The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
|1,962 HAVE | REGISTERED City Registration Books Closed Last Night. MANY CAME LAST DAY
 
 Nearly All Qualified Voters
 Registered. Each of the Voters in Voting l. Primary Will Represent 20
 Residents of Greater Montgomery.

The first Mayor of Greater Montgomery Will be chosen by a majority of 1862 voters. The registration books which closed finally last night at o'clock shows that just 1862 voters are entitled to par ticipate in the municipal primary of April 9th for the nomination of a Democratic candidate for Mayor and for three Demo- cratic candidates for Aldermen-at-Large
 and for two aldermanic candidates from each of the six city wards.
 The large registration is regarded as a hattering commentary, both on the
 patriotism of the city voters as shown
 by their qualifying themselves for parti-
 cipation in the primary and for the
 energy and activity of the mayoralty and
 aldermanic candidates who induced so
 many of their friends to secure city
 registration certificates. As the whole
 registered vote for a city the size of Montgomery the total of 1862 does not
 seem large, but it is almost extraordinary
 when 1t Is considered that nearly every voter qualified to register secured a certi-
 fcate from the city registrars.
 Men who have carefully examined the books of the county registrars say that in
 the restricted city limits of Montgomery
 there are probably 2.100 voters who have
 life certificates from the county regis
 trars. No man was given a certificate from the city registrars who did not have a life certificate of registration. hdIy or the nOlQeTS or llIe CerLlnCateS
 have moved from the city or were absent during the two weeks in which the voters were registered for the municipal cam-
 paign. It is therefore argued that prac- tically all the voters qualified have been registered for the city primary.
 From the registration lists the political workers predict that the vote which will be cast in the municipal primary will be but little more than 1.775. This prediction is made upon the often asserted claim hot z4 khA l,A~ 5 for an election for one cause or another do not cast a ballot.
 The registration figures have an un- usual bearing upon city matters. The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen who will be selected In the coming primary Greater Montgomery. Shortly before their entry into office the law annexing city suburbs will become operative. The new Mayor will be the first chief executive of will contain 10000 people. The voters liv- ing outside the city limits will have no part in the city primary, no voice in the selection of the Mayor or any of the Aldermen. 1t Is therefore contended that each city voter when he casts his ballot on April will represent twenty residents of the new and greater Montgomery. The completion of the registration re- lieveS the campaign workers of the en- ergetic task of inducing voters to go tc lLt POllb dIlu ll EclleNtS eth6IIt OL LIN L6- cessity of each nght examining and check ing the lists of voters registered during the day. This will give the candidates and their active supporters time for more en- ergetic personal canvass of the voters of the city The last week of the campaign which begins tomorrow, 1t Is predicted, will be by far the liveliest and the warm est.
 The city registration was in charge of Messrs. c. D. Faber and James H. Me Tyeire The registration by wards is as follows:
 Ward 1. 25S; Ward 2. 43S: Ward 3. S4S; Ward 4, AT; Ward 5, 347; Ward 6. 154.