Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-27
REGISTRATION,
The List Running up to Nenu.
mental Figures,


mental Figures.
The registration of voters at the Court
House is going on at very lively rate.
Not less than seventy five to 100 names a
day are being added to the list. There are
perhaps 10000 on the rolls now, and by
the time registration is finally closed the
possible vote will aggregate nearly if not
quite 10000. While making a canvass
Of the city it has been discovered that a
great many voters have not registered.
The Clerks Office at the Court House is
kept open until O'Clock each evening
in order to allow citizens to put their
names on the list. Besides this, facil-
tiles are furnished electors to register in
all the precincts of the city by the ap-
pointment of deputy clerks as follows:
WHERE TO REGISTER.
The following Democratic county
clerks, for the purpose of registration,
will be at the places hereafter named
from II NJ. until P. NJ. until October I'd.
at which time the Great Register will
close: E. R. Williams, Southe Pacific
depot; Geo. d. Roberts, Santa Fe depot; /;
Chris. Hargit, East Los Angeles; E. @.
Barker, Washington Gardens; Jerry
Comocy, Ducommun street, near Ala
media; John Doyle, University; j. w.
Stengle, West End; P. M. Gaffey, First,
near California Lumber Yard.
There are but few days still in which
to register for the Great Register proper,
and all electors should endeavor to place
their names on the roll before the day of
going to press, which is Tuesday OF next
week.
ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES.
The Secretary of the Democratic
HERALD reporter that there are many
complaints OF Irregularities in the matter
of registration. These complaints all
point to Registry Clerk Whitney, at the
Clerks office. A few days ago several
voters called on Mr.. Clarke and COM
planned that Mr.. Whitney would not reg
lister them, for the reason that their
names had appeared as registered at
Pasadena prior to the commencement of
the present enrolment. Mr.. Clarke
went at once to the Clerk s Office with the
men, and Mr.. Whitney registered them
without question. Next came gang of
workingmen, who complained that they
were refused registration by Mr.. Whit
ney on the grounds of their names hav
ing been on the Great Register of San
Francisco county AS that register is
Cancelled the refusal is not based upon
law. Mr.. Clarke went with these voters,
and then their names were on the roll.
While the reporter was in the Office of
the Central Committee voter came in.
He reported that he had just registered,
but he did not think the formality was
properly done. He states that Mr.. Whit
ney merely asked his name, and told
him that was enough. The clerk, as be
alleges, did not take his place of residence,
nor any other fact than his name. He
did not sign the register. Now to be
placed on the Great Reg ster the voter is
required to answer several questions. He
must give his place of birth length of resi-
dence in the county and State and his age
if foreign born he must state how he OBJ
tanned citizenship, and he must sign the
statement for himself. This matter
needs investigation, and ii the allegations
are correct these Irregularities should be
brought to an abrupt close.
Will there be supplement to the Great
Register? is q question at the moment
worth considering. From the GATE of
the Great Register going to the printers
to the day of election is five weeks.
There will be great many voters not
registered on the I'd of October. They
should be allowed to register during the
long interim before election day. The
Board of Supervisors may order the sup
plement, and it is certain they will do
this necessary thing.