New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-28
THE PERSONAL EEGISTR1TI BILL.

THE PERSONAL EEGISTRJTION ELL.
The bill extending the requirement OF per-
,,naI registration T. the country districts Is T.
come M in the Assembly tomorrow. and
doubtless the Democratic leaders viii d. their
best t. secure its passage. The Republicans
f the entire state. and I'LL other citizens who
desire - see Tho ball t-box preserved from its
enemies. have their eyes Oh this ncfariouS meas
ulc and rc>olutcly demand it, defeat. That il
i, the out,uac of hostility t. the ballot box is
evident. The people are Mt behind il. The
voters residing in the districts which il affects
have not asked for IFS passage No valid
reason has been assigned in an, quarter for its
existence. II has no excuse for being In
word it is simply a job-a political. partisan
job Of the most dSrcpuiablc sort. 1t was con
cciVcd in the bainS of the gang OF bosses who
pui through the conspiracy which made the
present Senate Democratic by fraud. These
unpl~lciplcd men see in the bill m expansion
of their power. They reason that if the farm
cIS Of the State are compelled either to regis
ter in person or else lose their vote il will
happen that a good many of them. through
cal,lcS-ncss or Of necessity, will abstain from
registering and hence will find Themselves
cuchrcd upon Election Day. The Bosses know
that in the >par>cly settled country districts
personal registration for farmers will mean to
no, a few Of them the loss of an entire days
work. But on this they calculate Let us
make voting as difficult as we can for the
farmers is the argument Of the cOnSprat)rs.
" 80 as TO keep the rural vote down, for the
rural vote is largely Republican,
The organ of the CHANGERS Of the State "The
lIusbandman," dcnounccs the bill as IAN out
ragcouS acts 1.-The lIu>bandman' is not a
political journal lis opposition to the bill is
due solely 10 lis conviction tina, il is blow
at the welfare Of the rural distlictS-an attcmpt
TO augment the power OF political ring by op.
pressing the farmers. At the recent caucus of
Republican members of the Assembly those
present agreed to he in their places on Wednes-
day for the purpose OF opposing this bll-in
some respects the worst Of all the pending lcgis-
latlon. 1t is 10 be expected that ever, Hepub-
lican AsScmblyman will respond 10 his name
TO- morrow, and that the minority will make
resolutc, united fight for the farmers right to
vote As the law now stands. electors in the
rural districts are given two DAYS for regstla-
ton and are required 10 register in person on
the second day only. On the first day the in
spectors are authorized to place on the lists
the names OF all who voted nj the preceding
election and of other persons known to be en-
titled q vote. This law has worked well-why
NEEDLE with it? Why make the same rule for
the Sparsely settled country and the thickly
settled cities? The conditions of the two sec
tons being different, it is folly to argue that
both should come under the same registration
rule.
Republican Assemblymen, stand as one man
with all the resources at your command in OPP
position to this bill If you do, enough Dem
ocsau may make common CAUSE with YOU "