St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-17
few NAMES ENROLLED
Judges and Clerks Of Regis
tration Take Life Very
Easy. :
A Chance Offered for Repub-
lieanS to Back Their Can
didateS.
Doubtful States Will Roll Up
Big Democratic MAORI
ties Next Month.
Gossip Of a Political Character
Cleaned From Club Rooms
and Headquarters.
THEY PROCRASTINATE.
Slight Registration of Voters on
the First Day.

the First Day.
The registration of qualified voters
began yesterday, and was-as far as
comparisons can be instituted-b
the average. By the redistricting of
the wards under the provisions of the
new law, it is impossible to definitely
approximate the result with that of
previous registrations. 1t was univer-
sally conceded beforehand, how
ever, that the net result of
yesterdays work would be
light. ProcraStination is beSetting
sin even with the prospective voter, and
there is always disposition to put off
until the last moment the opportunity
to register. Many workingmen are I'M
able to leave their days labor, and
reach their place of registration in
time to be enrolled upon the books. In Or
der to do so they would be obliged TO lose
a certain amount of "time." On the
last day, however, all such will gal
lantly respond to the call, and it will be
found, upon instituting comparisons.
that the grand total of registered voters
will be directly prOpOrtionate to the
growth of the city since the last munlc-
ipal election.
There was little or nothing doing
about the places of registration from 9
o'clock, the hour of opening, until
towards 6 in the afternoon, but from
that time until the hour of closing there
was quite crowd about the places OF
registration.
The central portion of the city may
be taken as fair criterion for the re-
suit in the outlying district, and a brief
summary of the first days registration
in the Third and Fourth wards is here
with submitted:
In the Third ward the registration
was light. Very few voters registered
up TO the noon hour, and at no time
during the day were any of the places
of registry crowded. The complete
registration of the ward is as
follows: First district, corner of
Kittson and Sixth streets, $50;
Second district, Engine House No. f..
corner of Tenth and Broadway, AZ;
Third district, Engine House No. 2,
Wacouta street, 65; Fourth district,
northeast corner Eighth and Wacouta
streets, 1874; total in ward, 81. The
large number recorded from the First
district is due to the fact that the judges
cOpltOl lIOul Ullc ICSioOVl uoOA pO OLIO
last election the names of large num-
Der of voters who are known to be resi-
dents of the district.
The registration in the Fourth ward
was slightly above the average, as near
as it is possible to judge after making
due allowance for redistricting of the
wards. The court house was the place
of registration in the first district, and,
| including the names which were placed
upon the books at the spring election. a
total of 527 names were enrolled up
to the hour of closing, seventy-fve
| of which may be counted as a
result of yesterdays work. A total of
406 was the net result at the city hall,
where the faithful of the Second dis
trict took the initiatory steps toward
exercising the right of suffrage. There
were SO new names placed upon the
books in the Fifth district. In the
| Fourth district there was total of 200,
compared with 10 at the spring cleo
ton. In the other district of that ward
but 25 new names were added to the
| LIST