Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1904 — Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

HOW 10 VOTE CORRECTLY ✓ •, ‘, READ THIS COLUMN CAREFULLY The devide at the head of the Democratic ticket is a rooster. The device at the head of the Republican ticket is an eagle. Other tickets on the ballot have different devices. The Democratic ticket is in the first column, the Republican ticket la in the second column, and so on. * Below is a sample of th-c Democratic and Republican tickets, with the respective party devices, in the order in which they will appear on the official ballot. , SAMPLE BALLOT DEMOCRATIC TICKET. REPU3LICAN TICKET. ”1 For Presidential Elector, For Presidential Elector. DEM State-at-Large, REP> State-at-Large, HUGH DOUGHERTY. ' ' GEORGE A. CUNNINGHAM INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS FIRST. You must get your ballot and a blue pencil from the polling clerks in the election room. Refinember that a blue pencil is now used instead of a stamp. SECOND. If you want to vote a straight ticket make a cross, thus: X, within the large circle at the head of the ticket containing the device of the party for whose candidates you wish to vote. If you do not wish to vote a straight ticket, you mast not make a cross in the large circle containing the device of your party, but you must make a cross, thus X, on the small square to the left of the name of each candidate for whom you desire to vote, on whatever list of candidates it may be. If the large circle at the head of the ticket is marked, and the ballot is marked at any other place, It is void and cannot be counted, unless there be no candidate for some office iu the list printed under such marked device, in which case you may indicate yi:u? choice for such office by making a cross, thus X, on the square to tho left name of any candidate for such office on any other list. The cro&e must be placed w'ithin or on the circle or square or the ballot Is void and cannot be counted. THIRD. Do not mutilate your ballot, or mark it either by scratching a name off or writing one on, or in any other way except by marking In the circle or on the squares as before mentioned. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. You must not put any mark of any kind on your ballot except as before mentioned. FOURTH. After marking your ballots, and before leaving the booths, fold them separately so that the face of each cannot be seen, and so the Initial letters of the names of the polling clerks on the back thereof can be seen. Then hand your ballots to the inspector, the pencil to the polling clerk, and leave the room. FIFTH. If you are physically unable to mark your ballot, or cannot read English, so Inform the polling clerks, and make an affidavit to that effect, and tell them how you wish to vote, and they will mark you ballot for you. But neither you nor the clerks must permit any other person to hear or see how your ballot is marked. It is a penal offense to declare that you cannot read English or cannot mark your ballot. If, in fact, you can; and in no case shall the ballots be marked by the poll clerks if the voter can read the English language or is physically able to mark hi- ballot, and then not until the voter has made the affidavit. SIXTH. If you shcvld accidentally, or by mistake, deface, mutilate or spoil your ballot, return it to the poll clerks and get a new ballot. SEVENTH. You must not accept a ballot from any person outside of the election room. Any ballot outside is fraudulent, and it is a penitentiary offense to have such a ballet tn your possession, whether you attempt to vote it or not. EIGHTH. You must not attempt to hold any conversation in the eleo tion room except with members of the election board and poll clerks. NINTH. Use only the blue pencil handed to you tf' the polling clerk In marking your ballot. If you mark with any other pencil your ballot ia ▼old and v/111 not be counted. TENTH You must not put any mark of any kind on your ballot •zeept as before mentioned.

When the Republican board of State Tax Commissioners increased the assessments on lands and other private property $27,000,000, it evidently counted upon the forbearance of the people to a greater extent than ever before. But there is a limit to patience, and the protests that have eome up from all sections are long and loud. It was bad enough to let the corporations escape by refusing to assess their increased mileage, but it was worse to place the additional burden upon the people. The officers of Fountain county have taken an appeal to the supreme court In the case Involving the right of the State Board of Tax Commissioners to increase the assessment of improvements on lands in that county 50 per cent The arbitrary action of the board in this matter naturally aroused the farmers of that county, and it is well that the matter be decided and proper limitations placed upon the authority of the board. It would be Interesting to know who made the figures for the state tax board and demonstrated that the increase in the assessments on land and Improvements on lands would just about balance the reductions made on corporate property. When such a nice balance is reached the conclusion is inevitable that there was some flgurtag done to attain it.