Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-12
PURE POLITICS.
Bill Now in the Hands of Repre>
 sentative Lilley.
SURE DEATH TO THE RINGERS.

Waterbury Republican Caucuses Will
 Hereafter Be on the Level-This Bill
 Drawn by Attorney Kellogg, Aims to E
 Choke Off Repeaters and Ba,,oe Box
 Suffers.
 \ Dill, the following of which is tLeES substance, will be introduced in the house of representatives to-mcrrow by. Representative Lilley, of this town. It was drawn up by City Artorney Kel-s lo2g and it's object is pure politics. The ; sonrce of the matter, however, was the state of politics ill the republican party ill this city last fall, when hard iy a republican in the second ward thought 1t worth hls while to vote, but tbe principle cause was the packing of the caucuses. The bill will prevent ringers and will insist upon every man showing his colors before he can vote ar any caucus Of any party:
 State Of Connecticut.
 General Assembly
 January Session. |. D. 190l .An Act Concerning Political Primaries
 and Caucuses.
 Be It Enacted by the Senatae and
 House of Representative, in Gen
 eral Assembly Convened:
 Section l. The registrars of voters in every town having q population Of over 10000 inhabitants at the last off ficial census shall be in session on the second and fourth Mondays of March and the second Monday of April in each year, from the hours Of o'clock in the afternoon until 9 o'clock in the evening. for the purpose of making an enrolment of legal voters, as herein after set forth.
 The second section relates to the method of calling the session.
 Sec 5. At any one of such sessions any legal voter of the town in which , such session is held may present him 5 self to be enrolled as a member of that political party in whose political pri- maries or caucuses he may desire tn participate during the year of such enrolment: and ill towns divided into voting districts or wards such voter shall present himself for such enFoH- ment before the registrars. in the dis trict or ward in which he shall have been registered as 8 legal voter on the j last official registry.
 Section four provides for the print ing of the enrolment lists.
 Sec j. During the year following any such enrolment, no person sAall be allowed to vote or participate Ill any political primary or caucus unless he shall have been enrolled. as herein before set forth: and any person vot- ! ing or participating. or attempting 10 2 vote or participate in any primary or caucus of any political party other than the political party with which be shall have been enrolled, shall be gull tv of misdemeanor. and shall be Ea- ble to q fine of not more than Sloo. OF thirty days Imprisonment. or both.
 Sec 6. At any of such sessions OF the said registrars any legal voter Whn shall have moved from the district OF v.orf, mon the registry lisr of which his name shall then stand, shall De per nitteu to be enrolled in the d1str1eu o,. ward into which he shall have moved
 See [. Any person qualified to be- come q legal voter in any roWn at the lime of such sessions for enrolment. or who will be qualified to become s,,ch legal voter before the next gen eral election to be held in such town. may be placed upon such enrolimen1 list of the registrars by supm'I1lns such evidence to the registrars oA Als qualifications to become q legal Vcters in that town as may be fequlfeu us the board of registration upon aulnlt- ting such person as an elecfof Ill tlae town.
 Sec S. Any town may colAe under the provisions of th1s act upon the written request oE three ioufths of the members of each of the town conmittpes Of the two leading poliIi- cal parties of that town filed with the town clerk and with the registrars ol voters of that town, or upon the vote by ballot Of majority of the legal voters at any general election held in that town. due notice Of the taking Of such vote to appear in the warning or such election.
 Sec 3. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the enrolment pri- mares or caucuses of any political party polling less than 10 per cent Of the total vote cast at the last general election held in any town prior to the dates of such enrolment.
 Sec TO- The registrars of voters. deputy registrars and assistants shall receive for their services upon such el- rollment such sum. not less than S2 per diem. as may be allowed by the selectmen. and all expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties upon such enrolment shall be audited by the selectmen and paid by the town. but in no case shall such compensation be regulated by the number of names enrolled.
 MRS CLEVELAND DENIES IT.