Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-06 | Page 6 | Pennsylvania Boys at Fort Douglas Cast their Votes

PENNSYLVANIA BOYS AT FORT DOUGLAS CAST THEIR VOTES Three soldiers at FVrt D0Ulat cast their bullets yesterday for candidates running: for oficf in Bcnnsylvania. This "longdistance'" "long-distance'" voting was done under the terms Of the Pennsylvania law providing for the Ming or aofaterfl of that state who arc away from their homes on military duty. An election commissioner from the Keystone Key-stone state traveled almost across the continent for the special purpose of taking the ballots at the local post and departed de-parted last night, after he had secured thS b illots. The commissioner is William 1 .. Matthews of Reaver. Pa. It was n long trip and considerable expensr to the state to come to Kort lVuglns. I'tah. for three ballots, but the stnte of Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia believes in giving every soldier the right to oast his ballot. It may bo explained, however, tfiat when Commissioner Matthews left Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, he had expected to gvt no less than thirt -one ballots from among the men at Kort I'ohglas. There were twenty-eight lYnnsylvautuus among the mrm-ban mrm-ban of the Seventieth engineers who had expected to vole. !.ut wnricprtment or-d. or-d. rs mOVed these men out of the state before, be-fore, election day and a result the commissioner com-missioner was unable to secure these ballot. bal-lot. Three man were left at the post Who wn entitled to vote and their ballot.- were ' ast With duo formality and secrecy. They will he returno to the proper slactlon boards in Penns Ivan la and counted In the returns tin re. The men at the post who voted Mn Pennsylvania" are St rg snt Major John J, Maxwell of the LftuUd States nrmv renoral hospital No. f7 Master Bnaihtesr William t,, Hcok of the IWrd antnaara, and Master Engineer Joaepb M. Laubock of the 408rd engineers.