The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-03
LIST OF SOME OF THOSE MISSED
One Days Invest CATION Shows Over
500 Persons not Counted.
The Delegation in Congress Requested
to Demand q Recount-Whole Hotels
and Many Families Passed By-Regis-
tration.


and the water famine
The board of trustees met at o'clock to
receive the report of the committee on
census, many other members of the cham
Der being present. The committee on
census reported recommending that
meeting OF the chamber be called at l
O'Clock and those present accordingly re-
solved themselves into full meeting OF
the chamber, Vice President Graves in the
chair.
DR.. A. p. Mitten moved that the cham
Der proceed to carry ont the recommends
tions OF the committee, Mr.. Ronald OPP
posed accepting the report and Mr.. Eshel-
clared in favor of recount and moved
that the trustees be requested to telegraph
our senators and representatives. in congress
to ask for a recount. making plain the fact
that the enumeration was incomplete.
Percy w. Rochester moved that special
committee of the chamber at large be ap-
pointed to take the matter in hand instead
of the trustees.
DR.. Ramsay said the matter seemed to be
double one: that new enumeration of
both Seattle and Tacoma should be taken
in full, If practicable. He made motion
to that effect, which Mr.. Wittler seconded.
At the call of Judge Lewis, Supervisor
the enumeration was taken by twenty-six
men of the city, who were continually in
forming him that they were doing their
full duty. He had investigated many cases
of complaint ard found that the parties
concerned were mistaken. There were
heavy penalties for perjury and making
false returns and he had endeavored to
have clear and full count.
Mr.. Knox did not think they had
right to protest against the count in Ta-
coma. He proceeded to discuss the mat
ter of registration. called attention to the
fact that large proportion of the voters
were not registering and suggested that the
chamber have carriages to take voters to
register, seeing that they get certificates.
Griffith Davies expressed the opinion
that the city could not get 5000 legal
voters.
Judge Lewis brought the discussion back
to the main question, saying: I'VE don't
want to protest against Tacoma's count
The sole question is whether we shall have
a recount or not, whether we have had
full and fair count ourselves" In regard
to the matter of registration. he said Ia
coma secured big registration, because
the Northern Pacific was in position to
register 1900 people by simply taking the
names off the time books. The Seattle peo-
pie were too busy to register, but it was a
sad commentary on city government to see
the dives running the city. He pointed
out tha. under the territorial law man
could vote who had declared his intentions,
but under the state constitution he must
have been a voter for q year or have been q
legal voter when the constitution was
adopted.
Mr.. Tarbel said Tacoma had exhausted
her resources and demanded a recount on
only two districts. LET US demand q re-
count on the whole city," he said.
DR. Ramsay said they had Mr.. Prosch's
statement that they had fair and honest
count and the question was whether they
that, regardless of this census, Seattle
would be the great city of the Sound,
because it had the commercial facilities.
He did not desire to see any skullduggery
in regard to the census. Ii Tacoma liked
to pad her returns and thereby swell her
population, let her do it, but he would vote
against recount.
The motion to demand recount in both
Seattle and Tacoma was withdrawn and
the question recurred on Mr.. Furth's mo-
ton, which was adopted.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
DR.. Mitten then moved the following res
olution in regard to registration:
WHEREAS, The matter of sistering is known
to be misunderstood by many voters and ne
elected by others; be it
Resolved That committee appointed BY this
chamber be authorized to employ ten good men
in each ward OF the city, whose duty 1t shall be
to devote their entire time from the. time EN-.
ployed till the close of the registration books in
hunting up those who are ignorantly or care
lessly neglecting to register. and that the Cham
Der of Commerce deiray the necessary expense
of such WORK.
Mr.. Furth proposed that the city clerk
appoint deputies in each ward. as one
Office was not enough. People formed in
long line at the Office got tired of waiting
and went away without registering.
Mr. Graves said the secretary had been
instructed to request the mayor to appoint
deputies, and the mayor had promised to
get one additional registration officer and
to bring the matter before the council that
(Tuesday) evening.
Mr.. Whittier moved that one additional
registration office be established in each
ward.
Mr.. EsheIman suggested that the COM
mittee to be appointed under DR.. Mitten's
resolution have power to hire conveyances
| to take people TO register.
Several members offered to devote the
| Fourth of July to the work of getting men
to register. and, the question being raised
as to whether registration on public holi-
| day would be legal. Judge Lewis expressed
| the opinion that il would.
Dr. Ramsey thought five men would be
enough 10 employ in each ward. and Her
man Chaplin suggested that the committee