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WASHINGTON. 



he wishes, operate the individual knobs without 

 first pulling out the straight-vote knob. At the 

 close of the election the fronts of tne counters 

 are exposed to view, and a record is taken of the 

 result. This machine has been in use in Hornells- 

 ville since 1896, and lately in Jamestown and 

 Syracuse, N. Y., and Detroit, Mich. This was the 



A VOTING MACHINE, OPEN. 



first machine to fulfill completely all the require- 

 ments of the present election law. 



The Standard voting machine, patented by A. J. 

 Gillespie, of Atlantic, Iowa, in 1897, is about 4 

 feet square and 8 inches deep, and is supported 

 I iy lcs. the top being about 6 feet from the floor. 

 The ticket is arranged upon the face of the ma- 

 chine in the form of an Australian ballot, the party 



WASHINGTON, a Pacific coast State, ad- 

 mitted to the Union Nov. 11, 1889; area, 69,180 

 square miles. The population, according to each 

 decennial census since admission, was 349,390 in 

 1890 and 5ls.l<>3 in li)00. Capital, Olympia. 



Government. The following were the State 

 ollicors in 1900: Governor, John R. Rogers; Lieu- 

 tenant Governor, Thiirstnn Daniels; Secretary of 

 State, W. 1). Jenkins; Treasurer, C. W. Yoiiii.u: 

 Auditor, Ncal Choatham; Attorney-General, P. H. 

 Winston; Adjutant General. K. II. Fox; Superin- 

 tendent of Education, F. J. Browne all Populists 

 i>t Winston, who is a Silver Republican; Com- 

 m i --inner of Pulilic Lands. Holier) P>ridgos: Dairy 

 Commissioner, E. A. McDonald; Veterinarian, 

 S. 15. Nelson; Insurance Commissioner, C. J. Heif- 

 ChU-f Justice of tin- Snnn-im- Court, M. J. 

 "ii. \\ho resigned Aug. 1; Associate Justices, 

 R. O. Dunbar, Mark A. Fullerton, T. J. Anders, 



nominations being in vertical columns, with a 

 numbered pointer at the left of each candidate's 

 name and a large lever at the top of each party 

 column. Extending from the top of the machine 

 outward about 4 feet is a semicircular rod, upon 

 which a curtain is drawn by the voter as he en- 

 ters the machine, thus inclosing himself in a booth 

 and unlocking the machine for voting. To vote 

 on this machine, a straight-vote lever is pulled 

 down, which turns a pointer over the name of each 

 candidate in that party. Should the voter then 

 desire to split, he can do so by turning back any 

 of the individual pointers and in their places turn- 

 ing others over the names of the candidates he 

 wishes to favor. This machine fulfills every re- 

 quirement under the present election law. The 

 Standard voting machine was first used at a city 

 election in Rochester in 1898, and since then it has 

 been adopted in Buffalo, Utica, Ithaca, Elmira, 

 Auburn, Oswego, Niagara Falls, Rome, Pough- 

 keepsie, Hudson, Johnstown, Gloversville, and 

 many towns. In no case where this machine has 

 been adopted has there been a return to the paper 

 ballot. 



Dr. R. H. Thurston, one of the three voting- 

 machine commissioners of New York State, and 

 head of the mechanical department of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, in his report on this machine for the elec- 

 tion in Ithaca in November, 1899, says: 



" 1. The voting machine is a simple, reliable, 

 durable, and convenient apparatus for its purpose. 



" 2. The machine compels the deposit of a per- 

 fect and accurate ballot, of the form chosen by 

 the voter. 



" 3. It restricts the voter absolutely to the lim- 

 its of the law and permits him freedom as abso- 

 lute in voting within that limit. 



" 4. Defective ballots, the usual fault of ordinary 

 methods of voting, are entirely done away with, 

 and no man loses his vote through defect of the 

 system, or fault of his own, if he votes at all. 

 The disfranchised voter becomes unknown. 



" 5. Fraudulent voting is impossible, as well as 

 errors in voting. 



" 6. The vote cast is registered, vote by vote, 

 with absolute accuracy and certainty. 



" 7. The result can be declared immediately 

 upon the close of the polls, having been already 

 completely counted. 



" 8. The cost of the system is so much less than 

 that of the old method that the machines usually 

 pay for themselves in three to seven years." 



James R. Reavis; Clerk, C. S. Reinhart all Re- 

 publicans except Reavis, who is a Democrat. 



State officers are chosen for terms of four years. 

 at the time of the presidential elections. The Leg- 

 islature meets biennially in January of the odd- 

 numbered years. It is composed of 34 Senators 

 and 80 Representatives. 



Population. The State has gained 48.2 per 

 cent, in the past decade. The census by count ic- 

 in 1900 was as follows: Adams, 4,180; Asotin. 

 3,366; Chehalis. 15,124; Chelan, 3,931; ( lallam. 

 :>.(;< Ci; Clark, 13,419; Columbia. 7.12S; Cowlitx. 

 7,877; Douglas, 4,926; Ferry, 4,562; I'nuiklin, 

 486; Garfield, 3.4 IS; Island. 1.S70: .lel1Vr~"ii. 

 5,512: Kin;.', 110,003; Kilsap. 6.7H7: Kittitas. 

 I.7IM: Klickitat, 6.407; Lewi-. l.").ir>7: Lincoln. 

 ! 1.969; Mason, 3,810; Okanoiran. 4.6S9; Pacific, 

 5,983: Pierce, 55,515; San Juan. 2.92S: Ska-it. 

 14,272; Skamania, 1,688; Snohomish, 23,950; Spo- 



