The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-29
THE ROLL is CLOSED.
Nearly $4,000 Electors Ready
to Vote Next Month.
BUSY SCENES TOWARD THE END.
Superior Courts swear in Many New
Citizens-Registratio Far in Ex-
cess Of Any Previous Year.

The intense interest taken by the people OF Sc
attic in the forthcoming election WAS mani
tested yesterday in the superior court anu the
city clerks Office. Notwithstanding all the
warnings given against the unwisdom OF delay
ing registration till the last moment an i'm
mense throng gathered around the judges OF the
superior court to take out their last papers, and
a still larger number waited for hours at the
city clerks office to be enrolled. Both Repub-
hcans and Democrats had watchers ready to
challenge doubtful electors but there were no
indications OF al attempt to register fraudu-
lently.
City Clerk stoneman, with three assistants,
we're kept busy from 9 O'Clock till midnight,
with an interval between 5 and for rest. When
the Office was reopened Tor the evening q crowd
had gathered that filed the passageway OF the
city hall clear out to the street, and at one time
numbered over 800 men. II was not until 10
O'Clock that it began to dwinde at all. From
then until midnight the number grew gradually
less, until at 10 minutes before II there were
only about a score who had lot been waited
upon. About three minutes before the hour of
closing the handful still waiting were huddled
inside of the room, and the entire number had
their names the roll just as the clock pointed
to the hour of II
Fully 800 men either registered or had
change of precinct recorded during the day.
The majority of this number came in the even
ing. The total new registration is now about
1000. and the total rolls will foot up nearly
1900.
A large number of the new voters registered
are foreign-b born residents who have but recently
been naturalized. In the superior court OF King
county over so have been admitted since last
March. OF these, 628 have been admitted since
October /, aud most of these within the last ten
days
After the last man had been registered last
night the representatives of the Republican and
Democratic parties, who have been keeping a
recori OF the registration, presented City Clerk
Stoneman with the following letter OF thanks:
Mr. George Stoneman, City Clerk, City of
Seattle-ST: We, the undersigned clerks of
registratloi, representing the two great political
parties, wish on this occasion, viz the close of
registration before the presidential election of
1892, to thank you aud your very efficient depu-
ties, Messrs. Ogden and Raglan, for the many
patience and courtesy both to us and
the electors of Seattle unfer ad-
verse circumstances during registration.
We recognize the difficulties you have labored
under on account OF the redistricting of the city
and fully appreciate the extra labor thereby en-
tailed upon you and your deputies.
Signed: j. Dailett Roberts, n. c. Adair, W. b.
Drown, William fetchell. Charles II. Lee, Ed
ward II. Brown, Charles G. Van Alstyne.
The registration books will now be copied into
poll books for use at the several voting pre-
cincts.
When the registration books of Ballard pre-
cinct were closed last night it was found that
AS voters had qualified. This shows a wonder
full increase. US last fpring there were but S5S
regist tered.