WAITING' FOR ELECTION
RETURNS 1 00 YEARS AGO
Not, Only No Telegraph to'FIash Results, but Awkward
System Might Throw Election Into'IIouser-Old- , :
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: -i Timers No Saints in Election Methods.
HZ FIIEDEItIO J. IIASKIX.
(Copyright, 1908. by Frederic J. Haskin.)
Washington, Nov., S. Unless the race
for the presidency ehail . prove one fof
,.; the neck-and-neck variety, .with aa -eyelash"
finish, the people of th United
, States will know wfti Is elected within
three hours after tha nnlla cinu
In the middle period of United States
nisjiory it topk more days to learn the
i result than it now, takes hours.' In the
n! 'quarter century of our national
existence it wm , more ' a matter of
months than it is of hours today.
Whloh Ben Franklin borrowed, from the
skies that enables the election returns
' tO OtltStrln tha w Intra t Ih. .lJ
1 here are now about 7.090,000 miles of
telephone and telegraph wire in the
United states, and over nearly every
. mile f it will fly the dots, dashes and
, voice pulsations which will promptly
tell the result, ' The farther west one
goes- the earlier he ,will know What that
I result is. - California time In ihr
r ft?uri5. lwert than New York time, and
iwo iiiuiuihiib, waaningionians and
yregonumi will Know what the result
' is by the time they cast their last vote,
as .their bolls will . rnmAln nnn h rem
hoars, after . the eastern count has be
1 H tna other hand, their returns
win be three hour slower getting to
the eastern people. - .-- . ., : 1
' Vhm Bearchllgrht Buttstla.
The arrangements ' that hava been
:. made by the leading newspapers of the
countryfor giving the public the benefit
of the returns are the most elaborate
ever undertaken, There is no time in
f the year when a newspaper gets such
valuable advertising for itself as on a
big. election night It used to be thatotf
one wanted to know how thing were
going he had to go down town and stand
for hours in the immense crowd around
Jthe bulletin 'board. But even that dis
comfort has been dispensed with, and
many an up-to-date newspaper has ar
rangements - which will nermit you to
it in your- comfortable homo and 1
tne result as soon a the
JLUUWS 11.
ora and- Know
paper itself
probable,, intermittent
rill be thrown in one
hlr aearchlieht la mounted
on the roof of the newspaper office. If
iait s election is
waves of llrht t
direction, and as soon as the result is
'known definitely the intermittent waves
will change to a steady stream of light
If Bryan's election is indicated the
waves will be thrown in the opposite di
rection, and if assured the steady
stream of light will be thrown In that
- direction - also. As almost every man
can easily see the skyline from his own
home none need miss getting the re
turns.! This method has been used for
several presidential .elections, and seems
to be the last word in announcing the
returns, unless soma paper shall hit
- upon the happy idea of using captive
balloons 46 anchor an ' immense screen
in the heavens, upon which to flash
glgantio figures with, a nuge stereoptl
, con, " ! t-
' To the New Orleans Picayune Is duo
the "credit of having started the giving
out of eleotioit bulletins as they come
In. It was in 1848, when General
Zachary Taylor was a candidate for
president Being a Xiouisianan, every
citlsen of that state was eager- to hoar
the result, and so the Picayune rose to
the occasion. At this time the telegraph
was only four yeftt-sold. The success
of the innovation was so apparent that
ail leading newspapers followed the
Jk m.f a JWIU.4D II, ,111. HMk-m.lUlh
Until this time the choice of at Dresi-
dent was a sort? of happy-go-lucky af
fair. There was no uniformity In the
date of holding -an selection: the only
limitation being the provision of the act
of 1792,' which set forth that the choice
of electors should be made within the
84 days next preceding the first Wednes
day, of December of the presidential
year. Borne elector were cnosen oy
popular vote and others were appointed
by the legislatures. -
v He who thinks we have failed to make
progress In the manner of holding elec
tions should read the history or. tne
early contests In thf United States. The
irregularities thfl-t were tolerated then
would never be .countenanced toow. ; For
the first SS vears few American citi
sens had any direct interest In electing
the president in most or. tne states
the citizens elected the legislators, the
legislators elected the elector!, and the
electors elected the nrpsldent and vice-
president It 1 not to be wondered that
witn an- mis aeiegation, pi power aim
responsibility Afeere should have been
room for mawWlation.
t Election 4n tts Zona. 1
The result of this policy was that
- there was-always doubt about the out-
coma until the electoral vote was cast
and even then the ole"ction was thrown
5 into the house on two occasions, xna
. Burr- th f- Democratic . nominees for
nresident? and vice-president if you
; may call them nominees got a tie ote.
In those days it was the law that all
votes ' should be cast for president and
. that the next to- the highest vote should
determine the vtce-frestdency -Burr
could not in good faith pose aa a candi
date for the presidency after he tied
with Jefferson for first place, but he
stood, bjvund sought to be the .bene
ffciaryof the Federalist support In con
eresfC It was only after prolonged bal
loting that the doubt was finally re
nivt in favor of Jefferson.
Tha, second time that the election of
, a president was thrown into the house
was Hn the Jackson-Adams-Crawford-Clay
race. Jackson received a popular
vote of 165,000 as icampared with 105.
000 for Adams. , The electoral vote
stood: Jackson'99, Adams 84. Crawford
41, Chty Y1 when it came to elec
tion in the .house, although he had car
ried nine states by popular vote and, 11
la the electoral vote, Jackson got only
seven In the house vote, jvaams car-
w 3
litlcal ruse resorted to more than once
to give a party greater representation
in congress from a given state than it
would be entitled - to under any fair
count of noses. In many an ' instance
three out of Ave of a state's represen
tation in eongresa have been of one
party tv when three out of five of the
voters of the state were of the other
party, all because of a gerrymander.
- With the choice of a president thrown
Into the house the 24 states having the
smallest electoral s vote oould -outvote
the 21 states having five, times as many
electors. And yet , a Judicious use of
the gerrymander would , cast the , vote
of dome of. these smaller states for. one
partv when' a majority of the voters
were for the other candidate. Rhode
Island could offset New York ' in a
house election,- and Delaware might
have a vote and Illinois or Ohio none.
Of course one or two experiences like
this would lead to another amendment
to the constitution. ' . ,
f Early "Purity" All aosn-. .
Elections Ilka those of the early his
tory of the country would not be tol
erated by, the people, today, Not. only
were the people themselves not allowed
to vote I in the majority of the states,
but all sorts of practices were resorted
to.- JSven territories were permitted, to
cast electoral votes. Think, for In
stance, of New Mexico and Arlsona
coming up and demanding their share
in the electoral vote - this yearl Yet
that is what Michigan, Missouri afd
Indiana did, when they were territories,
and in the case of' the two latter their
votes were counted. John Qulncy Adams
says that if there had been a contest
ed election at the . time Missouri was
offering territorial votes In the electoral-college,
and these votes had suf
ficed to turn the scale there could have
been no election ; "and' the whole Union
would have been frnMaged."' " The Fed
eralists had plannedWn interregnum to
prevent Jefferson bellr declared presi
dent in 1800, John Adams countenanced
It by saying In one of his letters that
ho "knew no more danger of a political
convulsion If a prestident pro tem of
the senate, or a secretary of state, or
a speaker of the house should be made
president by congress, than If . Mr. Jef
ferson or Mr. Burr Is declared aueh." -;
Such things show that our fathers
. The fate of U-year-old .Charles Jack
son Held, accused of the murder of
George f. Do Mara, will be decided by
a ; juvenile' court . jury Uils week - or
early next yweek. - Tomorrow, morning
the state, , through). 9peclal Prosecutor
John H. Stevenson Vnd Deputy District
Attorneys Vreeland and Mosessohn,' Will
begin putting In the evidence against
the lad,- while H. M. Esterly and C M.
Idjeman, for the boy, wUl try to prove
mat tne muraer. was not prorawjmvw
and was really more accidental than In
tentional. The oDenlaa- arguments were
made yesterday .afternoon before Judge
Oantenbein who, in the event the boy la
found delinquent bv tne jury, win euner
sentence him to ths reform school, or
bind him over to a circuit court Jury.
Th lurors are David J.A Burness, A,
J. Farnier, H. D. Gates, J. W. Chamber
lain. 1C V. Dangerfleld, and A F- Eddy.
The trial will , be resumed tomorrow
morning. -
had no monoDolv of political virtue,
and that there were , many mora Irreg
ularities in elections then than v would
be permitted in these daya Whatever
the resu)t of today's election, It Is
probable that It will be known by-mld
nleht. it is certain that It will be known
bv tomoVrow, and It is a foregone con
clusion that .the verdict will be ac
cepted without a murmur by tha defeat-
A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man is an unhappy
slave, fiurdock Blood Bitters builds up
sound health keeps you wen.
' '"Suf f ered day and night the torment
of Itching- piles. Nothing helped . me
until I used Doan's Ointment. It cured
me permanently."- Hon. John R. Gar
rett, Mayor, Qlrard, Ala.
Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, - cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily, tone the
stomach, euro constipation. 25c. Ask
your druggist for them, ; .
- Accidents' will happen, mut the best
regulated families keep Dr. Thomas'
Eclwtric Oil for such emergencies. It
subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
ried only six in the popular vote, .and
only Beven br electoral vote, yet he car
ried IS in the houso eleation. .
j The Possibilities of Today. t
:" (From thaCday to this there has never
Deen anoiuer- eieciiuii mi
house, the nearest approach to it being
tha Tllden-Hayea contest. But with the
present growth of radicalism, prohibi
tion and other outside movements, it is
not impossible that the day will come
In the not distant future wherf a presi
dent will have to be ' chosen by the
house. . The constitution provides that
' when ho candidate receives a majority
Of the electoral vota the house shall
proceed-to choose a -president and the
senate a vlce-presidenW- from out of the
three leading candidates for each posi
tion, as shown by the electoral college
returns.' :?& r- -.';-.'-'..;
- Suppose, to illustrate . hew it would
worki that today's balloting- hould give
,Taft 24F votes, Bryan 240,. and Debs,
Hlsgen -or Chaflri i 8. s Nq 1 qandidate
would have a majority, and the election
wmjj h. thmvn lnir Hm houe. Tnere
are'not1 many chances that this will
happen In the present election, but It is
always a" .possibilrtyi The vote would
be officially counted by the senate and
house In a Joint session In . February.
As soon as it waa.dtermlned that no
candidateAihad 242 votes the choice
: Vould devolve upon the - house. , It
: would ' then proceed- to aelect a presi
dent , Each state would have one vote,
and eacit state delgation would deter
mine by a. majority of Ha members,
whom that vote should be cast 'for.
There : are 46 : sfatea Twenty-nine of
them i have - delegations a majority of
whose members are Republican. JPlf-
. teen delegations are 'Democratic. Those
of Rhode Island and Maryland are even-
- Iv divided, which would prevent them
from voting. . Taft's election would then
be assured by a- vote- of 83 to 16. ' ,
Plan Would s CJunred Quick, v, V
J With a strong third party in the field.
. which -could carry " a dojen -electoral
votes, It would bo, possible to. entirely
change the manner; of i eleicttnK-'Presi-dents,
. The gerrymander has been a po-
Tomorrow Sees the Close ,
of Eilers Great Contest
ALL ESTIMATES MUST BE DELIVERED OR MAILED TO
CONTEST" DEPARTMENT NOT LATER THAN 6 O'CLOCK
( WSTERN UNION TIME) TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY,
,' EVENING.
' :''- " ' - ' . ,.'. ,
II You Haven't Submitted a Count Yet, Don't Delay Another Min
. ute Remember, All Have an Equal Opportunity to Win the Mag
nificent Chickering Baby' Grand, the Superb Kimball or 'One of
the Many Other Valdable'Priiis.
Every mall Is bringing in scores of
estimates in the great Ellers contest.
This great publicity contest, conducted
in cooperation with 'a number of the
largest and wealthiest eastern piano
Rfanufaeturers, is br far tha largest,
and most liberal ever launched In this'
country.
The magnificence of the prizes (total
ing $18,000 in value) which will be dis
tributed absolutely free. Is attracting
the attention of the entire northwest
This is tha sole object of - this great
publicity campaign. We want the peo
ple everywhere to know ' Ellera Piano
House, their methods, their pianos, and
their money-saving facilities to the
bUyer elements which- have resulted in
the House of Ellers selling virtually 80
per cent, of all the- pianos on the coast
Now, if you haven't a piano or organ
or talking machine and really want one,
why not submit an-estimate in this con
test? Rassember, you stand Just as
good a chance of winning one of the
many valuable , prizes as your next
door neighbor. Merit and pierlt alone
will win. The prises will be awarded
Yi-v tt. hoard nt thi-M dU1nt.ta In.,
Someone is going to wlri the misrniftcentf
nicaering tiaoy urana and the Kim
ball and the Ellers and the many other
valuable prises, to be given away abso
lutely free, Why not you? You still
have time to submit a winning estimate.
Remember, tt costs absolutely nothing
w iry. run pnrucumrs will pe sound
on page 14 of Sunday's Journal of No
vember 1, or you can secure all the de
tails and conditions upon application at
Ellers Piano House.
Please bear In mind, however, all es
timates must be In by 6 o'clock to
morrow i Wednesday, November 4)
night Western Union time. Ellers
Piano House, 353 Washington street
corner of Park. , - 7
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"KNOX HATS"
.5 ALWAYS PLEASE
Because the Best-Dressed Men in' the
.World Demand Them
I
SOLD; ONLY BY.
7,
Y' M 3'1 Hiorrison St, 0pp. P. 0.
$30 Lustrous Silk Dresses $17.85
$17.8
These charming cos turiies in styles typical of thia
unusual falf season are exquisitely made of lust
rous messaline and chifion taffeta silks. They are
trimmed with laces of various kinds and Mother
trimnlings. J Ther effects are simply superb; A
special: purchase by our eastern
buyer enables us to sell them
while they last Wednesday at
Rcg.$B 0 Women's Cape Gloves 98c
Also Mocha and Kid Gloves
Here is another of the great specials that has
made Lipman-Wolfe's Glove Section the talk
of Portland shoppers. For Wednesday only
we offer our regular $1.50 Cape Gloves, Dent
style, all sizes, in tans; One-Clasp Mocha
Gloves in gray, tans and brown; Two-Clasp
Glace Overseam Dress Kid Gloves. The reg- ,
ular $1.50 and $1.75 makes, all new and per
fect, every pair fitted to the hand. On rQ
sale for Wednesday only, pair. ....... ."uC
45c Bath Robe Flannel at 29c
Bath Robe Flannel, 54 inches wide, in pink and white, blue
and white, gray and white stripes; regularly 45c yard, OQ.
for Wednesday sale .JC
15c Persian flannelettes at 11c
Our Greatest Lace Sale
For all this week wf have planned the greatest Lace Sale of
the year. For months we have been gathering merchandise
for this occasion from the New York and foreign markets.
Everything in Laces and Trimmings is represented Valen
ciennesv Torchon, Net; Venise, Babjf Irish, Clunv, Princess,
Chantilly and Novelty Laces of . all descriptions. This is a
golden opportunity for you to supply your wants for some
time to come.
v New and desirable tucked effects waists and sleeves; neat
Baby Irish luid Wiilse'effectoV dainty Xet fopJ and Clnny
patterns; Persian bands and trimmings for Jl occasions?
colored Lacea in all shades; beautiful Allovers in Net and
Venise, 18 to 45 ins, wide; also silk Blag Pot and Scot Xeta -,..v
r In Tosca and Filet Mesh ; narrow Baby Irish In edges, Insert
lions, medallions, etc.; wide Princess flounces; Imitation
Irish that can hardly be detected from real Applique Sets.
We have arranged the above, described laces into four sale
lots at prices that seem ridiculously low compared to, the jeal
values. See big display "window- on Washington street.
Lace .Sale, Values Up to $1.25 Yd., Only 23c Yd.
Laces of all descriptions, from net top, edges,, etc., tp 18 in. allovers.
Lace Sale, Values Up to $2.25 Yd., Only 69c Yd.
, Venise, Baby Irish, Net Top Laces, etc., including sills dotted nets
and allover nets, 18 to 45 inches wide.
Lace Sale. Vals. Up to $3.71 Yd., Only $1.23 Yd.
Every variety and description of lace; black, white, cream, ecru,
colors. - '.,.. i'Ms
Lace Sale, Vals. Up to $6.50 Yd., 0nlye$2.45 Yd.
Every variety and description of lace; black, white, cream, eery,
colors. , '
Lace Sale, Values Up to 25c Yd., at Only 3c Yd.
Imitation Torchon Laces and Insertions, from 1 to 4 inches wide, in
s variety of pretty designs.
Lace Sale, Values Up to $T Poz. Yds., Only 29c
A special assortment;, of French and double-thread Valenciennes
Laces and Insertions, up to 2 inches wide.
Lace Sale, Values Up to 50c Yd.; at Only 5c Yd.
A special lot of imitation Cluny, Filet and Net Top Laces and In
sertions, in white, cream and ecru. ' ' ; Vi
Beautiful Flannelettes in Persian designs, stripes, dots, floral
designs and side bands. Come in blues, grays, pink, tan, navy,
red and lavender. Kegulaf
lac values, yard
11c
12'2c White India Linen 8c Yard
" - r ' .. ."
10,000 yards of 30-inch white India linen, fine finish, a quality "which,
a year ago sold for 15c to, 18c a yard. Very special for O
Wednesday, Only ..a......;,,JuC
15c White Suitihg, 34 Inches Wide, at lie
White linen finish suiting, 34 inches wide, sold regularly at '11
ajl stores for 15c yard. Wednesday sale ...... ............ XC
25c Browni Linen, Mussed. 11c Yd.
1,500 yards brown linen, slightly mussed and soiled; suitable for f 1 ,
waists, suits and cushion tops. Reg. 25e yd.; Wednesday sale.. I C
5000 Yards Wool Dress Goods
$1.25 and $1.50 Values at 59c YdT
On account of our enormous
Dress Goods business this sea
son, which breaks , all records,
we offeY this sale to close out
odd pieces Qf this season's
stock, including tailor
made suitings, checks
stripes, plaids anc
mixtures, in all
the best fall and
winter colors.
Regular $1.25
$1.50 the yard.
While it lasts,
59c
Good Wages Are
PaidTelegraphers
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Get election returns1 at rink. Open till
' - 13 tonight- v .
Exposition Rink
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It doesn't make any difference, for
you will succeed anyway if you I at
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