New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-22

poDt ~ isAilN, II . very g"Vs "iu - ~ e''"''
rd cumbrou', nor costly. nor veIsticas, hor am
bsuous Nine tenihs OF It. provisions are just what
they should be. We d. object TO 30 much Of 50
es pre.cribes that az unregistered person may vote
without even swearing at suy election, provided no
one challenges BIN, and " each member Of ihe
Board is atisfed that be i. legal voter" Our
objection 10 that at poll, where the Inspectors aud
voters are prsctic Ally al on one slde-.nd il Is Just
here that the greatest frauds are always committed
any number Of minors, aliens aud other non-
voters may be allowed 70 vote, and can vote with
inpunity. We want q Registry LAW exactly 70
prevent this.
We further object to the clo,e OF this section !:
"and any person whose name is OF the Registry may
be chser ged aud the same oa.hs shall be pa. as are
now prescribed by law"
This is not 80 material, but il is wrong. Laws
should never be made 30 as to invite and upnold
eyil-done; yet under this clause rowdy msy
stand at poll and challenge every person who pre-
sents himself throughout the day of election, even
though be personally knows each to BE- legal
voter. Would it be morally right to DO this II
not. we in,ist that the law should not invite it.
challenging duly registered person is allowed at
all-and we see not why if should be, except as TO
his identity with the voter on the Registry whom
be pertonates-the law should expressly forbid ms
licous or merely vexatous challenges, and pre-
scribe that the challenger should at least TO his
belief that the person challenged is not legal vo-
ter. Challenges are strongly provocative Of e1-
element and Ill blood they should never be wan
tonly made; and the very end and object of Re-
pistry Law is to determine calmly, quietly, deibe-
rately some days before each election, who are aud
who are not entitled to vote so as to preclude all
disputes and limitations at the polls. We wish this
last clau,e had read
"snd any legal voter may challenge the vote of any
pstered person who offers TO vote butt challenging
Re must offer 10 swear that he truly believes such per.
con Tot to be voter ard shs state on oath or sirma
ton the grounds of such belief
We wish SIS had more explicitly prescribed the
mode of revising mot making afresh) the Registry
Of Voters in each city prior to said citys Charter
Election. We wish, too, that 81 did not prescribe
anew Registry each year hereafter, but only such
revision Of the Registry of the last year as is pre-
scrbed in SO. We are satisfied that this is all that
10 needed. One thorough Registration next Octo-
Der, and careful revision Of the list on the Tues
day preceding each Election thereafter, are all that
is required. Making new Registry each year
hereafter, and taking one day to form and another
to revise it, will prove use ess and expensive bore
The Re gistry once made should be the RegiitEy
forever more; but revision shogd state dly pre-
cede each election whereat names should be stricken
off and added, 30 as to make the list correspond
with the existing facts.
Such are the amendments which We would
like to see made in Mr.. Brockway's bill as itpasSed
the Assembly. Yet we do net urge, nor even ad-
wire, its alteration by the Senate. If they can be
made by general acquiescence, very well; but,
rather than incur any hazard Of failure, we would
have the House bill passed by the Senate without
shadow Of change.