The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
Inn DIE VOTERS SCRAMBLE.
I'm RUSH ON THE LAST DAY
or REGISTRATION.

voters Got Their Names on
nall. However, Making 4" Total
t3is ncsi~tered-of This Num-
.o,t Reside in the city, OF
-aS Are COlOred-AbOut
a...Fourth Have Not Paid 1898
poIiticaI workers Active at
court House. But There Was
no scrappinG-
.oontv registration for 1898 closed
..,sro 4.g4S names on the list. The
added yesterday was 81. Fully
that number stood in line and
.5 and rugged to obtain place in
che. door of the tax collectors Of
.,rtlv be fore noon a Morning News re-
sanpted niuety-five men standing
,.,,. in the corridor of the court house,
h,re were fully seventy-five shut out
,b. door of the tax collectors office
.,,s.5 ut 2 o'clock. Not all of those
line were bona 1de voters. however
qars there merely to block the line
FL, expsctation of registering. There
.,bers In line who thought they could
,b. registrar into putting their names
/, ,.e books but they found that bluffs
,,4 eo th,s time About 125 reached
REGISTRAR of whom only eighty-seven
,,.,r names on the books. Bearded
vino claimed to have Just turned q"
ii b4ardIess boys who claimed the same
5og were turned down in about equal
q. ,,orrions. Some were so badly behind
4 m their taxes that they could not square
and SO had their long wait in line for
i obirg Had it not been that nearly
j r4r applicant was two or more years
j .5ird In his taxes. and that their rec
i ri. had to he looked up on the tax
i o-ks the registration could have been
s5riucted much faster and many more
4 ames could have been gotten on the
book.
Although there was considerable push
3 rs and showing in the effort to get to the
H. Collectors door the crowd was good
1 a-urel and with the assistance of the
fH7eFS OF til9 court larry SOOl NLQEI W dS
preserved. The political workers were very
Shiry in evidence and divided on the
| me old lines of Citizens and Liberals.
here was not half the spirit
the work, though, that there
EWas two years ago. There was
argument INDUCED in on political
matters between the opposing workers
/ aeither would the workers acknowl-
elge that they were engaged in the in
|trest of any particular club or candidate.
seemed to be the general impression
that political developments hereafter
Voala depend to a considerable extent
anon the manner in which the registra-
ton IS viewed by the different parties in
terested.
The Total registrat ton is 4,343, of which
$50 are in the county tside of the city,
leaving 1854 votes within the city limits.
0f this number 52S are colored, leaving
B. I26 white votes within the city. OF the
total number of city voters about three
forths have paid their 1898 taxes and are,
therefore, qualified to vote in the coming
,ity election, provided they also have a
.aar record with the city. The remaining
l0e -fourth have until Jan. % in which to
square themselves with the city and coun-
~ ana get in shape for the election
OF she recent registration, which has
been largely political in its nature, a ma
oHty have not paid the 1898 tax, showing
thai the kind friends who furnished the
money with which to get their rames on
the resisiration list do not intend to go
to any further expense ia this direction
lnih they decide whether or not these
rot's can he used to advantage.
Tax Collector MCGOWAN will now pro-
iced TO make out the lists as required by
he new registration law. These lists will
contain the names of all the registered
voters alphabetically arranged for the diff
erent districts. Memoranda rnade on the
,fs viii indicate when voter is due any
ang to the city and county, and the
amounts In order to be able to vote the
voter will have to present receipts show
Ing that this Indebtedness has been dis
charged.