The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-21
Secretary Ellspcrmann SAYS Re
publican Registration ON
cials Violate Election Law.
QUOTES PART OF SECTION II.
Board Representative Holds That
After Applicants Have Been
Sworn Their Names Shall Be
Entered Upon the Books.

Secretary John Eil<g-Tmaun. i. %. the
EOa:d -: Ei-eJ."a Commissioners. * aU-
;Eority to- the statement that all disorder
al the registration I.iaccs springs from er-
roneous instructions given - Republic
an judges b. someone who went behind
IL. election laws OF I.c AID ordered rhs
judges 10 di.Ohey = uiIin Injunction laid
down iu Section - OF those Laws.
The paragraph ia section u which - re-
ferr-,I TO = - follows: ''Th- na:n- o.
every applicant shall =. entered IN sch
registry toSLs. a-d all the facts shall
4, rEeE-ia stated. as herein provided.
wheth,r h.- = -ui!;isd Io vote or not
This s"t,ioa. say; Mr. Eilspermsnn. re-
li-yes II. igJs.- !Gom t!-sir supposed d"tv
OF refusing registration 10 perSc-s who
make applications.
Under the law said MT. Eilsperms m,
which j. "a plain ~ it can be, no judge
has the riCht 30 challenge a mans word
wien he SAYS that he lives at a certain
address. nor has lie tho rlsiI. TO prohibit
that mIa from registering.
HIS sole duty" b. continued. is 70
see that the man IL sworn and that tho
required statements are made by h!n IN
Ger oath. when lie has done this hs has
done what II. wss placed there foT. and
aiiboush iIs Jaay know that a man - not
telling tho truth and is not entitled 10
vote in the given precinct. still d" car
not rsfuSc him REGISTRATION. IL rests with
the Board OF Revision. which meets octo-
be- u. To decide upon 4 man = eligibility
Everyone VINO makes application. should
be allowed to register without oht-ction.
and then q remains wiki the Eoard OK
Eevision 20 throw ou. the mans nan,s II
he Is found :. be ineligible.
ENCOURAGE REGISTHATfoS.
II. Tho Judges would observe this ruia
there would not b any difficulty az the
registration booths. and everything would
pas. OF quietly. II l. the intention OF the
law to allow everybody TO register auc 10
encourage registration, and not oy any
manner TO hinder it.
When I read the instructions 70 we
Judges / was very careful tO impress this
section CIon them, and 1 1914 "speC.sl !
stress on it. But IL seems tha; certain or
tho Judges have ignored 1t and have taken
the .NactIv opposite course. Tho result -
that trouble mas been pieniifnl AZ some oI
the booths and there iS no woircer II II
I. tin. R.putlican judges would obey the
injunctiOns Of the law there would ne no
t.O-.bl- WI. tever-
The total registration NonIay - tHcuG NJ
TO have been in tic neishf-oTho0,i OF 'on,
Tho average registration 1T each precinct
Was ltp voters and the number of pre-
cincts Is it5. tho total would BE- abou; -
C.a Yesterdays registration vas not -
large as Mondays. according IN reports
received from the different precincts. iEdi-
eating that the voters are holding OF Un-
Ill TO-DAY or tomorrow. \ rush i- OK
rected at almost every booth ro-riorrow.
and Secretary Ellspermar1 bases his -x-
pactat.ons upon the human falling OF pro-
crastinlr.on-
siouerE' oface OF the total number expect
ed to- register srs all around the lpc.s1
mark, and some estimates ara even high
~ S.~rc.ar- F.;lspernlann gives 1Sn Go
as HIS c-l,.s.. ana thinks the average OF
a. Io per aay will hold ont until the booths
close NJ y. IN. tomorrow