The New York herald., 1876-11-24
ELECTION EXPENSES.

PAYING THK UNITED STATES SUPERVISORS AMI
DEPUTY MAEsHALs-How THEY BEHAVED
AND WHAT THEY cor.
In accordance with notice from the United States
Marshal's Office, Pos, oGico building. therc were
gathered last evening. third ana fourth doors
oftne structure, nearly 500 men, who had acted a.
supervisors ami deputy marsbas during tho late
election. Tor the purpose OF getting their pay their
services Those present represented those who had
employed by the United States authorities IN tho
FIRST Second Third and Fourth Assembly disricls Of
tnis city. The SIKH, Seventh. Eighth and Ninth
district men are to be paid this evening; the TENTH
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
FIitsenth district men Saturday evening; the Six
tecnth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Ninctccnih
district mon on Monday evening; the Twentieth,
Twenty first Tweniy-tEird and Twenty fourth wards
on Tuesday evening, whio tho deputies and super
who served at headqaarters aud those who do
not receive their pay tho other days named will bs
paid Wednesday. the 29lh As soon tho crowd
OF ANXIOUS yea orderly cxpectants had gathered In the
Railways. fenced In In order 10 keep them from dis
turoins othcr anu disneressed Within inc
building, the reporter Tor the HERALD called on United
states Marshal oliver Fiskc, and from him received
the following additional information pertaining TO the
late ciection tho number OF specials employed,
their duties, the occasion for their usc and
the cost TO the United States He sad that
the mass Of gathered the upper floor
were manly deputy niarshals from the distrcts
named payable last evening, and those The floor
below were the SUPERVISORS Of the same districts The
pay, he SAID So per day for each member Of both
classes OF officers and that they might DO employed for
ten days. The number employed IN tho latc election
Ia this city he said about 500 In ALL and that the
sum total Of the cost for the share the United States
government took In The management OF she election
was about s5O, Ooo Ho said, however, that notwith.
standing the excitement which il presumed
would attend the late election, no moro men
had been employed, nor werc the expenses
greater than they four years ago. Passing IRON
the Office OF The United states Marshal the vol
untary courtesy OF III, subordinate officials
bed the reporter observe the order OF business aud
the dominant pecunrites OF the men who were 10
ccive thelr pay. Ia The hallway there undue
evity ior they hnd not yet been made OF lhe,s
money. They were. however an apparently rcspecta-
BILE gathering vf men, with here and there VIVID
ceptUn, and they would, in all probability, have bo-
peculiarly .Ineanchoy SO cmnity," however was not,
was noted Dy experts, 10 DO attributed to
their natural habit Of mind but rather to the
declared fact that some Of them were not .'exacty
certain, as they expressed H. OF the way In which
their names should he spelled. However nearly all of
those who were doubtful OF tho way IN which their
names were spelled, when their families had kings
chiefs and nagcians interviewer with them, had gen.
tlcmen present who could testify that they tho
boys who had served the country Tor from TO ton
days. II Juc 10 the service to say, however, that
very large majority of the certificates presented lass
night from to five days though tho
average OF such deputies Is usually nvo
days The supervisors serve not less than
nve days. and are often retained during tho
entire ten days allowed by law. During Tho re-
cont election, however, there were Distinguishing
Il from the election, employed during
the first two days Of the time allowed by law. When
employed their duty has been, almost exclusively. 70
verify the registry and to make arrests, though the
latter duty there was not so much done as was sup
posed would be necessary One prcuarity or the late
occasion notod by the marshas was thls:-Tnat there
many IN stakes made IN giving tho numbers OF the
houses which the voters lived which, when invcsi.
gaicd were found TO bc perfectly tree from desire N
Gcceive-smply a failure of tho memory Of The nppt
for registration Payment will continue until the
time named, when, II believed, ali VIII have boon
satisfied.