The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-09
A BIG DAYS REGISTRATION.
THE REGISTRARS PUT 2,26s NAMES
ON THE LIST.

There Was Some Scrapping mt Sew
ernI of the Precincts Because of
Other to Registrar Certain Par
ties-sOme Wanted TO Close the
Books and Quit-Mnny Complaints
Likely to Go Before the Registra-
ton COmmissiOn-The Number
Registered in Each Precinct-Re-
mnrknbIe Number of Negroes Who
Have just Turned 21-Many Poll
Taxes Being Paid.
There was a big days registration in
all of the city precincts yesterday, and
there was also some little trouble and dis
putting between the registrars in some Of
the precincts which will no doubt lead
to numerous complaints being lodged with
the registration commission by members
of both factions.
In spite of the fact that the commission
held that registrars should not act on
their beliefs as to age and other matters
when they had nothing to back those be-
liefs up, there was many wouldbe voter
turned down yesterday on all sorts of
suppostions regarding the falsity of their
statements. In several of the precincts
there were little brushes between the
registrars, but in most instances they were
settled amicably, and the registration went
on Just the same.
There were registered altogether yester-
day 2,26S of whom 40S were co!ored. The
heavy registration may be attributed
largely to the good weather. With the
LBS registered Dec 1, this brings the total
UP to S,i03, more than half the number
that will be registered for the city cleo
ton at the close of the last days business.
Had the registrars listened to the ap-
peals of the young colored citizens who had
Just come q" the registration would have
been swelled by several hundred. The
number of those who applied for registra-
ton on this ground was so great as TO give
rise to belief in the minds of the regis
trars that the year 1875 was a most re-
markable year. Some of those who ap-
pied to register on this ground looked to
be barely II and others looked 20 be fully
40 The registrars were In doubt what 10
do with such food of young men. They
had their doubts of the statements of the
applicants and were not inclined to regis |
ter them without some evidence of the |
truth of their statements. Fathers and
mothers were called upon to testify as
to the ages of the applicants and family |
Bibles were brought into requistion
Very few could produce satisfactory evil |
dence and the majority were turned
away. The registrars for neither side
manifested any great desire to register |
this class of voters.
A Morning News reporter stopped at the |
First district registration place, at
O'Clock in the afternoon, and found an |
even dozen of negroes outside. Two |
stated that they were above 40, one said |
that he was % years of age and the other |
nine held that they had arrived at the |
age of q during the present year. Whether |
any of them were allowed to register is
uncertain.
The rush at the tax collectors office was
heavier than that of the day before, about |
SO1 paying their poll and property taxes.
The S0l polls brought the total number of
poll taxes paid up TO 4,151, leaving less than
$500 more to be paid according to the
county registration lists. 1t looks very
much as if all of those on the county reg
istration list will pay up and get in line
to vote in the city election.
Some of the registrars had such disputes
about certain applicants for registration,
that in one or two of the precincts, one reg
istrar or the other threa tened several times
ton for the day. There was some little
talk between Registrars Brunson and Bay
tagh in the Twentieth precinct, but it was
soon settled, and some who were there
say it amounted to nothing of any conse-
Quence.
Registrars Daley and Campos in the
Second precinct also had a little brush
over one of the applicants, the former
insisting on registering him and the let
ter refusing. This also was settled as
were several other disputes of a similar ma
ture and in most OF the instances the man
who came out at the little end of the horn
viii probably make a complaint or have
a complaint made to the commission, that
his co-registrar has exceeded his authority
and is no longer fit to serve.
In the Fifth precinct, Registrar O'Byrne
refused TO register a party and Registrar
Shine shut up the books, and said he would
not register anybody else until that mans
name went on the books. The name did
not go, however, and the registration fin
ally went on just the same. The registra-
ton for the day in the different precincts
was as follows: