The morning call., 1890-10-24

Committee had not been obeyed. My reply
to this was that l found a stranger in my
Office ordering my clerks, and finding him
extremely offensive in his department eS-
corted him to the door.
TRYING To RUN THE OFFICE.
1.-THE fact is that the Democratic County
Committee, through Mr.. Auditor Strother,
wishes to run my office-to which l natnr-
ally demurred. Mr.. Strother's constant eff
fort has been to bully and browbeat me.
Two years ago, having succeeded in bully
ing and extingushing my predecessor, he
has continually tried to worry me to an
early grave; but, as my brain Is of harder
stuff, he has not yet made me lose my senses.
Mr.. Str0ther, after his vile attack on
me supported the resolution, that mo eta
tions or challenges should be recognized or
entertained until the challenges or citations
were considered This means, in fact,
made by two Democratic precinct officers
for in many precincts none but them have
signed"
What was the character of their chal-
lenges?"
''In many Instances the most frivolous
reasons were given. By law q naturalized
citizen must give time and place of natural
iZaton, the giving of court not being ne
cessity. Times without number, 'Dout re-
member the court is put down as cause of
challenge. while in other cases these men 20
unchallenged, even in the most apparent
cases. His father was never in America
and registers in the name of his stepfather's
papers, In these instances in one precinct
the party is registered at SOL = street.
The officers comments and challenges are
in his own words, My mistake, should be
No. 310.' Still it is in the challenge column,
and these men have to he cited, and falling
to appear are stricken off the roll.
LACKING THE VITAL ELEMENT.
al have at least 2O0 affidavits of natural
lied citizens that lack the vital element of
registration, viz, time and place of natural
iZati0n, and yet not one of these are noted
for challenge by the precinct officers"
"What is your idea of the plans of the
Democratic leaders?"
'To my mind the watch-word Of don't
register at the City Halp was the beginning.
A crowd Of partisans was continually pass
ing that word around, even taking an aft
davlt out of the hands of a voter and telling
him to register at the precinct registration.
This effort was met by great efforts on my
part 10 induce all to avoid registering at the
precincts, and in this we were partially sue
ceSSful.
"They saw the large registration at the
City Hall, and were moved by the ma
chnery of their bureaus to extra exertions.
The large registration at the City Hall was,
considered by them to betoken the strength of
the Republican party, and it had to be over
come at all hazards, hence the large in
they are challenging right and left.
Men of humble life, who have lived in
their own homes for years; professional men
well known, artisans with a large acquaint-
ance in the neighborh0od; coal-dealers,
who from their occupation attract atten-
ton, and whose term Of residence must be
well known, are all marked doubtful, sum-
mOned TO the City Hall, mist spend half
day in awaiting the conclusion of Auditor
Strother's frothy haransues, failing in which
off they go from the roll and ale disfran-
chised.
SOMEBODY TOLD HIM So"
II ven,ured to ask ]. l.. Hart. the
Democratic inspector, how he knew the
fact of non-residence of the parties in his
precinct, Third of the Twenty. ninth He
replied somebody told him so,' and that
was the best answer l could get. The
strange fact is that almost every man in the
What Cheer House and the Capitol House
is challenged by Mr.. Hart, while the Over
land House, where he lives, goes scot free
without challenge.
by the way, the Overland House has
been. until lately, under the ownership of NJ.
A. LevingstOn, member of the Democratic
County Committee, who, according to the D-
rectory, resides at 1918 0ctayia street. yet
Swore that he resided at and slept on a table
at the Overland, clear case OF false regis
tration, which, at my instigatlon, was reme-
died by tie Board of Election Commissioners
permitting him to reregister, against all law,
in precinct in which he swore he did not
live.
still in spite of the order of the Election
Commissioners | propose 10 fully perform
myaduty as prescribed by law, Section Of
the Registration Act making it obligatory to
send a notice to any one who l think is
illegally or improperly on the register
This being done my power is exhausted,
and if the partisan Board OF Election Com
missioners fails in its duty at the command
of the Democratic County Committee | will
put the matter in the hands of the United
States Supervisors, to be dealt with in ac-
cordance with United States law"
PRECINCT REGIsIRATIoN.
Comparative Figures of Interest at the
Present Time.
The following tabulated statement gives
in detail by precincts the registration of this
year Just completed, and the comparative
figures of two years ago in the same pre-
cIncts. The question will at once be asked,
"HOw is it possible to make comparative
figures by precincts between the two years
whom the boundaries of the precincts have
all been changed and are wholly unlike ?"
In answer it should be explained that the
figures given under the head of 1858 do not
represent precincts, simply the territory now
incorporated in the precincts as changed.
In order to reprecinct the city int-lli-
gently the districts had to be sized accord
ing 10 the number of voters in them, ana in
doing that work it was possible 10 preserve
the estimates and compare them with the
same districts this year, which are, in fact,