Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-03
REGISTRATION.


A. has been iatinstsd, The oct 70 proviAs
Beasd Of Registration In The cif.ss Of tn
6ssss and which 10 8, 20 Int, eff.cs befo,s
many months, Is : subisc. Of ns.dersbl.
inter ct smoag thase sfscxd By III, new
La.
TIE portion Of the new iav thss is unde,
discs.soa In this city Is that which fe!sses
70 preparing The ars: list usdss the Iau.
The law. though II specifics that After q .
lists hsvs tesa nsds the board shall NOV
durios a. resisior Of the sans, place On
hsm tie nsms Of any rerson Who shall
not personal appear before such board
and request the same. Jet With regard 10
preparing the afss list under the Law does
not specify the nsnner Of % doing, ~ viii
Be seen from Sec 9, as follow:
6Ecr 8 Sail board Of registration sp.
pointed In any city In this state shall pre-
pare lists Of voters 10 the several vafds In
said cities OF such persons - apps 70 them
TO Be legally saiinsd voters therein, Il
least thirty days pfio, 70 the nsxs ensuios
election for electors Of pfesiten. and vice
President, Representative to congress, s.sts
sad conaty III ;e:s, or say election Of nu-
n!cipai officers il said cisi.s Thereafter
said board Of registration shall ., prepare
such Lists Of votsrsas least thirty days prior
to any such election by riscina upoa sach
lists all the namss which sppeaY
upon the voting hats for toe ..t preceding
election Ia said Giles, except the names Of
such persons ~ have died or csased 10 re-
side Ia said CT y. or shsli appear 70 said
board to have othcrsile becoms do rsIifi ID
70 vote therein sioee such preceding cleo
ton. And . certified copy Of all such lists
made 10 accordance with this section shall
be furI ishsd To tb (, city clerk Of sa.d city
by said board At least thirty dajs prior to
any such election and said city CLERK shall
post said certified copies Of said lists Of
voters ia the respective ward, AZ the re-
spective ward rooms in said ties, Of least
thirty days prior to any such election.
The board Of registration Ia some cities
will probably adop. the method Of personal
registration And the Portland beard has al
ready done 50.
The feeling here is that the board 10
amply nsssd to judge 10 this matter. never
thsless 1t 10 perfectly natural tina. opinions
r. should be entertained and IL I, believed that
the members Of the bosri are themselves
not unwilling that the matter should receive
. thorough c)nsideraii N on the part Of the
voters and that opinions should be freely
expressed. For the bard to adop, the sys-
tenn Of personal registration necessitstss .
larger expendi urs than yolld perhaps
come compromise method, the result how
ever would be that the city would have =
list - clean as II would be possible to make
il. Some have expressed tbs fear that if
there should be . personal re istration some
names Of voters would be omitted but
others say that this would be tue to no
greater extent than in any place where this
method 10 applied; that thi, lis: is to serve
- the basis for all future lists and should
be correct beyond question.
Several prominent gentlemen have been
seen by JOURNAL reporter some OF whom
wished to give the matter further considers
ton before expressing themselves.
Er-Msyor Mace m Der was too busy to give
the reporter much time but said he 'lieved
that in city tbs size Of Augusta and whore
. large number Of the voters are personally
known to the members Of the board 1t would
be unnecessary to 20 through with the
strict form Of personal registration. He
believed the board should adopt such .
portion Of the list as they cpuld entertain
no doubt concerning Osher persons con-
corning whose names there may be the
slightest doubt should answer to q notice
from the board to come before ii and person.
ally register.
Several who did MT wan. their names
used - they had not given the matter suit
Gent thought for an intervie /. expressed Diff
ferent opinions Sid one Of the prominent
gentlemen. "As it spears 70 me now this
board eau have no official Knowledge Of any
one voter more than another IL would be a,
easy matter for ons me nb n on the board 10
bring shout personal regi,ustiol II so ds-
posed by refusing his assent to any name
brought up going on tn, list without the
voter personally appearing before the
board" Such contingency however, he
didn't think liable to arise.
EI-Possmsster L Il Fowler said he
thought that personal registration for all
the names on the lis. would not be neces-
sary II the board began with the under
standing that such names az are we'll known
10 them and which every member is willing
10 have 90 on the list, b, placed there and
every name to which sny member Of
the board may otj.c: to having placed on
the list without: such voter personally
appearing before the board b, subjected to
personal registration. he said he believed
that correct list could be made up With
out the expense Of having every name
on the nes lie. pu: there by per
sonsi registration. III appears to me noW,
though having given the matter hu. little
thought that some such procedure would
answer oil purp 1ses."
W. II Libby f q thought that We would
not get 80 good 4 retuls from rtq hiring
every voter to register personally On the
the new list A. We would il the board re
tanned ali the names of voters tina. they
know are legal voters in The city beyond
any donbt and whenever name 10 reached
which any member Of the board entsrssirs
Q doubt concerning have the board notify
such person to app ,sr before them in per
con and summons him If necessary.
Mayor Chase declined TO be interviewed
on the sutjs oct on the ground that it would
not be proper for him to give expression to
his We've on this particular que'tiop, 90
one Of the members Of the board had been
appointed by him.
Postmaster Marley in reply to the q aes-
TONER Of the reporter said he didn't consider
that the intsn. Of the law Vas that there
should be . personal registration in forming
the dfst lists. Some of the men who have
alwsys voted here might be away and to
come before the boarI ard register when
oil the board knew tbs; they were eatitled
to vote would be entirely unnecessary.
Every voter about whom there is any
question should be required to come before
the board.
Hon II NJ Heath was seen and he said
II don't believe that any man would be
disfranchised BY adopting the psrsoni reg
istration method, and il We have such regis
traiion it's . guarantee that we .hsiI have
an honest list to begin with No doubt that