Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-24
NOW OR LOSE VOTE
Saturday is Last Day for Voters to
Qualify This Year.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MUST GET IN
Those who Fail 20 Register This
Time WIN Fail TO Vote on
the Third Day Of No.
vember,
EvrHrNo-

will be principal speaker. A. W. Jsffsris,
candidate for congress, Will also speak.
Women invited.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER Is
Bennington, c~rothuson Man, Speakers,
A. W. Jefferta, T. A. Holigtsr, W. =. wap-
pieh and othsrs.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER L.
National Man, Thirtsenth ana william
Streets italian meeting; speakers, Prof.
soturandi, Z. q. MAgEi aud others.
Between 1900 and 1900 voters in the
city Of Omaha have not registered. This
IL the way Frank Dewey. deputy county
clerk, and Harry Primeau, one OF the as
sistants in the KY clerks office. figure IL,
taking as their basis the number Of votes
cast in other elections. Saturday is the
last day OF registration and II all are regis
tered nearly as many must register on this
last day as registered on both the pre-
ceeding days. To be able to vote on
November 8, a voter must register.
In 1900 over 5000 votes were cast In
Douglas county. the preponderance nstur-
ally having been cast in this city. The
1890 election was not a presidential cleo
ton, therefore It is figured that not near
all the legal voters cast their ballots at
that time. In addition to this, the populs-
tion has increased and a number Of young
men have become OF legal age. In the
city election in the spring Of 1906, 5000
votes were cast for mayor. Less than
1890 voters have registered.
The registration booths, fifty-four in
number, will open at s o'clock Saturday
morning and remain open until 9 in the
evening. Three Judges and clerks will be
on hand at very booth. To help out In
IL - -a-,Af4... a.g
democratic committees will provide extra
men to keep up the two extra books and
the list which the law requires to be pro-
vided and posted in the windows Of the
polling places. Five books have TO be kept
and when three mer have to do all Of 1t
they fall behind In the work.
The regularly appointed registration
judges and clerks will attend TO the regis
teIing Of the voters. the city legal depart
ment stating that 1t will be perfectly law
full for others 10 do the extra work.
While the judges cannot be compelled TO
keep the polling places open after 9 o'clock.
they can register all who are in the room
at that hour. This was refused by judges
in some OF the places the last time, who
believed that Il would not be legal to reg
lister a voter after 3 o'clock.
mot only should a man register so as
TO exercise his right OF cirisenship and
vote" said Deputy Clerk Dewey, but he
should register so as to show the city's
population. Any number of men from the
east figure the population of a city by
the number Of votes cast. Purchasers OF
bonds ask me the population Of Omaha. ]
say 10000. Then they ask how many votes
we cast at the last election. l tell them
5000. Then they multiply this by five and
find that we have but 100. 600 people"
A republican rally has been arranged for
Saturday night at Washington hall for the
colored voters Of Omaha and their friends
w Allison Sweeney, the noted coloreo
orator and editor OF the Freeman Of In
diauapolis, will be the principal speaker
The women are especially invited to be
present. A. w. Jefferis and other candi'
dates will also address the meeting.