The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09
No. Of Precinct.
Total

This makes a total of 1882 votes register
ed TO date. Tuesdays registration was
reported as 1872. but there was a mistake
Of 50 on account CT duplicate lists, which
were handed in from one precinct, both
lists being counted This makes the cor
rected total of Tuesdays registration LIZA,
which, with yesterdays registration of
l0fS. makes a total of 1852 to date, only
IS short of the 5000 mark It is now be-
heVed that the registration will easily
reach 5000. There were IFS negroes reg
istered Tuesday and 25S yesterday, a total
of 35S.
Neither side has done much in the wav
Of paying taxes for colored votes yet and
the disposition appears to be in opposition
to such a course. If the colored voters
expect to show any strength in the cleo
ton they will evidently have to pay their
own taxes.
The registration proceeded quietly in
all the districts except the First, where
there was some friction between Regis
trars Cooley and Mcclure. The first diff
ference arose over the registration of
George F. Kilroy. Mr.. Cooley doubted
hilroys right to register, although he
had his "a tax receipt. The dispute waxed
warm and ended in Mr. Mcclure putting
Kilroy's name on the list against Mr.
Cooley's protest. Justice Frank McDer-
mott, who came up with Kilroy, had
some hot words with Mr.. Cooley and
threatened TO swallow him whole, which
fortunately, he was prevented from doing
by the wire grating, which separated
them. There was another dispute be-
tween the two registrars over a man
named Hodges. The latter had his tax
receipts for 1898 and 1894. but Mr.. Cooley
claimed to have known him for
at least four years, and de-
manded that he show receipts
for previous years. He refused to register
him otherwise, and Hodges finally went
away without registering. The disputes
between the two registrars caused some
excitement and blocked the registration
at the First precinct for about an hour.
All of the other registrars got along
fairly well so far as could be learned
The registrars Jared much better than
they did on the first day, as they were not
allowed to go hungry. Dinner was sent
to all the Duncan registrars from ]. j.
Sullivan's restaurant, and to all the
Myers registrars from Fried & Hicks res
taurant. AS some of the registrars had
ordered their dinners sent from their
homes, they had a surplus of eatables on
hand, and many of them saved over
portion for supper.
The books were turned In to Clerk Keil-
bach at the ordinary's office, and the lists
of names to the Office of clerk of council
after the close of the registration. Mr.
Keilbach keeps a note of the time at which
each book is received. The first book
came in at 8:45 o'clock, Is minutes ahead
of time and the second book at 901
o'clock, which looked as if the registrars
had made remarkably good time to the
office after closing their books. 1t was
nearly 10 o'clock when the last book
reached the Office.
Clerk of Council Rebarer will prepare
the alphabetical list by precincts of the
voters registered to-day in time for pub
lication in to-morrow's Morning News.
Both sides, of course. claim to have the
best of 1t in the registration AS the regis
trars are the only persons to keep a close
watch upon the registration and as they
have no idea in two cases out of three as
to which way the parties registered are in
clined, it is safe to say that nobody has
any idea yet as to which side is gaining.
The lists will be closely studied on their
appearance tomorrow morning, and it
may be possible then to form some idea
as to which way things are tending.
Tuesdays registration is expected to add
over 200 names to the lists, and as there
is always a rush on the last day 1t is
more than likely that there will be over
5000 names on the lists at the close Of the
registration next Saturday night.