The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-09-25
THE IMPORTANCE AND NE
CESSITY OF REGISTRA-
TON.

By law Of the State Of Maryland gen
eral registration Of all voters became nce-
essay this year. As result Of this
law the registrars have sat in every dis
triet and precinct 10 the State two days
this week for the sole purpose Of regis
tering each and every qualified voter
who came forward and applied for regis
tration. 10 this county the officers Of
r,gisirltion have sat until eight 0 clock
at night IN order to accommodate those
who could DOT appear during the day,
50 there il DO excuse for the failure IF
any voter who desires to vote to have his
NINE put On the books as a registered
voter Now il i the law that DO man
can vote, DO matter what party TO which
he may belong. unless be Is properly
registered az qualified voter. At the
time Of registering bis name each voter
i. required to state to the officers Of reg
istr4tion bis political utilization. that is to
state to what political party he belongs.
That Is each voter is required to state to
the registration officers whether he be
longs to the Democratic Party. the Re
publican Party, the Progressive Party,
the ;, cialist Party or the Labor Party.
This Is required by the law and it is very
important that this shall be done by each
aud every voter. because upon it depends
the exercise Of valuable privilege and
an important power. Under the State
wide primary law the legally qualified
voters Of the State by general primary
election nominate their own tickets. The
registered Democrats all over the State
by ballot nominate their candidates for
each and every Office in the State and
county The Republicans DO the same.
The Progressives, Socialists and Labor
Party do exactly the same One year
from now there will be Statewide pri-
mary at which every Office in the State
and county is to be voted for. And at
the primary the people will nominate
each and every candidate TO be voted for
at the election. Now, at the primary
next fall no man can vote unless he is
registered, and he can then only vote the
ticket of that party to which he has
stated in the registry he afiliates with,
because he cannot get ticket of any
other party. Fer instance, if voter
states he is Democrat he will only be
given a Democratic ticket And if he
states he is Republican he will only be
given Republican ballot And the
same applies to any other party with
which voter says he affiliates. This il
Very Important for eac b voter to keep in
mind, as his right to vote at the State.
wide primary next year may depend upon
it, and there will not be general regis
tration next year Now it seems to us
no voter ought to neglect to register and
declare to what political party he belongs,
because upon it depends his right and
privilege to help nominate the ticket Of
his party, his right and power to help
elect that ticket at the election to follow.
1t is to be supposed that every voter will
register and declare his political utilization
this week, but if unable to register this
week he will not fail from any cause but
death or illness from registering two
weeks from this time-on the 9th and
18th Of October. when the registration
officers will again sit for the purpose Of
giving another opportunity to any and al