Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
ATTENTION TO LAW.
All Voters Must Register Again This
Near


Des Moines, Oct. 23.-(Special Cor
espondence)-The republican central
committee wishes to call the attention
of each county chairman to the fact
that the registration must be carefully
watched this year.
The law provides that on years of
presidential elections an entire new
registry of voters must be made and
those whose names do not appear on
this new registry will lose their votes
unless they can show that they were
absent from home on all the registra-
ton days prior to election.
Every one will realize the great i'm
portance of full registration this
year. 1t is especially important on ac-
count OF the close congressional con-
tests in several districts that the regis
tration in those districts be carefully
attended to. The days of registration
are October 25, 26 and 81, and then the
registration board meets on the Satur-
day previous to election for correcting
their list and names may be added at
that time. County chairmen should
see to it that all committeeman in cit
les where registration is required pay
particular attention to the work this
year They should Obtain tally lists
of all the voters of their precincts and
see that every one of the republicans
are registered. For this purpose the
poll lists which are in the hands of
county chairmen should be utilized
and in that way a close tab can be
kept as the registration progresses.
The fact that the only danger to the
republican ticket in any congressional
district arises from failure to poll
| full republican vote makes it especial
| ly necessary that steps be taken to OBJ
| tain as full a registration as possible.
If the voters are thoroly registered
| there will be an additional incentive
for them to vote, for if their interest is
aroused sufficiently for them to regis
| ter they are very liable to complete
the task by voting on election day.
| The reports which have been receiv-
ed at headquarters from all parts of
the state indicate that there is large
majority of republican votes and if the
| full vote is polled the majority for Nc
Kinley will undoubtedly exceed that
given him four years ago. There are
none of the congressional districts but
what are strictly republican on a full
poll. The committee has done every
thing in it's power to promote the in
terests of republicanism during the
campaign Tons of documents have
been sent out from headquarters and
| hundreds of speeches arranged in diff
ferent parts of the state. The work
of the campaign has been very thoroly
done by the committee with the active
and enthusiastic cooperation of county
and precinct committees. The voters
| have been aroused to the danger of
apathy and to the fact that the cam
paign is one of more than ordinary i'm
portance, both to the state and to the
nation The point has been made es-
pecially prominent that with the small
majority which the republicans now
have in the house, every effort should
be exerted to continue solid repub-
lican delegation from Iowa. The work
which has been done has been thoro
along these lines and the committee
believes that the people appreciate the
situation and will respond nobly in No
vember. For this reason the commit
tee desires to call attention to the fact
that the duty of registration is only sec
ond to that of voting and those having
the work in charge where registration
is necessary. should remember that it
is their special duty to see to it that
the registration of republican voters
is thoro and complete.