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Show Secret Ballot Box. tn ieorpt onlern whlrh require a ballot to bn cat in order to dcterrilne w hether r. plleantH for membership ahall or ahull not be admitted, no l.t'.le compUlnt ban been heard hecue nme one hnn aecn lit to oppon the admtflafon of a man whom h be llevea to bo Inelllclblo or oblecllon able. When more than one menibir la In oppoxIMnn there la llttlo line In And-Inn And-Inn fault, hut In at b ant one ordr a wlriMo blaek ball will prevent an applicant ap-plicant from becoming a member. Hhoiild nome nno In favor of the up pllrunt chfinre to see the black ttaed and make mention of tho mrmhor'a name, ho n apt to bo tho miltjce ,,f murh crltlclum anionic th other n ember. em-ber. It In neeeAnry that the ballot bal-lot nhould ho an neeret as poMMdo. pernilttlmc no one to know who li the one canting the unfavorable vote. There Is probably no hotter way In which to nltnln thla end tbar. by the nno of Mm bnllot box hern Illustrated. Illus-trated. In the body of th" box tnere nre two rhnnreln. for tho ncc t'on nf the bn!K fie for Mioki of a 1)1 to color uit'l the other for thono which are hlnck. When tho member come forwnrd to ca"t their bnllot for or n'mlnst th npi'lirnnt for mernberHhip In the or!T, tt U only neresxarv for Mi cm to pit h trV fllifUnt? pin In con Junetlon with elih'T one of Mio c'nn-n'I. c'nn-n'I. If a nit-iiiber oppon-'R the enn-dldnto enn-dldnto he will pttxli (ho pin on the rivht nnd drop a blnrk ball Into Hie drawer beneath; If. on tin other hnnd, ho I In favor of the applicant, ho puisne the pin nn the left nml drops a whll" ball. Tho only objertton to thla dovlcn, m-eniH to be Mint the perron per-ron who hoH chnrKO of plnclnx the bnll In tho chiinnels mlht mix one i f::i2st& tLf A iro 'f Covers Hand While Voting, or more of them intentionally or ao-cldontnlly. ao-cldontnlly. Thla can bo obvlntod by delegating; two or moro ineinbera to attend to tho ballot box. As tho hnnd la encased In tho Ikix whllo the ballot bal-lot la being cast. It la impossible to sea which pin Is being moved, and tho result only ahowa when tho drawer la opened at the closo of the vote. Tho Inventor la Henry J. Fox, of Donver, Col. |