The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-13
Registration for the city.

yesterday TO amend the law providing for
the registration OF voters 60 vote at munich
pal elections in this city con-
tains features that ought TO be given
some attention by those interested
In having good city government. The
present law provides that the registration
and election managers from each district or
a majority of them, shall attend from 9
O'Clock q. m. until 2 O'Clock o. m. to their
registration duties, every week day, for
three weeks preceding the day of election,
at some convenient point in their respective
districts. 1t is proposed to amend this
by requiring the managers to be on duty
not only from O'Clock a. m. until o'clock
D. m. but also from O'Clock p m. until
o'clock o. m.
1t is apparent that II this amendment is
ad pied the COST Of registration will he
greatly increased, and that it will be i'm
possible 10 get substantial business men to
act as managers Of the registration and
election. The management OF e.eclons will
have to be turned over TO men who. like
professional jurors, have no occupation.
Are the services of men Of that sort de-
sirable III 90 important matter2
Another provision OF the bill that ought
to be given thoughtful attention is the
following: THE election managers may
begin to count the vote at any time in their
discretion, but they shall not do so until the
polls are closed, if aoy candida 9 in person
or by written authority objects"
What is the purpose Of beginning to
count the votes before the polls are closed2
1t is evident that the votes can be counted
about as fast as they are polle1, or so nearly
50 that close estimate can be made as to
who of the candidates are in the lead. Such
information would be extremely valuable to
candidates who are behind. 1t would warn
them that they must get more votes from
some source or be defeated. The election
managers might not give out the intorma-
ton, but what guarantee is there that they
wouldn't9
1t is true that a candidate can object TO
the counting of the votes until the polls are
closed, but a candidate would hardly do
that unless he believed the managers hostile
to him, and II he did not object until the
counting began his objection would not
be effective.
These suggestions are made after only a
very hurried reading OF the bill. 1t is as
sumed that all who have anything at stake
in Savannah are anxious for good city gov
ernment. This election bill, therefore,
ought to be subjected to the most rigid
So utiny, with the view Of discovering IL it
contains anything that opens the way for
the election of those who would make good
government a secondary matter.
The Morning News ana Mr.. Cleveland.
1t may not be out OF place at this time to
call attention to the fact that Immediately
after Mr.. Cleyeland's defeat in 1883 the
MORNING NEWS predicted that he would be
the nominee OF his party in 1892, and during
the years that interviewed between that
time and his reelection It never wavered in
its support of him, and never missed an op-
portunity to use its influence in his be-
half 1t did this because it had confidence
in his fitness for the presidency and be-
lieved he was the most available man the
Democratic party could nominate.
IL there is another paper in Georgia
or in the south that has been SO
continuous and earnest a supporter of
Mr.. Cleveland we do not recall the
name of 1t. There are southern papers
that have been stanch supporters of Mr..
Cleveland for the last year or two, but if
there Is one that has as consistent a record
as that Of the MORNING News with respect
to him the name of it has escaped our
memory.
We speak Of this for no other reason than
e.. fkak exc
urged the nomination of MIR. Cleveland
throughout the years that followed his de-
feat in 1888, because it believed him to be
| fitted 10 every way for the discharge of the
duties of the great Office OF President; that
If again called to the white house he would
administer the government without fear OF
| favor, and that he would stand a better
chance of being elected than any other mar
who could be nominated for the reason thai
he has the confidence of the people to de-
! gree seldom enjoyed by public man.
The result of the election shows that the
MORNING NEWS was not mistaken witt
respect to his popularity, and his admins
trstion will prove that it was not mis- aker
as to his fitness for the presidential office
The MORNING NEWS congratulates itself
that it had so large part in bringing about
his nomination. But for its influence the
Georgia delegation to Chicago might have
been against him.
The street railway strike at Columbus, o.
is rather big fight over a small cause. Ii
appears that one of the rules of one Of the
companies provides that conductors who ac-
cept mutilated coin for fares must make
the amount good. One Of the conductor:
refused a l0-cent piece with hole in it.
The passenger who rendered the bad coin
got hopping mad, took the conductors mum.
Der and threatened to have him discharged.
And sure enough, he made his threat good