ELECTION STICKERS.
Mr. Mock's bill [H. R. 269] concerning elections, was reported back from the Committee on Elections, with amendments.
Mr DEEM moved to indefinitely postpone the bill and amendments.
Mr. MOCK desired to say in reference to the bill that there had been a great deal of fraud in his County by voting double tickets and again there has been a great deal of fraud perpetuated by using stickers. The provisions of the bill were intended to prevent this. He thought that the bill and amendments ought to be adopted, It practically makes it illegal to vote for any one except the regular nominees whose names are upon the tickets of each party. The object of the bill is to render it impossible to scratch without writing in the name of the person other than the regular nominee for whom a vote is desired to be cast; and it proposes that when a printed sticker is used neither the candidate named or; the sticker nor the one whose name is pasted over are to get the benefit of the vote.
Mr. DEEM thought under the provision of the bill it would be necessary for every little town to place partisan nominees in the field at every town or municipal election. In his County these offices were not made a partisan manner, and he did not desire to see them become such.
Mr WILLIAMS thought it was a good bill, and that the gentleman on the floor last [Mr. Deem] did not understand the provisions of the bill. He thought that the bill ought not to b indefinitely postponed.
Mr HAM had examined the bill thoroughly, and in ought there was nothing objectionable in the bill.
Mr. SMITH, of Tippecanoe, was opposed to using stickers, but he feared that should this bill page: 160[View Page 160] become a law it would prevent men from voting or running independently for any office. He was not in favor of placing any restrictions upon independent voting.
The House took a recess until 2 o'clok.
