The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-15

a COMMUNICATION from ,. ~ AM
drew. read at the meeting %. tIc city
commissioners Yesterday made strong
objection GO any further changes liza
the city's registration BOOKS and ia
support Of his protest. cited the terms
Of the ordinance which was passed
August -. emo officially designated as
ordinance 30. series 4. This ordinance
which has not been repealed or amen
dcd, required the books to close seven
days before the election.
The commissioners heard tue protest.,
8ud the, Nav1r Gaea0hUt aruuanred
that The letter from the opposition
canafaat,. would no received and Hsr8.
such action Naa followed and r.ih.us
else came from me -oia protest. 80
far as The open meeting was concerned.
It was stated. however. that the pro-
test had noeu referred To the city at
torney upon its receipt. and thai tho
action following the reading Ot the
communication was in Hnr with the
opinion rendered h- The citE's legal
adviser.
The communication from Mr.. An
dTews was allowed. therefore, 20 take
the usual course OF tho numerous let
ters which are read at the meetings
OF the commissioners
II is understood that the commission
els base their right to add names TO
or erase them from the city reRistra-
tfon books under the terms Of a reso-
luton passed by the body at the spcC-
ial meeting Of the board Of connie
sioneTs held last Thursday night. al
though the ordinance is still in for
anQ effect. That resolution provides
for daily meetings Of the commissioners
each day at , o'clock, Sunday excepted
and until the 10th inst. which is tomor-
ROW, the eve Of the special recall cleo
ton. Upon that date. according to tho
terms Of the resolution, the commits
sioners viii hold n meeting and "cer-
tify 10 the registration list" etc.
Quite a number of names were pro-
posed for restoration to the city reg
istration list at the meeting. Some Of
the Mares We're added without question
but in at least one case quite a prob
lem was presented.
The name Of Felix o. Brown. whose
voting place is precinct %, brought up
quite a discussion. It appears that
this young man. whose age IS in doubt,
wanted his name restored, but was re-
fused Then his father hunted up tho
registration officer and made some in
Guiries relative % the reason his SON
was not marked as qualified 10 vote
in the election Of this week. Mr..
Hicks, the registration officer, suE-
gested that fnasmuch az the age Of
the young man in question was in
dispute that ne, as the young mans
father. make an AFFIDAVIT to the age
Of the son. This the father is said TO
have been unwilling TO do. and that
ended the matter for the time being
POU PRESENTED NOTE.
in the meeting, a note, written ou q
night letter telegraph blank, was pro-
duced by Commissioner Pou, stating
that young Brown was Of voting age,
and by reason Of such, was entitled 20
vote. Mr.. Hicks still objected to plac-
ing the name On the list.
The registration officer maintained
that he could not accept the note Of
fered as being a truthful record Of tho
young mans age, but said that he
could be shown" and that If tho
father would consent to swear to tho
age of his son, and to other qualifica-
tions. the name would be Immediately
restored.
The name Of ed. McGoverr. aArl
about so years, whose connection HEil
the investigation into alleged election
frauds caused the county solicitor To-
interpose an objection. it is said. as
10 his qualifications, was restored yes
terday on the list.
One man who IS reported to have
voted in the special school district tax
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