Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-07

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Hon. james ". Bradbury speaking Of
,sssonai resistrstisa ssys: Tbs pscSseesd
object Of the lev 70 secure he ,rfses req.
isustoa Of all The lssL vossfs &, the civ.
s-d Of no one else. To fsqsiss The personal
presenee snd application Of every .eess b..
foYs the commissioners will enter bic ps~s
nishs deses. declared purpose Of the lac.
II right often hspnen that veil known
citz ~, Who he'd ii,ei and paid taxes in
the c,s. for half csas1rs Nigh. By abssace,
or acciise, fall to app ,As before the
csmnissoesrs 81 the ssp ,tnted time
ard ts hereby deprived Of tssss
legal rix.t to vote. Such Q ceu-
s.sctisn Of the Isw would mske II tssp 70
catch tbs snvsry or the unforsunsss. In .
smsll dry Ike this. mrs. Of the voters ere
personally known 10 the commits or en-, and
ih II right to ts knosn, SD think IL
board should brsio their vtfk By en.f ~
the names Of al those In fsgssd to whose
right there 10 no doubt or objsction By
either commissioner. After the siss 10 shs,
MADE up they can then give 20 Opportunity
for others - apply and BE- hss,d. Think
Of the sbsur'.iy Of requiring in . small ely
ike hi. al old well known ciiix.n = no
before board to inform them that be
resides IN the ei,j or Of d. privieg him Of
the Fight to vote IL he should be stsen. from
the city when the b ard 10 10 session.
Il isiitTs in peisoHAI registration" ssid
sp't miosEt CT; n yesterday. II 10 the
spirit of the Isv whether III 8. Who framed
the law intended to have it or not. We
want check iiss concerning which there
can be no possible dispute ard no. one bear.
lns names such ~ are borne On our tag
lists AID are not taken ca Why should
the registration board be more careful ITO
elininse names from the check list than
the as.sssofs from the tsx iinf Some one
may say because Of there being tso
political parties representa- But vh 1t
/, termed c ,urtesy will prevail to greater
extent than some may imagine. Supposing
that one member Of the board representing
one party says we'll I'll briag in the names
of our voters and you bring in the names Of
your voters and then we'll agree on the
Hsisl Oh. no, / done mean to reflect on
the integrity OF the members Of the board,
10; at al. bu. the Democrat will be sure to
get on the names that he supposes are eIisi-
Bile and the Republican will not be slow 10
doing Likewise, ard then they are going TO
agree unless one sees what be thinks are
likely to be greater errors in the others list
tisn 10 likely to occur in his. Bat will
that give Us list on which we wish to rely
! doht know that this board intend doing
az / have suggested, but am told that such
plans are not unknown en- boards Of regis
trstion. Give Us correct check list. there
10 no reason why We shouldn. hAve 1t, and
We will be sure Of il IL we have personsl
registration. I!isn't 90 much that one party
will gain over another from irregular check
II We could have correct id
1t might afford assistance to the assessors
/ makiug up 9 POLL tex list that would be
nearer correct than what We have. an
crank, perhaps, on the question Of tsxs,,
but think that the ms ority OF voters When
they stop to think that several thoVands of
dollars are carried over year IS uncoilec.-
ed taxes, when much Of this 10 uncollect-