DEMOCRATIC W ATCHMAN--SUPPLEMENT.
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BELLEFONT
EA CTS FOR VOTERS.
/ ‘W ho can vote and How Ballots are to be Cast
Under the the New Election Law.
READ CAREFULLY AND REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ
THE GENERAL Fitend, will be bed on Tuesday, November
8th, opening at 7 a. m. and closing at 7 p. m.
QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS,
The law relating to the qualification of voters, the right of challenge
and of proof of right to vote remains as herefore. Challenge should
be made before the person offering to vote receives his ballot, but
may be made at any time before he casts it.
MANNER OF VOTING.
Besides the election officers and supervisors authorized by the
laws of the United States, or overseers appointed by the Courts of this
Commonwealth, not more than four voters in excess of the number of
voting shelves or compartments shall be allowed inside of the enclosed
space at one time and not more than Ze» outside that space.
Specimen ballots and cards of instruction can be obtained from
the election officers upon request.
The person desiring to vote will
Enter the room and remain outside the chain or guard-rail.
When his turn arrives he shall first give his name and residence to one
of the election officers in charge of the ballots.
The officer will thereupon announce the same in a loud and dis
tinct tone of voice. >
If the voter's name is upon the ballot check-list, the inspector or
clerk in charge of the said list will repeat the name.
The voter will then enter the space enclosed br the guard-rail,
unless his right to vote be challenged.
If challenged by a qualified citizen, he shall remain outside the
guard-rail until his right to vote is determined, but he may- be chal-
lenged any time before the vote is cast. It is recommended, however,
that challenges be made before the voter enters the guard-rail, or be-
fore he receives his ballot. His right to vote shall he established in
the manner heretofore provided by law.
If his right to vote be established his name will be entered upon
the voting and check-lists.
INSIDE OF GUARD-RAIL,
The voter having the right to vote will enter within the gua:rd-
rail.
The election officer having charge of the ballots shall detach one
from the stub and give it to the voter
The said officer shall first fold it so that the words printed upon
the back and outside of the ballot shall be the only words visible, and
it cannot be voled unless so folded.
Only one ballot shall be-given to a voter, unless he inadvertently
spoils it, when he may obtain another upon returning the spoiled ane.
Upon his receiving the ballot, the check-list shall be marked by
election officers, and the voter shall forthwith, and without leas ing
the space enclosed by guard-rail, retire to one of the voting shelves or
compariments.
Only official ballots can be voted, and any ballot other than a
sample ballot, appearing to have been obtained otherwise than firo-
vided by the Act, shall be sent to the District Attorney for his official
action.
INSIDE THE VOTING SHELF OR COMPARTMENT.
The voter, upon entering the Voting Shelf or Compartment, must
prepare his ballot.
To assist him in preparing his ¢fficia/ ballot he may mark a sample
ballot before going to vote and take it with him into the voting com-
partment to copy from in preparing his official ballot. He must vcte
the official ballot only.
Cards of instruction will be posted in each voting compartment
or shelf.
No voter will be allowed to occupy a voting shelf or compartment
already occupied by another, except when giving the help allowed in
the preparation of his ticket; nor to remain in such compartment
more than #hree minutes if all the compartments are in use and other
voters are waiting to vote.
If any voter declares to the Judge of Election that he desires as-
sistance in the preparation of his ballot, by reason of disability, he
shall be permitted by the Judge of Election to select a qualified voter
of the election district to aid him in the preparation of his ballot, such
preparation being made in the voting compartment.
A voter who shall, except as Dave stated, allow his ballot to be
seen with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about
to vote, or shall wi//fully violate any provisions of the Act, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
No person within the election room shall electioneer or solicit
votes, or shall interfere with any voter when inside said enclosed
space, or when marking his ballot, or endeavor to induce any voter
before depositing the ballot to show how he marks his ballot.
PREPARATION OF BALLOT.
Ifthe voter desires to vote the STRAIGHT ParTY TICKET, or in|
other words, for a// the candidates on the Democratic ticket, he can!
do so by making a cross mark, thus }, in the square to the RiGnT of
the word Democratic at the head or top of each Democratic group
This single mark or cross will be equivalent to a cross mark against |
every name in such Democratic group, and will be counted as one vote
for each Democratic candidate named. Zach group in the Democratic
column must be similarly marked with a cross.
This year (1892) tp will be the following groups in the Demo- |
cratic ticket, to wit: State ticket, embracing candidate for Su-!
preme Court Judge, we candidates for Congressmen at Large, and |
thirty-two candidates for Electors. 2. Candidate for Congress. 3. |
Two candidates for Representative. 4. Candidate for “Associate |
Judge. 5. County candidates. To vote the full Democratic | ;
ticket, a cross must be made for each of these groups. 4 single cross |
atthe lop of the ticket simply votes for the Stale ticket, or those in the !
first group. Such a ballot would not be counted for the candidates for | !
Congress, Representatives, &c. |
If the voter desires, he can make a cross mark in the square oppo- |
site and to the RIGHT of each of the candidates for eac’ office to be!
filled, and his vote will be counted as one vote for each candidate $0 |
marked.
If the voter adopts the plan of marking a cross to the 74g/z of eac hn |
candidate he should becareful not to miss a name, as a name not cross- |
ed would not be counted. |
The simple method, where the voter desires to vote the ‘Straight’ |
or whole ticket, is to place a cross mark to the R7ghz of the party name |
at the head or top of each group in the Democratic column. The!
only difficulties in the use of the new ballot being those which arise |
from an attempt to vote a mixed or ‘scratched’ ticket; Democratic |
voters are cautioned against voting any but a straight ticket, as to do
so is"attended with danger that the entire ballot may be invalidated. |
The many Republicans in this county, who desire to vote for the |
Democratic candidates for Representative, because they represent the |
views df the masses, or for the Democratic candidate for Associate |
Judge, or for any Democrat on the county ticket, can do it easily, by|
putting an J opposite the zame of the candidate for whom he desires | |
to vote, in place of at the word Republican at the head of the group. |
In other words, so far as he votes a straight ticket he marks the groups, |
and where he desires to “cut” his ticket he marks the names of ee}
nominees.
Crosses must be marked in the appropriate margin or place only, i
and always at the right-hand side of the party column,
If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected
to an office his vote'shall not be counted for such office. [
The voter must not cross out any names upon the ticket, nor cover
a name with a ‘‘sticker’’ or “‘paster,”’ except in the cases referred to in i
the next section. )
When a candidate has died or withdrawn, and a substituted nomi- |
nation is made after the ballots are printed, "the new name will be | ¥
printed upon a “sticker,” which should be pasted over to cover the
name of the deceased or withdrawn candidate. The voter should, in
placing the “sticker” over the name of the candidate so deceased or |
withdrawn, use great care so as not to cover more than the one name. I
Under no other circumstances can a ‘‘sticker’’ be pasted over a name, {
or be placed in the Democratic column. i
Before leaving the voting shelf or compartment the voler must
fold his ballot without displaying the marks made by him, in the same
way it was folded when handed to him by the election officer, and keep
it folded until he has voted. !
After leaving the voting shelf, and before leaving the enclosed
space, he shall give his ballot to the election officer in charge of the |
ballot-box.
This officer, without unfolding the hullot, shall number it on the
right hand upper corner of the back of the ballot, immediately to the
left of the folding line, and then shall fold the corner so as to cover
the number, and paste it down sc that the number cannot be seen and
deposit it in the ballot-box.
The voter may make a memorandum of the number of his own
ballot.
No voter, not an election officer, shall be allowed to re-enter the
enclosed space after he has once left it, except to give help, as here-
inbolicre stated,
B&For the Baker Ballot System look on the other side
ED.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Wall Paper
ON THE EASY ENSTALLMENT PLAN.
GO TO
ROWN Ir.
NO. 6, W. BISHOP ST.
BE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1892.
A Few of Our Leaders
The Great Columbian
Blizzard Storm Coat = $50.00.
The Great Reciprocity
Overcoat = = = -
The Great Protective
Tariff Suit « = =
The Great Free
Trade Suit = = =
CHILDRENS’ SUITS AND OVERGODATS IN
ENDLESS VARIETY,
ontgomery & Co.
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- $10.00.
official designation of district ballots.
- $10.00.
This corner will be used for the number and the
- $10.00.
BELLEFONTE, PA. --
THE NEW STORE
NO. 19 WEST BISHOP STREET,
BELLEBONTE, - - -
We are on the above street hecause we save hundreds
ofdollars each year”in rent, and as we sell for cash to
everybody we can afford to sell goods cheap:r than those
who pay high rents and must charge more for their goods
| to make up for lost book accounts.
The cash buyer can save money on every abtile he
1 purchases of us.
CODKE'S BON MARCHE.
w ¢ were e the
first to put the price of Clarks
0: N. T. spool cotton down to 4cts. per spool.
To sell
“6 113 Dr. W
« ¢ QCuticura Soap at 20cts.
«@® « PDeLong’s Hooks and Eyes at9cts, card
ru hee A good Corset at 25c¢ts.
Ladie’s>Gentlemen’s and Children’s under-
wear that retails clsewhere at from 25 to 35e¢ts.
down to 23ets.,
tail elsewhere a
of Blankets that can be had for $1.00, and
every article we sell is at less price than that
asked at other s
are asked these
mbroidery Silk at 4cts.
Sivoo) Silk at 4ets.
arners Health Corset at $1.15,
we sell skirts at 70ets. that re-
t $1.00. We sell the best pair
tores. Please remember if you
prices elsewhere it is because
they are meeting our prices.
PA.
Our stocle consists of Dry Goods, Notiens, Fancy Goods,
Dells and Holiday Gocds, Ladies, Gents and Children’s
Furnishing Goods Ete,, Ete. .
We are agents for the Equopoise Waist and Jennese
Miller Modal Bodice, also for Louis Ulrich’s Cleaning,
Scouring and Dyeing establishment, werk of this kind
done—we give satisfaction, all we ask’ is that you price
goods ab
P
Power
’'s Shoes
Have
Always Led!
. Along with these complete instructions as to how to cast your vote under the
new Baker system we wish to give you a pointer, the knowledge of which will
prove equally as valuable to you.
For while it is important that you take ad
vantage of the ballot—avery free man’s right—to promote that form of govern-
ment which you deem best suited to your needs, it is of tar more importance that
vou should know where your money can be spent to the best advantage.
Suchadvertisements as © best goeds, lowest prices,” ete., may be allright but «the
proot of the pudding is the eating thereof.” We invite you to call at our store
and examine the largest
quality, in Central Pennsylvania.
and best selected stock of foot-wear, both in style and
When we say that our prices are lower that
those of our competitors can possibly be, we are not trying to deceive, but J you
will only give us a call we will exphiin all to your satisfaction,
This is not mere talk™
it is fact which we will
be only tooglad to prove,
If you come to town by
rail, our store will be
found in Bush’s Arcade,
near
will be well spent—and
profitably—if you visit
it.
Our winter stock is
all in, having selected
the station, If
your drive in your time |
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| from the best houses in
business and purchased
§ for cash, Rubber goods:
| from the lowest grades
;
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to the very best Boots
from $2.00 up,
Men’s Working Shoes
{ $1.00 to $2,50,
i - Men’ Dress Shoes
| $1.00 to $6.00.
BR Men’s Fine Calf Shoes
> $2.00.
¢
Ladies wear running the same.
We just quote the above prices to show that we can furnish anything in the
line of foot-wear—We are strictly in the Shoe business.
Because They are the fest.
JWERS SHU
Because Phey are the (heapest.
LWATS WILL LEAD.