The sun., 1892-01-25
THE NEXT POLITICAL BIN
PERSONAL REGEsTRAJOS TO BE n
TENDED ALL OYER THE STATE 4

The Mural Voters to he Keuulrca ts Regfa4j
ter In Order 10 vSte-Hs II Esimatea thatI
sseh = Measurs WIN Csst the RepustA.I
eans 10000 yotes In the state.
ALpASr. Jan. 23.-Now that the EnumerationI
bill has become u law. the next big POLITICAL
hill to be taken up 10 the Personal RceistrntiouI
hill. This Is n simple measure. but It is likely
to have more political effect than the enumera- J
tion and rcnpportionment The object Of thel
bill is to make II as hard for tho rural Republic
cans to get in fraudulent votes ms it has beeny
for the New York Dom ocrats since tho time Cd
the present election law. Among other dia-I
ordinations that successive Republican Leg )
islaturos have made against tho big cities Cd
the State is the Election law. Among the,
farmere ii Is easy tn vote and to vote In two or
three districts. The election boards are pnr-I
tisnn. In New York the election boards have
four inspectors. two Democrats and two Rel
publicans. while in most Of the country dis
tricts the election boards are Republican. and
the Republican majority is actually more leni-I
ent in looking at the qualifications OF Repub-Z
lican than Democratic voters.
Besides dividing the New York electionl
boards equally between the two parties. the
election laws require the personal regstrationI
OF every voter In New York, Brooklyn. and thsl
other lnr2c cities. That is any man in ordsr1
to vote must appear In person before the elec-I
tion board isome one OF several specified
days before election and give the board hiaI
name and residence and qualigcations ~ 81
voter. In the country district no such thing ii
necessary. II Ia a little trouble for man toI
register, and tho total vote in the cities Ia un.I
doubtedly diminished hy the requirement Of
personal registration. II aman Is out Of town
ie loses his vote. There ,is aiMsys
snis ces qSSpTsa Ss as'ss ss gssfs'f, Il Is
rural districts. where Tho RennRiiean mSior-|
tse same q election laws aPniy t. the yhols
alike. There IS no reason why there should C
an, election law for New York and another TOT
iasl;s have @ been RsnubIcan and have @ 'co con-
trolleed tn. Legislatures.
asa ts sf Ss ssss w
tho, Rcnunlican party about 10000 votes, ~
NH cost m @ the Drm2crnts nn votes; too: but th9y
seem io be willing to so to more trouble than
Msr"ns Tdcr to Sa yStG In a. Nsw
nSopoH" by nfH"'fH%"' sassS,Eg Undsrs
personal registration bill every farmer will
M r aHa thdTs dsy M Ss
II the farmer is absent. or careless. or sick,
and docs not register he cannot vote. Farm
Stnt-s. or TO the rtics. cannot vote unless theyI
make two trips home one to register and an.
other t" vote Now they do not lose their resi-.
denco or their vote by absence All the FederalI
officials will have to return home twice. onceI
to register and again to vote II will give th0I
will not ho able to keep ali tho Republican vo-I
ters in line.
What with the Enumeration bill and a neWl
apporIionln.nt. r-,irranEenient Of ward linnsj
in cities and Il personal registration bill ans
plicable alike to the Whole state. 1t will bel
hard for the EnDublltNnS to ;.Iuju uet COntf,)IN
unless the Democrats make tools OF them.
selves.