New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
WORKINGMEN ARE AROUSED.
THEY WILL VOTE FOR MEssRs. QUIGG
AND SIGRIST.
CONGRESS DIsTRICTS-RESULTS OF THE
FIRST DAY OF observation-disclosures
ROW Is THE SECOND AND LAST
pAY-EvERY REPUBLICAN WHO
NEEDS TO SHOULD REGISTER.

ROW Is THE SECOND AND LAST
pAY-EvERY REPUBLICAN WHO
NEEDS TO SHOULD REGISTER.
This is the second and last day for the regis
tration Of voters for the special election Of Janu-
ary 80 for members of Congress in the XIVth
and XVIII districts. On the tenth and eleventh
pages of The Tribune to-day may be found the
official election notice and If voters will exam
Inc 1t before going TO register they can easily
avoid all mistakes. The arrangement of the ad
vertisement enables a voter to find readily the in
formation desired. The first part contains the
boundaries of all the election districts in the two
Congress districts arranged by Assembly dis
tricts In numerical order. The boundary lines
run through the middle Of each street and ave-
nue. named A voter, for instance. who lives on
the west side of Seventh-ave, between One-hun-
dred-and-tweny-second and One-hundred-and-
twenty-third SITS. will find that he is in the
Second Election District Of the XXVIIIth AS
sembly District, and by referring to the second
part Of the advertisement he will see that he is
to go to the barber-shop No. 2,27S Eighth-ave..
to register and vote.
Every voter who wants. to take n hand in
smashing the Wilson Tar1 fbu, If a resident Of
the XIVth or XVIII CN ress district should
make a personal examination of the registry
lists Of his election district this morning and see
that his name appears upon them. If 1t is not
there he cannot vote. The electors Of all that
part Of Manhattan Island above Fifty-second-st.
on the West Side and above Fifty-ninth-st
the East Side. which IS the territory included
within these two districts. are the ones imme-
diately Interested in this special election. They
will have an opportunity one week from TUESDAY
Labor and against the Free Trade vagaries
which have brought calamity 20 every home and
hresidc In the land accorded to men only once
in lifetime. But you disfranchise yourself If
you do not take the trouble to register. for
citizen cast his vote at this special election
unless his name IS on the registry of his election
district An clcctor who was registered for the
election Of 1893 need not register again to be
enabled to vote January 30 provided he still
lives where he dId at the time of the last
election. But all citizens who have removed from
their places Of residence Of that time and all who
failed to register then must register to-day or
they cannot vote. Electors who have since
moved into any part of the territory above de-
scribcd are entitled to vote Y they register.
BOUNDARIES OF TIE DISTRICTS.
The boundaries Of the Congress districts are
follows The NGVth District extends from
Fifty -second-st.. on the West Side between Sev-
cnth-avc. md the North River. and on the East
Side from Fifty-uinjh-st. to Scvcnty-nrth-st..
and from Central Park to the East River. The
XVIII District takes in all that part Of Man
haitian Island east Of Central Park and Seventh
ave. above seventy-nnth-st.. extending north
H. the Harlem and east to the East River.
Every polling place within the described above
luurdu vyfU b. fp-to frou X m Ia
? D. IN. and the inspectors OF election will be
there to register those who apply. 1t is the duty
Of the inspectors TO give prompt and proper d-
rccilons T. voters who go 10 the wrong polling
place by mistake but voters can easily avoid
such mistakes 10y examining the election notice
printed In The Tribune before they go 10 register
There is no registry by proxy Each man
must appear in person 10 qualify as n voter To
be entitled To register he must be not less than
twenty-one years old on or before election day:
he must be native or naturaliZed citizen; If
naturalized his naturalization must have taken
place at least ten days before the election;
he must be an inhabitant of the State at Least
one year before the election, n resident Of the
county for the last four months resident OF
the election district for thirty days before cleo
tion: must not have been convicted OF bribery
felony. unless subsequently pardoned and
stored to citizenship and must not have made or
have been Interested in any bet depending upon
the result OF the election
OVER 5000 NAMES ADDED TO THE REGISTRY
LISTS.
Every day brings an increased number of as
surances TO the headquarters Of the Republican
candidates from the sturdy voters OF the XINth
and Xvth Congress districts showing that they
realize the vast importance Of these special
elections and the far-re aching effect which a
Republican victory will have I'm rcvivlng the
dropping energies OF the Nation. Another sig
nificaat straw is the manifest apathy of the
Democratic electors. Strong as Is the power Of
the organization In ordinary elections. the Tam
many leaders themselves realize that on the
election day of January 30. the usual appliances
will not avail with men who are aware that a
vote for william l.. Brown or Isidor Straus ls a
vote still further To paralyZc the industries which
are the source OF food and clothing to the labor
ing masses. The United States officials who will
be on guard will see that there are no rear
entrances to the booths at this election and no
holes cut In the stalls through which the Demo-
cratic spotter can If the purchased voter
casts the Democratic ballot Of the buyer The
secrecy commanded by the Ballot law will be
enforced ana the voter protected I'm his right 10
cast secret ballot Illegal voters will be
promptly arrested
The results Of the first day Of registration yes
terday show o popular interest In the coming
election which is gratifying to the Republicans
and anttFree Trade Democrats. When 1t Is re-
added to the registration lists who had removed
from their former places of residence, had come
into the district, or had become voters since the
last election, or had failed To register for the
election OF 1893. the number Of electors regis
tered Will be seen TO he large The total num-
Der registered in the two Congress Districts was
30?9. divided as follows XVIlIth Assembly Dis
trict. As: XIXth. 295 XXth. 2c5; NXlst, 90:
XXIId go: XXIITd. 1854; XXIVth 2s5; XXVth.
277; XXVIth, 402; XXVIIth, 46f: ANNlllth, 329.
MEETING MANAGED BY woRKTNGMEN.
That the American worklngman can do his
own talking as we'll as his own thinking. and
that he Is dependent neither on politicians nor
professional orators for speeches. were again
demonstrated last night at the ratihca'ioh meet
Ing held at STEMS Hall, Fffty-sevehth-st.' near
Tenth-ave The meeting was he'u unuer the
auspices Of the Elm Flax Mills ana lravers
Brothers branches OF the Working'hehs Pro-
tectve Tariff League. for the purpose or IN