Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-11
PROVING THEIR VALUE.
False Registrations-The Precinct Regis
ters-Their Usefulness Developing.

ters-Their Usefulness Developing.
When the RECORD UNION took up the
question of precinct registers, and urged
that they be ordered as necessary adjunct
to the new division of precincts, there were
| not wanting those who opposed the idea
Some, indeed, went so far as to complain
bitterly of the RECORD UNIONS course in
the matter. Others sneered at the sugges-
ton. and there was along the whole boss
line tip-tilting of noses and contemptuous
| reference to purity in politics and :" fair
show at the ballot-box" Even in the
| sub-otficial departments of the county OBJ
| struction was thrown in the way of secur-
ing the desired end. But the Law provides
for the registers; good square common
sense approves them; the experience oil
| others justify them. To-day, now that the
registers are ordered, the people almost
unanimously approve them. Some of those
who most holly opposed them have
been square and frank enough to come our
and admit their former error. so on all
| sides il is now admitted that thew will
| enable frauds TO be unearthed and illegal
voting stopped that before would have been
well nigh impossible to prevent. Even
some of the bosses as late as yesterday de-
clared that the new registers would pre-
vent Democratic frauds that they believe
are on foot. 70 prevent just such and any
frauds was the sole purpose of the RECORD
UNION in proposing and doing battle for
precinct registers.
The Republican County Central Com
mittee is alive to the high value of the reg
listers and the new Great Register. 1t has
for some time been at work upon the lists
and IN canvassing the genuineness of every
entry that is not known to be sound. The
Committee has needed no suggestion
to go to work, for it has been
engaged in the matter for some time.
Chairman White declares that he him
self investigated and fixed upon the Red
Rover saloon swindlers. The names of
VIM. Murphy, Jas. Ryan, Adolph Ludwig
and Jas. Williams, are registered for LOG K
street, which is the Red Rover saloon. No
men answering to such names sleep there
nor in the rooms above the saloon. Mr.
Whites attention was first called to g
registry for the alley between Sixth and
Seventh, and NJ and n streets, back of his
residence, but no Jonathan Williams"
lives there nor any one else. Some years
ago such man did sleep in loft over
stable in that alley. The affidavit of
registration Of this man is 81 ned in
a good business hand, but it is known
mat the original Jonathan Williams
could not write These registrations
were made by Deputy Assessor W. C.
Holt, Democrat, whom the Assessor ap-
pointed at the solicitation of several prom
lnent Democratic candidates.
In the district west Of Sixth street and
south Of K, there were probably / $50 gen.
ulne voters, but ,56l names have been reg
lstered. Allowing for reasonable increase
IN population, the belief entertained nv
the committee that there are fully 250
names on the registers of that district that
need looking after, and that are in all prob
ability fraudulent. Republicans freely
charge that if there are frauds they are
chargeable to Democratic manipulation
On the other hand the Democrats declare
that they favored a new register and pre-
clnct registers from the outset. and that
they are rs anxious as any TO expose false
registrations. Both parties being thus bv
open declaration in favor of fair play, there
will be no difficulty in unearthing corpses,
dummies and stuffed registrations, and
when illegal voters present themselves at
the polls they will, in all probability, to a
man be marched off to the lookup We
at least know that the Republican Com
mittee will search out every false entry
that it has nailed" number of them al
ready, and that it will be very unhealthy
for any of these thieves of votes to con-
front the committees challengers at the
DolS