Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-27
The Registration.
RksULr OF THE FIRST DAVIS woRK-scENEs


REsCLr or THE PTRsT DAVIS wORK-scENxs
AND INCIDKNTs.
Yesterday afternoon the crowd sbout he
City Hall Trimmed out considerably, especially
the cclored portion, and towards the close of
the Gay the sight Of a coiored mar in the line
was as rare as the sight of white ma q had oeen
IN ne forenoon Several little difficulties oc-
Cured outside. IN which hard words were used
and but few If any blows were struck Sever.
al colored men from the lower par, of the Sec
ond Ward, said 70 be Conservative in senti-
meni' appeared IN 'front.' Of the hall about five
O'CLOCK, and IN discussing politics with some
Radical colored men some little feeling was
SHOWN, and az one time il looked if there
would % a. least one .sset to- Towards the
close OF the registration the crowd increased,
and every one seemed anxious 10 know how
AZ was going; some of the Republicans hold.
ing the opinion that if the white men
were net more than five hundred ahead
Mr. Bowen's chances for election were sure
Al seven O'Clock when there were probably
huadred in line the doors were closed, and IN
short time the clerks added up their work
showing that l-256 additional names had been
entered, OF which 9l4 were whites and Az COL
oreoi VnIte majority Az. This result was an.
nonnced by Mr. Clephane and received by the
Conservative portion of the crowd with loud
cheers Including yesterdays work the total
REGISTRATION Is S.223; the whites having n ma
Jorlty IN the city Of 2,-65. There were al
togetner yesterday about l0O reflections in clud-
ing hye or six eolored men from Brazil and the
West Indies who had not provided them
selves With naturalization papers and were
told now TO secure them. OF those registered
yesterday the Seventh Ward furnished the
largest number of colored. and the fourth the
largest mum Der of white voters
To-day the ARRANGEMENTS at the City Hall
are somewhat better than yesterday rome
Is stretched along the columns. and persons are
admitted on the east side of the central stems
and Lieut. Eeklof has detail of police about
the room, for the purpose of keeping order
The cballengers admitted are two from each
ware, zone from each party.) and the commits
sioners OF wards only are permitted in the
room, and they arr seated in a semi-circIe with
in the railing. When the work Commenced
there We're but small number present and
most OF theEi We're whites; bur the number was
there were but few persons applying. AT noon
there had been 36S white and 10 eoiored votes
registered white ma lority Dos.
"A ratner knofy case was presented in the
course OF the morning: nan named Michael
CoInns was rejected yesterday on the ground
that ne claimed exemption from the draft on
account OF being subject of a foreign
power. This morning he presented him.
self again with full citizens papers.
which he obtained by claiming that be
came mere under l. years of age. His case is
held under advisement. Collins was subsa
quently arrested by Detectives BigIey and
MILLER on warrant issued on the oath OF John
q Clary, charging HIM with attempting 10
register as voter on the 29th inst and he was
taken before Justice Smith at headauarters
and held to bail for a further hearing
Aoeut ~ O'Clock, challenger overheard
some parties Instructing eolored man what
10 say, and afterwards noticing him IN the
ranks, Informed him that if he ATTEMPTED To
register ne would be arrested, as be- the chaI-
ienger) knew that the applicant lived in the
county: Inc man broke and ran through the
lot, and the crowd following closely caused
some excitement, but they failed to bring the
Aoout the same hour, two colored menlcame
IN with slip of paper on which was market
r street, between 1ith and 18th. as their resi-
nenee, and Me-srs. Stewart and Hodgson, ehal-
Iengers- asked that they b. sworn hut Mr.
ROBBINS refused saying that he would not
swear any one as 10 their residences The chaI-
Iengers sand they could prove the men did not
1--we al that place. and some words passed he
tween them and Mr.. Robbins
subsequently the Judges reconsidered their
ACTON IN rejecting Michael Collins. and on
presenting himself again he was allowed 10
register. "
Up TO three o'clock there hal been abortons
thousand names entered. OF which The vhifes
numbered nearly fcur-fifths