St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-16
A Construction Which Makes
Registration Impossible
for Some.
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requires it. If you have moved since
twoyears ago you must go to the judges
of your old precinct and get certificate
eff removal. This is also requirement.
of the law. 1t cannot be avoided. If
You have moved since 1883, even if you
still live in the same precinct, you must
register. Everybody must register.
Speaking of voting, here is some law
relative to foreign-b0rn persons securing
citizenship papers:
Sec 2166, Revised Statutes, q. s.. provides
that aliens honorably discharged from mill
tary service, or the age of twenty-one years
and upward, shall be admitted to become
citizens of the United States upon petition,
without previous declaration of intention.
upon proof OF one years residence IN the
United States previous to application, good
moral character. and honorable discharge
from service of The United States.
Sec. Pip, Revised Statutes, U. s.. provides
that children of persons duly naturalized,
under twenty-one years of age and dwelling
in the United States at the time Of the natur-
alization of the parent, shall be considered
citizens thereof.
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The registration judges are having
some trouble i'll the wards in which the
precincts are redistricted. as they do
not appear to understand just what their
poll list. Their duty concerning poll
lists is to get the old ones from the
former districts and compile the names
belonging in their precincts. Then
they ought to have exchanged poll lists
with adjacent precincts and compared.
but i'm most cases they have done
neither. Oddly enough, some of the
judges supposed that they were not to
copy anything from the old poll lists,
and. as result, at least dozen regis
tiers have been returned containing only
twenty-five names each, when they
ought to have contained between 200
and 800 names each. The only safe
way now is for each electOr to see to it
personally that his name is on the poll
list of the precinct where he is entitled
to vote.
The certificate of removal matter is
one that is causing endless trouble and
confusion. As stated above, the voter.
if he presents himself for registration in
precinct in which he did not vote two
years ago, must secure a certificate of
removal, signed by the board If regis
tration, that is, the three Judges of his
old precinct, stating that he has re-
moved from that precinct. On Tuesday
any number of people presented them
selves for registration with certificates
of removal signed by only one judge of
election. They could not be registered
because the law says that the certificate
must be signed by the board of registra-
ton, j. e., the three judges. City At
must be followed literally. That con-
struction of the law will result in both
parties losing hundreds. if not thou
sands, of votes. Workingmen, who
have but little time to devote to regis
tratiOn. will not go half-doZen times to
be registered or to secure certificates of
removal, because the judges fail to per-
form their duties. 1t is safe to say that
in not more than One-third of the pre-
cincts were the three judges present at
one time, ready to sign certificates of
removal. In few of the precincts we're
more than two judges Oh dirty at one
time. Judges of election make prac-
tice of trading off''-that is, two will
come on at one hour, one of them will
be relieved later by the third and so on
late the business of the city according
to the needs of their private affairs. 1t
would seem that either different con-
struction of the law or set of judges
who will attend strictly to the business
of registration is absolutely necessary,
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Didn't johnson and Bradish get it
over in the Ninth ward last night?"
were remarks heard all over the city
yesterday. The impression seemed to
be quite general that they received no
more than they deserved. Feeling on
this matter seems to be pronounced, eS-
peciaily with regard to johnson. This
gentleman has held Office so long that
he has become chronic OfficehOlder.
He has never evinced a prediction for
offices to which are attached fat salaries
or eXtravagant remuneration in the
shape of fees; he rather seems to prefer
those places which are Oked upon as
honorary. He prefers that sort because
it conveys the impression to many
minds that he is not mercenary; that he
is not looking for that sOrdid substance
vulgarly called "stuff." Oh, no.
He is too smooth, too oleaginous, as
it were, for anything of that sort.
He prefers an Office which does not en-
tail any considerable amount of exer-
ton, one in which he can recline lux
uriously, look benevolent and smile at
fably, one to which are attached Oppor
tunities without number. Johnson is
not one of those politicians spoken Of as
politicians for revenue only" he is a
son is firm believer in the theory that
man must know how to take advantage
of his opportunities in order to compass
success. His well-fed, carefully groomed.
''snug" personality is living exponent
of that theory. LET me receive the Op-
pOrtunities, and care not who gets the
boodle." Is the shibboleth of johnson,
the alderman, the president of the coun-
ell, the court house commissioner. the
member of the library board, the would
be king of board of public works.
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There is tariff issue in this country,
in this state and in this congressional
district. Everybody knows that. Every
body is anxious to know more about
this question, which is one of life. At
Harmonic hall tomorrow night c. S.
barrow, of Chicago, and j. N. Castle,
of Saltwater, will present facts and fig
ures, not rhetorical generalities. in con-
nection with the tariff. There will be
presented facts about S. p. Snider's
''wise and beneficent legislation" The
wage question is intimately connected
with that of the tariff. 1t, too, will be
calculated.
Maj. R. r. Henderson has been added
to the Hennepin county representation
on the congressional committee.
There will be Democratic rally and
torchlight procession, with brass bands
and speakers. at 2606 Bloomington av-
enue this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The
Seventh ward voters will be addressed
OH the issues of the dey by the follow
ing well-known speakers: P. B. Win
ston, A. A. Ames, j. N. Castle, G. j.
Buell.. j. r. Corrigan, ID. B. johnson, j.
w. Bell, c. A. Stockwell. l.. r. Than.
P. P. Swenson and IL. o. Peterson.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.