The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-12
The answer is sworn to by Registrar McIn,

| hearing had been FASTENED Mr. Saussy
said the charges were not served until
/ 2 o'clock the day before and that the
} parties making the charges should be
/ prepared to meet them at once. Judge
I Ealigant said the case would be pro
/ ceeded with, 70 which Mr.. Rockwell said
| he was by no means averse.
CAPT. M'GowAN's TESTIMONY.
Tax Collector MCGOWAN was the first
! witness called by Mr.. Rockwell. Capt
| MCGOWAN stated that he had been making
! such a list as the one in question for
/ years The list was composed of the
/ names of those who had paid
1 their poll tax for the year 1898. 1t
| had been customary, he said, since the
/ beginning of the registration to deliver
| this and other books TO the registrars at
9 o'clock every morning, and have them
returned at o'clock on every day except
Saturday, when they were returned at s
O'Clock p. m.
Mr.. Mclntire, he said, had taken this
book out once or twice out of hours. He
had obtained it from Mr. Cler, the clerk
in his Office. IL would not be a complete
list of all the registered voters, although
it had been checked of by the registrars,
because the law puts a poll tax on all
male residents between the ages Of 81
! and 60. Many who were not
on the list had right to re-
gister and some who were on it could
not do So Mr.. MCGOWAN said he would
have objected to allowing Mr. McIntire
to take the book in this case, as he did not
wish to be charged with partiality to
either faction. Similar books to the one
in question were introduced in evidence.
The books are Capt. McGowan's private
property, and he said he had the right TO
show them to whoever he pleased. They
were made out for his own convenience,
but he would object to having them taken
out for any length of time on account of
the criticism to which such an action
might render him liable.
MR.. CLER GAVE IT TO HIM.
Mr.. Frederick Cler, one of the clerks
in Capt McGowan's office, was next put on
the stand.
Mr.. Mcintyre, he said, had come into
the Office about eight minutes past
o'clock. He had seen nobody else in the
court house except those who were in the
office with him. MIR. McIntire asked
him to lend him the white book of 1898
Mr.. Cler thought il would be returned in
a few minutes Mr.. McIntire had borrowed
the book twice before. On each of the
former occasions he had kept it about
half an hour. He didn't state why he
borrowed 1t. On Saturday night he went
out Of the office and found the door TO
Capt. Dillon's Office locked When he re-
turned he mentioned to Capt MCGOWAN
that MIR. Mclntire had taken this book
Capt. MCGOWAN told him to go and ask
Mr.. McIntire for it. He told Capt. Nc.
Gowan that MIR. Mclntire had left the
court house. After that Capt MCGOWAN
looked anxious about it, but gave him no
further instructions with regard to get
ting it. Capt. MCGOWAN knew that MIR.
McIntire had taken the book on former
occasions and had given no Instructions
about not letting him have it.
Mr.. MANUCY's HISTORY OF IT.
Mr.. Nanucy was the next and last wit
ness sworn. He and Mr.. Clement Saussy,
when the registration first began. had
agreed to use the 1893 book as a check
book The only information it gave was
as TO which of those whose names were in
the book had registered. 1t was only a
partial list of the white voters who had
registered. He considered it a part of
the registration work, but would not say
IL was part of the records He stated
how he had come down Monday morning,
about twenty minutes earlier than usual
and on going to the tax collectors office
for the books had found the white book
for 1898 missing He had some words
with Mr.. Cler about it, He stated then
that in his opinion Capt. MCGOWAN laid
himself liable to criticism when he let
that book go out of the Office. He next
explained the conversation he had had
with Mr.. McIntire about the matter
when the latter came down. He stated
parenthetically that he and Mr. Saussy
had agreed to conduct the registration
as nearly in accordance with the law as
they could under their oaths
WHY HE WANTED TIRE BOOK.
He said Mr. McIntire had stated to
him that he wanted the book to check off
two a for another ~ 81 Io4 he,
could let them know how they stood He
didn't know when Mr.. McIntire got the
note from this party, but said he could
have found and checked the names in
about two minutes. At most he said 1t
would not take more than five minutes.
He had no particular reason, he said, for
getting down earlier Monday morn
several gentlemen in the court
| house after the books had closed
but that had aroused no suspicion in his
mind. This book had never been sealed
with the registration book as part of the
| records until this week, when it was so
disposed of at the request of Capt Ne
| Gowan' He and Mr. McIntire had al
ways been as harmonious as two turtle
| doves
! The only partisan advantage that could
be gained would be to learn the names of
personal friends who had not registered
so as to be able to go TO them and urge
them to register.
THE CHARGES DISMISSED.
! In answer to a question from Mr.
| Saussy MIR Manucy said that Mr.. Nc
| lntyre's action could in no way affect the
! legality of single vote.
Judge kalligant asked what objection
! there would be to either of the registrars
| looking over the book between the hours
! of and O'Clock, as there was a good
deal Of the time when they had nothing
| to do. Mr.. Manucy replied that there
was none and that they frequently re-
| ferred to the book.
When asked if he thought there would
! be any moral wrong or violation of their
| oaths in notifying their friends to come
! up and register, Mr.. Manucy said it de-
| pended good deal on n PERSONS morals
| He admitted that there was nothing
wrong in urging ones friends to come up
and register, but he did not think it right
for registrar TO refer TO the book, find
the names of those friends and then 90
and ask them TO register, though he dis
! tinctly stated that whenever anyone
wanted such information it was given To
| them for themselves or for other parties
from the books.
NO HARM IN IT.
! He said it would not be a violation Of
! the registrars oath to inform a friend
that he had not registered and urge him
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