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Show i GLARING FRAUDS FOUND IN REGISTRATION The most startling disclosure of the present citj campaign is the enormous list ot iliV gal registrations. TJie managers ot the American party have religiously pursued the policy of registering all that are entitled to be ;. and they have avoided the wrong of inducing people to run the risks of the penitentiary in order to secure their ule. Not SO, apparently, with Others, for it is known that at least 2000 illegal registrations have been made in the city. In one noting district alone there are 200 illegal registrations. registra-tions. Last ear there were eqnally as many, and as the guilt) parties went unpunished, although al-though thej are known, a few healthy prosecutions ot the last year offenders would have a good effect at present. Wholesale fraud existed last year, but the American party is armed with the ability to take care of itself this time. Those who attempt to vote without the right will be handled as the law directs, it being the intention to prevent a single illegal voter from reaching the oting booth. |