The evening times., 1900-09-28
REGISTRATION IN BALTIMORE.
B.ssEs Parties Trying to Get Ont a
Full Vote.

tOse
BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.-It has been the
common experience that there is a full
registration and full vote at Presidential
elections. The registration of Baltimore
city has been proportionately larger fer
the Presidential elections than for the
State elections, and the party managers
say there is every reason to believe that
the registration this year will be full
one
In making comparisons with former reg
istrations that OF this year should be con-
sidered in connection with that of 1886.
The registration that year was 112, ,424spos-
sibly the full vote of the city at that time
The vote cast at the election that year
was 106, ,617. The voting population of Bal
iimore according to the new census, has
increased during the past decade at the rate
of 500 year The registration this year,
therefore. should be about ff8,000 The
registered vote in 1898 was 95,045 whites
and II, ,379 colored. It should be this year,
in comparison with 1896, about 100000
whites and 49, 800 colored in round num-
bers.
In comparing the registration OF the first
three days this year with that of the cor
responding days of 1886 it appears that ID
1896 it was 1891 Of this registration 65.-
G96 were white and Il, ,731 colored- This
year the total registration for the three
days is e, 3,6S7-62. .378 white and Il 800 col
ored. To be equal to the registration Of
1896 that Of this year for these three days
should be about 50 GOO. 1t thus appears
that we are over 5000 votes behind what
we ought to have
In 1899 the white registration for the
three days was 81, 066, more than 5000 less
than this year, while the colored regis
frat O IF
this year In 1898 the white registration
for the three days was So, ,227 and the col
ored Il, 1903. Thus the white registration
has int -eased 5000 over that year while
the colorad registration has not increased
at all. But the distribution of the col
cred vote this year is the real point of
the analysis. and thereby hangs a tale"
There is a large colored population in
Baltimore whose places of abode are
somewhat underlined or change rapidly. II
it is discovered that their votes are not
needed in one Congressional district they
might be shifted to another. where their
votes would count to more advantage. AS
hae Been already shown, the increase IN
tLs coIored registration this year over
the corresponding days of 1889 is about
2,00e Of this increase, nearly 1,100 is in
the nine wards composing the Fourth
| Congressional district, represented by
Major Denny This seems q remarkable
| increase for those wards while in the
other fifteen wards, containing more than
/ half the colored population. the increased
! registra ion has been only about 500.
| In 1888 the total colored regis ration
| of the first three days in the whcle ci
| was Il 3G3. about the same as this year.
| And yet there is an increase this year
| over 1898 of 600 coloTed registration in
| the Fourth district and q decrease of
| that number in the rest Of the city. This
| Is a curious circumstance.
/ Democratic headquarters We're crowd
! ed all day with a throng Of city and
State visitors and workers, who dropped
| in to receive instructions or TO get
! line on how the work is progressing
| number of the ward executives and pre-
| cinct workers were at city headquarters
| conferring with William F. Porter IN re
| gard to registration, and there was a
general air of energy and business about
! the rooms.
The Committee of Seven has sent out
| the following appeal to the Democratic
/ precinct workers. and will follow it up
| with prompt action in every ward:
Dear Sir: The importance of the success OF the
Democratic party At the coming election must be
felt by YOU. Its success depends on iull regis
tration OF the Democratic vote Il has been cur
rently stated in the papers that the vote Is not
| bel Gg registered as Il should We believe that
| this Is true, but fcF the purpose OF showing
| increased activity ask that you exert and give
on iu4aii OF your party portion OF your time to
! assist in making the registration complete.
Should it be that you feel disappointed or that
your past efforts have not been sufficiently appre-
cated, we ask that you foreeo all such feelings and
| remember that this Is 4 campaign In which the
| most vital interests involved. and it Is no
| time to feel apathetic account Of any per
| sonal grievance 1Oir love Of party, your de-
| v0tioR TO the best interests OF yCuT country.
| should make you risa superior to any such feel
| ing. IL Is poor mans campaign with poor
| candidate. and this committee Is not
supplied with funds sufficient 10 DO the work as
| would desire, Ne compelled 10 appeal 10
the generosity, the zeal and the patriotism OF
our people 10 assist Us
It is claimed among Democrats that the
| Republicans are endeavoring 10 frighten
| the coioTed voters into registering prompt
| ly by telling them that this is the last
| chance they Will have TO vote in Maryland.
unless the Democratic ticket is defeated,
as II is the purpose OF the Democrats to
disenfTanchise all colored men, if they " L
this time.
The Republicans admit that they have
found some weak points in their registra-
ton, but are more than satisfied with the
result so far. The fact that this is a Pres
idential election. it is believed by many
VIII be sufficient inducsment to secure the
regis sra tion of nearly every voter in the
State without much persuasion.
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