New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-05

In the Fifth Ward Of this cRy, at the last cleo
.;or the Republicans fought the battle with unusual
rial and. Judging from the result. with unusual sue
cess. 1t nov appears from the register that two
men "were voted" as residing at the house OF
working Republican Of the Ward, the pleasure OF
whose acquaintance the proprietor did not possess;
and not only this bat a third citizen, bearing
strong Irish name was voted" as residing at the
house Of Mr. Supervisor Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy
il il almost needless 70 add is also 80 unfortunate
as not to posssss this citizens acquaintance.
With this illustration Of the use Of registry. we
desire 10 call our friends attention 10 the following
points:
I. I,euables Ia to procure in advance aEss OF all
who viii offer to vote, except the unregistered, and
they are required by the law to furnish an affidavit
and the testimony Of a householder. Formerly, s
man presented his ballot, but before the challenger
could examine his book, or make up his mind,
yigilant Inspector would cry down" the tickets
be popped in the box, and the right to challenge
zone. Vow. il is necessary for the Inspectors TO
tnr. TO the register and check the voter. TINS VIII
enable the challenger also 70 examine his BOOK,
which should be an exact copy OF the register, and
10 check or challenge, as the case requires.
III. In several Wards, names registered with
ont residences The excuse for this is that the resi-
dences are not on the poll lists. Now the law pre-
scribes the requisites Of the poll hsts, and
among them is the residence OF the voter
Without this, the poll list il, so far az
the Registry law is concerned, a nullity. The
Registrars are directed to take from the poll
lists the names of those " residing in th,r Election
District" and are required to enter the residence
in the register, and il is "for this purpose that
they are authorized to take the poll lists from the
Clerks Office. registry without residence Is GER
tanly no registry; and in those Districts where
such illegal lists of names have been made, it
should be insisted that every such voter presenting
himself must be regarded as unregistered, and re-
auired to produce bis affidavit and witness If this
is not complied with, we can contest the returns as
illegal, and may have them thrown out entirely.
iii. 1t will enable US to procure a complete reg
lister for the December election. The value OF this
cannot be over.estimated We shall know who
voted and who did not vote. In case of fraud We
shall be able to arrest the parties if they can be
found, and if not to arrest them if they reappear
in December 1t will let daylight in upon great
many dark transactions of the Sham Democracy,
and may lead to the exposure and even arrest and
conviction of some of their wire-pullers. Whatever
may be done, or whatever may be omitted, let each
Ward Committee secure, next Tuesday, in every
District, complete record of what occurs. Let
the persons having charge of it carefully insert the
names of those not previously registered, the resi-
dence of all whose residence is not already given,
and the action of the Inspectors when the Registry
law is eyaded or dsregarded. We shall then be in
position to contest Illegal returns and to fight the
battle of December