The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-14
LEFT WITH THE REGISTRARS.
They Must be Satisfied That Taxes
Have Been Paid.


charges against Mr.. Cooley were pre-
scented by the Myers men and those
} against Mr.. Walsh by the Duncan side.
Each was charged with unfairness in
the conduct of the registration. Mr..
/ Cooley was charged with refusing to
/ register men who had complied with all
the requirements Of the law and backed
their statements with sworn afhdavits.
| Mr.. Walsh was charged with forcibly
placing names of parties on the books
against the protest of his fellow regis
trar.
Judge Falligant presided at the hearing
with Judges MacDonell and Ferrill. Hon.
| Pope Barrow and Col. William Garrard
represented Mr.. Myers at the hearing,
and Messrs. S. B. Adams, II. c. Gun
ingham and George w. Owens repre-
scented DR.. Duncan, who was also pres
ent.
The charges against Registrar Cooley
were heard first. Specific charges were
presented as to our men whom he had
refused to register. John f. Mcdonald
made affidavit that he had paid all taxes
since the adoption of the constitution.
Cooley demanded that he should insert
that he had paid all taxes due by him
since becoming of age, which he declined
| to do. Oscar Dickinson made affidavit
/ that he became of age Aug q. 1894. He
\ gave his place of residence. Cooley re-
/ fused to register him because he said that
/ the place stated as his residence by Dick
inson was within 200 feet Of his store,
and he had never seen Dickinson in that
neighborhood. Mr. E. Gradot testified that
he sent in tax for J. Il. Mcdonald to
the tax collector last Tuesday. He put
/ "a in an envelope and handed it to some
one on the inside Of the office-he did not
know whom. Mr. Gradot said he had
/ done the same thing for other parties and
! had Ecceived receipts afterward. The
| evidence as to Mr.. Cooleys refusal to
register the parties was given by Mr..
Jonas Mendal, Mr.. c. II. Supple and Mr..
Harry Willink.
Mr., Cooley was sworn lie said that
! Mcdonald applied to register Saturday.
He said he was about 30 years of age,
and had never paid any poll tax previous
to this year. Cooley refused to register
/ him. Tuesday Mcdonald came back with
| Mr.. Sipple. He had an affidavit to the
effect that he had paid all taxes due by
him since the adoption of the constitu-
/ ton. As Mcdonald acknowledged to be-
| ing 30 years of age, Mr.. Cooley refused to
| register him unless he could give some
| evidence that he had paid other taxes
| due by him since becoming of age Both
he and Mr.. Mcclure, the other registrar,
had agreed in refusing several affidavits,
Mr.. Cooley said. one of the charges was
! based on his refusal to register Samuel
Davis, young man who had come from
Atlanta, and who said that he had re-
sided in the state four or five years. He
| showed only one tax receipt and Mr.
! Cooley demanded that he show more
None of the parties who made the com
! plants were registered in the county reg
| istration, he said. Davis first said he was
"A years old, and had paid no other taxes,
/ He went off and came back with an afHda-
Wit that he had paid all taxes due by him.
one of the men refused was named Nc
Cardle. Mr. Cooley said that ne had known
McCardle for four or five years He pro-
duced TWO tax receipts, and made aft
uaNlt that he had paid all taxes due by
him. Cooley refused to register McCardla
because he was satisfied from his own
| knowledge of the man. that he had NOT
| pald taxes for previous years. As to the
Dickinson case. Mr. Cooley said he had
gone to the place named by Dickinson
as his boarding house. He was told that
Dickinson had been living there two weeks
Dickinson had stated that he had lived
there two months. He claimed to be only
Il years of age, when he looked to be
nearer 80. A man who could make such
mistake as to the time he had lived al
one place, Mr.. Cooley said was very liable
to be mistaken about his age Mr. CooIe,,
said he had not refused in a single in.
stance to register a man whom he be-
lieved to be entitled to register.
Judge Falligant said that he had con-
Guided after receiving the charges that II
would be well for the members of the
commission to seek a little informati
on their own account and he had reo1,as+
ed Judge MacDonell to inquire of the tav
collector concerning the names of the mar
ties who had made afidavits that tbeir
taxes We're paid. Judge Macdonald said
that ne had been informed by Tax Col
rector McGowan that neither the taxae 81
Joseph Dickinson nor John n Nro11o,.oG,l
had been paid 4''iu
Whether their names had been sent in
with money in his unopened mail he couId
not say. iu
The difference between Registrars Frier-
son and Walsh in the Eighth district Nc.
taken up. Mr.. Frierson testified tbst va
eral names had been put down nv Mr.
Nalsh against his protest and Soma 81
them IN his absence. His understanding
OF the law was that no name should he
registered without the consent of. and in
the presence of both registrars A NAV
named Moeller applied to register al
SAD ne had just been naturalized He
produced no papers in support of HE
statement and no tax receipt He refused
10 register him. Mr. Walsh seized tbe
SOoN anu entered the name fOrciblV He
refused negro named Lee because he did
not have his tax receipts. Four or five
others to whom he objected were written
down by Mr.. Walsh He left the roor,
Wheh TINS was done because he would NOT
DE party to such proceedings. He start
ed TO enter the name of a negro named
washington whom he thought to he ali
right. Washington said he was only u
years OF age when he knew him to be
older. He stopped the entry of the name.
but 1t was completed by Mr.. Walsh.
Mr.. Walsh, when sworn admitted 10
having registered several parties objected
TO by Mr.. Frterson. He said he had been
registering Duncan men on afidavits with
out making any objection, and he Thought
Mr.. trlerson should have allowed him the
same privilege with regard to Myers men.
Moeller he said, made affidavit to the fact
that he had just taken out his naturaliza-
ton papers and that he was Just p wears
OF age and his statement was backed b,,
that of Mr. Jonas Mendel who was nree-
ent. He believed the man was entitled to
register and registered him. Washington
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