Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-08-14
SECOND DAYS REGISTRATION
The Voters Who Qualified Last
Saturday Numbered 2,476.
629 MORE THAN ON FIRST DAY
For the Two Days the Regis
..-4 tration Was 1928.


On last Saturday, the second regis
tration day this year, 2, 476 voters in
this city qualified to participate in the
general election on November 4th and
also in the primary elections. On the
first registration day, Saturday week,
1,847 qualified, which shows that 629
more people were registered last Satur-
day than on the first day. The total
for the two days is 4, 1928, while for the
first two days in 1900, the total was
5, 405, which was greater than for the
first two days of this. year by 1,0s2.
The excess of two years ago over this
year is attributed largely to the fact
that 1900 was Presidential and
gubernatorial election year, while there
Is not SO much at stake this time.
Democratic workers who have kept
posted on the registration say that
nearly as many Democrats are regis
tered so far this year as we're registered
the first two days in 1907 and that
there is falling off in the Republican
registration, due largely to the fact
that very few colored voters have
qualified outside of the Sixth ward,
where the colcred men have strong
independent organization. The mem
beers of the Sixth ward independent
organization have decided to qualify
for the election regardless of anything
which either of the great parties may
have at stake, and vote according to
their best Judgment. They propose
being independent in the matter of reg
istration as we'll as that of voting and
will not place themselves under obliga-
tions to anybody. Consequently there
has been fair colored registration in
that ward, but with the exception OF
the Second ward, none of the others
are showing up very we'll in the matter
of negro registration. In many of the
districts no colored men have registered
as yet 1t is estimated that about 165
coiored men have registered in the
entire city.
In some parts of town white men
have been circulating among the
negroes in an effort to get them to
become registered, but in many cases
the seed sown has not been productive
of results. Some negro ward workers
have also been active in the matter,
but have not met with much more
success than the white men.
Republican workers say they are
pleased with the result and claim that
the falling off is not in their ranks.
The total registration on the first
registration day of 1900 was 2, 694, as
against 1,847 for the first day of this
year. On the second day of 1900 the
registration was 2,711, as against 2, 4T6
on the second day of this year. Con.
sequently, two years ago SAT more
people registered on the first day and
23o more on the second day than on
those days this year. The total negro
registration for the first two days two
years ago exceeded 300. At that time,
it is said, a special effort was made by
the Republican parties to get as many
nergoes as possible qualified to par
ticipate in the primaries.
The prediction was made by ys~rkers
in both parties on Saturday that
the registration would be heavier than
on the previous Saturday. and as 1T
was known that more effective work
had been done all over the city, there
was every reason to believe that this
prediction would be fulfilled. The re-
suit shows that there was heavier
registration in each Representative
district. The following table shows the
registration by Representative districts
on both days, the excess on the second
day and the total.