Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-28

The predictions OF the party managers
that the second day Of registration would
be an Improvement upon the first in the
work of getting out the voters of the city
were not sutstantiated by results, as the
registration fell several hundred short OF
the figure reached the first day. During the
day the registration was dlscouragingly slow,
but during the late hours Of the afternoon
and the closing hours of the evening more
spirit was manifested around the booths.
Especially did the predictions of the fusion
managers that they would win lap or two
in yesterdays registration. to atone for their
backwardness the previous week, prove un-
timely During the entire day the repub-
licans maintained their lead remarkably
well.
The proportion OF republicans to the total
vote registered yesterday was not quite as
high as last week. but 1t was ample. In
the registration Of the first day 65 per cent
of the total vote gave their party atfliaton
as republican, % per cent as fusonists and
13 per cent refused to state their party pref
erences. Yesterday SO per cent of those reg
istering professed to be republicans and "A
per cent fusionists leaving about 23 per cent
unidentified as to political affiliations.
The republican managers were naturally
elated over the way the thing was going,
while the fusoniss were correspondingly de-
pressed. The latter were much perplexed at
some Of the names they found enrolled as
republicans and were unable to explain the
situation, as they pretended to find many
| enrolled as republicans whom they had
! known formerly as fusionists and workers in
| the fusion cause. One of the party managers
| stationed at headquarters unburdened his
woes as follows:
Il cannot understand why some of these
| fellows are registering as republicans. Why.
| in looking over the lists ! can find listed
as republicans over 100 men whom know to
De democrats. tell you there Is big sur
prise In store for somebody on election day.
I haven't any doubt that when the registra-
| tion is completed three-fift of the voters
| will be listed as republicans. In total vote
| of 10000. IL these men vote they register,
this would give the republicans 1000 ma
jority. Take the Fourth precinct OF the
| Third ward as an example. A year age
there were eighty-one republican votes cas-,
there and eighty fusion votes, with few
scattering, making the total 1S3 During
the first day of registration last week there
were ninety-seven votes registered in the
precinct. of whom forty-four registered as
| republicans and nine as democrats. Why
here is one fellow who is registered as re-
publican who wants to offciate as a dem
ocratic judge Of election and l am told that
some members OF the Jacksonan club re.
fused to give their party affiliations"
An incident that occurred in one OF the
precincts of the Fourth ward may ex
plain the fact that many who have here
tofore been recognized as fusionsts are en-.
rolling themselves as republicans. Wher
one Of the applicants for registration en-
countered the query, with what party dt
you wish to affilate?" he replied: "Witl
the republican party until the war is over
In South Omaha the registration yesterda,
exceeded by a considerable figure that o
the first day and ran remarkably even, 81
that at the close the republicans had 95
registered the democrats 949 and the popu
lists 50.
The returns are as follows:
| FIRST WARD