New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-17
BIG REGISTRATION GAINS
Continued from frst page

picious looking who were hanging ABOUT
polling places in the With and Ixth Assembly
Districts. apparently preparing to work some
plan of Illegal registration Inspector MIC
Clusky sent detectives TO watch the gangs. and
the suspected repeaters disappeared as soon as
they saw they being watched.
The Order Of Acorns sent out large covered
van which had on its sides signs reading: Reg
lister to-day or you cannot vote The van held
a drum and bugle corps and was booked to go
through most of the streets Of Manhattan yes
terday and to-day.
r. Fulton Cutting said when he arrived at the
Citizens Union headquarters: II have not regis
tered yet but 1 will tonight IL 1 alive
Mr.. Cutting was detained at Tuxedo by the flood
on Friday and Saturday of last week.
II think the registration will be all right after
to-day and Tomorrow" Mr.. Cutting continued
I'VE are receiving many letters from Tammany
Hall Democrats who say they will either vote
the fusion ticket not vote at all. To-day
I received check from a man who voted for
Shepard two years ago. I am somewhat dis
couraged over the lack of campaign funds. II
we can't do better than we have been doing, we
are going to come out with altogether in
sufficient fund"
Mr.. Cutting said that most of the contribu-
tions for the fusion campaign were coming from
people of small means He showed two letters
which accompanied campaign gifts as samples
One was from a teacher in Brooklyn. praisinS
the Citizens Union. The writer contributed n
small amount. saying: Il dread the return of
Tammany or of Willoughby Street to power as
I would the coming Of the Asiatic cholera
The other letter contained 50. and the writer
signed himself as IAN Irtshman and Democrat
but Tigersh."
There was no lack Of energy displayed by the
Citizens Union in regard to registration yester-
day one hundred and twenty-five thousand
postal cards were sent to delinquent residents
who had not done their duty dozens Of boys
armed with hundreds of warning cards were
sent to the elevated stations to distribute them
to the passengers. and finally a huge sign bear
ing the rather impossible motto
was sent to the districts and hung out at head
quarters. When the unhappy truth was en-
phasized that any one obeying this advice would
land in prison. the legend was changed to read
Register to-day to-mOrrOW-." Reports from
the districts showed that the effect OF the work
I'm the city had been felt, and that the
fusion vote was registering. Josiah T. New
comb. chairman in the XXIIId. reported early
that the vote in his district had been brought
out and similar reports came from other dis
tricts, and the Citizens Union leaders appeared
much satisfied with the telephone reports that
came in last night about the situation
Considerable complaint was received from the
XXNIIth Assembly District. The registration
place in the Fourteenth Election District Re
publican stronghold, had been selected by the
Tammany people. and at corner of the
district. remote and somewhat unfrequented II
was a Tammany trick to make it a long journey
for the Republican voters But despite a few
such disagreeable features the general report
favora BILE.
The same activity will be maintained to-day.
thousands of notices will be distributed by small
boys, and the average voter Will be obliged TO
register to avoid the deluge OF notices
Il guess that there won't be many who forgot
the day and didn't register was the comment
of a Citizens Union leader last night. and that
expresses the feeling of the union, which viii
not rest from its labors until 10 o'clock to-
night.