The Saint Paul globe., November 28, 1898, Page 3, Image 3

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A Cross in the Circle Under the Party Symbol Was Also a Vote for Every
One of His Party Associates.
The kind of ballot that will enable every man in Minnesota to vote for his party's candidates by simply making a Cross— It also permits him to readily Split his ticket and
4 vote as Independently as he may wish. "
(From Yesterday's Globe.)
Reform the Ballot Law.
It must bo apparent to intelligent
and thoughtful citizens that the form
of ballot ln use ln this state ls unfair
to the candidate and unjust to the
voter, and particularly the latter, if
he ls lacking ln educational qualifica
tions. It has been estimated that the
a*verage loss, in every election, of votes
on tha bottem-of-the ticket candidates
is about 25 per cent as compared with
the votes on the top-of-the-ticket can
. , didates. This may not be the correct
overage, but whatever it is, it figures
against the chance 6of election of those
candidates well down on the list.
This is the candidate's point of \iew.
The voter's view ls that he is entitled
to the freest opportunity for express
ing his choice on the day of election;
that he should be privileged to vote for
every candidate of his party, if he be
a party man, in the simplest and most
expeditious manner. If he wants to
scratch some candidates of his own
party and vote for friends or whomso
ever he considers a better candidate
of some other party, he should be al
lowed that privilege. It may truly be
raid that he can do both these things
with the present form of ballot; but
t experience justifies the assertion that
a vast number of voters can do neither
ln a way that enables them to leave
the booth in the full consciousness that
they have satisfactorily performed the
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I DEMOOBATIO TICKET, | TICKET. I PROHIEITIDir TICKET. 1 TICKET. I DEMOCRACY. I I
For Governor || For Governor, I For Governor, I For Governor, For Governor. [ For Justice of the Supreme Court. I For Governor;
Tir__»rK^Rß.-_-00_JEVELT_. f| AOQI_IBTUS_J?*A-_l_WyC____. BENJAMIN HAN FORD, fl JOHN KLINE I THEODORE BACON. s lc* tbe First Judicial District,
For Lietrteianf Governor, |jjj Ptar Lieutenant-Governor, For Lieutenant Governor, For Lieutenant-Governor, For Lieutenant-Governor. JOSEPH F DALY For ___euienan-^oven«uJ r '
TIMOTHY^JLJ-tfOODKUFF,, H ELLiOTJOANFORTIL LEAN DER A. ARMSTRONG. JOHN A. SAYLEa THOMAS M. OSBORNE. '■ — '*. .'1 jj
1 For Secretary of State/ For Secretary of Btate, For Secrefafy of Slaw/ For Secretary of Stale,*" fl"™" For Judee of the City Court! I Far Secretaiy -of State,
|H JOJ__NJ_-^McDONOUG_L GEOi-GE^W.JJATTEN. ■ PHIUP JACKSON. HENRY -W. WILBUR. OREN E WILSON. GEOISs C. ALBTJN. 8
mm F** ComptoOWer, ForCon_ptrol)e*, For Comptroller, For Comptroller, For Comptroller, _______& For Comptroller,'
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WA JDOHS J_, JABCKKL. ELLIOT. B. NORRJS, JOSEPH SMITH. DE WITT HOOKER. TO EDMUND R TITCUEJSER _ftJS\
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M$ >01IN a DAVLEa || THOMAS F. CONWAY- CHARLES IL CORR EG AN. S. MEAD WING. FREDERICK W. HI Nitidis. , t
MM For State Engineer and Surveyor, I _ For State Engineer and Surveyor, jI . Fdt State Engineer and Surveyor, I For Stato Engineer snd Surveyor, j For Stato Engineer and Surveyor, :. m\* Fo* Suite Engineer and Surveyor,
■ ■ "^WAB__^A^BaND, y MARTIN SCHENCK. JOHN H. MORRIS. ' ALBERT. W. PIERSON. GEORGE E. WARING. Ja. I I
■ Ftar Justice cef the Supreme Court For Justice of the Supremo Court For Justice of the Supreme'court For Justice of the Supreme Court j For Justice of the Supreme! Court 4 >**i_^^*» For Justice of the Supreme Court
ffl|| fer the Firat Judicial District, 9 for the First Judicial District, for the Fiiat Judicial District, iM for the First Judicial District, for the First Judicial District. i **^ . for the First Judicial District,
111 ' WILLIAM N, COHEN. GEORGE P. ANDREWS: HERMAN BCHLUETER THOS DREW STETSON. JOSEPH F. DALY. YOUNG MEN'S DEMOCRATIC I
RF, DALY. M JAMES FITZGERALD. JOSEPH H. BAUTER. CHARLES E. MANIERRE WILLIAM N. COHEN. mm i J iiiii-w ■■■ iih.si__.-s- M
wfr "' — f^a~' • Br"" : Kg ' HS""—" ' H For Member of Assembly for the fl — — H
WM HENRY W_ TAFT. DAVID LEV ENTRITT. PATRICK G. CAMPBELL, JOHN McLAREN. S-H FffiTagH_W« KB Twelfth Assembly District.
fl • . B t B W . fl JOSEPH COHEN. B ■
For Judge of tb© City Court, For Judge of the City Court, For Judge of the City Court, For Judge of the City Court, , 3K_T '""^ *__&£ ■~"* " I Vor Jud «c ot *** Oitj Court,
CiEORGE _C AUSTIN. THEODORE F. HASCALL. ADAM MOREN. MARSHALL P..RICHARDS. m W^^mV r^
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Ninth Congressional Dxatrict, m Nlnth Congressional Dfstnct, Congressional Diatrict, Ninth Congressional District, ■ / 1 N * aUI <^»gn»»»onal Dtetrict.
STIEBLING. ■ THOMAS J. BRADLEY. ■ LUCIEN SANIAL. GEORGE EDWARD MAYER. I I . I ■
For Senator for tha Twelfth M For Senator for the Twelfth jFor Senator for the Twelfth For Senator for tbe Twelfth \^^ For Senator for the Twelfth
i& Senate District, w Senate Dfatrict, ->*■' _ Senate District, Senate District, .-•' ' I^kTSS Senate Dt-tnct,
AUGUST m&MK, ■ SAMUEL J. FOLEY, ■ HERMAN ECKSTEIN. ■ JAMES GILKIN^ ■ W „ | |
LAFAY BCnULUM. | j LEON SANDERS. B ISAAC bSeNNETT. | JOHN HAVES. JOB^H^^OND^ H . fl
duty which was uppermost in their
minds, when they stepped into the
booth and were confronted with a
sputtering candle, a six-inch shelf, two
twenty-slx-lnch printed ballots and a
blunted pencil. It requires alertness
ar.d exceptional care in threading the
maze of names and picking out one's
candidates. It is a slow and toilsome
process and far too frequently is aban
doned altogether long before the vot
er's eye rests upon the coroner and the
school commissioner, both of whom are
entitled to consideration.
The etate of Minnesota recognizes
no educational qualification for the
suffrage. All citizens are regarded as
free and equal, and are guaranteed
protection and freedom ln selecting the
pillars of local and state governments.
The present ballot is substantially the
recognition of an educational test, the
establishment of a class privilege
v.hlch ought not to be recognized or
tolerated any longer in so intelligent
and independent a state as Minnesota.
Whether the man who can read poorly
and write not at all, being restricted
therefore to the making of his mark
as in legal instruments, should be al
lowed to vote at all is quite another
question. It does not enter into any
consideration of the subject of a re
form ballot law such as we are now
dealing with. The fact ls, that the
state permits him to vote, and then,
through the Intricacy of its voting ma
chinery, robs him of hia vote, Thla Ig
THE ST. PAUL GtOBE-. — MONDAY— NOVEMBER 28, 189 S. '
so palpably dishonest as to require nd
argument.
The Globe presents today a fac
simile of the Australian ballot which j
was voted in the state of New York
this year. It is. Indeed, a ballot as is
a ballot. The voter, whether he could
read or write, stepped into the booth
and with a eross — two strokes of the
pencil — in the circle under the eagle
he had voted for the Rough Rider and
every man on the same ticket with
him. This particular specimen ballot
presented in our columns was of tha
kind cast ln New York city. On lt tha
name of every candidate of every
party is printed in the same column
and below the name of the leading
candidate to be voted for — the gov
ernor. The value of this ballot is ita
marked simplicity. "When a man has
discharged his election duty with such
a ballot he knows exactly what he has
done, just as he knows how much
money he deposited in the bank the
day before. He can split his preroga
tive into as many favors as he may
see fit; he may vote for Brown on the
Republican ticket, Jones on the Demo*
cratic and Smith on the Prohibition,
with the absolute certainty that he
has made no mistake ln his marking
and that the canvasser can make no
mistake in determining hia intent. it
ia the ballot for the people of this en
lightened state to Insist upon receiving
from the legislature next winter. It la
Urn ballot which Urn highest, Urn low-
est. the richest, the poorest, the best
and the least educated citizen can vote
expeditiously and understanding^,
and with which he can make his vote
count the most effectively.
"Will the public be fooled longer by
the ballot now in use? Or will lt de
mand an ho nee t ballot such as this?
Will its voice be heard in favor of this
reform ?
Here is a work— the. reformation of
our ballot— to which the St. Paul cham
ber of commerce can devote its Intel
ligence and energy with the knowledge
that it is conferring a most substantial
beneflt upon our citizens. Other cham
bers of commerce msty follow. Even
the politicians of both parties may be
whipped into line. The cause of the
people ls right and must prevail.
Let us have the refOrml ballot.
FAIR LILLIAN AT HOME.
frays She He-re* Heard of Sgr. Pen
glni—Her Fntere Plans.
NEW YORK, Nov. ST.— Mtss Lillian
Russell, who has been abroad since
last August, returned on the American
liner St. Paul from Southampton.
Speaking about the trip, the prima
donna, who was registered on tha
Steamer's passenger list aa Mrs. Rus
sell, aaid:
"I a_*nt six weeks in Berlin, where
I sang in concert* under the manage
ment of Amberg. As the people there
do not speak the same language as I
00, I did ZMt fiad Gtermaay aa plsaswit
aa I thought, so I cut short my en
gagements and proceeded to London.
"There I had a most pleasant time.
I will return to England ln April In
time for the eastern concerts. Here I
will simply enjoy myself."
Asked if she cared to say anything
about the divorce granted by the New
Jersey oourt of chancery in October to
John Chatter-ton, or Sgr. Perugini,
Miss Russell replied quite sharply:
"I don't know him and never heard
of him."
EAT THEIR CHILDREN.
Incoherent Charges Made Against
Haytian* by a Mrs. King.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., tfov. 27.— Mrs.
Maria King, of Hayti, a. passenger on
the steamship Navahoe, declares she
was compelled to leave Hayti by the
cannibalistic tendencies of the natives
of the island.
She tells a disconnected story of her
reasons for leaving Hayti and claims
that under the present government
of that island young children are not
safe. She tells of mysterious disap
pearances of many children, who are
killed and eaten.
The hnmigrant commissioners have
notified the agents of the Navahoe of
their intention to hold Mrs. King on
the ground that she may become a
publjo charge. Mrs. King, whose hus
band deserted ber, ls so ill that she has
been sent to a woman's hospital at the
expense of the ship. The officials place
little credence ln the woman's story,
and she will probably ha sent back
to tha is ian A
EXPLORING ANTARCTIC,
Steamer Southern Cross, Carrying
the Borchflrrevlnlt Party, Spoken.
HOBART TOWN, Tasmania, Nov. 27.— The
Eritish steamer Ruahine, which sailed from
>ndon on Oct. 13 for Lyttleton, New Zea
land, has arrived here and reports that on
Nov. 20 ihe spoke the steam whaler Southern
Cross, bearing the Borchgrevink expedition,
'Which left England in August last to ex
plore the Antarctic continent. The Southern
Cross reported all well on board.
The Southern Cross which is a steam
whaler capable of making twelve or thirteen
knot, left England in August last with aa
expedition to explore the Antactic continent,
under the command of Capt. Borchgrevlnk.
It was intended that tiie vessel would direct
her course at first to Hobart, Tasmania, at
the southeastern extremity of Australia,
where a fresh supply of coal would be taken
on board. Thence, in November, a push was
to be made for Cape Adair, Victoria Land,
to a direction to the east of southerly and
distant about 2,200 statute miles.
Running east aad west, almost parallel
with the coast of Australia, for several hun
dred miles, and down ln latUtude 66 or 67, ls
a portion of the Antarctic continent bearing
the nam. of Wilkes Land. About 170 de
grees east from Greenwich, and almost due
South of New Zealand, the shore turns a
corner and dips away to the southward. To
tiiis region Sir James Ross gave the name
Victoria Land. He followed it down to lati
tude 77 or 78, where he found two volcanoes,
Erebus and Terror. He also decided, from
the behavior of the needle, that the south
magnetic pole ls ln this vicinity, in latitude
75 and longitude 154.
Cape Adiar is in latitude 71.80, below the
corner where the coast changes from an
easterly to a southerly trend. This point was
the ostensible destination of the Belgian ex
pedition which 3ailed a year ago. It went
by way of Rio Janeiro and Cape Horn, and
was to reach the base ot its operations ia
i
• THIS BALLOT T3HOULDB^_rARKED IN ONE OF TWOWAYB WIT HT>ENCn_~H A VETO BLACK LEAD
TO VOTE A BTRAIGHT TICKET, MAKE A CROSS (X) MARK WITHIN THE CIRCLE ABOVE ONE OF THEfPARTY. COLUMN&
TO VOTE A SPLIT TICKET, THAT IS, FOR CANDIDATES OF DIFFERENT PARTIES, THE VOTER SHOVLD MAKE A CUOSS'DO MARK BEFORE THE NAME OF EACH CANDIDATE FOR WHOM HE VOTES.
IF THE TICKET MARKED IN THE CIRCLE FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET DOEB NOT CONTAIN THE NAMES OP CANDIDATES FOR ALL OFFICES FOR WHICH THE ELECTOR MAY VOTE, HE MAY VOTE FOR CANDIDATES
SUCH OFFICES SO OMITTED BY MAKING A CROSS (X) MARK BEPORE THB NAMES OF. CANDIDATES FOR SUCHjORFICES' ON ANCrTHER. TICKET, OR y BYJ_r BITING T__lE NAMES*. IP_. THEY ARE NOT PRINTED
UPON THE BALLOT, IN THE BLANK COLUMN UNDER THE TITLE OF THE OFFICE^ . _^
TO VOTE FDR A PERSON NOT ON THE BALLOT, WRITE TIIE NAME OF SUCH PERSOU, tJNDER TS TteTIT__E*OIMrnE OFFIC-STIN THE BLANK COLUJEN
ANY OTHER MARK THAN THE CROSS (x) MARK USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING* OR AWY ER-_*^RE*J-Alfl-^K_#!^
IF- YQU^TEAJi OR DEFAC%-OR. WRONGLY. MARK THIS BALLOT, RETURN IT AND OBTMN ANOTHER;
December or January, which ln that hemi
sphere la the midsummer season. Capt.
Borchgrevink intends to put his scientific ex
perts and thelT camp equipage ash-ore as soon
as the ice will permit and then send or take
the Southern Cross back to Australia for the
ensuing winter. The explorers have planned
to make a variety of magnetic and other ob
servations without proceeding far from camp,
but certain members of the party wish to
push southward on sledges, for which pur
pose they have taken severity or eighty dogs
with them. Cape Adair ls fully IJ2OO miles
trom the geographical pole.
Little or nothing has been heard from the
party which went out last summer ln th*
Belgflca, under the leadership of Lieut.
Adrlen de Gerlacbe, to explore tne Antarctio
regions. It ls not unlikely that the English
expedition will find some trace of lt withia
the next few months. Like the Gerlache
party, the company which goes ln the South
ern Cross Intends to spend two summers and
a winter on land, their ship coming back for '
them twelve or fifteen months after putting
them ashore, ©very one of the English party
is accustomed to roughing it, and no private '
expedition has ever been as admirably,
equipped for polar research as this. Sir
George Newnes Is its financial backer, and '
science has much to hope from It.
Environment.
The court frowned.
"And you believe poverty justifies youft.
course?" demanded the court, severely.
"Yes, tf it pleasee your honor," replied the*
culprtc "For how can straitened cireun**
stances make a man crooked?"
But advanced penology was one thing, an£|
mere casuistry quite. a__-»'hcr. — Detroit?
Journal.
Only a Woman Would See lt.
"Mrs. Crisscross ls away from home."
"How do >ou know?"
"Mr. Crisscross Is eooting a 'watermelon ia
x>ne of her best /*rdiniera*."— Chicago Record.
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THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT THAT ELE6TED ROUGH RIDER ROOSEVELT