Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1898 — After The Election Supplies. [ARTICLE]

After The Election Supplies.

Saturday was the day fixed by law for the township trustees and appointed election inspectors to oome to the county seat for their supply of state, county, and township ballots, and other election supplies, for Tuesday’s election. The first to arrive were J. A. Laraborn and C. F. Denham, of the east and Bouth preoincts of Carpenter Tp. Trustee C. Bierma, of Keener, came third, and A. J. Bellows, of Carpenter west, was the fourth; all these arriving before noon.

After that they kept coming until night, and at ten o’clock at night, after all expectations of his coming had been given up, Albert Keene, trustee of Wheatfield got along. He had forgotten that it was his duty to come after the supplies, and he had to make the long trip from Wheatfield, by team and after dark.

When an inspector fails to come after his election outfit, the clerk sends a special messenger, at the inspector’s expense. Beside the ballots, the supplies contain tally sheets, largo instruction cards, sample ballots of all kinds, and pencils for marking the ballots.