New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-16
The REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

To-day, the Registrars will meet in their re-
spectiye election districts to receive the names Of
pon.registered voters, and revise the poll lists Of
the last general election. Those who were not en-
titled TO vote at the last November election, those
who have moved out of their di trcts since then,
and those who did not vote at that election, should
not fail to get their names registered Ali who
voted at the last November election and reside 10
tie same election district STILL will, of course be
placed or the new registry without personal at
tendance. 1t ia important that those who are
| not registered should have their names recorded
now, because they may otherwise lose their votes,
since it may be difficult, in the hurry, confusion,
and partisan strife of election day, to obtain the
necessary vouchers Of their right to the exercise
OF the franchise.
1t will be seen by the LIST of places for holding
the Registry, which we publish this morning, that
there are low the enormous number Of 2l7 erection
| districts in the city. The design in making so
many was 20 give every citizen an opportunity to
| cast bis vote and not, as was too frequently the
, caee in former years, to LET the Gun 90 down on
| long line Of voters unable to reach the balotbOX
10 seasou In spite Of this large number of polling
| pIaces. there are shl many districts where the
| number of voters overruns AGO. in all such, the
| REGISTRARS will sit Two days. The operation of
voting, under the Regisirg system, is necessarily
slower than in the ole, slap. cash way, when every
drunken loafer who came to the polls might put IN
his ballot unchallensed. Hence the importance Of
perfect regstIa ioD so that there may be No delay
at the polls on election day in verifying the right
| of the voter. Through such negligence, We know
that our party 10 the XIlIth Ward, Brooklyn, at
the last general election. Lost large number Of
yotes, sunset coming on before they could deposit
| their ballots
BY the aid of the Poil-lists our friends in Brook
| Iyn last year made thorough canvass of Kings
County, and ascertained the political preferences
of nearly every voter This year, the canvass has
been renewed with even better success aud the Gen
| eral Committee will know a week hence within two
or three hundred of the total vote Of the County
that is, supposng that nobody stays at home
on election day, but all go manfully to discharge
the highest duty of thtr citizenship. There is no
| good reason why as thorough canvass may not
be made OF this city, and Of every city ard
county in the State. If it were, it might
| then be known in season at each poll, who had
| failed to vote aud time allowed 10 remind
them, before il became too late, Of their derelic
| ton. By this means, thousands OF stay at
| homes would be shamed into doing their duty.
The subject is well worthy the careful attention Of
all our Town and County Commit tees. We cannot
afford TO lose q yote-fOr that vote may cost us
Representative 10 Congress. Nes-YOrk ought to
double the majority OF Pennsylvania for Lincoln,
whatever that may be, aud it can do it if our
friends throughout the State only attend to these
matters in time. There are yet three weeks in
Which to 90 resi good hard work, AID after that
We can afford to take a resting spel.
II our Metropolitan Police District, we are glad
10 learn that Mr.. Superintendent Kennedy has
been or will be directed TO obtain copes OF all the
regstfy lists after they completed, 80 that the
patrolmen may be enabled to investigate all doubt
ul cases, thus verifying the registry correcting
frauds and erIors Wherever they occur, in the
names upon their respective beats. By this means
We shall be able 70 secure an honest AID faithful
registry, and nip the Flying Artiery"-the Re
peaters, who, under different aliases, have for
years voted many times in different parts of the
city, and have been safely oOunted upon as good
for five or ten thousand votes for the Democratic
party. These scOUndfels, in the lat Congressional
election, were brought down BY omnibu. loads from
the east side Of the city above Grand street, into