St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-25
COMPARING THEIR LISTS.
Judge Jones and Others at
WOrk---Pavement Politics.


Last night almost every room i'll the city
hall was occupied by judges of election. who
were frantcaIly endeavoring to compare lists
and affidavits and thus straighten out several
hundred certificates of removal In most
eases the work was done with but little diff
Guilty, although among a good many of the
Judges there seemed 10 be but little system.
The plan put in operation last night,
that of having the judges of election
meet after every registration day and thus
compare lists, will undoubtedly save good
many voters from disfranchisement. Despite
the adoption of this plan, there is no doubt
that good many voters have already been
DISTINGUISHED. AS has been before stated,
judges i'll many election districts refused to
allow voters to make affidavit 10 their resi-
denee before securing a certificate of re-
moval. They did that despite the specific
contrary. MIR. Russell said that the
judges should receive the affidavits of
all who might require certificates
OF removal and that then those certificates
the certificates filed out on the backs of
them. But the judges thought they knew
more about 1t than the city attorney. Among
these rivals Of the Biblical Daniel, and one
OF the most obstinate on this certificate of
removal question, was Judge r. T. Jones,
of The Third precinct of the Fourth ward
Judge" Jones not only disregarded the city
attorneys instructions, but boosted of it aft
erWard. Said he:
II wouldn't let those make affidavit with
out thew had their certificates of removal
with them. / don't care what the city attor-
ney said. wouldn't be bothered with them.
have three affdavits now in my possession
that l will look after personally, but /
wouldn't bother looking after those of men
/ don't know very we'll"
Of course he wouldn't bother. And there
was more than one judge just like him. That
is the way the Republican, judges hope to
viz of no Ilc Dba,- 81
bother" 1t is unfortunate that Blackstone
didn't stay on earth until Minneapolis tried
the Australian ballot system. He might have
received several valuable pointers"
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City Attorney Russell has consulted with
Attorney General Clapp and has prepared the
following information for voters:
1.-The judges of election are directed by the
law to enter IN the new registers, prepared by
them for use at the coming election the
names of all persons appearing on the poll
list in their district at the last preceding cleo
ton as having voted, except such as are
known to the judges to have since died, re-
moved from the district, or became disqual-
fled.
ANY person who did not vote at the last
election in this city, and whose name does
not appear on the present registry may have
his name entered there by personally appear
ing before the judges.
IF person presents himself for registra-
ton, and 1t appears by his answers or is
otherwise known to the board of registry
that he has registered in another district in
the same city and his name now appears
on the other register for voting at this
election, his name shall not be registered on
the new register until the board of registry
to whom he applies for registration receive u
certificate of removal made out by the Judge
of the district where he formerly resided. If
his name has not been copied or otherwise
placed on the new register, no removal Ger
tifcate is necessary.
I'm order to obtain this certificate he must
make an affidavit of his removal blanks for
which are in the hands of all the Judges
This affidavit may be sworn to before any
judge of election or a notary public.
Upon presentation of this affidavit the
board OF registry in the district where he
lived shall make out certificate OF removal.
In order to secure q certificate of removal
the party desiring to register need not per-
sonally take the affidavit made by him to the
board in the former district, but he may
make the affidavit and SEM it by some one
else to procure the certificate of removal, if
he desires.
There is nothing in the law to prevent the
board of registry in the former district from
issuing certificate of removal to any one
who presents the affidavit, and the party
making the affidavit need not appear person
ally before them, so that any one who has
not the time may apply to the board of
registry in the district where he resides, make
the affidavit of removal, give TO the Judges of
the new district his name, present residence
and other facts necessary to eDtitle him to
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