The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-19
That Records in Registration
Office Show.
.,,mseR OF VOTERS is u,oe4.
Husy Days fn the Offices at the
,tx Hait-Crowd, Though Large,
=. Good -Humor~d md Easy to
usudIe-Conspieuo Are the For
etgn Born People Who Have Just
rsken Out naturalization Papers.

-. total number II voters registering
u -.esrday FOR the general election WAS ssl.
q ..s.xsag the tg.A. up 10 iI,0st. only ~.
a = man the totas reg 4atratt0t Of two years
81 = WITCH VA a presidential" year.
n re books. according 10 announcement.
q .,ra kept open 41ti midnight aharp. The
i ~x man to register Just or the stroke 1f
8 . slocs. was Herman Resonant. from the
Tr. precinct O; the secopa ward
TIE school registration yesterday showed
90 beaver record. with a total Of c25
4 ~ sas a4y. making the grand total - TO
6 "a. 1.1sZ The stIeol registration books
xg Be kept ogen for nearly i week longer.
ss.ng October =.
Yesterday @as busy day in the regis
4 us,soa sffices q the city bail II vas the
ms, day allowed By law for registering.
Fox sca.e mysterious reason the iast day.
n. Ast hour. he last minute are always
ss,y times. When q railroad train is abou,
q iesse there are always people VINO wait
/ ~. the .a-st minute. When a bank Is t.is,
ssEls there - invariably line Of peo-
/ ts sait!nk
| sge notice had been given that yesterday
ySy the .ast dag. IL order 10 acconrlo-
i sage d.iatory voters, the registration books
.o more than week have been kept open
rss!ys hours a day. from 8 clock a. IN
Msp II. Notwithstanding ali this there
vas the inevitable Anal rush last night
/ Al one tIE1e during the evening the office
vas crowded till not another man could
eel inside, Aid fer the first time tlere was
! ssrng Of prospective voters formed in
| me reaching from the door of the regis
Fa!on office clear out TO the steps OF the
| ely hall
i have been in the office for a good
aany years" said Deputy Clerk coryell
As, night, but / have never seen such a
! agat before. Al tae same time. l must
/ al tina; while there has been Il big crowd
/ ,oarnf /; has been a good hamored crowd
| Tals IS true Of tae crowds both today and
1 yesterday. Among the applicants for reg
sIation have been many foreigners. My
/ ,srzoBsi observation is mat they are as a
4 ne nen of intelligence, who Will exercise
g. de privilege Of the newly conferred fran
s.ss nieLgenuy and patriotically. Win
erogd III the office. We have never had
..lsr order and better work than We have
& nj today and yesterday
"A slight inaccuracies.
j With reference TO the total number re-
pf,ed registered last night. 1t is We'll
asssh 10 bear in mind that the number
i sxs not possibly be exact, unless by mere
Eeiient Bu; while il is subject to correc-
/ .se. the corrections are not likely 10 alter
i ne total by more than ten or twelve. The
.easan why the total as given out IL not
sSaci or authentic Is easily explained. II
simply the lima! count made by the clerks
4 &c lae DuICt, SUBJECT ID necessary trNl-
s:oh- Some names may nave been counted
AAe. For instance, 4 voter came in yes
lst.ay 10 register lie declared that he
lac nc. registered last spring. In his case,
ssiz every otner, the rolls were examined.
tat lis ia me was not found. Accordingly
he Vas registered. After he had gone II
Sas aund that the clerk examining the roll
bad agerl0okeG the name. and that in fact
tie man had registered last spring. But
iss he discovery OK this error his name
s9ua Be counted twice. 1t Is probable that
asis are seine other such names on the
hst
As compared with former years, the total
sanDer registered affords an interesting
SnGy In October. is9s, the total number
sssered WAS H. HI. As 1896 was the year
4 a presidential election, while this is
saat Is known an of year in politics,
& is generally conceded tina; the rcsistra-
soa closing last night shows q substantial.
ssa over tnat Of two years ago.
Tie registration for the municipal cleo
TN in March. 1886. Was s.341. For the mu-
ss.pli election last spring it was 1874.
Tie Inevitable rush on the last day Is
ssosn in al these registrations. ON the
IS DAY Of registration last spring 50i men
srre Tegstefed. On the last day OF regis
cation in the fan Of 1895, g. We're regis
is.sj.
fae heaviest registration In the history
8 TIE city 5 shown in the faE OF ls3Z. wlen
I - total number was 1i.SSi. AT that time
ae.e Vas a vast amount OF WORK going on
Z TIE city, succeeding the devastation
snusAt by the big ire, and many OF the
sznes registered were those OF workmen
va had been engaged IN the construction
G. la big blocks which rose IN the business
par OF the cay - meet the demands OF
.has boom days.
New Citizens.
feature la the registration of the past
N days has been The number az foreign
Ari citizens taking out their registration
assrs under the naturalization law. Thirty
lsv citizens we're GRATED yesterday oy the
tried Sta.es district court. aud forty on
Monday. The great rush Was caused by
b. close ol rslsITalion yesterday Of Voi-
~ .n the election. and these gentlemen
ssvlne PAT oC tboi; adoption If American
s3ig.nSlip til tne AS; naement. fecked IN
z get thet~ EapeTs that they may vote for
Sat al comfy officials They represent
e almost every rountry on the face OF the
taelG az Il the great European nations
fStyiaj = Nlr aHi Fran ~ are found on the
- a. tfls ncruos % these new citizens
There wrc Ferdinand Nariko. Ga!tauo
Cecilia. NnCrp2a 10 caro- aud q. Il Go
el!o ~ Ray. England furnished Frank
= R0hafs. William Taylor. George =.
ktHe -. Hopkins and Arthur IL. Lee.
TEE Nfc from Norway Lars Peterson
Aa,ou 'hriSisnson. l."fentg \. Aanson.
Nstht3xt Hobby 4Ha Matthias ! Nelson.
lselsad too. was rsnrest .atsd ~ stefan
E.mlJson There ~ts from Germany
t,en aul,sc Awons CANADIANS there
xe-e DIN ipteS fT. .tau Charles Living
r.se 4 Granzni<ki. Ludwig Brock and
la1s S4.}esks Nerv from Russia. From
49, casns Giovanni Savo3eI.. Prussia
Cza5 T. Meyer John Henry gave his
eesnty .ss Ireland as did William lnigk
Ta,,e n5xou. Julius Jensen VAS from
rs-s4~A ts.ts Swanson from Sweden and