The Short Ballot Debate and Ballot Manipulation Risks
The piece discusses ballot length and complexity, citing seven foot long South Dakota ballots and Oregon lists with hundreds of names. It notes fictitious candidates and dead men elected, then contrasts voter focus on policy with the need for efficient governance through shorter ballots and executive control. It defends the short ballot for efficiency while acknowledging criticisms that it concentrates power.
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South Dakota
Oregon
O’connell
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Oil City
Short Ballot
National Short Ballot Reform Promoted by Nonpartisan Group
The National Short Ballot organization led by Woodrow Wilson promotes an electoral reform to simplify ballots. It claims broad academic endorsement and circulates the Short Ballot Bulletin while offering member enrollment without dues.
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National
Woodrow Wilson
Association
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Richard S. Childs
National Organization
United States
The Short Ballot Principle in Elections
The piece outlines the short ballot principle advocating electing only important offices for public examination, keeping elections limited to avoid confusion, and ensuring offices are interesting visible and within small districts. It cites John Fiske: elect for representation, appoint for administration.
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John Fiske
The Argument for the Short Ballot
In favor of the short ballot the piece argues that many names on the ticket overwhelm voters who cannot know every candidate personally. This lack of knowledge leads to confusion and blind voting, making the ballot ease the decision process and reduce misvotes.
Democratic theatricals and the wool to iron shift
A historical critique traces Congress vetoing the wool bill then pushing a steel bill amid accusations of political theatrics. The piece mocks Democratic posturing as Congress ignores Tariff Board findings and pursues815 iron and steel revision, labeling it campaign theater.
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National Capitol
Taft
Congress
Tariff Board
Notice to Electors Beaverhead County Dillon Registration
Notice is given under the 1911 laws that the Great Register of Beaverhead county Montana will close March 21, 1912 for the Dillon city election on April 1, 1912. Electors may register at the county clerk’s office or before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public if more than ten miles from the courthouse. Jno S Bazsr, County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Dillon
Jno
Borah’s Idaho position tests Roosevelt or Taft banner
Idaho’s junior senator Borah faces a tight choice between backing Roosevelt or Taft as Idaho likely sends a Taft delegation to Chicago. He cannot stay silent after the convention, given Roosevelt is his first choice.
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Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho
Taft
Roosvelt
Chicago
Montpelier
Sheriff Deputies May Ride Freight Trains in Pursuit
An Attorney General opinion to the state railway commission says sheriffs and deputies may ride freight trains in Montana during official duties when they have regular transportation. The opinion also holds school district boundaries may not be changed between March 1 and September 1.
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Galen
State Railway Commission
Montana
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies Say Advert
Local claim states deafness cannot be cured by external applications and is due to inflammation of the Eustachian tube. Nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and only constitutional treatment can restore hearing. Hall's Catarrh Cure offered with a $100 reward for uncured cases.
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Hall
F. J. Cuensy & Co
Toledo
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Dillon Tribune
Tribune Publishing Company
F. E. Foote
Beaverhead County
Dillon Post Office
New York
Tribune Publishing Co
Epitor Tribune
Trisung Pussisyine Co
Tribune
Short Ballot Organization
Democratic Theatricals
Christian Science Monitor
Missoula
Northwestern Stockman and Farmer
Washington Post
Butte Inter Mountain
Gibbon Pass
Missoulian
Mahlon Pitney
Cluett and Eagle
Eliel Brothers
Railway Commission
Ford Agency
Black Dillon Novelty Works
Helena Street
Isarcase
Montana Auto Supply Company
Montana Street
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