The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-24
A QUESTION FOR THE JUDGE.
-FOUR REGISTRARS MAY BE on
HAND TO GO OVER THE LISTS.

1Ir. John ID. Charlton Was Appointed
by the Judge Under the Impress
sion That DIR. Wade Had Resigned.
The Registrars to Get 10 Work To-
day or TO-mOrrOw-The Political
Leaders on Both sides, IL Is Under
stood, VIII Leave Hands on I'm the
Fence Election.
The fence" or mo fence" election is
.ittle more Than a week on now, and
the registrars viii have to get to work
to-day or tomorrow on the registration
lists.
It is probable that the tax collector will
be ready to-day to place the lists in the
hands Of the registrars. and it will then
be their duty to take the disqualified lists
as they are called, and compare them
with the names registered in the voters
books
OF the disqualified lists there are three,
one Of lunatics and imbeciles furnished
b. the ordinary. one OF criminals fur
nished by the clerk Of the superior court
and another OF those who have failed to
pay any Of their taxes since 1877 furnished
by the tax collector. If any names found
on these lists are also on the voters
books. it Will be the duty Of the regis
trars to scratch them of. unless the dis
ability TO vote has been removed. The
registrars Will also make up lists accord
ing to districts and polling precincts for
the use of the managers.
In this connection an interesting ques-
ton win likely arise which Judge FAIL
giant will no doubt be called on TO settle
Judge Falligant was under the impression
that when Mr.. r. J. Wade, one Of the reg
Sstrars. accepted the position Of superin-
tendent of roads. he resigned as a regis
trar, and with this understanding he ap-
pointed Mr.. John d. Charlton in his stead.
mfr. Wade afterwards stated that he had
mot resigned, though he did not send any
official communication to Judge Falligant
The claim is made that the appoint
ment Of Mr. Charlton gives one political
faction two representatives on the board
of registrars, the other being Mr. John i.
Morissey, whereas, the law contemplated
that each faction and party should have
q representative. Mr. T. i. Johnson is the
other registrar, he having been appointed
as a representative of the Republican par
tys If Mr.. Wade has not resigned il
would seem there are four registrars, and
the question will be when the time comes
for the registrars to act, whether he or
Mr.. Charlton will be entitled to serve
That will be a question for the judge 10
determine. as the appointments are made
by him and he has power to remove a reg
astrar at any time with or without cause.
1t is understood that very little politics
of the usual kind is to enter into this
election. The political leaders of both
% fs
they choose, and that is all. 1t seems
that a tacit understanding has been
reached to the effect that they are to
keep hands off, and have nothing to say
TO influence the voting either one way or
the other. This has not been the case
heretofore in election for fence" or mo
fence but the situation has changed
somewhat in the last year, and the sup
porters of fence" and mo fence" are
divided in rather a different manner
from that which has characterized the
factions in the last two or three elections.
This is one feature which will no doubt
nave an effect on the result, but there
are Others of course, TO be taken into
consideration
The mo fence" people claim after an ex-
animation of the registration list that
there is no doubt whatever about their
carrying the election Both sides have been
furnished with copies of the list of regis
tered voters, taken from the books at the
expense Of the mo fence" people They
Will, no doubt. be carefully canvassed
The mo fence people say their majority
will be only question of how many of
those registered turn out to vote The eff
forts of the no fence" people will be de-
voted to getting the voters out to the
polls. There are $500 registered, though
IT is possible that few of these will be
thrown out by the registrars. 1t is a hard
matter to speculate on just what percen-
tage of the vote may turn out, but as both
sides are working, with view to getting
out every voter possible the proportion
may be larger than is usual in such cleo
tions. So far there seems to have been
little interest taken in the election either
on one side or the other, except by those
who are directly interested in the election.
and they will probably get to work very
shortly to urge their supporters to be at
the polls on Wednesday, July g.