Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-22
The Great Register Will Con-
tain About $4,000 Names.
The Voters Distributed Equally
Between City and Country.
Points on Registration From Some
of the Other Southern Counties.
How the q. o. P. Fellows Always Yell
You're Liar Like Elegant Gentle
men When They Get Caught.

Registration Is closed Tor gOOu ana all,
as far as the next election goes. There
was big rush made during all of last
week, the climax being reached Mon
day with the registration OF fully HOO
names, many of these coming from the
but large number of city vot-
,ers getting enrolled too.
The register, as usual, will be in two
parts, city voters coming first and coun-
try voters following. There will be an
appendix to each department, and these
will be in the above order, but at the
back of the book. In the main city list
are nearly 5000 names, and the main
country list will probably contain about
the same number. The supple
ments. or appendices, will contain
some 1000 names each. Thus the total
registration will be about zz,000. Add
to this 5000 cut off into Orange county
and the total of the two, or of Los An
geles county alone as the territory stood
prior<p the creation Of Orange county,
will De about $4,000. When regis
tration for the old county stopped two
years ago there were trifle over 10000
names on the list. That was a presiden-
tial year and this is not. That fact
always makes very large difference in
the vote. The present registration GER
tainly shows that there has not been so
very much falling off in population as
was supposed. 1t also all but proves by
a mathematical demonstration that the
recently taken census was little better
than fake. As it is the city registra-
ton of IL 900 shows by the usual ratio
of five people to the voter that the city
contains $4,000 souls, and the rest OF
the county as many more, or 10000
for the county.
How many votes will be cast on the
-4th of November? In 1888 registration
was carried on until a later date than
this year, and supplemental lists were
published until the total enrolment
reached about $4,000. OF these about
$4,000 voted. That was falling off of
.19 of the vote. At that rate the vote
this year will be about $4,000. 1t will
probably be less than that. If the G. o.
D. had the same relative strength in the
new registration they had in the old,
they might count ON majorities of 1000
to 240O all along the line. How sur
prised they will be the week after next
to find not half of that number to their
credit when the vote is all counted.
The Fresno Expositor of recent date
had this:
"There are $500 entries on the great
register of this county for 1890, after de-
.ducting 625 cancellations.
I'm 1888 there were 6S17 names on
the great register, out of which 5400
were voted at the Cleveland Harrison
election, thus indicating that 81 per
cent. of Fresno county's voters did not
go to the polls on that day.
"Should only 81 per cent. fail to vote
on the 4th of November next we would
have an aggregate vote of about 1854, or
nearly 25OO more votes than were polled
two years ago. But if SO per cent. stay
at home, which is more likely, there
will be only about 64O0 votes polled, or
1000 more than were cast two years ago.
'After careful analysis of the great
register, taking into consideration the
states from which the new voters have
come, there is every reason to believe
that So per cent. of them are Demo
Gratis. This being true, the average
Democratic majority this year should be
about 600, as against 400 at the last
election. Tennessee shows the largest
number of new recruits on the great
register"
That is certainly very hopeful view
to take of it. The editor of the Expos
itor is probably correct in his conclu-
sion. There is only one source to shake
confidence in the reasoning. 1t is un-
derstood here that large percentage OF
this new vote in the San Joaquin valley
is negro, and comes from the south.
That might change the results more or
less.
In Orange county the widest of the
Republicans. whose bread and butter is
wrapped up in the campaign, gabble
about 283 majority. One of these fell
lows was talking the other day and
pulled out his canvass of Placentia. One
of the first names on it was w. M. Nc
Fadden, and opposite it was written
"Rep." If he has many such "Reps."
as McFadden on his list he is far from
home if he wants to dwell with truth.
: The true Republican majority in
Oronge, is put by intelligent and sensi-
BILE Republicans as below 200. Some OF
them put it away below that figure.
1t is most extraordinary with what
facility the go. p. fellows yell "you re
a liar" whenever anything not to their
taste comes to the surface. The
Markham letter about the Chinese and
irish was lie A monstrous lie! A lie
out of whole cloth! Markham says It
is lie. All the g. o. p. papers, with
one or two exceptions, still below Its
lie !" The logic is of course irresistible
Any one who wants to inform himself as
to the facts has only to see the papers
fled here in the county. Why do
they not get the Republican
county clerk to certify that the clause
about the Chinese and Irish is not
to be found in the exhibits in that case
OF course they are doing all sorts o1
squjrming. The discharging of the
Chinese is laid on Conger and others
It is said Markham was in Wisconsin al
the time. OF course he was. He wrote
the letter from there. He found the
climate there the Oldest he had evel
experienced. The question is not who
discharged the Chinese? The question
is did Markham write to congratulate
Halleck. that the Irish, or d. d Irish
or whatever the terms were, were ou
and the Chinese in? Here is another
case Of the you're liar" argument
Four colored members of the
last Republican county convention
are reported as saying tina
"Capt. F. Edward Gray of Alhambra'
had no II ffIo,,, &dn with a nrou1iaa Of &3E