Evening journal., 1910-11-01
REGISTRATION
APPEAL CASES
Fully Two Hundred Will be
Considered by Court
This Week
COURT ORDERS SOME
NAMES KEPT ON BOOKS

When Judge Daniel o. Hastings
opened the Superior Court this morn
ing there were over $50 persons in
attendance. This was the first big
day of registration appeals. Lawyers,
registrars and applicants mingled and
compared notes.
For the Democrats Hugh NJ. Morris,
ArmOn ID. Chaytor, Jr., Job w. Brady,
Edwin w. Cooch, Wilbur Adams, Har-
ry Isaacs, j. Pierce Cam, Richard S.
Rodney appeared.
Republican appeals were looked af-
ter by Harry p Joslyn, Reuben Sat
terthwaite, Jr., and Frank l.. Speak
man. Counsel for the Democrats an
nounced they had about 100 appeals
and that eighty of them are in Will
mington.
The Republicans have a little over
100 and with the exception of ten IN
New Castle hundred and a few in
Pencader and White Clay Creek hum
dreds all the others are in this city.
II was 11.3O o'clock when counsel
in the cases was ready to proceed.
Meanwhile Sheriff Lippincott and two
deputies had been busy serving sub
poenas on witnesses.
Upon the request of Mr. Rodney the
appeal against James Bennett. Of the
Second district Of the First ward was
dismissed.
The first appeal heard was that
against Solomon Carl, colored, OF No
4O4 Tatnall street Register Eakip
testified that two men of the same
name registered on October %. Carl
said he registered and that he is the
only man OF that name at the house
His name was kept on the books and
the other name was stricken OF.
The appeal against Grover Rinkley
of the Second district of the Third
ward, was dismissed upon the request
of Mr.. Joslyn.
An appeal was taken against Joseph
Martin, of No 500 West Second street
When the notice was served it was
learned the man Is I'm jail The oh
lection against Martin was alleges
/ felony. James Riley. bailiff of Coun
ell. said he searched the court record
and found that Joseph Martin haC
been convicted of a felony MartiI
has lived in the house for years. Rile
said ihat when he was register in b
district ne refused to register Martn
Mr.. Riley said he could not say ths
the man whose name appeared on tn
book was the man who had been cor
victed of a felony. Riley said he ha
not been register for ten years an
the records show he was convicte
in 1903. The case was continued {
get another witness.
James J. Riley said he left a cop
of the notice for Peter J. Mullen a
No. zoo Lancaster avenue. The nam
went off on the ground Of non-resi
denee.
An appeal was made against Domi
nico Beatro on the educational quail
fication. He was born in Italy an
obtained his final papers on Octobe
8, 1910. He was taken Off. So wa
the name of Oliver Walls, colored.
George e. Hackett. colored, of Nc
217 West Third stret, was given tn
educational test. He is 22 years Of ag
and his appeal was dismissed. II
wrote his name in a good round hanC
Robert McGlOthen, cOlorod, of NJ
23l Orange street, was next called o
the educational test The appeal wa
dismissed as he could read and writ
Because Joseph eAlfonzO was natu
rallied only year ago his name wen
or
James Moran. of No 16 Carpente
street, was denied the voting privi
ege, both Democrats and Republican
agreeing that the name should go o
the books.