The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
REGISTRARS APPOINTED.
Clement SauSSy and A. N. MaRucy TO
Have Charge Of the Books.

The Commi sioners Had Plenty of
/ gestions-Populists and Repub-
/ icans Not Backward in Asking Rep
! notwithstanding of the Registrars
! $500 Each for the Entire Work-The
Duties Required of Them-The Con-
ficting Interests Which They Repre-
/ sent.
! The registration commission held a
meeting yesterday in the office of the
/ judges of the superior court and was not
long in transacting the business before
/ it. 1t decided that Messrs Clement
Saussy and Adolphus n. Manucy shall
have charge of the registration lists.
/ These gentlemen are the registrars ap-
4 pointed by the commission under the
recent registration law for Chatham
county. The commission, being puzzled
some time ago as to certain requirements
under the legislative enactment, adver-
tised in order to get suggestions as to who
considered themselves opposite political
factions, and as to who would under the
circumstances be desirable appointees.
The suggestions were to be in by Feb 10,
which was yesterday, and they were
| there.
SUGGESTIONS FROM ALL PARTIES.
! The suggest ions sent in to the commits
sion were not limited to the conflicting
interests among the democrats. There
were sent in, in all, the names of nine
teen different men, whose appointment
was desired by those who suggested
them. Suggestions were received from
members of the Peoples party and
from the Republican party, as we'll
as from the contending elements of
| the Democratic party. A number of the
names suggested were recommended by a
large number of qualified voters without
suggesting or stating anything about to
what political faction or party they be-
Ionged. This gives an idea of what the
{ commissioners had TO consider. They de-
cideG that they would not give out for
publication the other names suggested.
THE SALARY FIXED.
The salaries of these registrars was
| fixed at $500 each for the entire work,
which lasts during about three months.
They are required to have the registra-
ton books open from the first Monday in
| March TO the first Monday in June, on
every day except Sunday. The books are
to be open from o'clock a. m. to o clock
p. m, every week day except Saturday.
when they are to be kept open from 8
.
WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE REGISTRARS.
The commissioners have as yet adopted
no rules for the guidance of the registrars,
other than those laid down in the law
| governing their actions as passed by the
! legislature. The registra ton books must
! give the name, age, residence and occupa-
tion of every voter registered, and he
must be required, beforehand, to furnish
satisfactory evidence of the pay
meent of all taxes since the
adoption of the constitution of
to the law, to be kept In the
custody of both registrars, and when
they are not in use for the purposes of
registration of voters, or for the purposes
of holding an election, they are to be kept
under the seal of the commissioners in the
Office of the ordinary. The law requires
that the registration list shall be pub
lished complete and in full in a daily pa
per in the county before the ele ction.
| HOW PARTY LINES ARE DRAWN.
The appointment of Messrs. Saussy and
! Manucy seems to be satisfactory to all
interests, and the question naturally
arises: What conflicting political inter
| ests do they represent" it is generally
understood that Mr.. Saussy is on one
| side and Mr.. Manucy on the other, and so
| far this has not been denied by
members of either faction The
commission has endeavored to give
| all conflicting political interests
| representation on the board of
! registrars, as they were required by law
/ to do, and it is understood then that these
registrars represent populists, republi-
cans, and all factions of the Democratic
| party, if it be true that the Democratic
party is divided. 1t is not believed, how
ever, that there will be any serious oppo-
sition TO the appointments from any of the
| friends of any faction.