The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-02
WOOLLEY'S TANGLE
Nice Bungling With the
Registry Books in All
the Precincts.
HEAVY REGISTRATION LIST
Clerks Grumble Because They
Were Ordered to Change
Their Books.
Griggs' Attitude On the Water
Question---phases Of the
Campaign.

Net contented with his already par
TALLY successful effort to bungle the
work of registration, City Clerk Woolley
last evening made another attempt 10
confuse voters and election board clerks
by issuing an order which, if carried
out. will neees1tate changing the en-
tire register of the city, besides COM
pening the election clerks in every pre-
cinct to undo tlle@work of yesterday.
The registry yesterday was conducted
on an entirely new plan, the voters be-
ing indexed by the streets on which they
reside instead of by their initials, as
heretofore. When the clerks received
the books yesterday they saw at
glance that the index was to be by
streets, and consequently entered the
names. streets and numbers as fhey
were received Shortly after nightfaH
City Clerk Woolley discovered that ne
had not informed the clerks properly as
to how to arrange the index. 1t was MS
intention to have the street NUMBERS
put down in consecutive order SO as 10
be able to tell at glance just now many
voters resided in one place Al none
of the registry places was this done anu
at six O'Clock City Clerk WoeHey hastliy
summoned City Marshal John GrahaIn
and ordered him to make the ROUNDS
of the precincts and instruct the eiec-
tion clerks to change their lists TO con-
form with his plan.
Graham engaged a coach and accom-
panied by his brother James and eS-ooii-
stable Ed Schult, began his tour.
CONFUSED THE CLERKS.
The clerks at the registry places. were
in a auandary To change the registry
r
Noolley,s plan: they would have TO
secure new books. and as they were not
forthcoming they continued compiling
the votes as they had done all the after
noon 1t was eight o'clock before Gra-
hams party arrived at Greenville and by
this time many of the precincts had
registered as many as one hundred
voters.
AT the Minkakwa Club, where the
Second precinct of the Seventh ward was
taken. the clerks became very indignant
when requested to change the books ana
refused to do so claiming that it would
involve them in no end of compllca-
tions.
This is no time to order us to make
the change" said Clerk Robert Smitn-
ers. there it is but an hour before
closing time and we have over ninety
names on our books. We cannot make
change now unless we receive new
books. We will continue our work with
out charge until the close Of the regis
ter. Then if Mr.. Woolley wants US to
make a change ne can provide us with
new books and we will put in extra
time providing he pays US for It,
"On our certificates of appointment
said Clerk George B. Riley, I'VE found
a notice requesting us to call at the
County Clerks office on Monday TO re
ceive instructions. 1 visited the County
Clerk. but he told me that he had no
instructions to give and advised me 10
see City Clerk Wooiley. then Jour-
neyed down town, but Mr.. Wooliey also
stated that he had no instructions to
give. Now, why didn't he think of his
new plan of registering then? This is
certainly no time to order change.
MORE BUNGLING.
At this point President Charles A.
Rose of the Greenville Republican
League Club and President Reuben Stmp-
son walked into the room. 81 would
like to know said Mr.. Rose, address
ing the clerks, "why the list of precinct
boundary lines is not posted up some
where in the vicinity I understand
that every precinct received five of these
lists but l see none. hereabouts."
Clerk Struthers replied that no copies
of the list had been received by the
board.
Despite the bungling work of the City
Clerk the agitation of the present bound
airy line matter brought out large
numher of voters, as is shown by the
result Of the days registration. This
looks favorable to the election of Alex
ander T. MeGill. Following is the table
of the registry
WARDS