Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1906 — Page 4

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JOT MT DEMOCRRI. f LBIBCOCK. EDITOR HD PUBLISHER SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1906.

A BIT OF HISTORY

The tux rate for the purpose of raising county revenue in Jasper county for next year is 71 11-20 cents on each SIOO valuation, one of the highest, if not the highest, levies ever made in the county. Sixteen cents of this is for court house bonds, SIO,OOO of which fall due next year, and our republican friends tell you this levy is necessary to pay off these bonds. Now. if it is necessary to make a levy of 16 cents to pay off $lO,000 court house bonds, what would the necessary levy have been to pay the $23,190 of county funds lost in the McCoy bank had the bill passed by the last general assembly have become a law? And that, too. on top of the already high levy. There were a great many people in Jasper county —regardless of politics—who remonstrated against the passage of this bill, thinking that the loss should not be saddled onto the taxpayers but should be borne by the treasurer and his bondsmen who were using the office for what could be got out of it. The House Journal shows that Curtis D. Meeker, the republican candidate for re-election for jointrepresentative from the counties of Jasper and White—then representative from Pulaski and White—voted for this infamous measure when it came up for passage Feb. 2,1905. The bill was vetoed by Gov. Hanly (see House Journal, page 1422) and a lengthy statement of his reasons for so doing, accompanied the veto when sent back to the House, concluding with these words: “In conclusion I venture to express the hope that there is not a member of the General Assembly, who will be willing to sustain this measure upon a careful oonsidera-

tion of the authorities cited, in view of the public policy involved and his oath to support the Constitution of the State." House Journal, page 1449, shows that on the morning of Feb. 23, 1905, this bill together with the governor’s veto message was taken up for further consideration in compliance with 4.rt. 5, Sec. 15, of the Constitution of the State, the question being, shall the bill pass, notwithstanding the objections of the governor thereto? Mr. Meeker with Jive other gentlemen voted (lad the bill should pass! Now, Mr. Taxpayer of Jasper county, can yon cast your ballot Nov. 6 for Curtis D. Meeker? It’s up to you to decide. This act alone, if there were no others, ought to occasion you no great amount of time to consider. Some of the Republican leaders who are scared by the popular disapproval of the “stand pat” slogan are now declaring that tariff revision will have to come. But they insist that the tariff must be reformed “by its friends.” Judge R. S. Taylor, another eminent Republican, says that that excuse is worn out. The truth is that the tariff will not be reformed until the people compel it by electing a Democratic congress. That is the way the hold of the trusts can be broken. A vote for William Darroch is a vote against the trusts. In the city of Rensselaer, where only a few books are kept by the county treasurer and where there is no hint that anything may be wrong, the city council has gone on record for an investigation to run back to 1892, fourteen years. Yet one member of this same council refused a few years ago to sign a petition with one thousand other representative taxpayers of the county asking for an investigation of the multitudinous county records, which have not been investigated for a quarter of a century, if ever!

HOWTOVOTE All Voters Should Read Carefully the Following Specific Instructions. Every voter who goes to the polls is interested in making’ his ballot effective. Instruction in voting, therefore, cannot be too thorough. Not only is this especially true as to first voters, who will have their first experience with the Australian ballot system, but it is true of all others because of the changes that have been made in the law since it was originally passed. At public meetings and privately voters should be given accurate information as to what is required in casting a ballot. The following instructions, therefore, should be studied, as they will be found of value: The device at the head of the Democratic ticket is a rooster. The device at the head of the Republican ticket is an eagle. The Democratic ticket is in the first column, the Republican ticket is In the second column, and so on. Below is a sample of the heading of the Democratic and Republican tickets, with the respective party devices, in the order in which they will appear on the ballot: DEMOCRATIC TICKET. REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Secretary of State, For Secretary of State, » JAMES F. COX. FRED A. SIMS. When you go to your voting place you will be handed three ballots: The State ballot—On red paper, containing the candidates to be voted on for State offices, except for Senator and Representative. The county ballot—Printed on white paper. The township ballot —Printed on yellow paper, containing the township candidates. If you want to vote a straight Democratic ticket, make a cross within the circle containing the rooster at the head of the first column of the ballot. INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: First. You must get your ballot and the blue pencil from the Polling Clerks in the election room. Second. If you desire to vote a straight ticket, the* 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 desire to vote. If you do not desire to vote a straight ticket, you must not make a cross in the large circle containing ing the device of a party, but 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 with a cross or otherwise and the ballot is marked with a cross or otherwise at any other place, it will be void and cannot be counted, unless there be no candidate for some office in the list printed under such marked device, tn which case you may indicate your choice for such office by making a cross, thus, X, on the square to the left of the name of any candidate for such office on any other list. The cross must be placed within or on the circle or square, or the ballot will be void and can not be counted. Third. Do not mutilate your ballots, nor mark them, either by scratching off a name or waiting one upon them, nor. in any. other way put upon

them, except by placing on* in the circle or on the squares, as above described. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. You must not put any mark of any kind upon your ballot except in the manner above described. Fourth. After you have marked your ballots, and before you leave the election booth, Told them up separately so that the face of each one can not be seen, and so the initial letters of the names of the Polling Clerks on th* back thereof can be seen. Then hand your ballots to the Inspector, the pencil to the Polling Clerks, and immediately leave the election room. Fifth. If you are physically unable to mark your ballots, or can not read English, so Inform the Polling Clerks, and make an affidavit to that effect. They will then go with you into the election booth, and you can then tell them how you desire to vote, and they will mark your ballot for you. Neither you nor the Polling Clerks must permit any other person to hear or see how your ballot is marked. It is a penal offense to declare you can not read English or can not mark your ballot, if, in fact, you can. fin no case can the ballots be marked by the Polling Clerks if the voter can read the English language and is physically able to mark his ballot Nor can they mark it until the voter has made the proper affidavit] Sixth. If you should accidentally, or by mistake, deface, mutilate or spoil one of our ballots, return it to the Poll Clerks and get another one of the sama kind. Seventh. You must not accept a ballot from any person outside of the election room. Any Jballot outside is fraudulent; and it is A penitentiary offense to have it in your possession, whether you attempt to vote it or not. Eighth. You muft* not attempt to hold -any conversation in the election rocm except with members of the Election Board and the Polling Clerks. Ninth. Tse only the blue pencil handed you by the Polling Clerks in marking your ballots. If you mark with any other pencil, your ballot so marked will l:e void, and will not be counted. Tei.th. You must not put any mark of any kind on your ballot, except as above described. VOTING BY MACHINE. If you are unable to vote by machine on account of physical disability or inability to.read and make an affidavit to that effect, you will be instructed or assisted by tme Polling Clerks, as in the case of voting by ballot. If you request it, you will, upon being registered by the Polling Clerks, be instructed by them as to the manner of voting by machine. You can not remain in the voting machine booth more than one minute; and no person can be in or near the machine when a voter is in the voting machine booth unless it is the Polling Clerks while instructing or assisting the voter. THE NEW LAW A 8 TO BUYING AND SELLING VOTES. (Approved March 6, 1905. Acts 1905, p. 481.) Penalty for Buying Votes. 1. That whoever, directly or Indirectly, hires, buys or offers to hire or buy, or furnish any mono/ or other means to be used, or directs or permits his money or other means to be used, or handles any money or other means, knowing the same to be used to Induce, hire or buy aay person to vote or refrain from voting any ticket or for any candidate for any office, to be voted for at any election held in this State; or whoever attempts to induce any person to vote or to refrain from voting for any candidate for any office to be voted for at any election held pursuant to law or at any primary held in this State, by offering such person any reward or favor, shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars and disfranchised and rendered Incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for a period of ten years from the date of such convl» tion. Penalty for Selling or Offering to Sell Vote*. 2. Whoever sells, barters, or offers to sell or barter his vote or offers ts refrain from voting for any candidate for any office to be voted for at any election held |n this State, either for any money or property or thing of value or for any promise or favor or hope of reward, given or offered by any candidate to be voted for at any election hold in this state or by any other person or persons, shall be fined In any sum not more than fifty dollars and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for a period of ten years from the date of such conviction. Witnesses. S. Any person called as a witness to testify against another for the violle tion of any of the provisions of sections one or two of this act. Is a competent witness to prove the offense, although he may have been concerned as a party, and he shall be compelled to4estlfy as other witnesses, but such evidence shall not be used against him in any prosecution for such or any other offense growing out of matters about which he testifies, and he shall not be liable to trlat by indictment or information or punished for such offense.