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Show As to Registering by Telephone. Mucou Tck'graiu, A novel point was discussed ou Thursday. Thurs-day. ''Can a voter register by telephone? tele-phone? " The laws says a person must apply in person at the office of the City Clerk to register, and unless he is registered regis-tered ho is not entitled to vote in the city election. Tho question hinges on whether an application to register throngh the telephone is legal. Ou Thursday Jailer Birdsong who is at present kept close to business by reason rea-son of having a large number of pris-! pris-! oners in the jail, rang up the City Clerk, and asked to bo registered. The clerk was familiarly with the jailer's voice, and could have sworn that tho voice was that of Nat Birdsong. He knew more, and that was that the jailor had paid his taxes and was clearly entitled to register; and furthermore, 'it was an application in person in his office, and an application in person several blocks away and oyer a wire. |