The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-03

the pTetext for the complication OF regulations
to enjoy the rights OF an elector so as TO be de
structive OF The right Itself II all the CITIZENS are
that elections shall be free Rnd equal" then they
are subject only to such dversties as grow out OF
locality alone in my Judgment not to Increased trO
bic and expense in establishing their qualifications
But to proceed With the Inquiry proposed above, 10
answer to the argument that the Legislature con.d
city 10 act board for the purpose Of appointlpg
ing act think the contingency referred to hardly
sufficient to produce such conclusion. we sre nOs
compelled 10 assemble and act II is not likely how
II is prov ded in the act that the Board of Canvas
sers IN the several districts shall not be consGutea
on any S one to sdhe ot any denlte length time
TO- his pToiessed P1eieFenGeS G any ntePg 1nceaS
In ts nature and TO great extent, in practice. 10
iuie might exit but in name while in fac. it might
not e1ist a. all Is RTSf RaIt ia oosonoernsd WhoS
the slight lest assurance that II VIII De so IN Isot we
see nothing in it repugnant TO any c9ntututional
provision and i is NJ ezrretsiy pd9hl3iLe9 Tho oa.
tions of the claim attention. The 18th aud lith
most i'm porant to be considered in this inquiry and
these peisons will Therefore demand some particu-
In the first place the canvHs9ers for the election
Aldermen. ss provided in Tie i3sh geelion, are re-
auifed TO meet IN their TespgSmYe d o ba Pp two
ensuing days, make ont an alphabetical !ist o. ali
tors,'' who nave voted at preceding election, etc,
designating therein whether The voter Is h'use;
with whom he boards, If not house
e Is Be nobed and 1Sfp
by the canysssers or majority ana three copies
one the Board Of Adermen and the third to be re-,
srd ad 6ed U @ in at least 9 wo places in
the e district With H notice thereon that the Boards Of
Canvassers viii meet at the places OF holding the
sG1s s s'RPa w' ?SSd D5s
two days then next Spsng ddSr R5 the p% nJ
subiractng from and completing the list" " viii be
those citizens are 10 be registered who are aoiSn 6y
the board to be qualified electors. who have voted at
known 10 the 6oard other than personally is not pro-
mne ioE Poa5esS 81 It Woad be naturally
9s resting In the personal knowledge exclusively,
list affY Of voiers tiers Know Known BY them. / see not how
ABSENCE sBy ether OF g to eoeTe Recs
of the fact from any other source on this construc-
Mo@ d Rn be y ae TH oe rye m to
on Of ths part % Re not the be H
extend TO any great lumber OF voters but when the
fair 10 presume they be conscientious men that the
ton to the actual numbers OF constutonally quail
electors in some Districts wo1Id. in order to be re.
gstered and entitled to vote, be obliged to apply to
before the day fhodng the general election and in
Of 10 A. M and p n. Of each day, and IN axe the
pIootrequred by cton IA the act IN order to pro
cure registration. The proyiaions on this subject are
zach person SO Clhlull'B 10 ne enllIleu W NOIe
therein shall produce al least one quanhea Voter o.
said dysGn p ss OF the ssdepe ia % OF said
days next preceding the general election then next
affidavit to The facts stated by him; which affidavit
shall define clearly the reside nee OF the person
the ghs 10 20 be also and
on aiidayit stating when he was born, t9s6 ne IS
States and il naturalized cit shall also present
less shall have beena voter in such election district
plSuing; that he has rpSQed IN TINS common
esh s SeaT 9f hSt e has rsded therea
six months next preceding the general election then
Rsds o he Hs hs,
not been registered as voter elsewhere; S wnGh am M
preserved by the canyasae s. a.. J.. D.. J., ,,.o, -. -
clock p NJ on the evening of the tenth day preced.
ing the general election Then the e9nVasSeFs % @ are
for the Board of Aldermen, which is to be accompa-
TO the assessors OF the board, who snail there.
upon Immediately ASS So a tax aCColulng 10 law
said list and deliver the sane TO the CITY Comms-
to be Prnted for the use Of the Receiver Of Taxes
one Of which they shall deliver to the judges, and
section Is provides thus;-"The only evidence that
such person has In bne Sa HiSsi0a m @
fact that his name is found thereon as herenoetore
any person not SO proved shall ., constitute a
in the sleS9n oleP sbqra6 thc re-
election officer SO offending shall be subject fine
one year, at the discretion OF the court"
How is it possible after O'Clock P; NJ, Of the tenth
voiers of the division, especially in heavy dstr cts,
be made out in time Tor the Assessors OF lhe ward
the list registered by the act before M OF the
night of the tenth day before the eection-eVen sup
posing them bound TO be in attendance at some par
cuar spot for the purpose which they are not IL -
this was done the eleclor would be deprived OF his
might be on the list. still the act requires
registration. Ifthat should be wanting the process
would be complete. he would not be entitled, as
assessment of all persons whose names were placed
on the revised list ws intended for an unnecessary,
require great degree credulity TO believe that
hundreds. nay thousands OF voters IN me city would
not be deprived OF their constitutional rights cleo
by this process abridged in time for execution as
we have shown u Is. Inc accumulation OF a.haAyts
not oaths merely, the attendance on the Board or
Commiss eTs IL may be, Gay after day, for the act
10 revise the st IN nearing appllcahts loL reSISTa
tion the necessary application by the voter
10 pc ESseSSeui wCp INN 1 i the az sat @ 0g S te S
days after the list shall have been made out. The
process, whether the voter may nave previously
thereto been assessed or even PAID MS taxes or not
the polls be subject 10 be chaenged aud all that has
been required and Iroved may have TO be proved
again. for the fact of registration is conc usive of
thing it is only its absence which Is evidence aud
that against the citizen are such succession OF EN-
many TO denial of the right OF the elector alto
gelher an overthrow OF the guaranty OF ihe Conattu-
what said by the Court in the of the Com
monwealth VS., Maxwell, easy, 4ll, "a law Intended
tSe Right election wGnid be Set aside as unwaTrant
able" This principle is affected by any unnecessary
the ev biWeen "a e @ co9segaences Of
an act intended TO embarrass and one that does en-
Judgment this view If there nothing else to com
plain Of, ought TO set aside this act
the constitutional rights OF electors in the provisions
OF me sectOn quoted, ana as 70 lhese MAJORITY OF