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Show I VOTERS IN SIXTEENTH it DISTRICT. U There seems to be some misunder- f standing as to voting conditions In 4 the Sixteenth district, which lies east ij of Jefferson avenue, between Twenty- jll fifth and Twenty-eighth streets. lt County Clerk Hales Is quoted as 11 saying that while the registration 'i books may show more than 1000 j'l names at this time, many persons so j registered have moved out of the dis- 1 trict, some have died and others will ' not vote, i We do not know how many are reg- ' istered, but men who have canvassed the district have found 1036 citizens and, if they are registered, the one machine assigned to the district will not record more than half of them. That is a situation which threatens to disfranchise a very large percentage of' the voting population of one district dis-trict and should command the careful care-ful attention of our commissioners. |