The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-05
BOOKS ARE CLOSED
40 MORE CHANCE no REGISTER
FOR REFoRMATORY ELECTION.
THE LISTS ARE TO BE PURGED
REGISTRARS WILL STRIKE THOSE
WHO ARE NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE.

Anst Years Registration, With the
Addition of Those Whose Names
Have Been Added Since Last Year,
Will Be Used in EIectiOn-Many
VIII Be Stricken From This List
Because of Failure TO Pay Last
Years Taxes-J. Robert Dreamer
to Resign From Board of Regis
trars-PrObabIy Be Something Less
Than 6,O0O Persons Qualified to
Vote on April 10.
The registration for the election or
dered by the County Commissioners to
determine whether a reformatory shall
be established in this county closed at
2 o'clock yesterday. and nobody whose
name is not now on the lists will be
qualified to vote.
The election will be held April 10.
and in accordance with law the books
closed two weeks before the election
day. During the coming two weeks the
board of registrars of the county win
take the lists furnished by the tax col
iector in hand and strike from them the
names of those who have not complied
with the other requirements of the law
as to the exercise of the franchise.
The list of qualified voters will be
made up of all who were on the regis
tration lists and entitled to vote in
the special election for ordinary held
last October, with the addition of
those who have registered since that
time.
From this list, however. a number of
names must be stricken before the day
of election. There are several hum
bred persons who voted, or were en-
titled to vote in the last general cleo
ton, who have not yet paid their
taxes for last year, and these are de-
barred by law from the privilege of
voting on the question of the reform
atory. There are other names to be
stricken from the lists for various good
and sufficient reasons.
In the ReGistrnrs' Hands.
The duty of purging the voting lists
and preparing them for the managers
of election is confided by law to the
board of registrars, composing Messrs.
7. Robert Creamer, William Hayes and
William Pease. Mr.. Creamer who has
been the most active probably of the
three members of the board. announced
yesterday that his official duties as
clerk of the Court of Ordinary would
prevent him from serving longer, and
that he would be compelled to tender
his resignation. 1t is not known whom
the County Commissioners, who have
the power of appointment to the board,
Will name in his place.
There will be about 5000 qualified
voters at the election. For the spe-
cial election last year the registrars
Durged the lists of 700 or
500 names. and in addition
there are several hundred other. names
to be stricken. There are about 200
voters who have registered since the
last election who were not entitled to
vote then and their names will be add
ed to the net total of last years regis
tration to make up the corrected cot
ing lists. In other and simpler words,
all those who were entitled to vote at
the last election for ordinary, who have
paid their taxes for last year. and all
those who have become voters or regis
tered for the first time in this county
since that election, will be entitled to
vote on the question of the reforma-
tory.
Opposition to Reformatory.
Despite the expressions OF favorable
opinion from the judiciary and the APP
proving presentments of two grand
juries, there is a strong undercurrent
of opposition to the establishment of a
reformatory in this county. 1t is
based on two convictions that linger
in the minds of it's adherents, first,
that the undertaking will be very or
quite expensive and that property
owners are already paying too much in
taxes, and, second, that reformatory
is a perfectly worthless institution so
far as the vast majority of the
juvenile criminal classes in this county
are concerned.
There are many persons who are
taking an interest in fighting the re-
formatory. They are not loud in their
protests but they discuss the matter
with their friends in clubs and on
street corners and their opposition is
assuming a very effective form. On
the other hand, there are few who are
making any effort whatever to enlist
votes and support for the reforma-
tOry's establishment here