The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-29
FOURTH edition


The places for registration opened
again yesterday belween II and IL
O'Clock, and up to Z o'clock In the
evening, when they closed there were
1853 registered. Tho total number
registered thus far Is IL, no. and 1t ia
probable that to-day's registration will
bring 1t up to about $4,000.
Yesterday morning tho following in
structions were given to the super
vlsorS by Chief Supervisor Macalister:
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES CHIEF
SUPERVISOR or ELECTIONS AND UNITED
STATES COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT OF della
WARE. WmSuNGToN, DEL Oct. ~, 1892
To United States Supervisors OF
Elections in Wilmington You will take
the numbers. dates, and initials OF the
tax collector from each tax receipt as
you were heretofore directed, and see
that the law of the State 10 in every
particular complied with.
You are not to insist upon handling
tax receipts, except when you suspect
they are fraudulent, or when the in
formation given you Is, III your judg-
mt mt, incorrect.
1nr inspector will give you any In
formation you DESIRE and will hand
you tax receipts for critical examina'
ton when requested. They have been
SO instructed by the Department OF
Elections.
You are to he courteous In your re
quests and avoid giving State officers
trouble or Inconvenience. You will
also be careful not to delay registra'
ton by thrilling and unnecessary ques
tions, but to make all protests OF
challenges In a firm bnt respectful
manner.
II any difficulty arises send me
word at once.
Is. A. MAeALLIsTER. Chief Supervisor.
Tax Collector Dlckey also instructed
the registration officers not To Offer
any objection to the supervisors ex
amining the receipts, consequently
there was very little friction.
The greater number of the receipts
presented by tho Democrats were
dated October and October ~. and
differed In size from those presented
by the Republicans.
In the Sixth ward. Third district, the
registrars refused to register man
who presented Il tax receipt signed by
John j, Dougherty The matter was
referred to II prominent Republican
lawyer who said:
"a tax receipt is prima facie evidence
of mans right to vote. and the fact
that the name OF the man holding the
receipt Is upon the delinquent list
does not impair the mans right to
vote, but shows that the tax collector
has fraudulently returned him MS II de.
| llnquent. On the other hand II the
man who presents the tax receipt ia
not assessed in the year for which the
tax should have been paid, then the
man il not legal voter and the regis
tration officer should order his arrest,
The fact that mans name Is on the
/ delinquent list shows that he must
have been assessed, and tine tax receipt
in his name must be taken as evidence
that he has paid tax.
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Officer Virtue arrested William Nor
! lis. colored, on complaint of Demo
/ cratic Inspector Frank Handy, of tn,
Third dist let Of the sixth ward, wht
alleged that Morris had registered IL
legally.
1t Is said that when Morris came t.
the window he presented tax receip
dated January l3, 1891, and signed by
John J. DougherUy. Mr.. Hanby asked
the colored man IL he had voted at tn
election for the mayor and Morris re
piled that he had not. He also sale
that he was assessed when lie lived Il
New street, hut removed into the Sixt
ward about two months ago. Tho tn
receipt was not marked TO show tina
Morris had voted at the mayoralt
election last spring year ago. Ate
finding this thing out Mr.. Handy OF
dered his arrest Morris was at one
bailed out by Edmund Mitchell. il
He Is represented by George A. Elliott
1t Is claimed that Morris Is a lego
voter and that the arrest was simpl
an act OF intimidation.
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