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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1892
Page
1
Justice Williams declares only the official ticket valid for ballots as Baker’s law causes confusion Voters must follow the official ticket for legality and casting.
Ohio and Pennsylvania battle over Baker ballot law as Guthrie urges voters to proceed with any valid ballot, while Chief Justice Paxson voices opposition. Calls for an extra legislative session grow amid fears of disfranchisement and legal chaos affecting the upcoming election.
Judge Paxson and Justices Williams and Sees No Hope lament the lack of ballot printing facilities. They say no remedy from the Legislature or the Supreme Court is likely and urge Pennsylvanians to seek help from large eastern and western cities to print ballots.
Major A M Brown criticizes the Baker ballot law calling it a ridiculous novelty and fraud. He argues for a simple open ballot easy for a child to understand and contends open voting should not be complicated by legal tricks. He says common sense, not complex reforms, should guide election rules.
The speaker argues time is sufficient to amend or repeal the law and notes the Legislature can be convened at any time by the Governor. It remains uncertain whether Mr. Pattison will issue a call.
Attorney Shires argues that voters can write ballots if none are provided and still have them count, while Colonel Stone says the law is supreme. He notes potential constitutional issues and possible repeal next session, criticizing complexity and party bias in the Baker ballot provisions.
Philadelphia October 7 Special report says ballot size and paper shortages risk leaving counties without ballots on election morning. County Commissioners may hire printers to push work ahead of nominations certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Republican and Democratic chairmen express concern over the six day window and November fourth print readiness.
John and Lambie denounce the intricate law described in The Dispatch as risking disfranchisement. They cite County Commissioner Mercer and urge an extra legislative session to repeal it. Lambie notes that voters risk invalid ballots from confusing markings and observes lawyers failing to mark correctly at Republican headquarters.
Chairman Reedher proposes a smaller ballot layout to shorten the ballot. A telegram from Chairman Heeder to the State Department requests reducing the ballot by placing presidential electors of the minor in two columns, altering the current form as printed by the State printer.
Beginning today under state committees both Republicans and Democrats start schools of instruction in every voting precinct. Within a week ballots and instructions will be sent out. Two ballot boxes will be used two for state and local ballots. The state tickets list presidential electors and are over two feet long.
Governor Pattison said no legislation to repeal the Baker ballot reform law is needed and that an extra session will not be called. He argued the reform has broad support, was enacted with public demand, and will endure with future amendments if necessary.
Harrisburg October 7 Special It is highly probable another ballot will be sent out from the State Department, in a form less wieldy than the previous issue.
London reports Thomas Hodgkins of New York donated £20000 to the Royal Institution for scientific research and half of a $200000 Smithsonian grant to study atmospheric air and welfare. He lives on Long Island in a dilapidated Setauket farmhouse and breathes outside air through a device, sharing surplus produce with the needy. WOMEN'S exclusion from a medical course at Washington University noted for tomorrow's Dispatch.
Philadelphia on Oct. 7 two members of the State Board of Charities Dr Thomas G Morton and James B Scott asked Judge Fell to investigate conditions at the insane penitentiary They allege John Clark an insane prisoner was confined in a wooden box without ventilation nude except for a ragged jacket his arms pinioned by a waist strap linked by a rope to a bar They seek Clark’s removal to a hospital The court appointed a master to take testimony.
Susie Conrad weighing 600 pounds, exhibited in a dime museum, fell ill and had to be moved to a hospital. Patrol wagons and five extra officers were needed to lift her onto a stretcher and into bed, in a still desperate attempt. She may die.
In New York on October 1 the Anti-Snappers voted ex Mayor Grace down and plan a third local ticket. Grace, for himself and the group, contributed $100,000 to the Democratic national campaign fund.
In Short Mountain hills a man named Butler was shot when a buckshot charge exploded near him while he hunted with four companions. William E Gates was nearby as a gun discharged accidentally during the incident.
Charles Mitchell the pugilist was found guilty of assaulting an elderly man named Salvage and sentenced to two months hard labor. He appealed, bail was denied, and he protested justice as crowds hissed him outside Bow Street. His past assaults and volatile conduct were detailed by Inspector Richards of Scotland Yard.
Philadelphia report notes the Order of Vesta, among several short-term orders, experiencing a somber day as events unfolded with unclear outcomes and limited details available.
Philadelphia report details W M Rank who killed himself leaving about 500000 in life insurance pledged as collateral for loans. Policies include New York Life and Equity groups with specified sums and a note that most policies carry a death by own action clause. A $15 000 premium payment date is noted on the day of Rank's death.
Workmen unearthed a rough box containing dry bones of three adults at a long disused Whitechapel site. The area once hosted a notorious criminal resort tied to Jack the Ripper lore. Police opened an investigation as the debris was cleared. A Grant Allen short story is billed for THE DISPATCH tomorrow.
Washington dispatch reports Mia Harrison remained unchanged overnight with no unfavorable symptoms. She stayed comfortable and nourished, aided by massage with oil noted for soothing nervous illness and restoring strength in frail constitution.
Charles Lewin, a Scranton merchant, was held on $1,000 bail after a murderous assault on Louis Sif, another local merchant. Lewin used a policeman's club, struck Sif to the floor, causing a serious head wound and possible brain concussion.
Philip Zeigler a wealthy Alliance resident 60 died in his bed in what authorities term a suspicious case. Neighbors report his threats of self harm before his death and police are investigating possible mystic or troubled motivations behind the tragedy.
In Fleetwood Pennsylvania Eugene Merkel aged 6 during his parents absence attempted entry through a window the sash around his neck and he was found in that position hours later strangled to death.
Special telegraph report from Philadelphia September 7 details a Republican plan to alter ballot printing to favor Democrats. State Printing Chief Hayes Grier allegedly leaked a scheme to delay Republican tickets and bolster Cleveland votes, with A Nevin Pomeroy filing an affidavit confirming the exchange and urging officials to undermine GOP access to ballots.
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