The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-08-29
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special Correspondence.

among the active party workers
throughout the State, a card con.
tanning, in bricfspace, vast amount
of useful information. 1t states
that the last day for registering in
county and borough districts is
Wednesday, September 4th, and ii
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny
and Scranton, cities Of the first and
second classes, voters must per-
sonally, and can only register or
September sd and 18TH and Octo-
Der 18th. Those without tax re-
ceipts cannot register after Sept
ember 3D." unless they are voters
s'on age" i'll which event no tax
receipt is necessary. In cities OF
the third class, Allentown, AL
toona, Bradford, Carbondale, Ches-
ter, Cory, Easton, Erie, Franklin,
Harrisburg, Hazloton, Johnstown,
Lancaster, Lebanon, McKees-
port, Meadville, Monongahela,
New Castle, Oil City, Pittston,
Reading, Titusville, Wilkes-Barre,
Williamsport and York, "voters
must personally, and can only,
register on September sd and 18TH
and October 10Th, and as in cities
of the first and second classes,
"those without tax receipts can
not register after September 3D."
with the exception noted.
The last day to pay taxes, the
card reminds us, is Saturday, Octo-
ber 5th. These facts should be
lodged in the mind of every voter.
There is splendid chance to win
most important victory this fall.
The defeat of John G.. Harman,
the Democratic candidate for State
Treasurer, will restore the Quay
Penrose machine to absolute power
in the State as the election of Mayor
Reyburn last February has restored
the Observation-Disclosures machine
power in Philadelphia. The only
danger Of this result comes from
the possibility that Democrats will
neglect to register and vote. A
fairly full Democratic vote will give
Mr.. Harman an Overwhelming ma
jority. This is not speculation or
conjecture. 1t is an actually rea-
soned out fact. Tuesday, Novem-
Der 5th, is election day and every
Democratic voter should be quail
flied to perform the highest duty of
citizenship on that day. That is he
should be prepared TO vote against
the candidate of the Ouay-Penrose
machine and to this end it is essen
tial that he be registered and if
over twenty-five years of age, that
heshall have paid State or County
tax on or before Saturday, Octo-
ber 5th, upon an assessment made
within two years.
LOOK AFTER THE YOUNG VOTERS.
The greatest care should be taken
to qualify young voters for the
exercise of the franchise at the
coming election. In all districts
urban and suburban, a voter who
has passed the age of twenty-five
years must have paid poll tax
thirty days before the election. In
the cities voters on age" must
be registered precisely as those who
are older though it is not necessary
tor them to exhibit a tax receipt or
prove the payment of tax in order
to register. In the country dis
tricts and boroughs, voters on
age are not required to register,
though they may and it is better
that they do, and it is not necessary
that they shall have previously paid
tax. They produce the proof of
their right to vote at the polls on
election day. But such voters in
the cities must present the proof of
their right to vote to the registrars
on one of'the days designated for
registering and procure the entry of
his name on the registry list Just as
other voters are required to do.
1t is we'll established fact that
more votes are lost because of the
failure of voters who have just pass
ed the age of twenty-five years to
register and pay poll tax than from
any other reason. As "voters on
age" the year before, they were
not required to go through the for
mality and naturally imagine that
because on voting they were set
down on the list of voters that they
will be assessed for taxes the year
following. AS a matter of fact,
however, this doesn't always, or in
the majority of cases, happen and
the result is that when they come
to register the next year, if they
are city voters, they are disquali-
fed and the time for assessment