Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1892, Page 12

BECTIONS 0ST MILLIOY The Ontlaz ‘or Receiving and Counting Ballots in o Presidential Contest, ESTIMATED AT $1.75 FOR EACH VOTER ¥ fty-one Milllons Required to Put Another Presudent 11 the White House—What A Nation il Convention Costs Mem= bers of the Party, A national political convention is an expensive event tu the people of the United States; so is the election that fol- lows, says the Chicago Post. A conven- tion for tha nomination of ndidates for president and vice prosident repre- goats an ostimated outlay of avout 50 ¢ nts for each and every voter in the country. The cost of counting the votes castat n general election is something like #1.75 for each one of the 8,000,000 rieman who will deposit a ballot next November. Computing the totals on a basis of the foregoing estimates, which are deduced from the figures of the last presidentinl election, it will cost the peonle of this country about $22,500,000 to nominate and elect the next president. Abont $4,000,000 will be spent in bringing about the nomination of the republican and democratic candidates respectively, $500,000 to put a third party man in the field, and $14,000,000 will pay for the re- coption and counting of the votes cast in the fall, when the duleet sound of the slogan has been stilled and the campaign liar lnid at rest. In addition to the total amount of $22,500,000 which will be expended for thoe purpose named, and which can be reckonod as legitimate, at least $10,000,- 000 will be necessary to secure the proper presentation of vhe qualifications of the various candidates, the issues of the campnign, ete. Thjs amount will be handled, and ot course used to the best advantage,” by national, state, county and municipal committees. In- dependent political organizations will nse at least $5,000,000 more to advance the claims of favored candidates, and in- dividuals themselves will disburse a handsome sum in fathering their own pereonal interests. As there are in the neighbornood of 45,000 persons to be elected to some sort of office, from presi- dent to town constable, at the November election, it is fair to assume that each and every one of them will contribute a fair percentage ot the financial bene- fits of the various ottices they seek. It would be extremely difficult to termine the average amount of ind unl subscription coming under head, but 8300 would not be far fromthe gizo of it, A candidate for president usually chips in $10,000, his friends and supporters give liberally and candidates for other offices give in proportion to their ambition, makir g £300 a fuir aver- age. This adds $13,500,000 to the other totals, and brings the whole cost of a presidentinl election, legitimate and otherwise, up tothe enormoussum of £51,000,000, Another item of cost contingent upon a general election is presented in the loss to general business resulting from the depression which vsually character- izes & senson of political activity. The amounts involved in this curtailment of business cannot very well be estimated, but they run up into the millions. Roughly it can be sufely figured that the election soon to occur will directly or indirectly shift a round $100,(00,(00 from its present location. Candidates, politiciars, and finally the voter will handle half of the sum. Of the amount used in preparing for an election a large part of the $4,000,000 expended by poli- licians in attending upon conventions will find its way into legitimate trade. The railways, hotels and small trades- men will reup the bulk of it. Chicago hns, perhaps, cnjoyed more direct finan- cial benefit from political conventions than any city in the country of recent years, because more have been held there than anywhere else, and nearly all of them have lastgd longer. A compe- tent authority figures that the people who come to attend n convention spend about $500,000 a day, and the longer the body is in session the more the town makes out of it. St. Louis was the scene of the demo- oratic convention of 1888, and it only ex- tended over two days, the nomination of Cleveland being o foregone conclusion; yet the town cleared up fully $1,000,000 directly, besides the money which wen’ 10 the railways and hotelkeepers. Cin- cionati made $2,000,000 out of the four days convention which nominated Gen- eral Hancock in 1¢80. The convention which nominated Lincoln at Baltimore in 1806 is declarea to have ‘‘given an impetus to business which resulted in a Ernupernus condition the town had not nown for more than twenty years be- fore.” Minneapolis business men will probably acquire about 3,000,000 out of the = republican convention, neurly £1,000,000 of which will go to her hotels, Chicago will probubly handle about the same amount. . Tho s ces of 250,009 men are re- quired to count the votes of the 8,000,000 who cast them. This quarter of a million officials are paid for their own work, their compensation running from $2 to §12a day. Over 100,000,000 ballots will have tobe printed for the use of voters, and muybe this number won’t reach around. Polling places will have 10 bo rented or constructed, stationery in enormous quuntities furnishod thoe officin!s and voters, the location of the polling places advertised in the nows- papers, nominations made known through the same source, refreshments furnished for the oflicials, as they will not be uble to leavo their posts until all the votes have been deposited and counted; furniture and conveniences put into the polling Flucos and lots of deputy sherifls paid for maintaining ordor at the polls, An election for city officials in Chicago or New York costs the city upwards of $300,000, and there I8 no end of hard work involved in the burgain. I'he last clection held in New York City cost the citizens $430,800, und Chi- cngo paid out nearly as much. Some of the itews of expenso of the New York electiou aro interesting, us showing how many things have to bo pald for every time, The voting was conducted under the system of a year ago, modeled after the Australian method. Under the old systom an election cost New Yorkers wbout #250,000, but 80 many new equip- ments had to be provided to conform to the changed conditions that the cost ran up over £200,000 more. Over $200,000 of the #439,300 soent last yoar went 10 pay inspootors and poll and ballot clerks; $108,000 wont for renting and fitting up polling places, for stationery und books of information regarding the working of the new system; $40,000 for advertis- fug the location of the polling places and the nomination of candidates, and 860,00 for printing ballots, An idea of the quantity of utuliulmr{ necessary during an election may be obtained from the fact that 5,500 bottles of ink were used by the New York election ofMcials. They also required in the per- id- vhis THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THURSDAY. JUN ‘1 hin TEN | FROCKS AND SACKS at $10.00 Coats and Vests, In Mohairs, Serges, Alpacas, regular stores will ask $4 for them. DEMOCRATY, RE 'WELVE P All together cleaned us out of our $5 suits, and now we place on sale 400 PUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS They are worth up as: high as $20 a suit and are in cassimeres, worsteds, cheviots, all new shades, on second counter from front, 52.20 Plaid Flannel Coats and Vests, Only a few left. 00 Pants In Worsteds, Corkscrews and Cassimeres, stripes, light colors, blacks, etec, AL STRAW HATS, 80c¢ up. MAIL ORDERS FILLED. N ECKWEAR IN ENDLESS VARIETY. BEST SILK TIES. 80c TIES, ...\ ZBCIIES 0. $1.00 TIES.. e 28c 88c 30c TEN | LOOK AT THE WINDOW. Thin Underwear, 25¢ garment 5 colors Underwear at $1.00 a Su it. Others ask $2. 1506 For Stainless Black, Brown, Ecrul and Tan Sox, worth 25c. Suspenders 15¢, were 35c. Suspenders 25¢c, were 50c. Our 50¢ White Shirts are the envy of all, Colored Shirts 50c, 75¢c, $1, up to the finest black silk stripe Shirt at $2.50 that Hellman used to sell for $4. Bigaest Bargain of all Swiss Conde Outing Shirts, S All colors, non-shrinkable. Omaha never saw such a bargain before. OUTING SHIRTS formance of their duties 10,100 lead pen- cils, 2,000 pens, 10,000 penholders, 10,- 000 blotters, 2,000 bottles of mucilage, 900 reams of paper, 900 yards of tape, 7,800 registration blanks, 65,000 pens of another kind than the first, 9,000 iron spindlea for filing papers, 13,000 en- velopes, 5,600 registry books, 7,000 payrolls, 10,000 straw envelopes, 10,000 picces of twine to hold pencils, and 6,500 receipts and miscelluncous blanks. The cost of conducting au election in rural or spursely settled districts is, of course, not o great as in crowded eities like Chicago, Cincinnati and New York, yet even in tho most remote sections an election is an expensive matter. Polling pluces are fower and more widely sepa- rated than in the cities, and the voter does uot onjoy the conveniences pro- vided for his more fortunate urban brother. He is compelled to travel as many as fifty miles in some instances if he wants to exercise his right as a citi- zen of this great and glorious country, while the city man docsn’s have to walk ten blocks. There is little difference in the cost of recording the vote of either, howaver, as it is probable that the ex- pense of receiving and counting 800,000 votes is pretty nearly the same, whether thoy be cast in New York City or in a hundred widely scparated towns and villages. IEvery vote, whether in the metropolis or in Arizona, costs the peo- ple of the country about $1.75, NEW BOOKS D PERIODICALS, “L'Ombra,” translated from tho French of A. Genueyraye, by B. M. Shorman, is the story of & young Itaillan lady of noble birth, who, being a musical genius, finds herself, through o chain of remarkable cir- cumstances, on the stage, whero her genius is at once racoenized. It is interspersed with somo | interosting love episodos and alto- gothor is & very charming novel. Published by Lovell, Coryell & Co., 43-47 Eust Tenth stroet, Now York, The cordial reception wendered Mrs, Mary Farley Sanborn’s first book, “Sweet and ‘Twenty,” will doubtless be extended to her new story, “It Came to ‘Puss.,” While not 80 distinctively » summer story as the au- thor's earlicr venture, it is yet far removed from the dreary field of novels with a pur- posse. ‘The thread of tue ktory is sumple, but the deepest laterest attaches to Alma, her romantic longings and hor girlish follies, Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. A collection of what appears to be sermons has just boen publisned by G. W. Dilling- ham of New York under the titleof *On Calvary.” The discourses are able and in- terosting, but tho curious fact about them fs that they have no introduction nor does the author divulge his nume. 1t is very vare indeed that an author, even if he boa preacher, isgso modest as not 1o give his name to his Trerary productions, The Overland Montb!y for June contains among other interesting feutvrcos an articls by May L. Cnenoy entitled “Kilauea, w Trip 10 the Great Cruter.” ‘The illustrations are abundant and are wade from a set of unew and unusually fiue photographs secured by tue writer in Hawail. Anotber paper worth reading is called *“Track Athletics in Call- fornia,” by Philip L. Wes Tuen there are “Along the Umpqu ¥ Quien; “The Presery of Our ' Forests,” by Thomas Mage: ‘ne Cave o the Higuerita 'lbe Treasure Cove of Oabu,” . Closson, and “Phree Hours Late,” by Ada E. Ferris, Tue most compretcnsive article in the June number of The Review of Roviows 1s entitled “Our Indian Problem ana How We Are Solviug It It goos straight at the heart of the topio and explaius just what the new Iudian policy means and how it is beiug carried out. It is an optimistio article and predicts an early transform Iudiau population int a credi of American citizeastip. It is strikiogly il- lustrated with portraits of Scoator Lawes, (ieneral Morgan, the commissioner of In- aire; Geuneral Armstrong, the bead of the Hawpton lnstitute; Captaln Proty of the Curlisie Indisn school; Mr. Herbert | Welsh, the Indian_reformer, and Superin-; tendont Meserve of Haslsell 3 Tnstitute. *“The Nineteenth Century” for June con- tains the foliowing tablo of contents: **Ul- ster and Home Rule,” by St. Loo Strackey: “The InefMcioncy of the Army,” by Fiold Marshal Sir Linton - Simmons, G. C. B., G. C. M. G.; “Ireland Blocks the Way," by Horbert ' Gladstone, M. P.; “Some Groat Jewish Rabbis,” by Rev. C, H. H, Wright, D.D.; “A Butler's View of Men Service,” vy John Robinson: “Ovid Metamorphosed,’” by Mrs. Ross; “Scripture of the Renais- sance,)’ by Miss V. Paget (Vernon Lee); ““The' Incroase of Crima.” by Rev. W. D. Morrison; ““An Indian Funeral Sacrifice,” by J. D. Rees, C. [._E. and numerous other papers on live topics. The Omaha Advertising bureau has just published **An Omaha Souvenir,” repre- sentative of art, musio and tho drama, It is profusely fllustrated and contains excellent portraits of some of Omaba's most dis- tinguished artists and musicians, and also pictures of the more prominent public and private buildings. Tbo Introduction is from the pen of Mr. Itobert B. Peattie, the well known newspaper man and Mr. E. Rose- water, editor of 1ne Beg, contributes an in terestiog paper, entitled **Reminisconcos of Omaha.” It would make an admirable littlo present for those having friends in the east, to send to them, because it is roplate with useful information not entirely obtainable elsewhore. For sale by all booksellors or can be procured of J. A. Bollman, New Yori Lifo building, “Tne Primroso Path” is & story of the o from thio pou of the yersaule authorcss Nym Crinkle. It is a faithful and fascinating transcript of the seething Iifo of tho modern metropolis, and more especially perhaps the inside phases of journalism and the drama, It1s an admirable little book and should have a wide circulation. Published by Low Van- derpoole & Co., 245 Broadway, New York. *John G. Whittier, the Poet of Freedom, by Willlam Sloane Kennedy, is an interest- ing and instructive book, full of history ana intorspersed with quotations from the poems and baliads of the great American post. The full story of the part Whittier played in the anti-slavery movement 1s here aet down for the first time in book form. Although in the nature of a blography there is much in 1t that makes the Sook as fascinating as any ro- mance. Publisued, by Funk & Waenalls, New York. The June Californian Illustrated Magazine has some articles peculiarly appropriate to tho summer season. Kor instance: *‘Tho Region About Lake Tahoe,” “The Excite- mont of Capturing the Famous Jow Kish, the Gawme Iish of California,” by the editor} “The Glaciers of America,” showing tne wonders of the Malaspens. gincier. »drs. Flesher has an excellent article on “Art in Japanese Swords,” giving illustrauons .of soue of he fagious cullectivas of the duy. | “Dzughters of Men,” by Hannabk Lynch, | 18 an entertaining story {or summer reading. The style is good, and theraare many beauti- ful descriptions and telling situations, 1t is perfectly safe to be placed in the hands of anyone, as it is purein tone, Puolished vy thé United States Book company, New York, lhe Illustrated Buffalo Express of Suffalo, N, Y., showed considerubie eaterprise by giviog in its issue of June 12 some really ar- Usticully exocuted pictures of the terrible disaster wrought by flood and fire at Titus- ville, Pa., on June 5, Many of tke illustra- tions In this edition of the Express aro ex- coptionally good and far superiorto those gouerally found in nowspapers. “Virgioia Rose,” a romance of Illinols, by Edward R. Koe, is an admirable story of life among river pirates aod full of exciting in- cldents sud romantio situations. Published by Donohue, Hennebery & Co., 407-425 Dearboru street, Chicago, 11l The June number of Romance contains six- selected storics of more than average ‘Thoy @re very Various in nature, g stories of America, kngland, F Spain, Kussis, 10dia and tho hi balduce bOLWe.n grave and gay, the wild aud the reasonuble, i ably malutained, For au idle summer day's yeading *‘The Confessions of & Publisher” by Johu&l range Winter will suit wost pegple. It s short Ng coulmins uO wearisome philosophical speculations or ntricacies to worry the reader. Its bumor is bright aud upstraived, 16 surcasiu is of the good natured sort. snd there wre little touches of pathos nere snd there which are never absurd and overdone. The tale relates the trials of & money get- ting publisher with an open-hearted and open-handed son, who upsets his plans and introduces too much “honor” into the busi- ness, and 1t 15 well told. Under the title of ““Colonel Judson of Ala bama, or & Southerner’'s Experience at the HNorth," F. Boan bas given us an amusing little book with asomewhat humorous vein running through fts pages. Publisued by United States Book company, 142 to 150 Worth street, New: York. “A Highland Chronicle,” by S. Bayard Dod, is & readavio. story of Scotch life, There is nothing particularly sensational about it, but nevertholess it is by no means dull or insipid. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Munsey’s Magazino for June is full of bright aud rendable papers, as usuwl. The article by Judson Nowman Smith on *Sleopy Hollow as it 18 Today' 15 quite & featureand thoro is a charming completo story _entitled “On the Field of Honor,” by Mr." Munsey. There are likewise soveral good short stories and other interesting contributions. “The White Company,” b Doyle, s & story of merry old is written in Mr, Doyle’s own felicitous stylo. 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