The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-18
RegistrAtion To-day.


To-day In the third day Of registration,
and rs there remain something like three
hundred thousand names to be entered
on the rolls. II the whole electorate Is
20 DO included in them. many thousands
OF citizens who will read these lines
need vet To discharge that duty.
On the first w days Of registration,
Friday and Saturday of last week. the
total enrolment was 3so,S5S. That was
a handsome gain over the last Mayoralty
election, in 1897, but IL was less than the
enrolment Of 1900 by more than thirty
thousand. To bring up the total regis
traiion for the four days to the aggre-
gate in 1900. when Mr.. MCKINLEY was
reelected. more than two hundred and
sixty thousand names will have 10 be
added to-day and tomorrow To bring
Il up to the total Of 1897, the addition
of nearly two hundred thousand names
will have Ia be made.
These comparisons ought to be enough
10 stir up every unregistered citizen
with a spark Of public spirit to the dis
charge Of the duty OF registration at
the first opportunity II is possible Tor
him to seize; and to-day. at some time
between the hours Of ! in the morning
and 10 in the evening, he should hasten
to perform 1t.
II the registration for this year shall
reach or approximate the total OF 1900
the downfall Of the Tammany domina-
ton will be made certain. II only needs
that all the natural enemies Of Tammany
and the natural friends Of order, dccency
and purity should qualify themselves
10 vote and then go to the polls on the
Sth OF November TO assure that result.
Victory for Tammsny is possible only
II there Ia negligence Of that duty among
them. They can beat Tammany If they
are determined 10 accomplish the job.
Never before did they have such an
incentive a. now, in the thoroughly
demonstrated indecency and corruption
OF that rule. and never before was the
means TO that end presented TO them
% obviously and in a way to induce a
unanimity among them 30 complete
and confident.
IL the people OF New York want To
get rid 81 the Tammany domination
now IL their capital chance to do II.
And IL they do not improve that oppor-
unity Tammany will he more thor
oughly ~intrenchcd in its insolcnt rule
than ever. II is either to wipe out the
discredit now resting on the civilization
Of the second city Of h world or TO
perpetuate and intensity it. Which do
you want?
SHEPARD tries IN pettifog the issue,
but everybody. whether in Tammany
or out Of Tammany. knows very well
that IL is that and nothing else. Tam
many Ia fighting for life. for power
for pelf, and SHEPARD has no strength
which In OF significance That he does not
get straight from Tammany. He leads
q ticket made up altogether OF Tam
many men peculiarly representative
Of the tone. character and methods OF
that unpolitioal and meroenary band,
and he, an outside man. wa put at its
head simply In the hope that through
his aid they might get into mice n
continue Tammany government.
Every CltlLtUs llotho VI ONeo'S' W
Tammany, knows that. II In impossible
to humbug anybody on the subject;
though a few people are pretending
that they have h~umbugged themselves
about the plain issue.
II, then, you are not registered dis
charge that duty to-day; and on the
9Th OF November IL you want TO perpet-
uate Tammsny domination as II has
been demonstrated to be. vote for
SHEPARD. II you want to get rid Of 1t
you will vote for Low.
The places OF registration. We viii
repeat, are open to-day from J in the
morning TO 10 in the evening. To-mor-
row also they will be open between
the same hours: but IL you are in earnest
you will not delay till the last moment
unless absolutely compelled by uncon-
trollable circumstances.