New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-16
VOTERS. REGISTER TO-DAY !
CITIZENS WHO FAIL IN THAT DUTY THIS
FALL CANNOT VOTE.

ONLY TWO MORE DAYS ARE SET APART FOR
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND IN
sTRuCrIoNs-rHE FIGURES on THE
FIRST DAYS REGISTRATION.
Another opportunity to register is at hand.
This is the second day for registration In this
city and in Brooklyn in preparation for the cleo
ton on November ;. and no Republican VINO
failed TO register on Tuesday Of last week should
fail TO make use of the present opportunity.
There will be only two more days Of registration
before the election. and they are Friday and sat
urday Of next week. A man must be registered
each year If he fail to register this fall he can
not vote.
The blanket ballot will make voting easy and
interesting this fall. and no man who wants 10
cast vote in the interest of good government
ought to lose his right to vote The polling
places in all Of the election districts open for
the registration Of voters from m until 2
D. m to-day and ii takes only few minutes Of
mans time to register his way from his home
to his work In the morning. on his way home
in the evening IL he spare time in the mid
die Of the day.
II any Republican is in doubt as to the election
district in which he lives and the place where he
is to register ard vote, he get information by
turning to the election notice Of the Police De-
partment printed in The Tribune to-day. He Will
observe that the boundaries OF all the election dis
trcts are printed. the districts being arranged in
Assembly districts in numerical order.
The polling-places of the election districts are
given in the same order. The boundary lines Of
the district are supposed to run through the mid
die Of each street and avenue named
To be entitled to register and vote man must
Tfv.I ofti If
the United States. at least twenty-one years old
on before Election Day He also must have
been a resident of the state at least year on
Election Day resident Of the county at least
four months. and have resided thirty days in the
election district where he offers his vote.
Citizens who go to register must not feel in
suited because the inspectors of election ask
some additional questions this fall The law
makes it the duty OF the inspectors OF election
to write down description of each voter regis
tered stating his apparent age. height, color Of
hair and eyes and any distinguishing marks on
his face. That is to prevent repeating on
Election Day. Citizens who wear whiskers
when they register should refrain from shaving
them off until after Election Day. otherwise
they may he challenged and possibly arrested
when they go to vote
Another new provision of the law is that per-
sons who are not able 10 vote without assist
ance. 10y reason Of physical disability or IL
literacy must declare such disability or IL
literacy At the time of registration they will
not be allowed to have aid in voting on Elec
ton Day. The only exception is when man
has been disabled by an accident or illness be-
tween the day Of registration and Election Day
and then he would have to make oath to all
the circumstances before being allowed aid
in voting.
The officials Of the Bureau Of Election yes
terday gave out the corrected figures Of the
first days registration in this city The figures
by Assembly districts follows: