, 1881-11-05

40 lag A4ENF ~ 1He NksfHFu Attp"hFs
CIi1CA0O, Nov. 3.-ftayinx hal some expcrl-
cncc ns Judge Of ccctIun. and being Thoroughly
dlsKusted with tho present crude system OF rug
Istcring voters, involving as It does n vnst
amount OF useless clerical labor. rs vol a. Il
loss or tfEnu, u,Oi,ey, nnd patfonce, lcsirc to
submit to you, and through yt1t to tho xenrrotIs
public, n ptun which trust mny prove tho bnsls
OF II moro complete system Of registry or ht
any rnte open discussion thnt cannot but ru-
suit Il, goou. Is the law Stands at present. tho
Judges OF elertin1 ar boarI Of registration.
whichever you plrstsu 10 term them. aro fur-
n!shcd With fnur bunk poll.books. These books
ure taken to tho pluce Of registration and coties
ccti,f,x elpctlon Un tho tirst day of rcRstrnuou
tho Judges Art allowed tn Atlt! ~ tae llal tpfo.
rttei their .nasncR hra Fnot alrcniy ON tho
fi' lux precinct. ] On tho sceond iny. 1t reg
s5r51M u npr !, pvson y ssis tue he xoer M
sirrs hts nn,rc IL apptar on the pd-iist. Al tho
cuIplutiun vi these Lists mt IL posted up ut tho
InGe Of registration, tho others hclug retttintl
l,y th4 j,t.lans After tho election onn Of thes1,
lial-b0uks IL placed in tho i,lilot-bnx together
County Glcrx. u Ii" caso n.ay %. 10 un6of .,p
s,ts vnllt4 tar 1u curtay goo.!. while the fourth
IL retained ht nnc nf the 1t1tlGe3 to serve u. Il
hlil,,s anI residences ri tho sntcrs ot each Htct-
lion precinct, rnryiDx in number ftotn NY to
on i. of of s Is tf cg .s atn fe ';ss r
trns,b,o uecurs in thls WIG: * vuter nppcl.rs nE
the wi.!ow On THO ty Of election to tleitos't hs
III vun hi tells tho Judges that Ito lns iivGd iii
that prrcinet Tor pert,..ps tnirty TX yr!rs. M Tnry
n Smnw m sni liz 3 ssknsss III ss 1se"a st fun i n"c
Or other cause prevented him frDin ynttX ut tho
last preceding rlcctiun, heslce hts !l.stnn does
nut, appear, ind i,s e 1ot h'sa!!y Enown ;'t.
With Ut, altslavit. This is IL fruitful causu OF
f ts sS n, ea ,ha e fs ' or sss a;
| polls Mrr,es, crcatcs cnhtusfoH aud delays, md
sometimes ltie loss o' 1nauy honest rotes. Nlno
having ntteudc NICE q tho Repatriation Of sholr
nai1rs TINT duiy is psrtorined tur NJ tls'c; .nl
b 9%1 \ IT. Sw t9 yc
poll.llst ut tho next oleotlon. Az cxplatNt!ot,
window whore his ballot hus bccn refused,
seMtnx a4xs !ss TT 'An ar ns1ss" syss insult
Lot Substantial l,ooks be prupared for cich vol-
Ucc,,r Ii, which chuck narKs slould IL
aaast IL oSf bs pss ssr spss fspss ooRs e. @ eS
easily uonta!n columns enough 10 LUST te:, yeArs
| ur more. The hasno Of cnch voter IN thu pru.
i.uxt ten Yours wotild ba shown ny tho checls-
inarks against hs n'ltne In thu proper co!ultsi,
IN tho o!,tsr ske under Tug @ column :, q H., .'r..
lnuvt or die. In THIS way, ntter EAssiuK through
voters vi the precinct wuuld !sb compiled, whtlt
1t wuiild also be valuable recnrl by wlluse MI
fraudulent voting would be renl3ered noro di,ll
cult. SUPPOSE Il I,erB0n c1n,!ng u Register M1ss
whu WIS unknown tu the Judges should 'lccInrt
tiAt hr hHt voted 1t, that prcnt!tet ytur or tws
yours l,ruviDlts NJ tho clsa might bG. Hinneu u
tho buck wolilll shuW Whether hn wMs telling tht
truth Or not. Thesu ho0ks should bu IN the Gun
tody Ut the Glty ur County Clark, delivered Il
tho tittly author!zel Judges Ut election at ~
proper tlc. aud RETURNED " th9!n ~ the yxat
ihis co.ltl lo ated IL law that ~, pcsson shon
be allowed tu vote untgas hu Ind buen reXsterc
previous to tho uttution, u lUal Of trouble MDu
bu sNyG1.
Trust:nr that tho Importance Ut tho BuhtcC
tlnttEF t.Ay h0 my exGHsp f0r intru'l9 upn
yoltr title nnd Bplce, am, very respectfully
| yours, TltpS. q. CLARKE.