The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
The Proposed sIa-sIsg or Radical
Voters nt jackson.

Before the law of 1873, the rule in
relation TO the elections in the various
counties was that each elector voted in
bis own precinct or Supervisors District.
The entire system of registration is based
on this idea, and each certificate of Reg.
stration shows in its face the voters pre-
cinct. How far has this rule been
changed.
The act of April 10Th, 1873, (acts
1873, PIP. 7Sand 7I) provides as follows:
And in the event of any registered voter
being out of his district and Wishing to
vote on the day of any election for any
county, district or State officer, or for
President or Vice President Of the United
States, such voter on the production Of
his certificate of registration shall be en-
titled TO vote on making oath as provided
in section FIVE Of this act, bat shall not
be allowed to vote for any district or beat
officer of said county"
The oath prescribed by sectioRb, Of the
act is MS follows
------ do solemnly swear that |
am the identical - whose name
appears upon the registration book, or
on the certificate of registration as the
case may be, that ! have not voted at
this election, nor will / attempt to vote
at any ether precinct in this county (act
1873, p. 74)
This special statute was intended, on
any fair principle Of construction, to pro.
vide for accidental and exceptional cases,
and cannot be construed to have intended
to make a sweeping change in the general
mode of voting. It was never intended to
make voting out of the electors district
the rule, but provides an exception to
the general rule in individual and ex-
ceptional cases,
The following reasons are sufficient 10
demonstrate this as the proper construc-
ton Of the law:
J. This law impera:ively requires the
production of the certificate Of registra-
ton, as a condition for voting out of the
electors district; whereas, an elector can
a
vote in his own district on production of
his certificate, or on making an affidavit
of its loss '..
IL, BY voting out of his district the
elector is only permitted qualified right
he can vote only for certain officers,
and cannot vote for others
III. In voting out of his district, a
special affidavit is required by this special
statute, which is not required by the
general law.
This thing of massing voters at one or
two points in county was never con-
templated by the statute, and is contrary
to its plain intent, meaning and spirit.
If the Republicans propose to have a
fair and peaccable election, it would be
well for them to give up this scheme of
massing their voters at one or two points
in the county, Let the election proceed
in the usual mode. We think this is the
fair and proper course. We think, on
the contrary, that this masing business
evinces an unfair purpose on the part of
the Republicans, and is calculated to
produce nistrust in the minds of the !
whites, and will lead inevitably to the
counter move of massing the white vo-
tiers at the same points. This but adds
"fuel to fire" and increases infinitely the
prospect of collision. The response
bility must rest upon the Republican
managers.
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GRAND Rally tomorrow, Turn out