Evening journal., 1898-11-01
REGISTRATION APPEALS
Judge Sprusnce is Hearing
Them at the Court House.
AFTERMATH OF FRAZER CUSTER

THE JUDGE ORDERS THE NAMES
OF THREE SOLDIERS TO BE
PLACED ON THE REGISTRA-
TTON LGST--AN ARRAY OF AT
ToRNEYs FOR BOTH REPUBLI-
CANS AND DEMOCRATS.
In the main court room at the Court
House this morning Resident Judge
Spruance sat to hear registration APP
peals. There was large attendance
Of lawyers, politicians and appellants, |
and much interest was manifested in
the proceedings.
Walter II. Hayes, Philip l.. Garrett,
Frank Speal1man, Julian Walker, S. d.,
Townsend, Jr., and ]. w. Lattomus
looked after the interest of the Repub-
licans, while John Biggs, j. Harvey
Whiteman, John H. Rodney and e. r.
Cochran, Jr., appeared for the Demo-
Gratis Most Of the morning was spent
by the judge in receiving and reading
affidavits from the appellants that they
had notified the registration officers
three days previous to the present pro-
ceedings that they proposed to appeal
to the judge for redress. Among the
appellants were Edward Adams, Will
liam Wright, Isaiah Berry, Wilmer
Redding, William Banks, John P. New
man, Robert Scott, Sewall Cole, Sam
uel Pierce, Edward segars, John A.
Henry, Eli H. Baratt, John Chambers,
John d. Medford, John e. Camomile,
John w. Mercer, Eugene Morris, Henry
White, Marion Blake, Frank f.. Bon
sail, Charles BARRED, Lewis HIN, John
1. McKaig and Frank Marsden.
Walter H. Hayes, representing james
f. McIvor, one Of the New Castle hun
dred inspectors, filed a petition ask
ing the judge to strike from the regis
tration books the name OF fourteen
lalleged inmates Of the state and coun-
lty institutions at Farnhurst, on the
ground that they are paupers, and
hence not qualified voters Of the hum
dred. No action was taken.
]. Harvey whiteman, representing
ARTHUR Sullivan, John F. Brennan and
Michael f. Holland, three Democratic
members of the First Delaware Regi.
ment, asked that the registrar in th'
Seventh election district OF the Firs
representative district be instructed Il
= place their names on the registration
n lbook. He proved by documentary AM
oral evidence that A. b. Chaytor, aux
iliary registrar, went to Camp Meade
registered the three men and sent thei
names on to Registrar E. B. Frazer, in
stead OF putting their names in tn
book, he kept Chaytor's Ger
| tihcate in his pocket. AT nool
/ lon the last registration da.
Frazer was ousted by the Department
; Of Elections and new and better ma
+. put in his place. Chaytor's certifcat
: went out in F'razer's pocket and neve
. came back. Frazer failed utterly
have the men registered, and Judg
- Spruance ordered that they be place
r, on the book, claiming that the me
10 had exercised all due diligence, an
3 should not lose their vote.
o. The other cases are being taken u
one by one and disposed OF as rapid
4 as possible, but it is likely that mo-
of thi- week will he consumed in hea
ing them.
,e Robert Cuff, colored, Of the Thi
4. teenth representative district, who hi
"A been refused registration on the grouI
ro that he was not Of age, was put on Il
n list, he having proved to the satisia
tion Of Judge spruance that he was
age. The sitting was then adjourn
until > o'clock this afternoon.