The San Francisco call., 1904-11-04
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Election Commissioners Assert Regis
tration Lists Are Nearly Correct.

Election Commissioners Assert Regis
tratlon Lists Are Nearly Correct.
The Election Commissioners at their
meeting yesterday afternoon made
public letter that they have sent to
the Merchants Association in answer
TO the charge that the registration
rolls contain many names that do NOT
follows: 80
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3. 1904
l. M King, ESQ, Secretary Merchants'
Association. san Francisco-Dear Sir Ei-bin
the last ten days the Board Of Election C- -s-ri
nilssloners has received from the Merchants
Association series of lists purportfng to reT
resent me names Of registered voters who for
me reason or another. have been dfsoualified
uLoer the law and cannot legally cast a halIot
oA tuesday next. These lists have been given
tne most careful attention by this departn1ent
sna am constrained at this time to direct
your attention 10 the fact that YOU have in
a sreSt many Instances been grossly misin-
The department Of elections is glad a. ,rv
me me 70 receive assistance in their effort to
p~uise ~ tne roll OF all but legally qualified
sttsrs ana particularly appreciates the work
eoIe by the Merchants Association to this and
but II Is necessary at this time to call ,,onr
49,. ss..n,lon 70 the fact that the lists you have
@ senL Us nave BY no means been carefully prs-
tofeu ana are, as matter of fact erron eo,Is
~ - majority OF cases I take it that Won
nave received your Information in good faith
but II is very evident that whateyer -o,,rss
vas adopted has not been an effective one
rof instance. II ! may call your attention
70 tne matter, you submitted a list from the
lentn freeinct OF the Thirty-second Assemble
District and enumerated a list OF names from
the City and County Hospital Won rsrort
Guissepi Brusa gone" YET we anS tb. ..p1ls IL
Is an orderly in the hospital You renort x,yii
liam Bohan as doubtful when he ;S ~ - ~.
larry employed laundryman OF the hosnffal
and quaiined 70 vote You also report F,,i
ward T. Baumeister doubtful although he a.
a house doctor Of the hospital You reYor,
William e Bird gone, 5ut he is a nortsr ~
the hospital and has not gone
John +. Derham is reported gone hut -
IS a painter at the hospital and is not gone
Michael Dolly, reported gone is the fo,,rth
kitchen helper. William Dougherty renorts5
gone, is orderly in Il ward Harry 7
Clifford. reported gone. is a kitchen helper
John Gichrist reported gone is an or,ieriv
in 20" ward. Frank r. Hart. reported sore
Is the resident physician of the hospital Jere
mtah Higgins. reported gone, is an orderly in
NJ ward. Frank l. Kelly reported gone is
an assistant druggist at the hospital John
r. O Day. reported gone. is a patient still in
the hospital. James J. Powers. reported doubt
ful. is engineer OF the hospital
William c Pruett. reported gone is a house
ported gone. is a patient now IN the hospital
Charles NJ Rogers, reported doubtful has
charge OF the nurses dining-room at the hos
pital- William +. Rummeli, reported gone Is
employed In the drugstore OF the hospital
Jchn Smith, reported gone, is night orderly
gone. Is a physician at the hospital James
Sarsheid. reported gone, is a laundryman at
the hospital Edward Smith reported gone
= a patient at the hospital. Percy Summer
reported gone. is a house doctor at the hos
pital John H. Thomas, reported gone. is a