion, due 70
the fact that the procedure is new, not
only to the voters, but also to the IN
spectors and other officers OF cleo
tions.
Enrolled voters will have a chance
not only TO vote for those they desire
AZ their party candidates for every
ofRce. including Governor, United
States Senator, delegates to the con-
stitutiOnal convention and members OF
the Assembly, but also TO vote directly
Tor and elect men to party position,
that is, members Of the state and
county committees.
Among those who do not generally
take vital interest in party politics
there is much inquiry as to just what
are their rights under the primary
law-what they may do and how they
may do il.
Primary day is not a legal holiday,
IA ia Election Day. The polls are open
from 3 p. m. to p. m, giving those
who work during the day chance 70
vote in the evening.
Every voter who enrolled as q mem
Der Of one Of the FIVE legal parties
when ne registered for last Novem-
ber's election. and who has not
changed his place of residence since
then, is entitled to vote in the pri-
mary of his party.
The New York City Board of Elec-
,ions has decided that those who have
moved. but not outside their election
districts. may vote. John r. Yoorhls,
state Superintendent of Elections,
,owever, construes the law to mean
hat any change Of residence, even to
house next door, deprives a man OF
mis- vote.
On presenting himself to vote the
citizen must give his name and ad-
dress and, If required, such other IN
formation regarding himself as ne
gave at the time he registered. Un-
less he is challenged he will get a
ballot, which he may mark in one OF
the booths. The police have made lists
Of removals. which will be in the
hands of the election inspectors. II a
man is challenged he may swear IN
his vote, and it will be accepted; but
il he has sworn falsely he will be sub
ject to prosecution later
Under the new law the candidates
are grouped on the ballot according to
Office, with no regard to party desig-
nation. The place that candidates
name holds in any particular group
las been determined by lot, so that
the candidates favored by the Organi-
ration will not hold the same rela-
tive position in each group. There
are no emblems opposite the names OF
the candidates, so there is no general
means Of Identification. The names on
the ballot are numbered serially.
These numbers will not be the same
for the same candidates, however, at
the end of all the ballots, owing to
the fact that in some districts there
are more candidates for district nomi-
nations than in others.
Number of Names Varies.
The sample ballot herewith repro
duced, reduced in size, is for the LIST
Election District Of the SD Assembly
District in The Bronx. In other dis
trlcts there might be more candidates
for the nomination for Congress or the
DeMALe OF hbseHIDly5 anu S'a.O
would change the numbers OF the can"
didates for delegates-at-large to the
constitutional convention.
Every voter will have the oppor-
tunity TO vote for a candidate for the
nomination for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary Of State, Control
Ter. Treasurer, Attorney General, State
Fngineer and Surveyor, associate
Judge Of the Court Of Appeals, United
States Senator, Representative IN Con
qress, Senator, Asgemblymanl for M
teen delegates at-large and three dis,
trict delegates to the constitutional
convention, for a member Of the state
eomnnittee from his Assembly district
ard for as many members Of his coun-
tx committee as are apportioned 70
his election district in accordance with
The vote Of his party for Governor
In New York County and The Bronx
there are two candidates for Justice OF
the Supreme Court, two for City Court
and one for justice Of the Municip&l
Court cd DISTRICT to be named. IN
Queens q District Attorney IS 70 Dc
chosen. ,, .,,+
;n0 straight ticket. A cross must
he placed In the square at the left OF
eerk name the voter wishes 70 desig-
rate. This will mean that, in order, to
vote a complete ticket, 3 man IN this
county must make from thirty-six TO
forty-nine separate crosses, The IN
crease in some districts IS due 70 tne
greater number of members OF the
county committee to be chosen. II the
Assembly district were still the basis
az representation in these committees,
fbere would be ballots even longer than
The twenty-four-foot ballot made
famous by Colonel Roosevelt in 1872
TEe election district is now the unit
however.
The Democratic party has one mem