Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-10-29
ROTTEN REGISTRATION.
WEDDING OUT COL. FAIRS COLONY OF DEMO
CRATIC vOTERs-A BOLD SCHEME NIPPED
IN THE BUD.

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Yesterday the process of striking from tn
registration list the names of men who ha
no business upon the list began in Judg
Cary's court Judge Harris made the chal
lenges and N. Soderberg defended them.
DEMOCRATS ON THE DEFENSIVE.
The colonization scheme carried on il
Ormsby for the purpose of defeating the Re
publican Legislative ticket has been carefully
watched by the Central Committee for Tho
past three weeks, and wherever sufficient evi
dence could be obtained the guilty parties
were spotted and their names put on the
challenge list. 1t was soon discovered that
a man named Duncan McRae, we'll
known henchmen of Col. Fair, was active in
securing these registrations, and brought most
of the suspected men to the registration Office.
His movements were accordingly closely
watched, and there was hardly an hour in the
day or night that he was not Swallowed. By
this means the Central Committee were en-
abled to make the challenges with their eyes
open.
THE CHALLENGES BEGUN
The Justice Courtroom was crowded yes.
terday morning with men who were interested
in seeing the outcome. The Democrats as
serted that there had been no colonization,
and that not single name would be stricken
Off Judge Harris had goodly array of wit
nesses on hand, and Mr. Coffin had check
list which had been very carefully prepared.
The first five names challenged by Mr.. Harris
were not defended. The cases were made
out SO clearly that they confessed judy
ment and the names were stricken off
Obediah Putney was the next man challenged,
on the ground that he had not resided thirty
days in the county. 1t was shown that he
had resided three months at Zephyr Cove and
bis name was allowed to stand. Geo. Simp-
son was the next man challenged. He had
claimed a residence and been pat on the reg
lister, but it was conclusively proven that he
had lived four years in Mexico and had just
returned to the State. He had not even been
thirty days in tho State. The name was
erased. The challenges and examinations
then continued, and some were quite long, as
many witnesses had to be put on the stand.
In nearly every instance Harris carried his
point, sharp cross examination as rule de-
veloping the real facts of the case The facts
developed showed a remarkably loose state Of
affairs in registration. The registration officers
had been too easy and the list had not been
as closely watched as it might have been by
the Republicans. The probabilities are that
a good many men will slip in who have no
right to vote but the work Of correcting the
list will be as vigorously prosecuted as posi-
BILE during the time that remains.
THE GRAVEYARD VOTE.
Special pains will be taken to strike from
the list all names representing dead men and
absentess. There are at present nearly a
hundred men in Carson who are utter strang-
ers in the community and can only be classed
with vagabonds and tramps These men are
evidently waiting about here to vote On the |
names Of other men on election day, and the |
names Of men resting in the cemetery will be
the easiest of any to use. All of these have
been carefully welded out, and these who ex-
pect to ring in on the graveyard vote will not
have ghost of a show on the End. So far,
most of the names stricken off were Dems-
,rats, the names of but tive Republicans be-
ng erased. 1t is worthy Of note that the
Democrats have no challenges to make, and
hat the Republican challengers have acted
in the matter.