Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-30
Fifth Ward Registration Chased

ATS O'Clock yesterday afternoon the iudges of
sleenOn closed their labors for the FItth ward
For the three days allotted therefor. commen.
Gang on Monday last ne whole number of
registered voters is l. :: that of the last day
yesterday footing MP IT'D, of whom aaJ were
Nhite and liz colored-whita majority. 2tr-
Il he whole number of white voters registered liz
THIS ward IL 1,U91; colored, 9.sl-glving a major
ify Tor the whites OF 360. Last year, the voters
registered IN the ward were ,6sl, of whom e6i
were white and az colOred-whIte majority
"a: Increase OF white majority this year over
But few incidents occurred yesterday. and
from three O'Clock till SIX the crowd in attend
2nee outside the Office Of registration was very
small, and there were but few applicants for
record. After thai hour, however, the number
began to increase till the close of the books.
when several hundred of both eolors had as
sembled, and good humored excitement ran
pretty high. Between seventy-fiy and a hun
dred soldiers of the Twelfth u s Infantry
were registered, while some fifteen or twenty
others rom the same regiment were rejected on
account OF non-resldence and having no natu-
raiizAuon papers. During the registration of
these soldiers. MT. Bowen. one OF the Judges
reiterated his doubts. hitherto expressed about
the rlght OF soldiers 10 register and in the case
OF Thomas Cloud, a Young soldier of the Ilth
Infantry, who said he hailed from PennsyIya.
MIA, enlisted az ElmiTa. n. V. was - wears of
age, and had been AT Russell barracks in This
city, over y months, he M. Bowenl called
upon Mr.. :. V. Moves, one OF the clerks 20 take
down the questions and answers as il was ms
REORGANIZATION 10 take the matter before court
before the election. where the question should
be settled After the interrogatOries and an.
swers had been written down. Mr. Bowen then
appealed TO General Bacon, one of the Judges
before whom all legal points which hay, here
tofore arisen have been submitted. 10 know il
Thomas Cloud should be registered General
Bacon promptly responded in the affirmative.
for, he said, the Law the subject distinctly
stated that all loyal American citizens over the
age of twenty-one, who had resided in the city
twelve months and in the ward three months.
should be entitled TO register There was no
discrimination against soldiers, and. i'm his
opinion, they Were as much citizens as any
one else. This decision did not satisfy Mr.
Bowen. and he demanded q vote of
the board Mr.. Plant suggested thar that
could De done after the close OF the DAYS work.
but MI. Bowen would not consent and in
sisted upon the vote being taken The ones
ton was then stated and the vote of the Judges
taken, when MpssTs. Plant, Clephane and IA
con voted IN favor OF soldiers registaring- and
Mr.. Bowen in the negative Mr. CIerhane
was not fully satisfied about the right of SOL
ulers 10 vote. but thought as many had reyis
tered all should be permitted 10 do So Mr.
Bowen again remarked that the matter shouId
DE- tested before the courts, and thereupon the
WORK of registration was resumed. Among
those who were rejected yesterday Were the
ralzfd; Joseph Dodge. WI bite. under age: Vim
Hehner, soldier, not willing TO swear he was of
age Henry DOley, unnaturalized: John Hart
man. idiot; i. Talbert. nor resident of ward.
WEI Magruder, ColO-ed. nor com pos msuSis and
dwarf Henry Clay, eClored, was among the
registered.
At three o'clock to-day the Jusgas onenad
the registration books IN The Sixth Ward at the
corner of sth and q streets