Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-09
A NEW ELECTION LAW.
Proposed ip the Senate By MT.
 Sherman.
STATE BOARDS OF CANyAsSERs.

STATE BOARDS OF CANVASSERS. And Boards of Three in Each Electoral District, Their Terms to Re During Good Behavior-salient Points of the Bill. The House Deadlock Broken. WASHINGTON Jan. 9.-Mr. Sherman in- troduced in the senate an elaborate bill for the reconstruction of the system of elections for members of the house of representatives The bill is very long and is made up of detail concerning the form of oaths to be taken, etc. It provides that the president shall ap- point five persons in each state board or canvassers, and three persons ill each district an electoral board for that district, their terms to be during good behavior. Each board is to have president and secretary The electoral board is to appoint a registrar for each precinct or election district, to hold office for six years. The electoral board is to have the power to fill vacancies and remove for cause if necessary increase the number of precincts and appoint registrars therefor. The electoral board of each district is to ap- point three judges of election for each pre- cinct, who shall be judges of all Federal cleo tions. At the time of the appointment of the judges, the electoral board is to select three of the persons so appointed to act as a committee of elections in and for each city, county or corresponding political division in the district, whose duty it shall be to meet on the third day after the election, open the returns and canvas the votes The committee Is to have the power to fill vacancies in the boards of commissioners. The electoral board is to organize immediately after its appoint ment, and it is to meat in May and any time thereafter on call of any member of the board.
 Immediately after qualifying for his office, each registrar is to announce through the medium of printed handbills the place and time of registration. Any persons offering to register, and being refused permission, may make an appeal to the judges of election, and any electof may challenge the vote of any one who cosnes to the polls If the chal- lenged person Is registered, appeal is to had to the county board, and it's decision is to be final
 The registrars are to have the power of United States marshals. It Is made lawful for five qualified voters, fifteen days previous to the regular days of registration to post a notice at not less than three places, including the voting place, of the names of persons alleged to be improperly on the registration books This notice Is to be signed by the five voters, and testimony is to be heard by the board of canvassers, who shall determine ; whether or not they are improperly regis tered
 Notice of special election is to be given to the electoral board twenty days prior to the day of election, and the board is to for ward five printed notices each to the regis trars, who shall post them; but failure to carry out this provision shall not mvalidate the election If it was not carried on by fraud
 The electoral board is to meet not later than ten days after each election day to re- count the votes.
 The remainder of the bill is devoted to de tail concerning the method of casting votes, etc
 MT. Sherman, presenting the bill said that it had been prepared by gentleman famil- far with the subject, who did not care to have his name made public. Many of the provisions of the bill were modelled on the laws of the southern states. He thought it calculated to insure perfectly fair cleo tions.
 CONDITION OF THE NATIVES ON ALASKA.
 The committee Investigating the charges against the Alaska Commercial company continued the hearing. Chairman Dunn opened the hearing by reading a written statement from Mr. Jeffries (the company ys attorney stating that he was ready to show Dy SWOTu teStiulOuy tIdI lue and statements as to the alleged outrages and maltreatment of the natives by the com pany's agents were unfounded.
 T. F. Morgan, agent of the company, tes- tifed at some length as to the privileges al- lowed the natives, their condition, etc In regard to the newspaper charges he said they were unreliable and without foundation.
 Charles A. Lutz, the company's physician from 1884 to 1888, stated that the inhabitants of thaS Sao1 Uslo d., ,,,if, much better off than those in other parts of Alaska.
 LOOKING OUT FOR HIS FOLLOWERS.
 Maj. William Warner commander in chiei of the Grand Army of the Republic, will ap- pear before the senate census committee or Friday next to make a statement concerning soldiers and sailors to be included in the nexi Census reports
 TARIFF TALK
 The senate devoted nearly another entire day to discussion of the tariff, Jute baggine being the principal topic. Amendnaentt were rejected by the usual party vote.
 THE HOUSE DEADLOCK BROKEN
 In the house the deadlock was ended by the recommittal of the resolution to chang, the rules At the conclusion of the readins of the journal MT. Reed called up tho reso lution to change the rules. The previou. question was ordered by a vote of 1S7 to % Nr. Holman, of Indiana, acting in pursu ance of the caucus action Monday night moved to recommit the resolution, and or that motion demanded the previous question
 The vote on MT. Holmans motion dis closed the absence of a quorum and a call O the house was ordered. It was found that quorum was present and the vote was agair taken, resulting in the adoption of Mir. Hol mans motion: Yeas, 120; nays, IT.
 The following Republicans voted in tbs affirmative: Anderson (of Iowa., Anderson (of Kansas) Cheadle, Finley, Fuller, Baker Gist Lehlbach and Turner (of Kansas) ane the following Democrats in the negative French, Hayes, Hopkins (of Virginia), Outh waite, Springer, Tarsney, Townshend ant Wheeler So the resolution was recon mittsd