New-York tribune., 1872-08-15
LOCAL POLITICS.
REPAIRING FOR ELECTION DAY.


wuAr poIrrIcAI PARTIES WILL BE RECOGNIZED
IN Tur APPOINTMENT or INSPECTORS AND
OI1-CIFREs-rHE NUMBER OF ELECTION
DISTRICTS ENLARGED.
Preparations for the approaching election are
already making by D. b. HasDrouck Chief Of the Bureau
of Elections and the force under hm fhe maps SNOW"
INC tho boundaries Of the various election districts are
nearly CONNECTED. The Board of Police Commissioners
has received of candidates for Inspectors and Poll
Clerks numbering several hundred in ALL Among the
lists received are included those recommended by
the Tammany Hall General Committee the Liberal
Republican General Committee, the Adminstra-
ton Republican General Committee, the German
Democratic Union, and tho National Democracy. Tho
Police Commissioners profess to be in Quandary rea-
tive TO these Inspectors and PonCerks Section l5 OF
the Election law, passed last Winter, is as follows
All inspectors OF election and poll clerks in the CITY &
appointed by the Board Of Police who shall also hs1 ava
power TO make oll necessary removals anu rss n
am all vacancies which may, from any cause, ailse ~
shall be the duty Of the said Board OF s5 % and
,nnneiiv in ne monfbs of August and September, IN
each succeeding year, for each election ulsIot p lee
CIV ana conpfv 10 select to inspectors OF % ele
non from persons 1.-TWO Of whom, state issues shan
be OF different political iaith and Opinions mon ~ o artv in
political minority on state issues IN said eiy ang oI
@ounty 10 be named solely by such Comnlsslohet, VI
sgeb OF 1e Commissioners Of Police said Board as are
tie representatives OF such Pnd political saes and of
fSe state OF NewYOrk OF good character ana aoe 10
rr1d write aud speak the English LANGUAGE unaeIs,
nj cdates Tor any ONCE 70 voted for by the elee
tors OF the district for which they shali Oe i'm
no person shall be required to be resident or tO an an
tho election district which he shall DC appoinVeu an
inspector
Under the peculiar phraseoogy OF this section II is
questionable whom the Police Commissioners are called
on 10 appoint from the lists submitted TO them In TINS
tv tbere a1o two organizations claiming TO represent
the Republican party and four the Democratic Each
and ali OF these demand their share in the appointment
of inspectors and poll clerks. The Board OF romeo HAS
discussed the matter informally but has arrived al no
conclusion. No appointments will be made before sept.
l. The may appoint the inspectors ana pou clciAS
al any time during August or September
Commissioner Maniorre stated yesterday TO reporter
OF THE TRIBUNE that the Board would require all names
Of candidates inspectors and poll clerks TO be handed
in sufficiently early permit inquiry as TO the character
and fitness The candidates for the position The Com
missioners intended appoint none but good, capable
men, Where it was practicable, preference would be
given 10 those who inspectors poll clerks at the
last election and demonstrated their fitness for Office,
or those who were elected inspectors Of election last
November and set aside by the last Legislature when
passed the new Election and Registry Law for the CITY
and County OF New-York
Under the sections Of the new law providing that
there shall be not than $50 voters in each election
district the Board Of Police has increased the number OF
clectiop districts 10 Cs With four inspectors and two
nolcerks in each election district, there viii be 3Oo
appontoes In MAKING up the districts no @ attention ion
entirely 70 Assembly Districts.
Section So OF the law provides that the bounda-
Yes Of an election districts shall the second day aiter
che last day allowed bv law for the liking OF such
boundaries be publicly advertised; and thereafter pTloT
10 each election such boundaries the Location OF All
paccs OF REGISTRATION revision OF regstraton or pollng
places and the Of All the Inspectors OF Elecuon,
shall be sim ary advertised on the day preceding the
first day OF any general registration or revision OF regis
traton day OF registration revision OF regis
ratOu or Cay Of election such day or days ony
Inc names of all poll clerks shall be publicly adVertsed
on the cav Of any election the official canvass lmmed
ately up0n s completion aud declaration by the BOaru
III County C8uvassers, shall be publicly advertised Ior
9ne 0av only. An advertising provided for IN TINS
section Shall be done m five daily newspapers puDsheu
the city and county Of Eay. inc LaIgest
CITY circulation: aud al matter advertised shall be pre-
Pared ana furnished The journals in which is TO W
inserted free any unnecessary Verblage OF lepe
tOD: and IN the publication of any 0ncal canvass al
numbers shall be put IN numerals only, ana the stare
rpcut OF declaration shall be put in tabular forn In
accordance with this section the boundaries OF the elec
cOn districts Will be advertised on the morning OF sept
mans of tne inspectors OF election viii be advertised on
oct 1G % and &C. the registration occurring on those
dave aut fbe names OF the pOll clerks on Nov. 8.