The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-27
TWO DISTRICTS FINISHED.
THE REGISTRARS MAKING PROG
REss WITH THEIR WORK.

Three Days to Be Given This Week
to Hearing Charges Against First
District VOters-Hundreds of SUBJ
pOenns Issued, and If All Respond
the Court Room VIII BE Crowded.
The Registrars Propose to Trans
act Business with Great Dispatch.
Citizens Club to Have a Rally at
the TheRter Wednesday Night.
By working to a late hour last night
the registrars completed the classification
Of the Second district registry list and will
be ready to begin work on the Third dis
trict tomorrow afternoon after they have
finished hearing evidence in complaints
| for the day
The Second district is the smallest of
the four city districts. which accounts
for the rapid work of the registrars 1t
is probable that there will be a much
smaller number Of charges filed in the
Third and Fourth districts than in the
two which have just been disposed of.
The registrars will begin hearing evil
dence on the First district cases in the
city court room tomorrow morning. Three
days have been allotted for this work in
this district. Tomorrow charges from
A. to H. inclusive, will be heard, Tuesday
from J to NJ, inclusive, and the balance
Wednesday.
The registrars hope to dispose of the
cases at the rate of $50 day OF course,
they will not be able to hear evidence
in so many cases, but they expect that
in a great number the charges will be
withdrawn, and that in a great many
more the evidence of qualification will
be promptly produced, in which case the
voters name will be entered upon the
approved list at once, without further
discussion. For instance, II a voter Is
charged with non-payment OF taxes for
the years 1894 and 1896 all that he has to
do when his name is called is to produce
his tax receipts for those years, which
will end the case. This will be the course
taken in great many cases. Those
cases where a voters age, residence or
citizenship are questioned will be the
ones which will take up the time of the
court.
For the guidance of parties whose
right to be on the registration list is
challenged, and also for the parties chal-
longing the registrars announced, the fol-
lowing simple rules yesterday:
/. Affidavits in each case will be received
for what they are worth. the general rul-
ing being that the best evidence in all
cases will be required
2. Any voter registered will be allowed
to remove any disqualification before the
time of hearing his case by registrars
3. Where the registrars decide that
voter is disqualified at the time of hearing
OF his case he will be allowed to remove
all disqualification at any time before the
voters lists are completed; but his case
Will not be considered a second time, ex-
cept at the heel of the docket of original
cases, and then in regular order.
Another large batch of subpoenas has
been placed in the hands Of Sheriff Ro.
nan for service. The number of challeng-
ed voters and the witnesses for ami
against them, will alone be sufficient to
MI the court room on the days when the
registrars sit as a court.
AS an instance of the manner in which
the Citizens Club is endeavoring TO do.
Nay the work Of the registrars, the atten-