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VOL. IX
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1897
NO 312
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FOR A REGISTRY LAW
(Synopsis of the. Bill Drawn
i TTt hv E. W. Uino-ham.
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IW1LL PERFECT OUR VOTING SYSTEM
Emendations and Corrections of the
First Tentative Effort--All Esaen
. tlul ItotalU Given.
Portland, Jan. 7. (To the Editor.)
The following is a sj'nopsis of the bill I
Lave drafted for a registration law. It
has been numerously copied and, circu
lated, but I have improved and corrected
it in several respects since tbe first
draft at the suggestion of several per
sons. However, in its main features it
is on the plan originally outlined in my
communication in The Oregonian, June
2, 1896.
Every member of the legislature to
whom I have submitted the bill seemed
disposed to support it, without further
amendment. Mr. James K. Davis and
Mr. W. E. Thomas, members-elect from
Multnomah county to the house, have
undertaken to introduce it and secure its
enactment in its present form, if pos
sible, and I have turned it over to them.
That there may be a more correct and
general understanding ot its features, I
ask you to print the following:
It is entitled "An act for the registra
tion 'of electors, regulating' the manner
of conducting elections, providing for
tbe prevention of and punishment for
frauds affecting the euffrage, and to. pre.
vent illegal voting."
By section 1 it is made the duty of the
county clerk of each county, between
May 1 and Deco tuber 15, 1807, and bien
nially thereafter, to procure the regis
tration books and blanks required by tbe
act, the county commissioners to audit
and pay the reasonable and necessary
bills so incurred.
Section 2 particularly specifies how
tbe registration books shall be arrang
ed, printed and bound, and a blank
shows bow they shall be ruled and print
ed, bo that the act, compete for the work.
The books and blanks are all ruled,
printed alike, but in various sizes,
for use throughout tbe state. Section 3
likewise provides for two blanks for use
under tbe provisions of the act.
By section 4 the clerk of tbe county
court in counties which have no county
clerk shall act as county dlerk,
By section 5 it is made the duty of
every elector to register with the county
cltrk of his county between the first Mon
day in January, 1808, and 5 o'clock P. M.
of May 15, 1898, and .biennially there
after between said time's,
Section 0 makes it the duty of each
county clerk, free of charge, to register
the electors applying. If the clerk re
fuses to register an elector, be may by
mandamus compel the registration.
Section 7 sets forth the information
the elector shall furnish, under oath, to
the clerk, and what the clerk shall en
ter in the general register under the
bead of the particular precinct in which
the elector resides. The information re
quired and entered is as follows :
First The registration number of the
elector.
Second The date of registration the
elector.
Third The full name of the elector.
Fourth Leave a blank space in which
the judgee of election shall enter in the
precinct register the poll-book number
of each elector when he has voted.
Fifth The business or occupation of
the elector.
Sixth The age of the elector in years.
Seventh The country of nativity.
Eight If naturalized, the time, the
place and court of naturalization or dec
laration, as evidenced by the legal proof
thereof exhibited by tbe elector.
Ninth The actual and precise place of
residence of the elector at the time of his
registering, stating first the precinct, and
in the country, the section, township
and range ; in cities or towns having
streets, by specifying tile name of the
town or city, the street or other location
of and dwelling-place of the elector, with
the number of such dwelling, if the
same has a number; if not, then with
such description of tbe place that it can
be readily ascertained and identified.
If the elettor be not the bead or pro
prietor of the house, then it must show
that fact, and upon what floor thereof
and what room such elector occupies in
such house.
Tenth The fact whether or not the
elector desiring to be registered is able
to write his name and mark -his ballot,
and if he cannot do both, then tbe na
ture ot such disability must be entered.
Eleventh The elector shall then, next
following the afore-administered oath,
Bign his name in tbe presence of the
clerk or of the deputy acting, iu the gen
eral register, upon the same line where
the preceding information is written,
and' the registering officer shall then sign
his own name upon the said line, and
add any remarks required by this act or
appropriate thereto, for the information
of the judges of election. If the elector
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registered by the clerk in person, he
shall so sign his own name in attesta
tion thereof, and if the elector is regisf
ered by a deputy, then, in addition to
the name of the clerk, the particular
deputy actually registering the elector
shall sign his name at the length in at
testation thereof. If the elector declares
he is unable to mark his ballot or sign
bis name, he shall state why, and the
clerk shall enter upon the register the
reasons. If the electors inability to
sign is apparent in consequence of some
physical infirmity, such as blindness or
loss of limb incapacitating the elector
from writing, he f-liall so state the fact.
But if the disability is stated to be the
illiteracy of the elector, the clerk shall in
addition to stating that fact, enter as full
a description of the physical peculiari
ties of the elector 88 possible, giving his
height, approximate weight, complexion,
color of hair anil eyes, and any visible
marks or scars and their location, and
attest the same.
Section 8 requires the clerk to then en
ter the same information in theeeparate
precinct register, which is alphabetically
indexed and arranged, for the use of the
judges conducting the election iu that
precints. The elector signs both books,
if he is able to write his name.
Section 9 provides that any elector
who is unable for any reason to register
with the county clerk between January
and May 15th, biennially, may do so by
filling up tbe blank "A," signing it
three times and swearing to the same,
and by having two freeholders of the
county sign and swear to the second
affidavit thereon, to tbe effect that they
are personally acquainted with the. elec
tor and his residence, as stated, and by
fiiling the same with the county clerk
within the months allowed for reg
istering. Upon registering the elector,
the clerk will paste one .of the signatures
of the elector in. each registration book.
Seclion 10 provides a blank, "B,"
whereby an elector who, after regiater
ing, has changed bis residence before
election, may conveniently have his
registration canceled, and by using the
blank "A" have himself re-registered in
his proper precinct.
Section 11 prescribes that no elector
shall register a second time until his
former registration is canceled, and none
but electors shall register at all.
Section 12 provides the respective
county clerks shall close their registers
at 5 o'clock p. m., on May 15, 1898, and
biennially thereafter.
Section 13 makes the registers all pub
lic records, and all citizens are allowed
to inspect the same and' make copies or
extracts therefrom, free of charge.
Section 14 provides that, notwith
standing the elector is registered in the
precinct in which he applies to vote, he
may be challenged, whereupon he must
take the oath prescribed in blank "A,"
and sign the same, if able, and in the
discretion of the judges he may be re
quired to produce one or more free
holders of the county to subscribe to the
second oath on tbe blank, identifying
the elector and his residence, but they
cannot require more than six such wit
nesses. Section 15 obviates tbe objections of
the supremu court of Oregon, announced
in its design entitled White vs. Com
missioners, 13 Or., 317 (10 Pac, 484),
construing tbe registration acts of 1885
unconstitutional. Upon the advice of
many persons, I reduced the number of
witnesses necessary to enable an elector
not registered to vote, from twelve free,
holders to six freeholders, This I think
is an all-important section. Although I
thought, under eection 790, (3) of Hill's
Laws of Oregon, the judges bad the
right to issue subpenas, I added the au
thority, upon suggestion. This section
requires an elector who is not registered
in the precinct in which he applies to
vote, to sign (if able) an oath, and pro
duce before the judges six freeholders of
the county, and have them take and
subscribe the second oath on the same
blank "A," to the effect that they are
each personally acquainted with the
elector and his residence, as stated in
hiB oath above, and believe his other
statements to be true. For the pur
poses of tiie act, the judges may issue
subpenas and administer oaths,
Section 16 directs tbe separate precinct
registers to.be forwarded by each county
clerk ,ui the respective polling-places as
other election supplies are sent, under
the present Australian ballot law.
Section 17 is penal, and punishes will,
ful violations of the Act, as iu the act of
1891, by fine not less than $500, or im
prisonment in the penitentiary not less
than one-year.
I hope the bill will be enacted.
E. W, B i no u AM.
UI.OWN TO MKA IN A SMALL YAWL.
Thn DlgRStrou donating Voynge or Two
Mariner.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 8. As tho
Unite-t States revenue cutter Boutwell
was approaching tho mouth of St.
John's river late lust evening the lookout
discovered a cat-rigged boat flying n sig
nal of distress. One of tho Bontwell's
boats sent to investigate found a sailor
in the bottom of the yawl. Ho was un
conscious and his mouth was on his
naked forearm as though be had trted to
drink his own blood.
He proved to bo Captain Charles Her
man, of Providence, It. I.- On Novcm
ber 21, accompanied by Charles Glad
ding, he set out in the yawl Cocheco for
a cruise along the coast
of Florida.
When they left Charleston
ber 20, they were blown
on Decern
out to sea.
Their provisions and water were soon
exhausted.
Last Friday, Herman thinks it was,
the lighthouse of Anastasia island was
sighted. By this timo Gladding was
crazy, and put ofT for shore in a boat at
tached to the Cocheco, and undoubtedly
was lost. Herman remembers nothing
else, and must have become unconscious
shortly after Gladding left. The Cocheco
then drifted up the coast with its un
conscious master until discovered by tho
Boutwell.
Herman weighed ISO pounds when he
left Providence. He now weighs only
110, and is so weak he can hardly raise
his head.
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Lucas County, f "
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
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said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars for each
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Fit AN K J. ClIKNKY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed in
my presence, this 0th day of December,
A. D. 189G.
A. W. Gleason,
seal Notary Public.
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