New-York tribune., 1898-01-29
THE NEW ENROLMENT.
FEATURES OF THE WORK UNDER THE COM
MITTEE OF FIFTY THREE.


Tho visitors to the Committee Of Fifty-threes
headquarters I'm the ST. James Building, BROAD
way and Twenty six th-st.. many in these last
few days before the holding Of the general enroll
mcnt. which will begin Tuesday. The COM
mttee on Enrolment holds tonight us last regular
meeting prior to the enrolment. and on MONDAY
night Chairman Backus Of this committee VIII
meet at headquarters the chairmen OF all the en-
rolling districts for final and general consulta-
tion on the OF the organization going to enrol
mcnt.
There are several points OF difference between
the projected enrolment and any previous enrol
ment ever held here. The old Republican enrol
mcnt district used to be coterminous with the As
sembly dstrict-that Is. each Assembly district was
also an enrolling district The Committee OF
Thrty's constitution went to the opposite extreme
making the election district the enrolment unit
thus giving each Assembly district as many on
rolling districts II had election Districts The
Committee Of Fifiy-three has taken mldhie
courae its Enrolment Committee fixing no arbi-
trarily uniform number OF enrolling districts Tor
each OF the several Assembly districts. but ap-
portoring the number according to the needs and
conditions OF each district. reported by Its rep
resentatves. There thus In the county OF
New York. about one hundred and fifty enrolling
districts ranging from one in an Assembly as
trlct to fifteen. Each OF these one hundred
and nifty districts or less. Will. OF
course have three enrolling officers making
total OF about four hundred and fifty men IL Is
| customary TO give compensation ior the Work oi
supcrvising an enrolment; and IL Is n fact signln-
cant OF the earnestness and dis. 'teresedness or
the Republican voters who working under the
Committee OF Flfty-threes constitution with tho
object OF securing q clean organization and honest
management that not dollar is to be paid SIN
gle OF these four hundred and fifty officers Tor
his services during the enrolment. These men. II
should be added, give for the good Of the cause
their services not merely for three nights. but for
ten nights The enrolment Is to be held IN each
district between certain hours on the evenings OF
February l. and TO-
But a novel feature OF this enrolment Is that IL
may go on during the Intervening nights also On
the three regular nights the enrolling omcers are
10 he present at the regular enrolnng places, ~
receive The names OF applicants. On thc othtI
wecknights up TO and including February >, me!
may enroll Republican voters al hhy piat ,b " e
voters houses. for instance. IN perhaps AZ me ies
ular enrolling place-provided a malorily o. tIe
Board OF Enrolling officers Gwo OF the three) are
present and sign their names IN the DOCK as wiz
The pledge moreover. IL different from any loT-
mer Republican pledge prescribed for an i ehIo.
rather than past act. voter subscribing 10 ~
says 81 am Republican. and Intend 10 act WIN WIN
the Republican parry at National ana STATE eIeTTa
tons" He may have been preVousy IN a go go
Democratic is almost too much 10 expec. tndi di
any former Bryan free silver Democrats WIZ WIZ
present themselves-but II he has decided 10 ION Jn
struggle against National population and disorder
he will be received without any per1od OK piouai i
o9 The pledge whe 9eanT bs enToed n members Of
the new Organization, The Repubhcans Oh tro
County OF New-York, free to join ana support
amy strictly pon-partisar movement lot the e'eS
tion OF municipal officers" ,u.o,.
The location OF the enrolling places throuShou'
the county Will be given in The Tribune later