New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-27
DUTY OF REGISTRATION.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW ELECTION
CODE

PRECAUTIONS THAT REPUBLICAN, LEADERS
SHOULD TAKE IN COUNTRY AND CITY,
| WHEN REHSTRATIoN DAYS WILL
| oOOUR-LEssoNs OF PRE-
vIoUs YEARS
fFRox srAYr CORRESPONDENT OF THE rsIBuSE1
Albany, Sept 26.-The laws respecting the reg
stration Of voters have been so materially changed
in New-York State since the Presidential election
| of 1888 that neither Republican voters nor the
members of Republican County committees can
afford to neglect learning what new requirements
| have heen imposed upon voters and election oi-
| fcrrs this respect of registration.
| In 1888, for instance it was only IN New-iorH
ana BROOKLYN that all voters were required per-
sonally to register their names. In the minor
cities of the State the first day Of registration IL
was lawful to write upon the books OF reshtra|
ton the names of all persons who voted az the
| previous election, and also OF any otner persons
who IL was thought were entitled to vote Only
upon the final day Of registration IN the minor
| cities were voters required personally 10 appear
| and register their names. The present year,
| 1 e02 under an amendment made to the resStra-
ton law in 1891, every voter In city Is required
| personally to appear and register MS name nn
order 10 secure the right to vote. The Election
only as personally appear before the inspectors
and are qualified voters shall be placed on such
list at a meeting for registry for general cleo
tion or an annual city election Of city officers
In election districts outside the cities in 1883
no registration of names whatever was required
The present year the rural voters are compelled
n meet the same conditions as formerly eXlsted
in the minor cities of the State. The election
Code declares that the inspectors OF election ao
their first meeting for registry in an election dis
trict elsewhere than in city" shall place upon
such list the of all persons appearing Oh tne
po-lst Of the next preceding general election III
such district, except the names OF such Vo'ers az
arc proven to the satisfaction OF such inspectors
N have ceased to be voters since such generai
election. the names of all other persons known or
proven to the satisfaction Of the Inspectors 10 %
so qualified and the names of all persons so quaii-
fed who personally appear before the inspectors
and request To lave their names placed thereon.
Those are the requirements for the rst Gay Oh reg
istration In country neighborhoods
The second day of country registration, and there
are only two days in rural election districts. the
names of such persons only as personally appear
and are qualified shall be placed on the list IL
is therefore evident that Republican leaders IN
rural neigbborhoods would do wisely TO place the
names of voters of their party faith upon the DOCKS
of REGISTRATION the first day OF rcgistra-
ton: since upon the second day OF reg
stration the voters must personally appear LII
order TO secure the registration Of their names
1t might easily happen in country us'ric0S'
owing TO the distance many voters live from reg
straton places, that Republicans would hho "
impossible on the final day of registration 10 gam
tho time necessary to 90 to the town where the
boards of registry meeting The buik OF .he
Renublican vote OF the State is in the rural eiec
tion districts Therefore it is especially the duty
OF Republican committeeman in rural nelghoor-
hoods TO see to it that the name OF every hepuo-
lican voter is written upon the registration HstS
tho first day of registration. The most thorough
prparation should be made by them to place the
Republican names on the registration roll. County
committees will find themselves somewhat AIDED IN
procuring the names Of Republican and OTHER voters
in the various counties by inspecting carefully inc
records of the recent State census now upon lie
with the county clerks. This year the first day
~ r,gistration in rural neghborhoods is Saturday,
October %. and the second day is Saturday, Octo-
ber %. one week later. There remains. there
fore q period of only little over three weeks for
Republican leaders TO make systematic and vigor-
GUS canvass for the names OF Repubncah voters
70 place upon the registration rolls in rural neigh
borhoods. Preparations ought to be made also 70
secure the personal registration OF voters upon the
second day of registration in rural nelghborhoods
is coses where the mans name has been missed on
the first day.
But the registration of the city Rerubllcans
should not be neglected while this work OF get
ting the rural Republicans registered Is IN
nropress. In this line of work the Republican
committeeman Of some cities might Well iolo"
the example of those of Buffalo. There, upon the
bn n
cans who have registered are taken from the
books OF registration and carefully compared
with lists of Republican voters at previous eiec-
tions In this manner the names of the Republl-
cans who have neglected 10 register their names
are obtained This action is followed by the send
ing Of postal cards to all Republicans who nave
neglected to register. informing them OF the date
of the next day OF registration. Personal appeals
are also made TO these absentees to come TO the
places Of registration the next day OF ieglsra-
ton. The second day Of registration another lisc
OF Republicans is made out, and again the alb
sentees are discovered and are warned or their
remissncss by committeeman or through the
medium Of note. BY this thorough method Of
work. the Republican voters: or at least
large proportion of them, induced to register
their names.
The first day of registration will be on October
s. when the work will begin in the minor cities
of the State The Republican committeeman In
all the cities of the State except New-fork and
Rrooklyn, therefore, have a period Of less than
two weeks at their disposal to make preparations
TO ret out the Republican voters to register in
the lesser cities. This is short period but
much work can be accomplished in that time.
Only three DAYS later or October l. regist aiol
will begin in the cities of New-iork and Brook
lvn The Republican worker in these cities,
beside drumming up Republican voters, will be
forced to look out for Democratic repeaters and
Democratic colonization schemes.