Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-22
SATURDAYS REGISTRATION.
A Marked Falling Off In Applicants
at New Castle.


Registrar EckeIs Again Refuses 20 Fully
Register tho Negro Observation-Disclosures
Morrison in "a uuii--iepublioan PrIm-
aries.
Special Correspondents Of Gazette ana Journal
New CASTLE, Sept. 10.-Saturday's regis
tration of voters in the four districts of
this hundred was the smallest III number
of the three Saturdays. The total number
registered was la7, classified as follows:
Eastern district, IS; Western, "a South
ern, 81; Northern, 81. The total number
10 date is III, of which 10l are in the
Eastern, 1863 Western 252 in the Southern
and 1915 in the Northern. There are yet
four more registration days and about $50
more voters to be registered. Il. i. Lam
caster of the Southern district will prob
ably sit at Red Lion village, which is in
New Castle hundred. one saturday. There
are 100 or more voters there, and us they
reside nearly three miles away from the
present registration place, it is considered
10 more than right that they should be
given this opportunity Of qualifying them
selves.
John II. Russell, the negro whom Regis.
trer George w. Eckles OF the Eastern dis
trict refused to fully qualify on the first
day of the registration, on the grounds
that he held q fraudulent tax receipt, APP
peared before Mr.. Ecklcs again. Saturday,
but he was for the third time held 'under
ndyisemcntn Mr.. Ecklcs stated that his
reasons for this were rs follows In the
first place, the registrar has the power to
hold any man over from week 10 week
until he is fully satisfied that he possesses
all the qualifications to have his name
entered on the registry list. Russell has
not Yet proved that his tax receipt is legal
but ny soon as he docs this he will of
course, be fully registered.
Israel Riding the eX-cOllcctor, whose
name is attached to tho receipt, Friday
night wanted to make affidavit that the
paper was written by him on the date
mentioned, May, 1871, but the registrar
was not acting in an official capacity then,
and decided not to hear Mr. Riding until
Saturday, when he advised him to appear
at the registration window with Russell
and then swear to the validity Of the re-
ccpt The eS-collector, however. was
unable to he on hand saturday, MS he is at
work III the country, and when Ecklcs re-
fused TO recognize the receipt OF Russell he
was threatened with arrest by several Re
publiCams Supervisor u. j. Blackburn
however, could see no reason why the
registrar should be arrested, and up To this
morning 10 warrants had been sworn out
for hint.
IN the Northern district Robert Il.
Morrison, registrar, refused to fully regis
va 1870 - ~ - 'All'A I'm ''lANfAs INV
employees of the COUNTY almshOusc. whom
James J. Toner vouchcd for Both men
We're assessed in Wilmington aud had
Dickey tax receipts AMI also thcir natnrnli-
cation papers. Mr.. Toner accompanied
them to Wilmington, where they procured
certificates and returned at o'clock, when
Mr. Morrison then fully registered them
Morrison, however, became very angry
and il is said that he made the remark
that he would not he buldozed by either
Republicans or Democrats any longcr,und
With this he dropped lis pen and left the
window apparently Disguised.
Alternate William Il. Mccoy, who hap
pened 10 be in the vicinity at the time,
was notified of Mr. MurrisUn's action and
he ut once took charge Of the books and
conducted tho registration mp to u o'clock
Mr.. Morrison was seen this morning but
he declined to talk On the subject aud
would not say whether or not he would
uillciatc next saturday
The Republican primary election SatIlr
day resulted in the nomination Of Wilson
l.. IEaymOre for assessor aud Henry stat
ford road commissioner. l'pr assessor the
vote was: liaymOrc IDS; James +. Can
non. g. Thomas H. Martin, the other
candidate, Withdrew from the field early
IL the day. The vote tur road cummis-
sionor was Stafford, l9,; Richard Az.
pleby, As; John VI. Collins, ~.