The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-08-25
PRIMARY ELECTION
IS NEXT TUESDAY
Nominees for the various
political parties will
be selected on that
day
TICKETS FOR ALL PARTIES
Only contest is for republican nom
inees Some of party tickets
are left entirely blank

The Primary election ballots are in
the hands of the township and city
officials ready for the election next
Tuesday. 1t was an immense job for
the printer this year. The ballots
are by Is inches in size, and there
was a total of 9,135 required for the
% precincts in the county. Each
political party has a separate ballot,
and the number printed for each
party is as ollows:--Republican
4,975; Democratic $3.50; Socialist
POO; Prohibition 900; Progressive 480
and Socialist Labor 220.
The Socialist Labor and Progress
i've tickets are all blank, there being
no nominating petitions filed on these
tickets. The Attorney General ruled,
however, that ballots must be pre-
pared. The Prohibition ticket has
one candidate for Governor, United
States Senator and Lieutenant Gov
enor, with the balance of the ticket
blank. The Socialist Labor ticket
has one candidate for each of the fol-
lowing offices:- s:--Representative Sher-
iff, County Clerk, Treasurer, Regis
ter of Deeds and Drain Commission
er. The balance is blank. The dem
ocratic ticket has one candidate for
every place on the ballot except Pro
bate Judge, Prosecuting Attorney and
Road Commissioner for four years and
two years.
The Republican ticket is what made
business for the printer. There are
five candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor. This necess-
itated five changes in the arrange
ment of names for every precinct, so
that no two consecutively numbered
ballots have the same arrangement OF
names. All tickets have three col
umns, arranged as follows:-We also
give herewith names Of candidates or
Republican ticket. II First column
United States Senator William H
Hill and Charles +. Townsend; Gov.
ernor, Gerritt j. Diekema, Washing
ton Gardner, Frank b. Leland, Albert
f. Sleeper and Sybrant Wesselius
Lieutenant Governor, Frank p. Bohn
Luren d. Dickinson, William d. Cor
don, David f. Heineman and Rober
Y. Ogg; Representative in Congress
Edward L. Hamilton and John c
Ketcham; State Senator, Burrel
Trip; Representative, Lynn j. Lewi
Second Column: n:--Judge of Probate
Earl L. Burhans and William Killefe
Sheriff, Gladstone Beattie; Count.
Clerk, Royal E. Decker; Treasurer
Albert O. Duncombc; Register o
Deeds, Harry w. Showerman; Pros
ecuting Attorney, Horace H. Adam
and Cassius M. Van Ripper; Circui
Court Commissioners, Bret H
Cockett and Oran w. Rowland; Cor
oners, James P. Mohler and Frank {
Thompson; County Surveyor, Ware
H. Goss; Drain Commissioner, Cha!
E. Ashley.
Third Column Commission
er for Six Years, Geo. A. DillenbecB
Road Commissioner for Four Year
Charles n. Converse and Robert I
Trip; Road Commissioner for Tw
Years, Benjamin Clark, Hayes Di!
brow and Jesse G.. Wiles; Delegate
to County Convention. Each ballC
contains the requisite number of line
for delegates to the county convel
tion. These may be written in by II
voter in the booth or the name
pasted on as he may desire, and is {
important as any other part of IL
ballot.
Every elector will be given a tick
of their political choice as he ma
call for it of election Inspector. I
will take it to the booth and place
cross in the square before the nan
of the man for whom he desires
vote. The ballot should be studi,
cFlefully, that no mistakes are mad
NE ballot states directly under Il
title of the Office just how maj
names in that list should be vote
This is the largest Primary ball
ever printed in Van Buren, count
and each voter can express his choi
for very Office, if he will get post
before attempting to vote his tick