The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-09
SECURE THE NATURALIZ ALTON
OF VOTERS
ENTITLED TO SECOND PAPERS
COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO copy
THE POLL LISTS AND REPORT
LATER.
SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE ALSO.
An Adjourned Meeting, to Be Held
Friday Night-AEuch Interest In
the Work.

Nearly 200 persons attended the meet
| Ing called for last evening at the hall
at Third and Minnesota streets, to con-
slider the best plan for getting out
those of the voters who need their ma
| turalization papers. The audience was
a representative one, and included
number of those identified with the
I Democratic party with a sprinkling OF
Republicans of the silver persuasion.
/ John L. ToWnley called the. meeting to
order and explained that 1t had been
! called at the request of a number or
! Democrats who were interested in get
| ting out the vote and allowing all who
were entitled but were shut out by the
| change in the election law by reason
of not having their second papers, the
opportunity to cast a vote next spring
for the betterment of the city govern
ment. 1t was duty that could not, or
should not be sighted and in the inter-
ests of the city, those who had not Sc
cured proper naturalization papers
should be aided in securing them. In
one precinct of the Sixth ward Mr..
| Townley said over 100 persons had been
found who would have to secure their
naturalization papers, and the same
thing was probably the case in other
precincts.
w. P. Murray was selected as chair
man of the meeting and James Mead
as secretary 1t was suggested that
meetings be held in the several wards
and precincts and the voters who need
| ed naturalization papers looked after in
| that way.
Mr.. TownIey said Clerk OF Courts
Rogers had kindly consented to allow
| clerk to occupy desk in his office
and would render all the assistance in
| his power to assist in the naturaliza-
| ton OF voters.
F. L. McGhee favored ward and pre-
cinct meetings and suggested that
while the work of naturalization could
| be best accomplished by this means the
| voters could also be advised as to the
need for change in the city govern
n4ent
Chairman Murray said the question
| of politics should not be considered in
connection with the naturalization.
Both Democrats and Republicans were
| interested in getting all the persons in
the city entitled to vote naturalized.
and after this had been done it would
| then be time enough to consider the
political side Of the case.
J. c. Michaels favored the appoint
nTent Of committee consisting of the
| ehairmen of the city and county DEM
ocratic committees and like officials
| from the Populists together with the
president of the bimetallic league who
would be given authority to appoint
ward and precinct committeeman to
attend to the naturalization of voters.
r. w Bell should also, Mr. Michaels
said, be invited or, rather placed on
the committee.
John Welsh, who had copied the poll
| books of the Fourth ward, stated that
! 835 men who voted at the last election
| in the ward would have to be natural
lied to nable them to vote next spring.
| After some discussion the following
gentlemen volunteered their services to
| copy the poll lists in the several wards
and present to an adjourned meeting to
be held next Friday night, the names
| of those voters who would have to be
| naturalized.
| First Ward-Edward Dahl
Second Ward-T. S. Lott and E. w. Bott.
Third Ward-Judge Cory.
| Fourth Ward-John " Covington.
| Fifth Ward-Thomas O'Leary and Charles
| Mcdonald.
| Sixth Ward-Joseph Smith
Seventh Ward. C. Michaels and ]. L.
| Townley.
Eighth Ward-F. L.. McGhee and Peter
| Metzdorf.
and w. B. Hennessey.
| Tenth Ward--F H. Elerbe.
| Eleventh Ward-Jaeob Hinkle and John
| Hammes
A committee consisting of J. c.
Michaels and John Townley, of the
Democratic city and county commit
tees; w. H. Zeigler of the Populist
committee; O. S. Pine, president of the
bimetallic league; j. M. Hawthorne, of
| the Silver Republican club, and R. w.
Bell was appointed to act as central
committee to arrange for the natural
| ization of voters in the various wards.
| This committee will, as soon as the
poll lists. have been copied, appoint
ward and precinct committeeman to
push forward the work. Short speech
es were made by Judge Willis and j.
M. Hawthorne, who favored the idea
of making the silver cause a feature
of the campaign next spring.
| Pierce Butler suggested that not
much attention should be paid to the
unnaturalized voters of the First ward,
as his experience had been that nine
| teen out of every twenty voters in the
ward would probably vote for the par
ty now in power. and it would be
waste of time to naturalfze persons
who would do TINS. Inc city. ne Sdlu,
was neither Republican nor Democratic
by very much of a majority, and it
was simply a question of the men nom
mated. If the Democrats put up good
men they would certainly win, as the
Republicans were badly demoralized.-
Louis Nash and John H. Ives followed
in short speeches advising harmony.
A meeting was held last evening in
G. S. p. s. hall, on Michigan street, of
residents of the Fifth ward, to take
action in securing second or final pa
pers for the alien born. 1t was held
under the auspices of the Republican
city and county committees, but was
non-partisan to the extent that orders
on Clerk of Court Rogers, for second
Dapers, were issued to all corners.
John F. Selb presided and S. ]. Picha
acted as secretary. Short addresses
were made by E. G. Rogers, 5. j: P1cha
and Antoine Jurka, explaining the law
in regard to the second papers and now
to get them. Orders were issued to
sixty-five applicants.
| A similar meeting will be held in
| Sioberg's hail. corner of Payne ave.
nue. and Wells streets, tonight.