The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-18

posed upon himf Who 10 to be reaponsiolen you
"0h,n said the chairman, I'VE are reponsible. no
doubt, but you know we are backed up by tnose "hS
WIZ see Us righted."
TIE OLD MAN GROANED,
and hobbled away muttering his anathemas a&a. INST
only DESTROYS OF making money, instead OF really
endesvoring to prevent corruption.
past twelve, laden with commissions and papers 10
degree that betokencd . heavy days work.
AT FIRST HE WAS BEsIEGED
by reporters; next by the so.cAlled deputies and
Others, who seemed not only 10 flIghien him, hut
positively to render him helpless. He tried 10 clear
the room, and in his own peculiar and somewhat
enemnatc style he shouted that all must eave the
room. But no one moved. No one seemed TO heed
the threat he made subsequently Of employing force
for tins purpose ana rad 1T not been Tor the timely
aid OF Deputy Marshal Allen the Commissioner
might have howled I'LL d00msday, nor would his
Herculean task have boon completed until that
more dsgracefully managed affair could not be
imagined. There was no Order either inside the
room in the hall: scarcely man answered In
mis- proper order or place, and no sooner aid num-
and demand an audience OF the Commissloner-t
he had been sent TO district In which he did not
and such like interruptions continued throughout
the whole day. Why this affair mad not been better
TWO SEPARATE LISTS,
each containing 1913 names respectively were to be
called over ana the men sworn in. First 1913 repub
ncans ana next like number OF democrats, or. IN
other words, republican and democratic deputy
for each oil the 376 election districts
Three separate oaths were also read TO each batch
az they, we're being sworn. One was the iron clad,
oath, the second that they would act deputy mar
shals under direction Of the court, and the third
that they should fulfil the duty OF supervisors in ac-
cordace with the act OF Congress under which they
We're appOinted-cach man thus receiving q three
fold authority After this each man was called upon
10 sign roll OF paper which was
EXACTLY Six YARDS IN LENGTH,
ana then each proceeded down TO Marshal Sharre's
ONCE TO receive quantity Of printed matter pur-
porting to be Instructions but which were, In
reality, copy or the before me toned law and q
number OF directions, which nine-tcnths Of them
could neither read nor understand.
1t took Commissioner Davenport nearly six hours
before he could accomplish the half OF his duty
namely, the swearing IN OF the republicans and 1t
was not until seven O'Clock last night that the COM
missions tor the democrats were obtained from
Judge woodruff so backward were all the arrange
ments. Even then the list was not completed. On
entering
TIE ROOM WHERE TIE JUDGE SAT
the representatives OF the press had q novel view
presented 70 them: Marshal Sharpe was sitting at
one side OF the Judge, selecting from q formidable
looking list the members Of the commission to act
on 0enall OF the democrats, while the Judge up to
MS eyes, In papers, was checking each name and
signing the commissions a. the other called them
out. At another table sat Two clerks who were
busiiy engaged IN changing the warrants Of parties
VINO nad been wrongly sworn and elected.
In fact, the whole AFFAIR Was as badly managed
a. ANYTHING could be. The men are to act on regis
trat1on days and on election day. the first registry
being commenced to-day; but It was proved last
night That not more than twO-thirds Of the who
were destined for the position had answered tn cir
names, though the courts were opened up to near
both parties In the state viii probably be published
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