Beworrai acu Bellefonte, Pa., October 30, 1903. eee] THE VOICE. "There is ever a voice that calls, my dear, Even to you and {to me. There’s the voice of the moon and the voice of the star, There's the voice from near and the voice from afar ; But ihe voice tnat seems to us sweetest, my dear, Is the voice of love, you see. There is ever a voice that calls to us, dear, ; Even from the sea, There's a human heart and a lonely life, There’s a void to be filled in the glamor and strife ; But the voice that detains us is conscience, my dear, And God’s love to you and to me. There is ever a song in the soul, my dear, Even ®or you and for me, There's a life to be lived, a part of God’s plan, There’s a work to be done as well ax we can ; For the voice that calls us, that calls you and me, Is the voice of the Father, you see. —S8. Mabel Cohen. THE MEANNESS OF PA JONES, Pa Jones rubbed his stubby chin anxious- ly. Vio you reely think, Wilson, that the critter’s pretty bad off 2’ ‘‘Waal, I ain’t sayin’ ’6 it’d be impossi- ble to, cure him, but——’’ His eyes twinkled under their heavy brows and he winked slyly at Bob. This effort to estab- lish an understanding, however, was lost upon the lad as he bent over the ‘critter’ in question. ‘I’m afraid nothin’ won’t do no good,”’ said Pain a discouraged tone. ‘‘I been shore I'd lose that calf ever sence Johnson made me sech a good offer for him.” ‘‘How much ?’’ queried Wilson. ‘‘Hundred an’ fifty, cash, soon’s he’s old enough to be took from his ma.’” “Whew 1”? . ‘‘He’s wuth it, every cent, too,’’ indig- nantly, for his neighbor’s astonishment savored somewhat strongly of contempt. “Why, he’s got a pedigree as long as your arm. Pure blood. Registered; yes, sirree !”’ “*Too bad you got to lose him,’’ sympa- thized the hypocritical Wilson, enjoying- y. ‘‘Tell you what I'll do, Bobbie,”’ turn- ing to his son, ‘‘I’ll give you thet calf, an’ if you cun bring him through you cun have him.”” Wilson’s sympathy had done away with his last remnant of hope. “I’m plum beat. You cun have him. He’s yourn.” Bobh’s boyish face changed, but he said nothing. ‘‘You cun have him, I'say,’’ reiterated Pa. His son’s silence seemed to indicate a lack of appreciation of the greatness of the ift. 2 ‘Yes; I can have him to look after till he dies, or tend till he gets well. If he dies he’s my calf; if he lives he’s your’s. I've had critters give to me before.”” The boy’s past experience rankled. “‘Ain’ I givin’ him to you ?”’ asked Pa. ‘Yes; so did vou give me the sorrel colt.” Pa winced. “I took care of him for three weeks straight, all of my spare time, an’ when he got well an’ youn sold him, you gave me a quarter for my share.”’ ‘Well, now, Bob, that was diffrunt. You misunderstood me then. But if you can’t take your old Pa’s word for it.’’ with an effort to be pathetic, which," all things con- sidered, proved rather a failure. “Here's Wilson as witness. You cun have him, I say.”’ ‘‘They ain’t any earthly ochanct of him gettin’ well, so I’m safe in givin’ him “to Bob,’’ be said to himself. ‘‘Bat even if he should get well—well Bob always was a reasonable boy.”” Then noting the boy’s silence : *‘Take him or leave him. It’s feedin’ time,” and Pa Jones walked off, followed slowly by his son. Wilson looked sheepish. *‘I say, Bob,”’ he called. The boy turned. ‘‘They’s reely no danger of thet calf dy- in’. I was jes’ guyin’ the old man a little. I’ve had_ half a dozen like that, an’ never lost but one.’”” He gave afew directions as to the calf’s treatment. ‘I never thought your Pa’d give up so quiek.’’ i. Bob’s face fell. ‘At that rate I’ll have to he said. ‘Um, well, no, I wouldn’t. Your Pa intimated that ’wasn’t because he’s dyin’ he gave him to you! ‘‘I’d hang on.” Bob shook his head. ; ‘‘Waal, I wouldn’t,”’ and the man threw himself across his horse. ‘‘You’v airns him these last four years. You’ve been doin’ a man’s work and gettin’ nothin’ but your board an’ close, an’ darn few of them,’’ and he touched the wiry pinto with the spur and dashed away, leaving a sinuous trail of dust in his wake. t Ait With sober face and bent head, Bob turn- ed toward the house. As he stepped slow- ly onto the porch: : “It’s reduced rates,” Pa Jones was say- ing. ‘‘Oaly eight dollar for the round trip. Tickets good for ten days. “At thet rate I cun better afford to buy thet reaper in Omahaw than in Rockville, an’ then it’d cost mighty little extry to see the Fair at the same time.” “‘Oh, Pa !”” exclaimed Ma Jones in awed delight. In the excitement of the moment Bob's entrance went unnoticed. “Might as well ‘see somethin’ of the world now they's such a chance.” : ‘Amn’ you reely think we cun afford it?’ This was such an unusual frame of mind for Pa that his wife found difficulty in be- lieving. : Sr ; ‘Afford it? Course we can !”’ ‘‘But sixteen dollars——"? as though feel- ing it to be herduty to expostulate, though it meant the fulfillment of one of her dear- est dreams of her colorless life. } “Eight, I said.”’ ‘‘Well, thet makes sixteen, don’t it? Twice eight’s sixteen. Eight fer you an’ eight fer me.” : “Eight fer you!” ‘Pa, do you mean I ain’t goin’ ?”’ ‘‘Waal, I didn’t exactly reckon——"" ‘‘Pa, you promised.”’ t “I know I did,” testily, ‘‘but times is close, you see, an’ eight dollars saved is eight dollars airnt.”’ “Pa Jones, you promised I should go ever since you lost thet fcrty five dollars you got fer the Jersey cow pa gave me, on Bryan’s ’lection. Yon promised, you know you did.” ‘‘Yes, yes, Marthy, ef we cud afford—?’ **No,”” interrupted Ma. ‘Yon never said anything about affordin’ it. We couldn’t afford to lose thet forty five dollars on'a bet, but you did.” ah rand “Waal, eight dollars saved is eight dol- lars airnt,”’ reiterated Pa, doggedly. i"... ‘‘I been savin’ ever.since you promised me, 80 ’t I cud get some real chiny:!¥ Just a few pieces, an’ I heen thinkin’ em when I went.” ~ °° ir give him back,” I'll know the reason why.” | you shall.”’ + “He did promise me,” and there wasa |, d get ‘“‘Savin’?”” Pa pricked up his penny sharp ears. ‘‘Savin’ what?”’ ‘‘Now, Pa,’’ in an exasperated tone, ‘‘you know you said ’at I cud have all Icud raise over and above three hundred chickens each year, an’ I’ve saved five dollars an’a quarter——"’ ‘“Too much,’’ began the head of the fam- ily, but his wife checked him as though at last patience had indeed ceased to be a vir- tue. ‘‘Now, see here! I’ve scrimped an’ saved, an' wore calico dresses an’ turned wool ones, fer twenty three years next Taesday, an’ I’ve never spent one cent ’at I didn’t have to, ’cept thet Fourth-a-July six years ago, when I bought two glasses o’ lem’nade fer Bobbie an’ one fer myself. I’ve never said a word about you buyin’ reapers an’ mowers, an’ rakes, an’ goodness knows what all machin’ry, fer I guessed the money was yours, an’ you had a right to spend it. But this money’s mine, I’m goin’ to spend it as I please. there !”’ : Ma was surprised at her own temerity, but there was, too, a kind of exhilaration in having given voice to the feelings so long repressed. Pa stood silent in open- mouthed amazement. Never before bad he known his wife to give way to such an out- burst. ‘‘But wimmin folks is queer,” so he discreetly returned to the subject of ex- penses. ‘‘Now be reasonable, Marthy. 'Tain’t only the fare. You’ve got to get rooms, an’ meals, an’ things do cost——? . ‘A room fer two won’t cost much more’n a room fer one,’”’ said Ma in a pathetic tone, her indignation giving place to en- treaty, ‘‘an they’s lunch counters an’ sech where you cun feed fer almost nuthin’. I ain’t a hearty eater,” pleaded the little woman desperately. ‘‘I know most every- thing that’s there. I’ve read every word I cud get hold of ever sence the thing com- menced, so I'd know just what to go an’ see. Seem as though I just can’t give it ap.”’ ‘‘Reely, now, Marthy,”” adopting a sprightly tone, ‘‘thet’s actually better’n seein’ it. You know all about it.an’ don’t get so fagged out. They do say it’s dredful tirin’. You see I was lottin’ on takin’ you with the money ’at I was to get fer the Hereford calf, but he ain’t feelin’ very well, an’ I turned him over to Bob. He's sure airnt him these last four years.” Over ‘Bob’s boyish face came a look of anger, followed by one of determination. Plainly his resolve was taken, and what- ‘ever he may have intended to do about re- turning the gift to his father he no longer thought of doing so. Mrs. Jones cast an apologetic glance at her son. She understood perfectly the con- dition of the calf. But the look hardened slightly as it returned to her hushand, who in a wheedlesome tone, as though soothing an importunate child, continued : ‘‘Now, mother, you be good, an’ let me go, an’ I'll bring you the prettiest red dress Icun find in Omahaw. Gingham, mebbe, or calico.” “I8’11 be calico,” put in Bob grimly, who knew enough about ‘women’s gear’ to know that it was the cheaper of the two. Pa’s face changed. He had been un- aware of Bob's presence, and confusedly muttering something about “‘seein’ to the pigs”’ he hurried out. After he was quite gone Bob turned slow- ly about, rage and contempt blended on his face. ‘“Well, of all the blame——?’ His mother lifted a hand in silent pro- test. ‘I won't say it as you’re set agin is, but ‘cussedness’ is the only word that fits if ‘tis swearin’. I know fer certain that he has fifty dollars besides the money he in- tends to spend for the reaper. 'I heard him tell Wilson' that he hadn’t ‘only fifty dol- lars to go on,” but ‘he guessed one cud pull thru on that by being economical.”" ‘‘Never mind, Bobbie, your Pa means well; but I guess he does fergit how awful it is to go diggin’ away at the same thing year inn’ year out, *thout ever goin’ any- where ‘cept to church or a fun’ral now an’ then. ‘‘Not,”” she hastened to add, ‘‘not but what theyr’e wholesome, hut they’re not exactly what cud be called enlivenin’.”’ g The poor little woman’s tears were flow- ing by this time, try as she would to pre- vent them. Just at this moment Pa ap- peared at the kitchen door, bus seeing Bob : still there and his wife in tears he sneaked away muttering : : , ‘“Tain’t no manner o’ use, anyway, Wimmin folks isa drag at sucha time. They’d get took in fore they’d a-been there two days. No use in talkin’ they’re a drag, an’ I'm goin’t to have a good time this once, no matter what it costs or how mean it looks. Auyway, I can’t afford it now thet calf’s a-dyin’. Tain’t reely mean, either, Next year, if the crops is good an’ the stock comes out all right, an’ they ain’t no bad luck, I'll send Marthy down to Sis- ter Susan’s. Tain’t fur an’ twon’t cost to ’mount to anythin’. Marthy never cared much fer Susan, but she'll enjoy the trip, an’ she won’ have to stay long.”’ oR o% ®" wos RE ‘‘But, Bobbie,’’ remonstrated Ma Jones, ‘“‘would it be right? Do you dass use the money ? What'll your pa say 9’ ‘‘Let him say what he likes,”’ answered Bob, recklessly. ‘‘Didn’t he say just now that I'd earned it? He didn’t know I heard him, or I guess he wouldn’t a-said it fer fear I'd ask him fer a quarter, mehby fer Christmas. An’ he thought the calf was dyin’, or he wouldn't’ a. remembered what I'd earned these last four years.’’ “I know,” said his mother, flushing hot- ly over the evidence of her husband’s mean- ness. “Wilson says tain’t in no danger if I just ’tend to it, an’ if you don’t see that show ‘‘But, Bobbie, a hundred and fifty dol- lars is an awful lot $0 spend on pleasure. 1 reely don’t feel’s though I'cud consent to i.”’ : ‘All right, mother, we won’t spend all of it. ‘We'll pay our fares an’ take filty dollars, same as Pa has, an’ we'll make thet do fer both, an’ buy all we ‘can with’ what’s left after we thing’s sure-—you’re chiny.”’ : : : A delight that was balf fear filled the heart of Ma Jones as she trotted briskly about her work. She felt the need of self justification concerning the contemplated ‘pleasure, though she an@ Bob worked hard and long without reward, even a ‘‘thank you’’ being regarded by their task master as superfluous. He considered they were merely doing their duty. “I came in to give the call back again when Wilson told me it was all right, but pay expenses. One goin’ to have your when I heard him “$alkin’ an’ makin’ ex- cuses that he knows are not true, I just made up my mind that you’d earned a right to see that show, ‘an’ I'd go along to make sure, you' did it right. An’ I'll tell. you, you are goin’ to see it, or somethin’ goin’ to bust. Pa promised you should, an’ ‘disconsolate quiver in her voice which be- ‘trayed bitter heart ache. 5 “Yes{an’ he didn’t make no conditions, either? ".teasiolich hid “I'd love to go. Seems as though I couldn’t bear not to.’’ ‘So you shall; an’ we’ll go right, tco,”’ and Bob marched off with shoulders squar- ed, and the lines of his boyish lips straight and firm. *_% * Tuesday, the first day of the ‘‘reduced rates,’’ came at last, and Pa Jones departed in a high state of satisfaction, much reliev- ed at the cheerfulness with which Ma stay- ed at home. ‘‘I’ll soon be back,’’ he remarked to his wile as she put the finishing touches to his homely lunch, - “‘an’ next year, if the crops is good, an’ the stock does well, an’ we don’t have no bad luck no ways—you’ll see!” This somewhat hazy promise was followed by a genial and expressive wink, which was sapposed to convey the idea he ~uboRa -~frained from putting into words. bits algo safer not to be too explicit in curiiila PrOMIises, ‘ Wednesday morning dawned bright and fair, aud Bob and his mother started on their journey in gay spirits. Only now and then a slight twinge of conscience remind- ed Mrs. Jones that she was doing some- thing that her husband would consider un- necessary and wasteful, but with a reck- lessness she, herself, scarcely dared think upon, they went on their way,buying their meais at the eating stations instead of eat- ing dry lunches from a basket; buying fruit and confections in really moderate quanti- ties, but with what to them, seemed wild- eet extravagance. The long trip by rail, so wearisome to most people, was a dream of delight to this counfry bred woman. Bob proved an excellent companion, for like most boys within easy reach of the western ranges, he bad several times made trips as assistant caretaker on stock trains, and heing observing, knew more of the places through which they passed than many more experienced travelers. After a good night's rest they started early for the Exposition grounds, stopping a short time on the way for a little modest shopping. The remainder, and particular- ly the precious china, was to be left until the last day before they wens home, so af- ter figuring up the amount of their ex- penses and deducting it from the amount on hand, Bob divided the remainder with his mother. ‘‘Here, Ma; here’s half of what will be left when we're all paid up. It’s yours. The only condition I’ll make is that you spend every cent.”’ ‘‘Oh, Bob, thet’s too much !’’ she pro- tested, ‘Take it !”’ he said, with loving firmness. The fingers in the shabby cotton glove clos- ed over the money with a convulsive move- mens. *‘I never bad so much money to spend all by myself at one time sence I was mar- ried,” she said. “Now I can get some towels, an’ a white tablecloth, an’ a dress, an’ mebby with the chicken money I'll have enough to get my chiny. Though, to be sure, I had to spend some of that fer a hat. Reel chiny, I mean. Thet thet came with the bakin’ powder is all crazed. I’ve wanted reel chiny ever sence you wasa tiny baby,” and she smiled happily. ‘‘Be sure to get it then, mother. Now's your best chance, an’ you’ll have plenty of money for a few pieces.’’ i ‘“Your Pa needssome new shirts, though, dreadial bad.”” She looked hesitatingly at ob. : ‘‘There’s things he needs worse,”’ an- swered Bob shortly. : ‘You wouldn’t reely mind, though, Bob, would yon 27? fii A lump rose uncomfortably in the boy’s throat. : ‘“The money’s yours, Ma“’ was all he said. JH Ey The little woman tucked the precious bills away in her glove, her face radiant. ‘Where I cun feel it all the time an’ be sure I ain’t lost it,”’ she explained. In the meantime Pa wasstrolling up THe Midway, trying to decide where next $0:20 when a gloved hand came down lightly up. on his dusty sleeve, and a pleased voice ex- claimed : ‘Well, I declare, if it isn’t Jones !"’ *‘I believe youn have the advantage of me. ‘Can’t say as I know your face.”” ‘Why, my name’s Brown-James Brown. Don’t you recollect I spent a week at Rock- ville, and while I was there I went out to ‘look over that ranch of yours. I’l] tell you that’s the finest place I have seen in the “West.” ‘I’m right glad you liked it,”” brighten- ing, ‘‘but Isomeway don’t rec’lect yer face.’”’ ¢ © “Good time ? Grand thing thisshow. Big ‘though; 700 big for any one not knowing it well to see it to any advantage. I've been ‘here every day but six since the thing start- ‘ed, and I haven’t seen all T want to of it yet. Now, if there’s anything here thas you'd like to see I'd be glad to show it to you.” : *‘There’s the cattle,” suggested Pa rath- er dubiously. “I’ve heen through the Gover’ment buildin’,an’ all the State build- in’s, an’ all through Midway, an’ I ain’t seen a steer, hide ner hair.”? : “You just didn’t happen to strike the right place. I can take you therein three minutes. This way. ' They have some right fine stock here. You're up on pedi- greed stock, I take it.”’ Pa made a modest sigh of assent. « “Good! I thoughtso. I'm pretty good ‘at that myself. I’m right glad I ran across you. We'll make a day of it sure.” « At six o'clock that same evening, Bob .and his mother emerged from the cavern containing the Fisheries exhibit, and the boy stopped to smooth the far of a hand- some seal near him. His mother’s fingers clutched his arm. ““There’s Pa,’’ she whispered. “Where ?”’ His eyes searched the build- ing. ‘Not in here. stoop.”’ There was no mistake. There he sat sure enough. His attitude was dejected. They could not see his face. Followed by Bob, Mis. Jones slipped up quietly and laid a gentle hand on Pa’s shoulder. He ‘seemed too miserable to be even properly surprised at their unexpected appearance. After a few half-hearted questions he sank ‘back into his former attitude. Clearly something was wrong. Ma did not suo- ceed in getting satisfactory answers to her timid questions, so Bob began a more rig- orous examination. In time the main facts of the case were drawn from Pa’s re- Iuctant lips. If the money loss had not heen such a serious one Bob could have laughed. There was a short silence, and at length Pa burst ont : ‘The faot is, Marthy, I’ve been a blamed fool, an’ a mean cuss to boot an’ I guess I Out there on the back | got about what served me right, though I ain’t sayin’ tain’t hard to swallo’.”’ “‘Got, any money to eat on 2" queried Bob, feeling sorry for his father in spite of himself, but determined not to show it, *‘Six bits,” and Pa held ont his hand, on the palm of which lay his remaining sil- Ver. ( Continued on page 6.) in the first column. To vote a straight party ticket, mark a cross A SAMPLE BALLOT AND HOW TO VOTE IT. : (X) in the square opposite the name of the party ef younShelcs A cross mark in the square opposite the name of any candidate indicates a vols for that candidate. The voter may insert in the blank space at the bottom of each group, | the name of any persen whese same is wot printed on the ballet for whom he desires to vote. the names of county candidates, Jo vote the Democratic Ticket watic, as shown mn above. Above Is a fac-simile of the official ballot, as certified from the Stat grouped under the title ofthe office for which the block shown under the head of Associate Judge. STATE TREASURER. SUDGE OF THE SUPE . ASSOCIATE JUDGE. : (Mark Oved NE UrEmon cout. ye Republicas, Republican, REPUBLICAN. William L. M; Thomas A. Morrisoa, : Joel G. Hill, : Joh Bega oel G. retine 2 J. Head DEMOCRATIC. | %¢ —— Conan Heory D. Patton, ..... Prohibition, Democratic, . Johan A. Ward, ...... Jobs A. Smith, ........ Socialist, Tadep PROHIBITION. David E. Gilchrist, ..... Labor. Democratic, Calvin Rayburas,.. SOCIALIST. AUDITOR GENERAL. Matthew H. Stevensos,. Prohibition, : (Mark Ose) [ Zepuien Emufett D. Nichols,.... Prohibition, . hy 4 William P. Suyder,.. Alfred Leach,..........Socialist, arr CITIZENS Citizens, Jf ! . - Louis Geazion,d.......... Socialist, a Democratic, 1 sms. 3 Wm. H. Thomas, ....... Labor. % r Johs Barachell,.........Labor. x INDEPEN PENCE. 1 Rlisha Kent Kaae,......P; > . a Wm. W. Atkinson... Socialist, Wa. J. Eberle, ......... Labor. LABOR. Place Crass (X) in Square ir Block marked Demo 2 Department. County Commissioners will add they have been nominated, similar te Instructions to Voters. Elections—When to Be Held. General election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 1903. To be opened at 7 o'clock A, M., and closed at 7 o'clock P.M, Election Board. a—A judge, and b—Two inspectors, nually. to be eleced an- d—Watchers appointed by the parties. 2—Each inspector shall appoint his own the district. Section 16, act July 2, 1839, P. L. 521. “In case the person who shall have re- ceived the second highest number of the day of any election, then the person who shall have received the second high- est number of votes for judge at the next preceding election shall act as an in- spector in his place; and in case the per- son who shall have received the highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend, the person elected judge shall ap- point an inspector in his place; and in case the person elected a judge shall not attend, then the inspector who received the highest number cof votes shall ap- point a judge in his place; and if any vacancy shall continue in the board for the space of one hour after the time fixed by law for the opening of the elec- tion, the qualified voters of the township, ward or district, for which such officer shall have been elected, present at the place of election, shall elect one of their number to’ fill such vacancy.” Section 1, act May 19, 1897, P. I. 78. “From and after the passage of this act, in all township elections of this com- monwealth for judges of the general and ‘township elections where a tie shall exist >in said election for judges, the inspector who ‘shall have the highest number of judge for that purpose. And where ties shall exist in said election for two in- spectors, the two candidates who received the same number of votes for inspector shall determine by lot which of them shall be the majority inspector, and the other candidate shall be the minority in- spector, and the person so determined to be the majority inspector shall appoint a judge of elections in case of a tie vote .for judges.” 4—All judges, inspectors, clerks and overseers of any election shall, before ,entering upon their duties, be duly sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other: the jujdge shall be sworn by the minority inspector, if' there be such; and in case there be no such minority inspector, then by a justice of the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, overseers and clerks shall be sworn by the judge; and the clerks will make out two copies of the forms of each of said oaths, duly certi- fled, as now required by law. Qualifications of Voter. Every male citizen twenty-one years of age, possessing the following qualifica- tions, shall be entitled to vote at all elections: : ¢ ! a—He shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. b—He shall have resided in the state one year (or, if having been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the state, he shall’ have removed therefrom and returned, then six months) immediately preceding the election. c—He shall have resided in the election district. where: he shall offer to vote at laast two months immediately preceding the election. A minor becomes of age on the day prior to the twenty-first an- niversary or his birth. d—-If twenty-two years of age, or up- wards, he shall have paid, within two years, a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election. e—If the name of the voter is not upon the registry list he cannot vote unless he tofore required by law. The affidavits election officers and all affidavits signed and sworn to must be preserved. f—Challenges should be made before the person offering to vote receives his bal- lot, but may be made at any time before he casts it. g—Naturalization certificates must be produced to the board and are conclusive if genuine. Manner of Voting. Besides the election officers and super- visors authorized by the laws of the the courts of this commonwealth not number of voting shelves or compart- ments shall be allowed inside of the en- closed space'at one time and not more than TEN outside that space. Specimen ballots and cards of instruc- tion must be furnished by the eleétion officers upon request. The person desiring to vote will the chain or guard rail. The voter shall give his name and residence to the elec- tion officers in charge of the ballots. b—The officer will thereupon announce the same in a distinct tone of voice. c—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. we EN. 1—The election boards shall consist of ' c—Overseers appointed by the courts. elerk, who must be a qualified voter of i 3—Vacancies shall be filled as follows: votes for inspector shall not attend on votes in said election shall appoint a makes proof of his right to vote as here- . for this purpose must be furnished by the | United States, or overseers appointed by | more than FOUR voters in excess of the a— Enter the room and remain outside | d—The voter will then enter the snaca. enclosed by the guard rail unless his right to vote be challenged. e—If his name is not upon the said list or if he is challenged by a. qualified vot- er in his district, he shall remain outside the guard rail until his right to vote is de- termined, but he may be challenged any time before the vote is cast. (It is recom- mended, however, that challenges be made before the voter enters the guard rail, or before he receives his ballot. His right to vote shall be established in the | manner heretofore provided by law.) f—If his right to vote be established his name will be entered upon the voting and check list. Inside of Guard Rail. The voters having the right to vote will enter within the guard rail. | a—The election officer having charge of | the ballots shall detach one from the | stub and give it to the voter. b—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 voted unless so folded. " ¢—Only one ballot shall be given to a when’ he may obtain another upon re- turning the spoiled one. d—Upon his receiving the ballot, the check list shall be marked with the let- ter “B” against his name .on the margin: of the list by election officers, but no record of the number of the baliot shall be made on said list, and the voter shall forthwith, and without leaving the space enclosed by guard rail, retire to one of the voting shelves or compartments. ¢—Only official ballots ean be voted, and any ballot other than a sample bal- lot, appearing to have been obtained oth- erwise than provided by the act, shall ve sent by the judge of elections to the district attorney for his official action. Inside the Voting Shelf or Compart- “ment. | The voter upon entering the voting shelf or compartment must : a—Draw the curtain or shut the screen or door, and shall prepare his ballot. b—To assist him in preparing his offi- cial ballot he may mark a sample ballot before going to vote and take it with him into the voting compartment.to copy from in preparing his official ballot. He must vote the official ballot only. c—Cards of instruction will be posted in each voting compartment or shelf, d—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 com- partment more than three minutes. e—If any voter declares to. the judge | of election that he desires assistance in the preparation of his ballot, ‘by reason of any disability, he shall be permitted by the judge of election to select a quali- fied voter of, the, election district to aid him, such preparation being made in the voting compartment.’ dood a) f—A voter who shall, except as above stated, allow his ballot to be seen with an apparent intention of ‘letting it be known how he is about to vote, or shall ‘cast or attempt to cast any other ballot than the official ballot, or shall falsely declare to a judge of election that by reason of any disability he desires as- | sistance in the preparation of his ballot, _ or shall wilfully violate any provision of the act, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment. g—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 bal- lot, or endeavor to induce any voter be- fore depositing the ballot to show how he marks his ballot. , h—Any person who shall disclose the contents of any ballot that has been B ; marked by his help, or who, except when lawfully commanded by a return judge or a competent court, shall loosen, cut or unfasten the corner pasted down over the number on the ballot, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ; Preparation of Ballot. Upon entering the voting shelf or com- partment and drawing the curtain, or shutting the screen or door, he shall pro- ceed to prepare his ballot. a—If he desires to vote the STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET, or, in other words, for every candidate of a political party, he can do so by placing a cross (X thus) in the square opposite the name of his party on the left hand side of the ticket. This single mark or cross will be equivalent to a cross mark against every name in the column and will be counted as one vote for each candidate named in that column. b—If a voter desires otherwise he shall mark in the appropriate margin or place a cross (X) mark opposite the name of each candidate of his choice for the office to be filled, according to the number of persons to be voted for by him for each office; or c—If the voter adopts the plan of mark- ing a cross to the right of the name of each candidate he should be careful not to miss a name, as a name not crossed would not be counted. ——Andrew Beard, a negro;' who has worked in the machine shops of the Lonis- , ville and Nashville railroad company in Birmingham, Ala., for twenty years, bas | just sold a patent for a car coupler of his own invention for $100,000. In addition | he is to get a royalty on, every conpler made on his model for seventeen years. voter, unless he inadvertently spoils it, Misappropriation of Pablic Revenues. License Monies Taken Needlessly From People to Serve Politicians. Conditions Are Disgraceful. Funds That Ought to Be Retained In Local Treas- uries For Road Improvements Put Into the State Treasury and Returned, In Order to Make Profits For Public Officials. The platform adopted by the Demo- cratic state convention which nominat- ed the admirable ticket now before the people for their suffrage reprobates the present system of taxation as “burden- some and cumbersome, and because it “necessarily breeds extravagance.” Continuing, it declares that ‘““as at pres- ent administered it collects from the people unneeded revenues, passes them through the state treasury and then re- i turns depleted portions to the locali- ties in which they were collected. “It results,” continues the document, “in | the accumulation of a large and un- necessary surplus in the state treasury ° for distribution among: political or fa- vored banks, and presents a constant temptation to extravagant appropria- tions and expenditures.” Among the items thus employed for political uses are the license fees. Dur- ing the last fiscal year the mercantile. eating-house, billiard and other license - taxes, including the licenses for the "sale of liquors, amounted to $2,729,- 055.53. This vast sum was taken from the county treasuries and placed in: _the treasury of the state, a percentage ' being retained by the county treasu- | rer as a fee for the services. After it i has served the purpose of helping to ‘swell and maintain the enormous sur- plus kept on hand for the benefit of . favored bankers as a “time deposit” for a period, a portion of this surplus is returned to the county treasury, a | percentage being again charged by the county treasurer for handling the money. The double handling of the funds and the double charge of the fees amounts in the aggregate to a con- siderable sum, not less than $27,290.55. The amount drawn from each county by this process follows: County and Amount. Adams il. ulldilii date. den $7,746.26 Allegheny ..... 435,377.45 AMBITIONS voir sievocssarass 17,928.07 © FE BRAVET. is: v.veisasieirs 12,074.44 Bedford .................. 5,2664.82 Berks ...... iu 0000 55,408.92 Blain, os conse ssioisiess Rise 20,508.59 Bra@ford ......c..5...coooniiinneaas 9,028.64 Bucks ....... 00000 13,716.97 ’ Butler 9,329.80 Cambria 34,910.50 Cameron 2,206.86 ' Carbon 13,145.09 Centre: ........cccuilssvinnaisensass 7,034.58 Chester! ../. LGU RRL 10,327.62 Clarion . “tr 5,152.86 Clearfield ...ooviv rcs.t 17,443.16 Chntony ..... 0 hn 8,953.51 Columbia, ....cceevvercivicicinnrese 8,216.74 Crawford ..... rive. 16,128.38 Cumberland <........ 7,326.11 Pauphin .....:.coenee. 27,472.15 : Delaware ............ 20,466.34 1k ine 9,534.18 Erie ..cnssoerss spi nts 38,019.51 Fayette .............. 25,545.60 Forest 1,214.68 Franklin 9,153.08 Fulton 1,041.78 i Greene : 3,792.51 HUNLINEAON (vivaseravsiaesssssnnes 3,714.24 INAIANA coroasn sores. snr 4,128.65 Jefferson .....ceu.... 9,566.83 Juniata ......... 1,312.85 | Lackawanna .. 148,034.22 Lancaster ..... ee 35,810.53 LaWrence ..c...eeeseee vad {evens 16,665.93 TEDANON, 1. si vanes si sons saints sani red Bra ion Lehigh ...oseqseersescese cesses 52,978.84 Luzerne ui. cova veer 109,615.14 Lycoming is.«sassvresss saseny: 18,478.21 MCISenN savas ersssassnnersres wee 17,070.04 Mercer ii ..csciviiritiisivisniiney . 9,487.31 MEAN ooovesscinsirsens re reve 3,066.41 Monroe ........ SG Peet 1,881.20 Montgomery - «.icvsviens veswes 30,712.69 Montour ........ vevbisprsvipeine . 4,594.09 Northampton .......... 0 .w0L eo 37024.83 Northumberland ....... eevee 430,063.01 POITY crcvisivsceinsnsessnsonssennsens 3,276.65 Philadelphia . . 977,721.91 Pike! vais 1,389.44 Potter .... 4,861.44 Schuylkill 95,663.16 Snyder ... 2,224.70 Somerset ... 10,249.72 Sullivan ........... 2,231.35 Susquehanna ......... 8,163.69 1 ER DR A 4,246.33 Union’ ..... 2,094.11 Venango . 10,730.23 WAITED i. cones nasi caine 6,077.61 Washington .......... 21,798.32 wayne '...... WAN. .” 6,612.94 Westmoreland: ....... 39,489.21 Wyoming ......... seveswe 2,197.73 Yori. hl ALAR EARN, 24,003.27 Total ...... tesrersavirerses vanes s$2,729,055:53
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