The national Republican., 1867-05-29

CoRREsPonpEYcE OF rHE MAYOR AND
THE JUDGEs or ELEcTIoN. The following cor.
respondenoe is Of interest at this time, and will
explain itsolf;
wLsmINoIox. .. D, May Is, 1857.
Messrs p. r. bacon, q. n Pidnt, s J. Boioen, Leiefs
Cisphdns. and H. o. Robins, Commtssionsrs NJ
GESrLENrx: I transmit To you q copy Of an
act Of the Councils Of this city, entitled IAN act
TO divide the several wards Of this city into cleo.
tion procino
/ The necessity for such increase In the number
Of voting precincts, rendered imperative by the
greatly increased number Of votes likely to be
polled at the approaching municipal election will,
, 1 think, be obvious to you. .
therefore call your attention TO this action Of
the City Councils to meet the exigenoy, that the
registry or poll lists be furnished by you 10 the
commissioners Of election may be made In ac.
eOrdancs with the law, and will be pleased TO
facilitate you In di,charging duty In every way
In my power.
Very respectfully, RICHARD WALLACE,
Mayor.
mpapying the letter was a copy Of the
act referred to. The same has heretofore been
The following /, the reply of the judge, of
election: ..
Sin: Your communication Of May Is has been
received. In reply We have to state, II . neces-
iity exists for an increased number Of precincts,
II 10 TO be regrstted that II was not discovered or
known al an earlier date and prior 10 our prepa.
ration OF the list Of voters in each ward, under
the act Of Congress Of February s, 1867. And
We presume you and tho Councils Of tho city were
not ignorant Of the fact that these lists were di.
vided In reference to the precincts Of each ward
as they have existed for . number Of years, and
were "posted" up In all the wards, except the
L.. Ca L. .af h. Iisl
act which you transmit u.s.
While II may not have boen designed, the de-
lay In the action Of the Councils In respect to
what now seems to bo regarded as necessity
bears tho appearance Of an attempt to ombarrass
our labors and defeat tho design Of Congress In
It's recent legislation.
For while no suaioisnt time Is lsft for now
registration II 10 too limited TO allow Of correct
classification Of names according TO the line Of the
| proposed new precincts.
This would, In fact, involve nearly all the
labor Of q new registration, and would not leave
time to print and post up the lists.
For this and other reasons We do not soc how
We can comply with what you call "the law Of
| the councils"
The only feasible proposition that, under all
the circumstanees we have boon able to con-
| ceiye We have already suggested TO the Councils.
Willing to operate with you as far possible,
We cannot do so In n manner impraoticable, or
which tends to set aside the expressed will Of
| Congress.
Besides grave doubts may bo entertained as TO
the power Of the Councils TO now establish new
precincts; and II We complied with your request
we might vitiate the entire election. As to the
third section Of the act, viz: THAT Il shall be
the duty Of the Mayor TO obtain from the judges
Of election one or more complete copies Of the
names and residences Of all persons who shall
have been duly registered and have right to
vote 10 each election precinct, and furnish cop
les Of the same TO the commissioners Of election,
to guide them In receiving tho votes Of tho cleo
tors" oandor requires us TO say that We consider
II as In conflict with the legislation Of Congress,
and that wo cannot furnish you lists Of voters to
be placed IN the hands Of the commissioners Of
election, without q disregard Of our duties.
II Is our intention to furnish the commission
srs Of election with lists OF voters after they have
been prepared.
Very respectfully, your obsdisnt servants,
5. J. BowES,
z. G. ROBINS,
GEoRaE II. PLANT,
/ LEWIS CLEPHANE,
Judges Of election.
RcuARD WALLACE, esq, Mayor, 40.
MAyoR'S OFFICE. May %, 1867
To s. J Bo,oen, q. II. Plant, z. q. RoL1fns, and
LsWts Citphans, esqs,, Judges Of Election!
The publication In a Sunday mornings news
paper, without an opportunity to reply. Of a lot.
tor delivered only the day before satisfies me that
II could only have smanated from such q source
as did an anonymous allegation lately mado in
the same newspaper, so promptly and publicly
denied by you, and renders It needless TO notice
the insinuations therein against the integrity oi
purpose Of the gentlemen composing the Councils
Of this city.
The action Of the Councils, which you ars
pleased TO call "a so.called act, was communi
Gated to you In the discharge Of an official duty
In courteous manner, and merited, II any, a
least an equally courteous notice at your hands.
Tho increase In the number OF voting precincts
, provided for by this action Of the city Councili
was imperativsly demanded to afford alike to III,
newly and previously enfranehised citizens the
opportunity to exercise the right guaranteed them
by the recent legislation Of Congress, and II wai
done only whom, In the progress Of registry then
being made by you, II became apparent to al
that to poll, with only two precincts as then pro
. yided for, between the hours Of a. m. and p
m, tho vote likely to bs cast at tho approaching
election, In some Of the wards, allowing for eacl
vote even the short space Of time Of minute
would be physically impossible.
And as the power given by the act Of Congress
Of May 10th, 1857 TO classify voters by diyidin
: the several wards Of the city into election pre-
cncts still remains with the Councils Of this oity
= and the duties Of tho Judges Of Election by th
tied to and ceased with preparing list Of all per
sons qualified to vote In the several tcdyds OF thi
city, posting such lists at least ten days, AM
correcting them at least Ave days before an,
election, conceived II to be my duty to call you
= attention to the act Of the Councils, that you, a
you shall deem best, might either classify, divide
and furnish, In accordance with that act Of th'
: City Councils, or deliver to the Register Of thi
city, to be so classified, divided, and furnished
to the Commissioners Of Election to be hereafte
J, appointed by the judges Of the Supreme Court o
this District, the original or copies Of the list
Of persons registered by you as qualified to yot
u iu the several wards Of this city at the approach
q ing election, or take upon themselves the 70
spOnsibility Of defeating the action of Congress
Very respectfully,
It RICHARD WALLACE, Mayor,
l. IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE SALEs,-Coope
4 Latimer, auctioneers, made, on Monday, th
following important sale Of lots square lS0, aC
Z cordinS to the subdivision Of tho square made b
the trustee Lot /, to John Cook, at 80 cent?
lot Z, to W Eckert, at lSo, lots 8. 4, 8, and
n to Thomas Young. at l5c.i lots and 8, to job
Wagner, at l5to,i lots and 10, to A. Lepreul
l. at iiIo, lots il aud ~. to J, i. winNhsrssr.
z 1919; lots IS, IA, Is. and lG to II. Gaseh, q
Isle; lot II, to D Mccarthy, Rt lllo.i lots II
10, 20, aud 2l, to ThOs Young, at l0lc.j lot 2!
p to G. Hoernig, at lllo.i lot 23, to u. Evans,
o. o llc.; lot "a, to @. W. Giddins, at lie lots