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ASTOBIA. OREGON
TUESDAY
NOVEMBER C. 1SS8.
We'lii all have a rest on
now, for awhile.
the tariff
Haif of the Kepublie are watching
the other half to-day.
Is the event of Harrison's election
to-day, Blaine will bo secretary .of
state.
STEALING THE VOTES.
How it is Done on Tha Day of Election.
Men Who llako a Profession of Counting
Votes Fraudulently.
Respectable San FranciscanB are
afraid that an abortionist will be
elected mayor of that city, to-day,
"just for a joke."
Mobe important even than the pres
idential election, is to-day the election
of congressmen. Oregon, Maine,
Arkansas and Vermont have elected
theirs; the other 34 states choose con
gressmen to-day for the 51st congress.
It is a momentous day for the Ameri
can Eepublic
Ml
To-dat. a very remarkable spectacle
will be witnessed in Washington,
where it is a quadrennial occurrence.
The men have gone home to vote, and
executive departments of the govern
ment will be in the hands of the wo
men clerks entirely. They get along
very well, and seem in nowise appalled
at the burden of carrying on the bus
iness of the government
To-day 11,500,000, or 12,000,000 peo
ple vote for presidential electors in
the several states. Not one of all the
millions who vote to-day, votes direct
for president or vice-president. Each
voter in each state votes for as many
presidential electors as his state has
members in both houses of congress;
in Oregon, 3, New York, 36, etc The
three men that will be chosen to-day
by the people of Oregon will meet at
Salem on the 14th- of next January.
There they will formally organize at
the state capitol building and cast the
three electoral votes of the state of
Oregon for Harrison and Morton.
All tho presidential electors of the
other 37 states will meet on the s
day in their respective capitals and
cast the electoral votes of their states
for either of the nominees. So that it
is on January 14th, 1889, that the next
president is to be elected formally,
though the actual election takes place
to-day.
The Bettlnc Man.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, 1884.
(IN DETAIL.)
The betting man maketh himself
very conspicuous about these days.
He scenteth tho election from afar,
and gathereth together shekels with
which to bluff the timid and money
less. He seateth himself in public places,
listening to catch the words of some
boaster from Boastville, who saith,
"Yea, verily, my candidate beareth
the pole that knocks tho persim
mons"." Then he jumpeth to his feet and
shaketh his shekels beneath the snoot
of the boaster, and exclaimeth, "Lo,
I bet you he don't."
Then the boaster retireth into his
hole 'and draweth the hole in after
him.
"Whero the better obtaineth, his
funds with which to bet, is what
maketh his friends to marvel exceed
ingly, for he is rarely known to work.
"Behold, he acteth for a syndicate,"
saith one.
"Or perhaps the money is counter
feit," saith another.
But he continueth to shake his
shekels in public places and challenge
men to bet.
Sometimes the betting man is
caught without funds, but in the ar
dor of controversy, when he debateth
the tariff, and cryoth out against
trusts and stampeth his foot ou free
trade, or jibeth at protection, lie for
geteth that and shoutetb, "What will
you bet?"
His adversary raeeteth him, and
produceth a roll of wealth, which he
cannot cover, and then it is that tho
cry goeth up against the betting man,
like the roar of a mighty sea
"Put tip or shut up!"
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Merit Wins.
Wc desire to say to our citizens, that
we have been selling Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's
New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve
and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that ell as well, or
that have given such universal satisfac
tion. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund tho purchase price, if satisfac
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely on their merits. Jno.
C. Dement Druggist.
3Ieals Cooked to Order.
Private rooms for ladles and families:
at Central Restaurant, next to Foard &
Stokes'. -
The best Oysters in any style, at
me Aeiepnono itesiaurani.
A fine cup of coffee, at tho Telephone
jtcsinnraur.
Coffee and cake,
Central Restaurant.
ten cents, at the
v All the patent medicines advertised
in mis paper, together with tho choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can
be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident
hctel, Astoria.
Wclnliard's Beer.
AndTree Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, 5 cents.
When Ton Co to Portland
Frank Fabre, Occidental hotel restau
rant, will be glad to see his Astoiia
friends, A good dinner at a moderate
price and everything in season.
Political bosses often attempt to
steal an election. There is a cane
abont each political machine that
makes a study of fraudulent voting.
It has come to be a profession among
a certain class. So skillful have these
vote thieves become that a few of
them can make a difference of from
4,000 to 5,000 votes in the great total.
And often that decides the contest.
It is shameful to what lengths po
litical despoilers have gono to cheat
the people out of an honest count of
votes. The following are some of
the methods employed bv the pro
fessional vole thieves to steal votes,
and which will bo practiced in many
a large city to-day:
METHODS OF VOTE BOBBERY.
A citizen comes up to the polls to
vote. Ho is a respectable man and
has his ballot in his hand, and gives
it to tho inspector to be deposited in
the box. Ths inspector takes it,
holds it in his right hand in plain
sight of the citizen, just over the hole
in the ballot-box. While one of the
clerks is looking at the register to
find the citizen's name a man outside
suddenly challenges the citizen's
vote. Tho citizen turns his eyes from
the ballot m the hands of tho in
spector and indignantly faces the
man who challenges him. Then
the inspector gets in his work. He
has his left hand in his coat pocket
at his side, and quietly draws it out
with a ticket between bis fingers. He
drops his other hand with the ballot
that the citizen gave into his coat
pocket on his right side. This change
is mado while he slightly moves his
body, and it seems that it is only an
innocent movement. Tho indignant
citizen who has been challenged has
had his eyes off the inspector, and
when he looks again there he is
standing about as he was before, with
a ballot in his hand ready to drop it
in tho box. The citizen either swears
his vote in, or else tho confederate
on the outside withdraws tho chal
lenge, and then tho clerk reads off
the name and tho inspector drops tho
ballot into the box and the citizen
moves on. His vote was changed
while he stood before the inspector.
That is a trick that is played very
often. Some professional workmen
get as skillful at it as the most adept
three-card sharp is at his game.
There can be no doubt that it will be
practiced ten thousand times to-day.
cnEiTisa JJf corarisa.
If the precinct board is packed,
there are a dozen ways to count a
man in or count him out, just as the
bosses dictate. There is one plan
that was adopted in '84 with telling
effect, and which will be repeated
again to-day. It requires some skill
on the part of the inspectors, but
there are men who can do it without
fear of detection. After the polls
have been closed and the counting
begun the votes are numbered by the
judges and their initials are placed
on the book of the ballot; then tho
inspeotor reads off the names and the
clerks tally on the books. As the
inspector spreads the tickets out and
runs his hand over it to smooth the
creases, he stops at a certain name
and by a slight movement of his fore
finger ho draws a mark through the
name with a small bit of leadpencil
glued on to his forefinger, which he
can use just as well. There is then a
light leadpencil lino over ono of tho
names ana that name is scratched
and not counted.
FALSIFYING BETTRNS.
There is still another way of falsi
fying the returns; and it is even more
potent than anything that has yet
been devised: When the count of
the vote begins two clerks tally the
votes as they are called off by the in
spector. It is supposed that one
clerk is a Eepublican and the other a
.Democrat, and that thoy will bo
a check on each other. But when
the bosses agree to divide the offices
between them the clubs are told what
to do. They are selected to record
the will of tho bosses and not the will
of the people. The inspector reads
off the names one by one; the two
clerks are in collusion. As Uie name
of ono candidate is read off, the two
clerks record the vote for his oppo
nent. The clerks sit side by side, or
sit on opposite sides of the table; a
slight nudgo or a quiet tap with the
foot gives tho signal for tho false en
try. By false entry a difference of
5,000 votes can be made in the total.
A combination of tho bosses makes
this method the easiest way of falsi
fying the votes, although it can read
ily be discovered by an honest re
count in court.
In New York the ballots are burned,
according to law. when counted.
which leaves the defeated candidate
without recourse.
STATES.
Elec
toral Vote.
ropular Vote.
Alabama
Arkansas
California .
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware........
Florida
Georgia ..
Illinois-
Indiana ..
Iowa .
Kansas
Kentucky .
Louisiana
Maine......
Maryland .
Massachusetts ...
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi ..........
Missouri
Nebraska .
Nevada
New Hampshire..
New Jersey......
New York
North Carolina..,
Ohio ,
Oregon
Pennsyhanta.
Rhode Island....,
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
ermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin ..
A Safe Investment.
Is one which is guaranteed to hring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price. On
mis saie piau you can uuy irora our aa
vertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption. It is
guaranteed to bring relief In every case
wheii used for any affection of Throat,
Lungs or Chest such as Consumption, In
flammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asth
ma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc., etc
It is pleasant and agreeable to taste,
perfectly safe, and can always be de
pended upon.
Trial bottles free at John C. Dement's
Drugstore.
The latest style of Gents Boots and
Shoes at P. J. Goodman's.
Ludlow's Ladies' S3.00 Fine Shoes;
also Flexible Hand turned French Kids,
at P. J. Goodman's.
ADVICE TO aiOTHKRB .
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens
tho gums, allays all pain, cures wind
cholic, and is the best remedy for diar-rhoca.Twenty-fivo
cents a bottle.
CMltaCryforPitCuer'sCaStoriB
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Totals .
13
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5 . 5
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Plurality
D Dcm.
S R-Itep
92,973
72,927
89,288
27,603
C7.182
1G,9TG
31,769
91.053
312,54
244,992
177.316
90.132
152,901
62,516
01,056
95,803
122,352
189.361
70.065
76,510
233,938
54.891
5,578
39.187
127.778
563,018
142,952
308,280
24.604
392,785
12,391
69.764
133,270
2J,bu
17.331
145,497
67.317
146,459
59.144
50.S95
102,116
30,166
65,893
13,053
23.031
47,692
337,411
238,480
197,089
154.406
118,122
48,317
"1.710
85,7481
146,721
192.669
111.685
43,509
202.929
76,903
7,193
43,250
123,360
562,001
125.063
400,082
2G.8C0
JiiJ.SlH
19,030
21.733
124.090
91,701
39.514
139,356
C3.09G
101.157
013
2.960
761
2,305
CI
72
168
12,074
3.028
1.472
4,495
3,139
328
2.100
2.827
9,923
18.403
4,681
2,153
2,893
l'iio
G.153
24,999
451
11,069
492
15,283
923
1131
3,531
1,752
138
939
7,650
7b2
1817
2,017
1,961
1,085
10
135
10,849
8,293
16JU
1.G93
120
3,991
578
24 382
753
3,58.1
26
552
3,456
17,002
5,170
726
17,002
422
"957
3,321
7S5
05
4,593
33 829U
22,032 D
13.128K
8.5631:
1.2S4D
3.923D
3.733D
4(1,90 ID
24,8271t
6.512D
19.773R
G4.274R
34.839D
16199D
20,000 It
11.118D
21.372K
3.308R
41.620K
33.O01D
33.059D
22.512R
1.015R
4,063 U
4.412D
1.047D
17.884D
31.790R
81.019R
0,639 R
48.031D
9.180D
131.978D
22.183R
6.111D
4.221D
14.693R
EMOVAL
Owing to intended removal from our present location to Flavel's new brick building,
we will from now on, until further notice,
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WE OFFER
Orreaf Bargains in 3Ces?ythingB
THE NEW YORK NOV
El. i STORE,
NEW TO-DAY.
National Spleen
TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Benjamin Harrison
OF INDIANA.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
Levi P. Morton
OF NEW YORK.
ELEOTORS.rOB 0BEG01T,
WILLIAM KAPUS,
C. W. FULTON,
ROBERT McLEAN.
Red Corner Market
Southwest Cor. Fourth and Cass Streets.
MRS. C. BLACK, Prop.
Fish, Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Oysters,
Came In Season.
Suppers far Parties, Furnished to Order,
Purchases Delivered to Customers.
BAZAAR.
At the Bazaar you will And a Full Assort
ment ot all the
Latest Novelties in Fancy Work.
Lessons Given in
Embroideries and Lustre Painting.
Stamping Done to Order.
NORA RAPPLEYEA.
One door south ot Tiif. Astoria; Office,
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Parker & Hanson
SUCCESSORS TO
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DEALEUS IN
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New Goods Arriving Every Steamer
TIIIS WEEK.
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Their largely Increasing trade enables
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ol proQt while giving you Roods
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Goods Delivered All Over the City.
The Highest Price Paid for Junk.
The Str. Telephone
Fast Time Between Portland
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Leaving Astoria Mondny........C a. m,
" ' Tuesday....2 :30 P. M.
" " Wednesday 7 p.m.
" " Friday -7 p.m.
" " Saturday- 2:30 p.m.
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DRUCCIST.
Successor to W. E. Dement & Co.
Carries Complete Stocks of
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