New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-10
REGISTER TODAY!
REPUBLICANS SHOULD GO To THE POLlIN;
PLACES AS EARLY As POSSIBLE.
DELAY Is DANGERoUs-FULL DIRECTIONS A TO
THE TINE. PLACES AND Way OF
ENROLMENT.

THE TIME PLACES MD WAY OF
ENROLMENT.
RepubIicans Of New-York City should go 10
the polling places in their election districts to-
day and register for this Is the first day of
registration in the city this year There are
three other days of registration-October u. q
and 2S-but there is danger in putting OFT the
duty to register. temporary Illness or busi-
ness trips out of the city on the other days may
prevent a citizen from making sure OF MS
right to vote Therefore 1t is the safest plan
to register to-day Unless "A citzen has
been registered he cannot vote. and many votes
are lost to the Republican ticket each year De-
cause the voters neglect to be registered IL
makes no difference how many years a citizen
has lived and voted in the city. If he does not
go to the polling place in his district and regis
ter on one of the days of registration this
year he will not be able to vote this year
On each dav of registration the polling places
will be open from a. m. until p. m, and the
inspectors are required to be in attendance con-
stantly. There is no registration Of voters by
proxy i'm this city Every citizen must appear
in person at a polling place and answer the
questions put to him by The chairman of the
registry board After taking an oath to answer
the questions truthfully he tells his place of
residence his name his age Gf he is "A young
man. the length of time during which he has
lived in the election district in the Assembly
district In the city and in the state where hc
lived before he became resident OF the AS
sembly district. his birthplace. and. If he is
natura lized citizen. when and in what court ne
was naturalizcd. He may also be required 10
state if he has made any bet or wager depending
on the result of the coming election.
The inspectors write the information contained
in the citizens replies to the questions in their
registers but as each answer calls for only
word or two. or for a number. written under
printed headings in the registers. 1t taxes only
a few minutes for any person TO register when
he goes to the polling place.
To b. entitled to register and To vote. man
must he at least twenty-onc years old'on OF be-
fore election dav: a citizen. native or natural
izcd-his naturalization must have occurred M
least ten davs before the election; an inhab-
liant of the state year before election.
resident Of the county for the last four months
n resident Of the election district ior thirty
DAYS before election: he must not have been
convicted Of bribery or felony. or. If 80 con
vjcted he must have been pardoned and re-
stored to the rights Of a citizen. and he must
not be interested in any bet depending on the
result Of the election.
For the PURPOSE Of voting. no citizen shall
be deemed to have lost gained a residenc"
by reason Of his absence or presence while en-
ploycd in tho scrvic" ~ tho United states en-
gagged in the navigation of the waters "i IN"
State Of the United States. or the high seas.
while he Is n student AT any seminary NJ
learning or while he is detained IN any
ASYLUM aImshouse or prison. at the public
expense.
ANY person who appears before the inspectors
and asks TO be registered may he challenged
bv any qualified eector of the district. In case
Of challenge the applicant may take an oath
truthfully to answer questions regarding MS
qualifications as voter. II he takes the oath
and answers the questions. ani II his answers
show that he is entitled to vote MS name
must bc placed on the registers
II at meeting of the Board of inspectors
for Registry. any elector oi the district Shal'
upon oath. declare that b" has reason 10 be
Iicvc that any person ON such list "i voters
will not be qualified To- vote al such election.
the Board Of Inspectors shall place IN" woris
TO be CHALLENGED" opposite the name ~ such
person and when such person shall oner ms
vote Al su-h election the general oath as 10
qualifications shall be administered to him. ana
n he shall refuse to take such "dth ne Shail
no, be permitted 10 vote
There are l.l42 election districts In the ciiy
this year and there have been some changes IN
the boundaries Of number Of the districts
since last year. II any Republican voter doe.
not know what district he lives In. he can ma
ou, the number Of his district easily DN con-
sulting the election notice which is publifhch IN
The Tribune this morning liz the nrst part
Of the advertisement the boundaries oi all ot
the election districts. arranged In numerical
order and In their Assembly districts In the sam"
order are printed in full The boundary lines
run through the middle Of tho streets and ave
nues named Voters who know the NUMBERS
of their election districts but have not learned
the situation of the polling places in the dis.
tricts where they are 10 register and vote. VIII
do well 10 consult tho second part Of the elec
ton notice. where the address Of each p"hhg
place is given
Thus a voter who lives or the south side oi
West Fifty-sccond-st.. between Eighth ana
Ninth ayes. will learn that he lives IN the
Twenty eighth Election District Of the NNlllth
Assembly District. the boundaries OF Which are
given in the election notice, as follows: All that
part Of the city bounded 10y and lying within
West Fifty -second-st.. Eighth-aye.. West Fpty-
frst-st and Ninth-avc." He will also hnd that
the polling place for that district this year ~
the barber shop at No. 7si Ninth-ave.
Voters who live in Madson-ave. anywhere
between Sixty-sxth and Sixty-ninth SITS. VIII
find that they are residents of the Twenty
fourth Election District Of the X%lst Assembly
District and that the place where they are l"
register Is polling booth at Sixty-aeventh-s 81
and Park-ave The boundaries Of the election
Sixty-ninth-st Lexngton-ave.. East Sixty
sixth-st and Fifth-ave.
The Tribune will publish the election notice
ON the morning Of each Of the three other days
Of registration, and on the morning OF election
day.
MN. II ED rrn<TE CTEpE