Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-07
OFFICE OF THE
U. S. SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION
DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA;.

San FRANCISCO, November g. 1882
TO Hon. John Wise, Chairman Democratic
State Central Committee Sir :: have received your
letter of this date, in which you ask me the follow
ing question " Is il legal for the election officers to
use at the precincts Supplemental Registers of the
registration made after the printing OF the Great
Register of the county Y
To which reply that any Supplemental Regis
ter, made subsequent to the printing of the Great
Register OF the county, intended to be used at the
precincts containing the names of persons claiming
to vote at the election for representatives to Con.
gress the 18th instant is illegal and fraudulent
under the laws OF this State and the revised statutes
of the United States.
register OF this character certified by the Coun-
ty Clerk, can be regarded in no other light than a
certificate of uneaEceled entries of registration,
made after the time prescribed by the State law for
printing closing the registration for said election
The said printed Great Register contains the
names OF all the voters who had performed all the
necessary prerequisites of registering for voting at
said election, and those that did not perform these
prerequisites in time excluded from voting BY
their own neglect or misfortune Respectfully,
NATHANIEL HOLLAND,
United States Chief Supervisor of Elections, District
of California.
Notwithstanding this decision by Mr.. hol-
land, il is understood that the 742 citizens
sought to be disfranchised will offer their
votes to-day. and that this is done by advice
of counsel, who have examined the law, and
hold thst their right TO vote has not been for
feited. Should the United States Marshals
arrest those who 80 offer to vote. they will
probably have an opportunity to fill dozen
buildings the size If the City Prison or
County Jail. It is understood tina. number
Of the election boards have advised with
counsel, and have expressed their conviction
that all the voters of the 742 have right to
vote to-day, and have resolved to receive
- such votes, It must be evident that the
only way TO test the matter is for all the
voters in the list to proffsr their votes and
present their constitutional claims. Thsre
seems to be very little if any difference of
opinion among lawyers as TO the entire legal.
ity OF the registrations referred &c, and it is
stated that the law officer Of the State, who
Is now absent from the capital, but will re-
turn to-day, holds the supplemental COPY OF
the Great Register to be sufficient and proper
evidence of the right Of the voter to east his
ballot to-day.
The constitutional provision. Section of
Article IL, to which the Legislature can
neither add nor detract by any were directory
enactment TO Clerks, reads:
Every native male citizen OF the United States
every male person who shall have acquired the
rights OF citizenship under by virtue of the treay
OF Queratero, and every male naturalized citizen
thereof who shall have become such ninety DAYS
prior to any election, OF the age OF 81 years, who
shall have been resident OF the State one year next
preceding the election aid of the county in which
he claims his vote ninety days aud in the election
Ne Jaw. $500. :. -.'''' . 'r''''
FREE LIBRARY REPoRr.-The following is
the report of the Sacramento Free Library for
the week ending November 4th /: Number of
books issued. 700; fiction, 597 history, % /;
biography. IL; travels, Sc; miscellaneous
I1nIrturs, q religion, 4; poetry and drama,
w. art, so. average number
sarca tnga If 6,.tso-
following business
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