Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-09
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To tie editor Of tie leraudyia Gazetts:
have heard (ior l have not seen it, that SOME
ono has made compart MT he ba / :pli, d for
t"o Others had gone away, because the re. i.trar
WAS absent. Nuw the registrar Was at work for
fourteen consecutive hours, with the exception
OF fifteen minutes, which the Impotence Vi tho
worthy ter exaggerated into an hoAr, when he
was at his breakfast acrus7 the street, having
left a c ERIK to inform nll persons that he W I'D
be III his office rs soon MS he could dispatch his
meal, bu! the impatient Voter declined to Walt.
As there have been almost daily squibs OF this
klnd since the registration opened for the Same
cause against the Registrar OF the Third Ward,
thought 1t Was sufficiently advertised, that l
would take The Liberty OF taking my breakfast
TIE only mea | ;nke during the prescribed
hours--at the usual breakfas> hours q clock
and that persons would have the reaso na blenss
To call at any other time l have occupied this
office since t was created b. the State and have
always taken my break last At home (but few
minutes walk without biec,ion heretofore,
that have ever heard OF, rs other registers, l
am informed havo done. | did not tnink that
tac law Which requires Us to work fourteen
hours re ruired us to fast that length Of time
There is some reason that Judges oi election who
have to take and record Ill the voters of the
ward IN one day should be on hand aid snatch
their food rs they have the chance; but none
tn 1t can see that register, who has ten days
to perform similar duties, should do the same
uuy more thar any pubic officer. But opinions
vii differ and | have this to say to these worthy
but Indignant and selt-denying citizens who
have m&d" these comp plants; possess your souls
Ill patience, Tor there is no pos lble chance u
any future COZ fact of opinions this SUBJ ect be-
tween us. REGISTER OF THE Third WARD.
To the editor Of the Alexandria Gazette:
The gentleman who reported the proceedings
of the Conservative Committee for your paper
misunderstood me, and thereby, unintentiona!ly,
misquoted me. In his report he uses the follow
ing language when he speaks of ne: He pre-
terred ward meetings, rs heretofore held, &c
Nothing meant to say, or as beIieve SAID,
could be intcrp eted as tayorlng that plan OF
making nominations. After asking permission
to suggest for the consideration of the ;aittee
mode of nominating the candidates for the
Offices Of Mayor, Sc | said call ward meetings;
we must have them to select candidates tor
Council, &c; let the candidates for the Offices of
| May or, &c, be placed in nomination 1T them,
the voters of the ward present. to vote for
them, and the persons receiving the majority of
| the votes cast for the respective offices be de-
clared the choice of the ward and let the VI ties
for each person for the respective offices be Ger
tested by the presiding officer and forwarded to
| the Conservative Commttee-the returns OF
the four wards to be counted by them, and the
| person that receives majority OF the lsrges.
number of votes poled, be declared the nominee
of the Conservative patty and voted for At the
| election.
| further said ( had mentioned this III ode to Mr.
Leadbeater who thought it imprac icable; but,
in my opinion, it was entirely practicable; that
| it would do away with q convention, and the
nominees would BIO selected by the voters direct
ly, and not through the intervention OF delegates
and convention. Individually, the mode OF
making the nomination was immateral to me,
and l was in favor of the plan, which, in the
Judgment OF the committee, would give satstac-
ton to the party. Respectfully,
John NJ. JOHNSON