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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



Electrical Voting Apparatus Being Tested Out by a Committee. The Inventor of the System Claims 

 a Great Saving in Time and Money in Voting by This Means. 



SHORTENING LEGISLATIVE SES- 

 SION BY ELECTRICAL VOTING 



In order to prove to the nation that 

 there will be a great saving in time before 

 legislative bodies in taking roll calls by 

 electricity, a Milwaukee inventor has of- 

 fered to install at his own expense an 

 electrical voting system for the use of 

 any legislative body. He does not wish 

 to be paid for the installation unless it 

 demonstrates a saving of double its cost 

 during a single session. The Wisconsin 

 Legislature has taken up his offer which 

 may mean the installation of the voting 

 device before another legislative session. 

 The plan is already under investigation 

 in Congress. 



Here is the manner in which he fig- 

 ures out the saving. 



"Let us take the statement of Mr. 

 Hambrecht, father of the bill to accept 

 my device which was introduced at Mad- 

 ison, that in the 1913 legislature there 

 were 852 roll calls. These roll calls con- 

 sumed about twenty- four legislative days. 

 Twenty- four legislative days cost the 

 Government in the neighborhood of 

 $24,000. 



"By means of my system, 99 per cent, 

 of the twenty-four days could be saved, 

 and coupled with the other necessary ele- 

 ments in practical legislation with the 



efficient means which my device offers, 

 it would shorten the session for all time 

 to come from five to eight weeks, which 

 would mean a saving to our State at a 

 minimum of $35,000 per session. 



"The resolution which provided for the 

 installation of a system of electrical vot- 

 ing asked for an appropriation of $15,000 

 to install a complete system in both 

 houses. From a business viewpoint, an 

 investment of $15,000 would bring a re- 

 turn of $35,000 at a minimum every ses- 

 sion. In other words this device would 

 more than twice pay for itself in the 

 first session of its installation.'* 



The device not only records by colored 

 lights and printed words each lawmaker's 

 vote on a large board in full view of the 

 assemblage, but automatically, also by 

 electrical mechanism, keeps before the 

 speaker of the house the totals for and 

 against the measure voted upon. 



A CLEVER DEVICE FOR TAILORS 



To the average man it is a difficult 

 matter to decide on a piece of cloth for 

 a suit* and still feel confident that it will 

 prove pleasing in the finished product. 

 There are so many factors that enter in- 

 to the making of a pleasing suit that a 

 strip of cloth placed on a tailor's table 



